Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Leviticus 24:14

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Leviticus 24:14 - 24:14

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Leviticus 24:14 - 24:14

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

24:1 - 24:1
24:2 - 24:2
24:3 - 24:3
24:4 - 24:4
24:5 - 24:5
24:10 - 24:10
24:11 - 24:11
24:14 - 24:14
24:16 - 24:16
24:17 - 24:17
24:23 - 24:23

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp - All executions took place without the camp; and this arrangement probably originated in the idea that, as the Israelites were to be “a holy people” [Deu 7:6; Deu 14:2, Deu 14:21; Deu 26:19; Deu 28:9], all flagrant offenders should be thrust out of their society.

let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, etc. - The imposition of hands formed a public and solemn testimony against the crime, and at the same time made the punishment legal.