Leviticus 24:11
in Leviticus 24The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
KJV
And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
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This verse in Leviticus 24
Commentary
6 notes on this verseNeither he nor his father is named, but his mother only, who was an Israelite. This notice is taken of his parentage either, 1. To intimate what occasioned the quarrel he was engaged in.
This site's exposition
the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian
on Leviticus 24:10-11
The book breaks into narrative for the second and last time, and the man at the centre of it is half Egyptian. Exodus 12:38 records a mixed multitude going up with Israel, so a household like his was ordinary in that camp. He and a man of Israel fight, he blasphemes the Name and curses, and the text names his mother, Shelomith the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan, while leaving him unnamed. What started the quarrel is never said.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The name of the Lord - The words of the Lord, or of Jehovah, are supplied out of ver. 16, where they are expressed; here they are omitted perhaps for the aggravation of his crime.
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And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed,....
Imprecations of mischief are the hellish language of hasty passion, as well as of rooted malice. Or perhaps he cursed the judges that gave sentence against him; he flew in the face of the court, and ridiculed the processes of it; thus he added sin to sin. The caution with which he was proceeded against for this sin.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The Egyptian mind of this youth thought the greatest insult to his opponent was to blaspheme the object of his religious reverence. He spoke disrespectfully of One who sustained the double character of the King as well as the God of the Hebrew people; as the offense was a new one, he was put in ward till the mind of the Lord was ascertained as to his disposal.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
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.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֠יִּקֹּב | vaiyiko | and he slandered | H5344 → | 19 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הָֽאִשָּׁ֨ה | haishah | the woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֤ית | haiyisreelit | <the> Israelite | H3481 → | 5 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשֵּׁם֙ | hashem | the name | H8034 → | 864 times |
| וַיְקַלֵּ֔ל | vaykalel | and he cursed | H7043 → | 82 times |
| וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ | vaiyaviu | and people brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֹת֖וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֑ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אִמּ֛וֹ | ʾimo | mother his | H517 → | 220 times |
| שְׁלֹמִ֥ית | shelomit | [was] Shelomith | H8019 → | |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| דִּבְרִ֖י | divri | Dibri | H1704 → | |
| לְמַטֵּה־ | lemateh- | of [the] tribe of | H4294 → | |
| דָֽן׃ | dan | Dan | H1835 → |
וַ֠יִּקֹּבand he slandered
vaiyikoH5344 →19 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
הָֽאִשָּׁ֨הthe woman
haishahH802 →781 times
הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֤ית<the> Israelite
haiyisreelitH3481 →5 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַשֵּׁם֙the name
hashemH8034 →864 times
וַיְקַלֵּ֔לand he cursed
vaykalelH7043 →82 times
וַיָּבִ֥יאוּand people brought
vaiyaviuH935 →2568 times
אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֑הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וְשֵׁ֥םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אִמּ֛וֹmother his
ʾimoH517 →220 times
שְׁלֹמִ֥ית[was] Shelomith
shelomitH8019 →
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
דִּבְרִ֖יDibri
divriH1704 →
לְמַטֵּה־of [the] tribe of
lemateh-H4294 →
דָֽן׃Dan
danH1835 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:11
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Leviticus 19:12
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- James 5:12
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under…
- Matthew 5:33–37
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
- Deuteronomy 5:11
Through
Exodus 3:15God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My…
it leads to
- Genesis 17:7–8
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Malachi 3:6
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Hosea 12:5
the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
- Genesis 17:7–8
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.