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Leviticus 24:23

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Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Moses spake to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

KJV

And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

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This verse in Leviticus 24

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And stone him with stones - We are not to suppose that the culprit was exposed to the unbridled fury of the thousands of Israel; this would be brutality, not justice, for the very worst of tempers and passions might be produced and fostered by such a procedure.

This site's exposition

Then Moses spoke to the Israelites

The sentence is carried out "as the LORD had commanded Moses", outside the camp. Stephen died under this statute at Acts 6:11 and 7:58, stoned outside the city.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Stone him with stones - This blasphemer was the first that died by the law of Moses. Stephen the first that died for the gospel, died by the abuse of the law.
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel,.... As the Lord had commanded him: that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones; which were the instructions God had given to Moses upon inquiring his mind and will about this matter: and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses; they took the blasphemer, and led him out of the camp, put their hands on him, and stoned him with stones till he died.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This teaches that death is the wages of sin, and that blasphemy in particular is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. But, if those who thus profane the name of God escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgments. This blasphemer was the first that died by the law of Moses.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיְדַבֵּ֣רand he spoke

    vaydaberH1696 →1141 times

  • מֹשֶׁה֮Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיּוֹצִ֣יאוּand they brought out

    vaiyotziuH3318 →1067 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַֽמְקַלֵּ֗לthe [one who] had cursed

    hamkalelH7043 →82 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מִחוּץ֙from [the] outside

    michutzH2351 →164 times

  • לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הof the camp

    lamachanehH4264 →215 times

  • וַיִּרְגְּמ֥וּand they stoned

    vaiyirgemuH7275 →16 times

  • אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • אָ֑בֶןstone[s]

    ʾavenH68 →273 times

  • וּבְנֵֽי־and [the] people of

    uvenei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • עָשׂ֔וּthey did

    ʾasuH6213 →2628 times

  • כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּ֥הhe had commanded

    tzivahH6680 →494 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Hebrews 13:12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.5 worksLeviticus 20:2“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.3 worksNumbers 15:35And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”3 worksHebrews 2:2–3For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,2 worksHebrews 10:28–29Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.2 worksLeviticus 24:14–16“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Deuteronomy 13:10Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.2 worksDeuteronomy 22:21she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.2 worksNumbers 36:10So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.2 works

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 24 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.

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