16:1-34. Israel's Fast.

(The Day of Atonement.)
(Introversion.)
C  Q  1,2. Times for entering within the Vail (Neg.)
    R  3. For himself alone.
     S  4. Garments put on.
      T¹  5. Two goats and ram (people).
       U¹  6. For himself (bullock).
      T²  7-10. Two goats (people).
       U²  11-14. For himself (bulluck).
      T³  15-22. Two goats (people).
     S  23. Garments changed.
    R  24-28. For himself and people.
   Q  29-34. Time for entering within the Vail(Pos.)

1490 B.C.

16)

 1: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses (see 5:14) after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they brought near strange fire before Yehovah, and died; (The priesthood had slipped. This caused God to put in the "Day of Attonement")
 2: And the Lord (Yehovah) said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron your brother, that he come not at any time (i.e. not just at any time) into the holy of holies (see Ex.3:5) within the vail before the mercy seat (Fig., noun used as some other part of speech, noun, "mercy", used as an adjective. See Ex.25:17), which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I am accustomed to appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. (See Ex.25:22)

 3: With this shall Aaron come into the holy of holies: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. (These blood rituals are no longer in effect because Christ fulfilled them and nailed them to the cross. We are to use them as types to teach us of the type of sacrifice of Christ.)

 4: He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen turban shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he bathe his flesh in water (see 14:9), and so put them on. (The linen to be taken in a spiritual sense to us today as in the N.T. It symbolizes your righteous acts, which are the fiber of the linen you wear in the eternity. God wants kind after kind. Don't mix [hybrid] what He has created)

 5: And he shall take of the congregation of the sons of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. (The Day of Atonement is 5 days before the Feast of Tabernacles)

 6: And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. (See Ex.29:33)

 7: And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord (Yehovah) at the entrance of the tent of the assembly.
 8: And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord (Yehovah), and the other lot for the scapegoat (Heb. for 'Azazel. This "for" looks like a personality answering to "for Yehovah". If it is the Evil one who is meant, then it is for his defiance. It is the goat of departure = Satan. All the sins of the world that Christ takes away, are put on Satan.).
 9: And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's (Yehovah's) lot came up (i.e. out of the bag containing the Urim and Thummim. No other means of taking Yehovah's lot, or judgement. See Ex.28:30), and offer him for a sin offering. ( = "make him [the sin offering]". 2 Cor.5:21. Heb. 'asah. Here looking forward to the time where Christ Himself would be offered)
 10: But the goat, on which the lot came up to be the scapegoat (see v.8,22), shall be presented (=be made to stand) alive before Yehovah, to make an atonement with him (Heb. "for him", see vv.16,18. The scapegoat was not made to make atonement, but attonement was made for it. Hence he was to be "let go" free. See v.22), and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. (Or desert. Same one Satan tempted Christ in. Symbol of abode of all evil things [Isa.13:21; 34:14. Matt.12:42. Luke 8:27; 11:24. Rev.18:2.] 'Azazel probably the personification of all that is "great and terrible" there [Deut.1:19; 8:15. Jer.2:6].)

 11: And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: (This, to get his own act together before he comes close to the holy of holies.)
 12: And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Yehovah (only fire from the bronze altar of burnt offering, where atonement had been made, could be used for kindling the incence on the golden altar in the holy place. See 10:1,7. All other fire was "strange fire"), and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: (Cp. Rev.8:3-4)
 13: And he shall put the incense upon the fire before Yehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
 14: And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward (Messiah in Jerusalem. Sin totally done away with ["IF" you believe on Him] ); and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. (#7 = spiritual perfection.)

 15: Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: (Symbolizes the blood of Christ on the altar = the cross.)
 16: And he shall make an atonement for the holy of holies, because of the uncleanness of the sons of Israel, and because of their rebellion in all their sins (or, revolt. Heb. påsh‘a. Sin against lawful authority. Often rendered transgression [Ps.51:13. Prov.28:21. Isa.43:27]. In Prov.10:12 the action of love or mercy shown stands in strong contrast to this character of the sin): and so shall he do for the tent of the assembly, that remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. (They fell so short they had to have the Day of Atonement for Him [God] to ascociate with them [and us].)
 17: And there shall be no man (privately. Heb. ’ådam [without the article] = human being. This effectually disposes of all priestly pretentions now, while the Antitype [Christ] is "within the vail". See Heb.4:14; 6:20; 9:24.) in the tent of the assembly when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy of holies, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself (it always starts at the top), and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
 18: And he shall go out to the altar that is before Yehovah, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
 19: And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow (see Ex.3:5) it from the uncleanness of the sons of Israel.
 20: And when he has made an end of reconciling the holy of holies, and the tent of the assemly, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
 21: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat (this for solemnity; only here, on this occasion), and confess over him all the perverseness of sons of Israel (note the 4 "alls" in vv.21,22. To emphasise the completeness of our delivernce from sins, and their entire removal), and all their rebellion in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat (quite a load, sins will depart), and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man (i.e. Christ. He is the only "fit Man" to do so. See Heb. 9) into the wilderness:
 22: And the goat shall bear away (as in Isa.53:4) upon him all their perverseness to a land not inhabited (Heb. "a land cut off"): and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. (Nature has a way of cleansing itself. God created this earth so that it would regenerate and refurbish itself. Sins belong to Satan because he started it all in the first earth age, and even now if you let him. )

 23: And Aaron shall come into the tent of the assembly, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy of holies, and shall leave them there:

 24: And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy of holies, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
 25: And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn (as incesne) upon the altar.
 26: And he that let go (=he that leads the goat to, or for, 'Azazel) the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
 27: And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy of holies, shall one carry forth outside the camp (cp.6:11. Heb.13:11); and they shall burn (down) in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
 28: And he that burns them (down) shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

 29: And this shall be a statute for ever to you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month (26,27 Sept.), you all shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all (Heb. = "do no manner of work". This legal expression occ. 5 times, #5 = grace, in the Petateuch, but is diferenty rendered. See 23:3,28,31, Num.29:7. Work on the Sabbath day incurred stoning: on this day excommunication), whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourns among you:
 30: For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you all may be clean from all your sins before Yehovah.
 31: It shall be a Most holy Sabbath of rest to you (see Ex.16:23), and you all shall fast your souls, by a statute for ever.
 32: And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate (=install, see Ex.28:41. Lev.9:17) to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
 33: And he shall make an atonement for the holy of holies, and he shall make an atonement for the tent of the assembly, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
 34: And this shall be an everlasting statute to you, to make an atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once a year." And he did according as the Lord (Yehovah) commanded Moses.

17:1-16. The Offerings and Their Requirements.

(Division).
A²  w¹  1-9. The appointed place.
    w²  10-16. The appointed food.

17)

 1: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying,
 2: "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel (first occ. of this phrase: see note on Lev.5:15, marking the solemnity of the charge, and the subject), and say to them; 'This is the thing which the Lord (Yehovah) has commanded, saying,
 3: 'What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that kills in sacrifice an ox (The Fig. Ellipsis must be supplied. For, although the word is Heb. shåchat and not zabach, the context, vv.5,7-9, shows that only sacrifices in unlawful places are being treated of. There is no contradiction, therefore, of Deut.12:15,21, where the context shows equally clearly that only food is in question. Cp. v.5), or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kills it out of the camp,
 4: And brings it not to the entrance of the tent of the assembly, to bring near an admittance offering to the Lord (Yehovah) before the tent of the Lord (Yehovah); blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:' '
 5: To the end that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field (=slay in sarifice. Heb. zabach, thus showing the correct supply of the ellipsis in v.3), even that they may bring them to Yehovah, to the entrance of the tent of the assembly, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the Lord (Yehovah).
 6: And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Yehovah at the entrance of the tent of the assembly, and burn the fat for a sweet satisfaction to Yehovah.
 7: And they shall no more (implies that they had done so in Egypt to the goat image "Pan". Cp. Josh.24:14. Ezek.20:7; 23:3 &c., and especially 2 Chron.11:15) slay in sacrifice their sacrifices to devils (Heb. så‘îr. Only here and 2 Chron.11:15, "devils". In Isa.13:21; 34:14 rendered "satrys" = an imaginary demon: half-goat, half-man. Sept. = demons: from Heb. root, meaning to shudder. From this "Pan" came the "satrys", "Fauns", and woodland gods of Greece and Rome, and also the "devil" of Christendom), after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations."
 8: And you shall say to them, 'Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offers up a burnt offering of sacrifice, (especially a burnt offering. Heb. ‘ålåh, from ‘olah)
 9: And brings it not to the entrance of the tent of the assembly, to prepare it to the Lord (Yehovah); even that man shall be cut off from among his people.

10-16. Appointed food

 10: And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
 11: For the life of the flesh is in the blood (this verse, with Luke 24:39, 1 Cor.15:50, and Heb.1:20, form a strong chain of truth against the "Mass"): and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls (Heb. nephesh, because the soul is the life. Thus a life substituted for a life. Hence Heb.9:22): for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul.
 12: Therefore (hence Acts 15:20,29; 21:25) I said to the sons of Israel, 'No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourns among you eat blood.'
 13: And whatsoever man there is of the sons of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunts (Heb. "whch shall hunt any hunting", a necessity with Israel, not sport; for extermination [Ex.23:29], and for food [Gen.25:27. Prov.12:27]. Cp. 1 Sam.14:31-34 and Ezek.33:25) and catches any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
 14: For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'You all shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eats it shall be cut off.'
 15: And every soul that eats that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water (see 14:9. The rigour of this law seen from 1 Sam.14:32-35), and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
 16: But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his perverseness."

18:1-20:27. Ceremonial Laws (Penalties).

(Division).
E  x1  18:1-18. Unlawful connections.
   x²  18:19-30. Unlawful lusts.
   x³  19:1-37. Unlawful practices.
   x4  20:1-27. Unlawful defilements.

18)

 1: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying, (see 5:14)
 2: "Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, 'I am the Lord (Yehovah) your God (Elohim).
 3: After the doings of the land of Egypt (i.e. all the abomnible practices of the Canaanitish nations [v.27], for which they were cut off, Rom.1:23-29), wherein you all dwelt, shall you all not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, to which place I bring you, shall you all not do: neither shall you all walk in their statutes.
 4: You all shall do My judgments (=regulations), and keep My ordinances (=statutes), to walk therein: I am the Lord (Yehovah) your God (Elohim).
 5: You all shall therefore keep My statutes, and My regulations: which if a man (=human) do them, he shall live in them: I am the Lord (Yehovah). (="live again" in resurection life [Rev.20:5]. The Chaldee paraphrase = "shall live by them to life eternal". Sol. Jarchi, "Live in the world that is to come".Cp. the other passages where "live" is used in this sense: Ezek.13:21; 20:11. Luke 10:28. Rom.10:5. Gal.3:12. Neh,9:29. Hab.2:4. Rom.1:17. Heb.10:38 &c. In this sense the verb is used more often than is generally though. Cp. Isa.26:19; 38:16; 55:3. Ezek.18:19; 33:19; 37:3,5,6,14. Hos.6:2. Amos 5:4 &c. The spiritual authorities of the second temple so interpreted the phrase. Thus "eternal life", by faith, is set in contrast with eternal life by works.)
 6: None of you (="no man whatsoever", the absence of the words "of the house of Israel", as in 17:3,8,13, shows that strangers are includedd in this law) shall approach to any that is near of kin to him (Heb. "the remainder of his flesh" [Gen.2:23], i.e. "his own flesh", or relatives. Cp. vv.12,13,17. For emphasis), to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord (Yehovah).
 7: The nakedness of your father (see Gen.19:31-38), or the nakedness of your mother, shall you not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
 8: The nakedness of your father's wife (see Gen.35:22. 2 Sam.16:20-23. 1 Kings 2:17, and 1 Cor.5:1-5) shall you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness. (See 20:11)
 9: The nakedness of your sister (see Gen.20:12. 2 Sam.13:12,16,20), the daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover.
 10: The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness.
 11: The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter (Heb. always means "stepmother", see v.8; 20:11), begotten of your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
 12: You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister (see Ex.6:20): she is your father's near kinswoman.
 13: You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
 14: You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt.
 15: You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter in law: she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
 16: You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
 17: You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is lewdness. (Heb. zimmah, meditated wckedness, ploted, planed, and designed; wicked, of lewd purpose, especially of sins of unchastity)
 18: Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

19-30. Unlawful Lusts.

(Repeated Alternation.)
x²  y¹  19-24-. Commands.
     z¹  -24,25. Reason.
    y²  26. Command.
     z²  27-29. Reason.
    y³  30. Command.

 19: Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
 20: Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbour's wife, to defile yourself with her.
 21: And you shall not let any of your children pass through the fire to Molech (i.e. into his arms, from which the child passed through the fire to him. Molech always has the article, except 1 Kings 11:7, which is probably a copyist's ommission, denoting the king, of the king-idol. See v.21; 20:23,4,5. See seq. 2 Kings 23:10. Jer.32:35. The Massorites pointed it Molech, to assimilate it to "shameful thing", but ommitted to do so in Isa.30:33 and 57:9, which they left melech = king. It should read Molech in these two pasages also. This was a live child for sacrifice. Cremation is o.k. for prsons who are dead already in this day and age of exhorbidant funeral expenses), neither shall you profane the name of your God (Elohim): I am the Lord (Yehovah).
 22: You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is a thing to be abhored. (Refering to the sin of Sodom, which place it's name, Gen.19:5. Cp.20:13. Judg.19:22. 1 Kings 14:24)
 23: Neither shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself therewith (this was part of the religious worship of the Egyptians): neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
 24: Defile not yourselves in any of these things:

for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
 25: And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the perverseness thereof upon it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants. (Cp. "spued" v.28. From the beginning, the earth has shared the consequences of man's guilt [Gen.3:17. Rom.8:19-22]. Since it yeilds no fruit when man yeilds no obedience; and defiled when man is defiled [Deut.11:17]. Is blessed when man is blessed [Lev.25:19; 26:4. Deut.32:43. Mourns when man sins [Isa.24:4,5]. Glad when God avenges His People [Ps.96:11-13.)

 26: You all shall therefore keep My statutes and My regulations, and shall not commit any of these abominations (=things to be abhored); neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourns among you:

 27: {For all these things to be abhored have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;} (These "doings" are specialy legeslated against, because these were corruptions pertaining to the origin and character of the Nephilim. See Gen.6:2. These formd the nations of Canaan, and this was why they had to be destroyed by the sword of Israel, as those in the days of Noah had to be destroyed by the Flood. Verses 24 & 25 are emphasised by the other way of putting facts)
 28: That the land not spue (=vomit) you out also, when you all defile it, as it vomitted out the nations that were before you.
 29: For whosoever shall commit any of these things to be abhored, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

 30: Therefore shall you all keep My charge, that you all commit not any one of these abominable statutes (because they were enactments of the land, cp. v.3. The word is rendered "statutes" in Deut.6:24; 16:12; and 26:16), which were committed before you, and that you all defile not yourselves therein: I am Yehovah your Elohim.' " (This body of laws, chapter 18, is emphasised and solenized by beginning and ending with the same expression.)

19:1-37. Unlawful Practices.

(Repeated Alternation).
x³  W¹  1-8. Sundry commands and prohibitions.
     X  9,10. Gleanings.
    W²  11-22. Sundry commands and prohibitions.
     X  23-25. Firstfruits.
    W³  26-37. Sundry commands and prohibitions.

19)

 1: And the Lord (Yehovah) spoke to Moses, saying, (see 5:14)
 2: "Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel (only here in Leviticus, and once more in Ex.12:3), and say to them, 'You all shall be holy (=set apart, see Ex.3:5): for I Yehovah your Elohim am holy. (There are 15 grops in this body of laws, ch.19, 7 ending withthe longer formula "I am Yehovah your Elohim" [4,10,23,25,31,34,36], and 8 with the shorter formula "I am Yehovah" [12,14,16,18,28,30,32,37].)
 3: You all shall fear (=revere or love) every man his mother, and his father, and keep My sabbaths: I am the Lord (Yehovah) your God (Elohim.
 4: Turn you all not to idols (see 26:1), nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Yehovah your Elohim.
 5: And if you all slay for a sacrifice a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord (Yehovah), you all shall offer it at your own will. (Heb. ="for your acceptance", or "that you all may be accepted".)
 6: It shall be eaten the same day you all offer it, and on the next day: and if any remain until the third day, it shall be burnt (down) in the fire.
 7: And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
 8: Therefore every one that eats it shall bear his perverseness, because he has profaned the set apart thing of Yehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. (See 7:20)

9,10. Gleanings.

(Cp. Ruth 2:14-16.)
 9: And when you all reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
 10: And you shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord (Yehovah) your God (Elohim).

11-22. Sundry Commands and Prohibitions.

 11: You all shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
 12: And you all shall not swear by My name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God (Elohim): I am the Lord (Yehovah).
 13: You shall not defraud your neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with you all night until the morning. (Heb. work, for wage earned by it. Note the Divine care for the laborer [Deut.24:14,15. Jer.22:13. Mal.3:5. Jas.5:4].)
 14: You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shall revere (or love) your Elohim: I am Yehovah.
 15: You all shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbour.
 16: You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people (a solemn warning here. Rendered "slandering" in Jer.6:28; 9:4. Esek.22:9. Cp. 1 Sam.22:9-18): neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbour: I am the Lord (Yehovah).
 17: You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. (Or countinence him in his sin; or, lest on his accout you bear sin. This is the Divine method, and the best.)
 18: You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord (Yehovah). (See Matt.7:12; 22:39,40. Luke 6:31.Not merely one who is "near", but any one with whom one has dealings. This is the point of Luke 10:29. Cp. John 4:9.)
 19: You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your cattle gender with a different kind (everything created "after his kind". See Gen.1:11; a deep, moral, and spiritual lesson is contained in this prohibition): you shall not sow your field with mingled seed (another lesson here as to mingling the clean and unclean, human and Divine, flesh and spirit, &c. This law relates only to "seeds" which are usd for food and actually eaten. Cp. Luke 13:6): neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon you.
 20: And whosoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed (=set free, by power. See Ex.13:13), nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. (Otherwise death. Deut.22:24.)
 21: And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord (Yehovah), to the entrance of the tent of the assembly, even a ram for a trespass offering.
 22: And the priest shall make an atonement (see Ex.29:33) for him with the ram of the trespass offering before Yehovah for his sin which he has done: and the sin which he has done shall be forgiven him.

 23: And when you all shall come into the land (the second of 4 prospective laws. See 14:34. Cp. 19:23; 23:10; 25), and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised (or uncovenented): three years shall it be as uncircumcised to you: it shall not be eaten of.
 24: But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. (=for a sacred and great praise to Yehovah)
 25: And in the fifth year shall you all eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield to you the increase thereof: I am the Lord (Yehovah) your God (Elohim).

 26: You all shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall you all use enchantment, nor observe times. (i.e.watch clouds, or days, for good or ill luck, e.g. not commencing a journey on a friday. See v.31.)
 27: You all shall not round the corners of your heads (i.e. to round cut, so as to have a tuft of hair, like the Canaanitish priests. Cp. Jer.9:26; 25:23; 49:32), neither shall you mar the corners of your beard. (As Egyptians did. See Gen.41:14.)
 28: You all shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Yehovah. (A practice of Canaanitish heathen worship. Cp.21:5. Deut.14:1. 1 Kings 18:28. Jer.48:37. Thus there is such a thing as a "dead soul" as well as a "living soul" [Gen.2:2]; so also in 21:1; 22:4. Num.5:2; 6:11. Nephesh is incorrectly rendered "body" in 21:11. Num.6:6; 19:11,13; and "dead body" in Num.9:6,7,10. Hag.2:13. In all these passages the Heb. nephesh, soul, is renderedthus, and yet it is rendered "life" in 17:14 and elsewhere.)
 29: Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. (The common practice, as a religious act, by the Canaanite and other ancient forms of idolatry.)
 30: You all shall keep My sabbaths (not man's), and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord (Yehovah).
 31: Regard not them that have familiar spirits (these are evil spirits impersonating dead human beings, and attaching themselves only to "mediums" and those who give up their own will to them. A dread reality is provided against these enactments. Cp. 20:27. Deut.18:10-12. 1 Chron.10:13-14. Isa.8:19. The Heb. 'ob, borrowed from an Akkadian word, ubi = a charm, used of one who was mistress of the spell, or spirit. Isa.29:4. See Acts 16:16, where it is defined as "a spirit of Python" = Pythius Apollo, i.e. the devil), neither seek after wizards (=knowing ones, those having occult knowledge), to be defiled by them: I am the Lord (Yehovah) your God (Elohim).
 32: You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and love your Elohim (perhaps an ellipsis, "love a visitation from your Elohim"): I am Yehovah.
 33: And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you all shall not vex him. (=oppress.)
 34: But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself (cp. v.18); for you all were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord (Yehovah) your God (Elohim).
 35: You all shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length and dimention, in measures of weight, or in measure of capacity.
 36: Just balances (=balance of justice, genitive of character. So with other measures in this verse. Cp. Deut.25:13-16. Prov.11:1; 16:11; 20:10,23), just weights, a just ephah (about 3 pecks), and a just hin (about 1 gal.), shall you all have: I am Yehovah your Elohim, Which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
 37: Therefore shall you all observe all My statutes, and all My regulations, and do them: I am the Lord (Yehovah).' "

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