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Leviticuschapter 24

23 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Leviticus 24— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Leviticus 24. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 31 of 54

אֱמֹר Emor, Leviticus 21:1 to 24:23

Read with it: Ezekiel 44:15 to 44:31.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

The man who blasphemed the Name10

Leviticus 24:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיֵּצֵא֙vaiyetze'and he went outH3318בֶּן־ben-a son ofH1121אִשָּׁ֣הʾishaha womanH802יִשְׂרְאֵלִ֔יתyisreelitIsraeliteH3481וְהוּא֙vehu'and heH1931בֶּן־ben-[was] a son ofH1121אִ֣ישׁʾisha manH376מִצְרִ֔יmitzriEgyptianH4713בְּת֖וֹךְbetokhin amongH8432בְּנֵ֣יbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelH3478וַיִּנָּצוּ֙vaiyinatzuand they struggled togetherH5327בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הbamachanehin the campH4264בֶּ֚ןben[the] son ofH1121הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔יתhaiyisreelitthe Israelite [woman]H3481וְאִ֖ישׁveishand [the] man ofH376הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִֽי׃haiyisreelithe Israelite[s]H3481

Ramban on Leviticus 24:10

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
AND THE SON OF AN ISRAELITE WOMAN, WHOSE FATHER WAS AN EGYPTIAN, WENT OUT, etc. This means that he went out among the children of Israel, 520 In the Hebrew, the word vayeitzei (and he went out) is not adjoined to the phrase, among the children of Israel.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Leviticus 24:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיַּנִּיחֻ֖הוּvaiyanichuhuand they placed himH5117בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑רbamishmarin <the> custodyH4929לִפְרֹ֥שׁlifroshto decideH6567לָהֶ֖םlahemfor <the> themselvesעַל־ʾal-onH5921פִּ֥יpi[the] mouth ofH6310יְהוָֽה׃ פyahwehYahwehH3068

Rashi on Leviticus 24:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
ויניחהו AND THEY PLACED HIM [IN WARD] — him by himself — and they did not place the man who gathered sticks on the Sabbath day with him (Numbers:34), because both of whom happened to be (i. e.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

Leviticus 24:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְאֶל־veel-and toH413בְּנֵ֥יbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelH3478תְּדַבֵּ֣רtedaberyou will speakH1696לֵאמֹ֑רlemor<to> sayingH559אִ֥ישׁʾisha personH376אִ֛ישׁʾisha personH376כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588יְקַלֵּ֥לyekalelhe will curseH7043אֱלֹהָ֖יוʾelohavGod hisH430וְנָשָׂ֥אvenasa'and he will bearH5375חֶטְאֽוֹ׃chetosin hisH2399

Rashi on Leviticus 24:15

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
ונשא חטאו [WHOSOEVER EXECRATETH HIS GOD] SHALL BEAR HIS SIN — i. e. shall be punished with excision if there was no legal warning preceding the offence (Sifra, Emor, Chapter 19; cf. Rashi on Leviticus:27).

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

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