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| 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. |
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| 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
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Keep my sabbaths – Type of the Millennial age. B40
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| 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. |
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| 5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. |
Of peace offerings – Representing vows of consecration to God made by the world during the Millennial age. T98
At your own will – A willing thank offering. T98
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| 6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. |
It shall be eaten – By the offerer; showing that in the Millennium all must eat or fulfill a covenant of consecration to God or be cut off in the Second Death. T98
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| 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. |
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| 8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. |
Shall be cut off – In death, typifying the Second Death. T98
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| 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. |
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| 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. |
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| 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. |
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| 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. |
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| 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. |
Him that Is hired – Nothing special for the priest, a lesson in strict justice. A52, A53
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| 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. |
Not curse the deaf – But no special legislation for the priesthood. A52
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| 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. |
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| 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. |
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| 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. |
Thy neighbour – If you see him violating the law; showing that everything was not in the hands of the priests. A55
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| 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. |
As thyself – It does not say, "Better than thyself"; Christ's course of self-sacrifice in our behalf went beyond this requirement. R3804:6, R5072:3
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| 19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. |
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| 20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. |
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| 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. |
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| 22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. |
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| 23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. |
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| 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. |
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| 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. |
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| 26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. |
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| 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. |
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| 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. |
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| 29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. |
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| 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. |
Keep my sabbaths – The Jew gave God one seventh of his time but the Christian is to give him seven-sevenths. HG583:2*
And reverence – A feeling of profound respect mingled with awe and affection. R2002:3
"God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him." (Psa.89:7) R2002:2
My sanctuary – The sanctuary was the holy structure through which God manifested himself to Israel. HG583:2*
The Christian finds his sanctuary wherever he is; every place is a holy place to him. HG583:2*
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| 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. |
Familiar spirits – Communication with the fallen angels. R2172:1
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| 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. |
Hoary head – Nothing is more beautiful in youth than preferment and deference to riper years, especially to old age. R2024:3
Of the old man – But no special legislation for the priesthood. A53
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| 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. |
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| 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. |
Love him as thyself – The Mosaic Law was far ahead of its time. A50
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| 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. |
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| 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. |
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| 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. |
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