Leviticus 20:1
And the Lord spake to Moses, and said,
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Cross References
1 Samuel 12:14If ye dread the Lord, and serve him, and hear his voice, and wrath not the mouth of the Lord; ye and your king, that commandeth to you, shall follow your Lord God. (If ye fear the Lord or If ye revere the Lord, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and do not rebel against the Lord’s commands, then ye and your king, who commandeth you, shall follow the Lord your God.)
Jeremiah 7:31and they builded high things in Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, that they should burn their sons and their daughters by fire, which things I commanded not, neither thought in mine heart. (and they built the high places, or the hill shrines, of Tophet, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, so that they could burn their sons and their daughters with fire, which things I did not command, nor ever thought of in my heart.)
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:1
The laws which before were made are in this chapter repeated and penalties annexed to them, that those who would not be deterred from sin by the fear of God might be deterred from it by the fear of punishment. If we will not avoid such and such practices because the law has made them sin (and it is most acceptable when we go on that principle of religion), surely we shall avoid them when the law has made them death, from a principle of self-preservation. In this chapter we have, I. Many particular crimes that are… Read the whole commentary →