Apologetics Bible

Leviticus 24:1

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

vayedaver-yehvah-'el-mosheh-le'mor

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

AKJV: And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

ASV: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

YLT: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Exposition: Leviticus 24:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:2

Hebrew

צַו אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית לַמָּאוֹר לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר תָּמִֽיד׃

tzav-'et-veney-yishera'el-veyiqechv-'eleykha-shemen-zayit-zakhe-khatiyt-lama'vor-leha'alot-ner-tamiyd

KJV: Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

AKJV: Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

ASV: Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

YLT: `Command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure olive oil, beaten, for the lamp, to cause a light to go up continually;

Exposition: Leviticus 24:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:3

Hebrew

מִחוּץ לְפָרֹכֶת הָעֵדֻת בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד יַעֲרֹךְ אֹתוֹ אַהֲרֹן מֵעֶרֶב עַד־בֹּקֶר לִפְנֵי יְהוָה תָּמִיד חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃

michvtz-lefarokhet-ha'edut-ve'ohel-mvo'ed-ya'arokhe-'otvo-'aharon-me'erev-'ad-voqer-lifeney-yehvah-tamiyd-chuqat-'volam-ledoroteykhem

KJV: Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

AKJV: Without the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening to the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

ASV: Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.

YLT: at the outside of the vail of the testimony in the tent of meeting doth Aaron arrange it from evening till morning before Jehovah continually--a statute age-during to your generations;

Exposition: Leviticus 24:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:4

Hebrew

עַל הַמְּנֹרָה הַטְּהֹרָה יַעֲרֹךְ אֶת־הַנֵּרוֹת לִפְנֵי יְהוָה תָּמִֽיד׃

'al-hamenorah-hatehorah-ya'arokhe-'et-hanervot-lifeney-yehvah-tamiyd

KJV: He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.

AKJV: He shall order the lamps on the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. ¶

ASV: He shall keep in order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before Jehovah continually.

YLT: by the pure candlestick he doth arrange the lights before Jehovah continually.

Exposition: Leviticus 24:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:5

Hebrew

וְלָקַחְתָּ סֹלֶת וְאָפִיתָ אֹתָהּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה חַלּוֹת שְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים יִהְיֶה הַֽחַלָּה הָאֶחָֽת׃

velaqacheta-solet-ve'afiyta-'otah-sheteym-'eshereh-chalvot-sheney-'esheroniym-yiheyeh-hachalah-ha'echat

KJV: And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

AKJV: And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

ASV: And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.

YLT: `And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake,

Exposition: Leviticus 24:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:6

Hebrew

וְשַׂמְתָּ אוֹתָם שְׁתַּיִם מַֽעֲרָכוֹת שֵׁשׁ הַֽמַּעֲרָכֶת עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן הַטָּהֹר לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה׃

veshameta-'votam-shetayim-ma'arakhvot-shesh-hama'arakhet-'al-hashulechan-hatahor-lifeney-yehvah

KJV: And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.

AKJV: And you shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure table before the LORD.

ASV: And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.

YLT: and thou hast set them two ranks (six in the rank) on the pure table before Jehovah,

Exposition: Leviticus 24:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:7

Hebrew

וְנָתַתָּ עַל־הַֽמַּעֲרֶכֶת לְבֹנָה זַכָּה וְהָיְתָה לַלֶּחֶם לְאַזְכָּרָה אִשֶּׁה לַֽיהוָֽה׃

venatata-'al-hama'arekhet-levonah-zakhah-vehayetah-lalechem-le'azekharah-'isheh-layhvah

KJV: And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

AKJV: And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to the LORD.

ASV: And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

YLT: and thou hast put on the rank pure frankincense, and it hath been to the bread for a memorial, a fire-offering to Jehovah.

Exposition: Leviticus 24:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:8

Hebrew

בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת יַֽעַרְכֶנּוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה תָּמִיד מֵאֵת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּרִית עוֹלָֽם׃

veyvom-hashavat-veyvom-hashavat-ya'arekhenv-lifeney-yehvah-tamiyd-me'et-veney-yishera'el-veriyt-'volam

KJV: Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

AKJV: Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

ASV: Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.

YLT: `On each sabbath-day he arrangeth it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel--a covenant age-during;

Exposition: Leviticus 24:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:9

Hebrew

וְהָֽיְתָה לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו וַאֲכָלֻהוּ בְּמָקוֹם קָדֹשׁ כִּי קֹדֶשׁ קֽ͏ָדָשִׁים הוּא לוֹ מֵאִשֵּׁי יְהוָה חָק־עוֹלָֽם׃

vehayetah-le'aharon-vlevanayv-va'akhaluhv-vemaqvom-qadosh-khiy-qodesh-qadashiym-hv'-lvo-me'ishey-yehvah-chaq-'volam

KJV: And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.

AKJV: And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. ¶

ASV: And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.

YLT: and it hath been to Aaron, and to his sons, and they have eaten it in the holy place, for it is most holy to him, from the fire-offerings of Jehovah--a statute age-during.'

Exposition: Leviticus 24:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:10

Hebrew

וַיֵּצֵא בֶּן־אִשָּׁה יִשְׂרְאֵלִית וְהוּא בֶּן־אִישׁ מִצְרִי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּנָּצוּ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה בֶּן הַיִּשְׁרְאֵלִית וְאִישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִֽי׃

vayetze'-ven-'ishah-yishere'eliyt-vehv'-ven-'iysh-mitzeriy-vetvokhe-veney-yishera'el-vayinatzv-vamachaneh-ven-hayishere'eliyt-ve'iysh-hayishere'eliy

KJV: And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

AKJV: And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

ASV: And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp:

YLT: And a son of an Israelitish woman goeth out (and he is son of an Egyptian man), in the midst of the sons of Israel, and strive in the camp do the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel,

Exposition: Leviticus 24:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:11

Hebrew

וַיִּקֹּב בֶּן־הָֽאִשָּׁה הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית אֶת־הַשֵּׁם וַיְקַלֵּל וַיָּבִיאוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ שְׁלֹמִית בַּת־דִּבְרִי לְמַטֵּה־דָֽן׃

vayiqov-ven-ha'ishah-hayishere'eliyt-'et-hashem-vayeqalel-vayaviy'v-'otvo-'el-mosheh-veshem-'imvo-shelomiyt-vat-diveriy-lemateh-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:)

AKJV: And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

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.

YLT: and the son of the Israelitish woman execrateth the Name, and revileth; and they bring him in unto Moses; and his mother's name is Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan;

Exposition: Leviticus 24:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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:)'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:12

Hebrew

וַיַּנִּיחֻהוּ בַּמִּשְׁמָר לִפְרֹשׁ לָהֶם עַל־פִּי יְהוָֽה׃

vayaniychuhv-vamishemar-liferosh-lahem-'al-fiy-yehvah

KJV: And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.

AKJV: And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be showed them.

ASV: And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah.

YLT: and he causeth him to rest in charge--to explain to them by the mouth of Jehovah.

Exposition: Leviticus 24:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:13

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

vayedaver-yehvah-'el-mosheh-le'mor

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

AKJV: And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

ASV: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

YLT: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Exposition: Leviticus 24:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:14

Hebrew

הוֹצֵא אֶת־הַֽמְקַלֵּל אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה וְסָמְכוּ כָֽל־הַשֹּׁמְעִים אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ וְרָגְמוּ אֹתוֹ כָּל־הָעֵדָֽה׃

hvotze'-'et-hameqalel-'el-michvtz-lamachaneh-vesamekhv-khal-hashome'iym-'et-yedeyhem-'al-ro'shvo-veragemv-'otvo-khal-ha'edah

KJV: Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

AKJV: Bring forth him that has cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

ASV: Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

YLT: `Bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp; and all those hearing have laid their hands on his head, and all the company have stoned him.

Exposition: Leviticus 24:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:15

Hebrew

וְאֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּדַבֵּר לֵאמֹר אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּֽי־יְקַלֵּל אֱלֹהָיו וְנָשָׂא חֶטְאֽוֹ׃

ve'el-veney-yishera'el-tedaver-le'mor-'iysh-'iysh-khiy-yeqalel-'elohayv-venasha'-chete'vo

KJV: And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

AKJV: And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

ASV: And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

YLT: `And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God--then he hath borne his sin;

Exposition: Leviticus 24:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:16

Hebrew

וְנֹקֵב שֵׁם־יְהוָה מוֹת יוּמָת רָגוֹם יִרְגְּמוּ־בוֹ כָּל־הָעֵדָה כַּגֵּר כָּֽאֶזְרָח בְּנָקְבוֹ־שֵׁם יוּמָֽת׃

venoqev-shem-yehvah-mvot-yvmat-ragvom-yiregemv-vvo-khal-ha'edah-khager-kha'ezerach-venaqevvo-shem-yvmat

KJV: And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

AKJV: And he that blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. ¶

ASV: And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, shall be put to death.

YLT: and he who is execrating the name of Jehovah is certainly put to death; all the company do certainly cast stones at him; as a sojourner so a native, in his execrating the Name, is put to death.

Exposition: Leviticus 24:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:17

Hebrew

וְאִישׁ כִּי יַכֶּה כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ אָדָם מוֹת יוּמָֽת׃

ve'iysh-khiy-yakheh-khal-nefesh-'adam-mvot-yvmat

KJV: And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

AKJV: And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death.

ASV: And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

YLT: `And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.

Exposition: Leviticus 24:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:18

Hebrew

וּמַכֵּה נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּהֵמָה יְשַׁלְּמֶנָּה נֶפֶשׁ תַּחַת נָֽפֶשׁ׃

vmakheh-nefesh-vehemah-yeshalemenah-nefesh-tachat-nafesh

KJV: And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

AKJV: And he that kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

ASV: And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

YLT: `And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.

Exposition: Leviticus 24:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:19

Hebrew

וְאִישׁ כִּֽי־יִתֵּן מוּם בַּעֲמִיתוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה כֵּן יֵעָשֶׂה לּֽוֹ׃

ve'iysh-khiy-yiten-mvm-va'amiytvo-kha'asher-'ashah-khen-ye'asheh-lvo

KJV: And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

AKJV: And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him;

ASV: And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

YLT: `And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him;

Exposition: Leviticus 24:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:20

Hebrew

שֶׁבֶר תַּחַת שֶׁבֶר עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן שֵׁן תַּחַת שֵׁן כַּאֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן מוּם בָּֽאָדָם כֵּן יִנָּתֶן בּֽוֹ׃

shever-tachat-shever-'ayin-tachat-'ayin-shen-tachat-shen-kha'asher-yiten-mvm-va'adam-khen-yinaten-vvo

KJV: Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

AKJV: Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

ASV: breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

YLT: breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.

Exposition: Leviticus 24:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:21

Hebrew

וּמַכֵּה בְהֵמָה יְשַׁלְּמֶנָּה וּמַכֵּה אָדָם יוּמָֽת׃

vmakheh-vehemah-yeshalemenah-vmakheh-'adam-yvmat

KJV: And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

AKJV: And he that kills a beast, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death.

ASV: And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

YLT: `And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth the life of man is put to death;

Exposition: Leviticus 24:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:22

Hebrew

מִשְׁפַּט אֶחָד יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כַּגֵּר כָּאֶזְרָח יִהְיֶה כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

mishefat-'echad-yiheyeh-lakhem-khager-kha'ezerach-yiheyeh-khiy-'aniy-yehvah-'eloheykhem

KJV: Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.

AKJV: You shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. ¶

ASV: Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

YLT: one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I am Jehovah your God.'

Exposition: Leviticus 24:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Leviticus 24:23

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיּוֹצִיאוּ אֶת־הַֽמְקַלֵּל אֶל־מִחוּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיִּרְגְּמוּ אֹתוֹ אָבֶן וּבְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל עָשׂוּ כּֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

vayedaver-mosheh-'el-veney-yishera'el-vayvotziy'v-'et-hameqalel-'el-michvtz-lamachaneh-vayiregemv-'otvo-'aven-vveney-yishera'el-'ashv-kha'asher-tzivah-yehvah-'et-mosheh

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.

AKJV: And Moses spoke 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.

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.

YLT: And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel, and they bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp, and stone him with stones; and the sons of Israel have done as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Exposition: Leviticus 24:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.