Leviticus 24:14

Leviticus 24:14 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Take outside the camp him who has cursed; then let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

Context of Leviticus 24:14

12They put him in custody until the will and command of the Lord might be made clear to them. 13Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Bring the one who has cursed [the Lord] outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head [as witnesses to his guilt]; then let all the congregation stone him. 15You shall speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God will bear his sin [through his own death]. 16Further, the one who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall most certainly be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him. The stranger as well as the native-born shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name [of the Lord].

Leviticus 24:14 word by word

הוֹצֵ֣א אֶת־הַֽמְקַלֵּ֗ל אֶל־מִחוּץ֙ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְסָמְכ֧וּ כָֽל־הַשֹּׁמְעִ֛ים אֶת־יְדֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וְרָגְמ֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ כָּל־הָעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Bring forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• him that hath cursedקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
• withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• and let all that heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• layסָמַךְsâmak · to supportH5564
• their handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• upon his headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• and let all the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• stoneרָגַםrâgam · to stoneH7275

Cross-references for Leviticus 24:14

• Leviticus 13:46He shall remain [ceremonially] unclean as long as the disease is on him; he is unclean. He shall live alone; he shall live outside the camp.
• Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp every leper and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled [that is, ceremonially unclean] by [coming in contact with] the dead.
• Numbers 15:35Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall certainly be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”
• Deuteronomy 13:9Instead, you shall most certainly execute him; your hand shall be first [to be raised] against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
• Deuteronomy 17:7The hand of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
• Leviticus 20:2“Moreover, you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘Any Israelite or any stranger residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech (the god of the Ammonites) [as a human sacrifice] shall most certainly be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
• Deuteronomy 13:10So you shall stone him to death with stones, because he has tried to draw you away from the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
• Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
• Deuteronomy 22:21then they shall bring her out to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed a deliberate sin in Israel by playing the prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
• Joshua 7:25Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring you disaster this day.” Then all Israel stoned them [to death] with stones; afterward they burned their bodies in the fire.
• John 8:59So they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus concealed Himself and left the temple.
• John 10:31Again the Jews picked up stones to stone Him.
• Acts 7:58Then they drove him out of the city and began stoning him; and the witnesses placed their outer robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Commentaries on Leviticus 24:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Lay their hands upon his head - It was by this ceremony that the people who heard him curse bore their public testimony in order to his being fully convicted, for without this his punishment would not have been lawful. By this ceremony also they in effect said to the man, Thy blood be upon thy own head.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Lay their hands upon his head - As a protest against the impiety of the criminal, symbolically laying the guilt upon his head. Compare the washing of hands, Deuteronomy 21:6; Matthew 27:24. Let all the congregation stone him - See Leviticus 20:2 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-23Verses 10-23 This offender was the son of an Egyptian father, and an Israelitish mother. The notice of his parents shows the common ill effect of mixed marriages. A standing law for the stoning of blasphemers was made upon this occasion. Great stress is laid upon this law. It extends to the strangers among them, as well as to those born in the land. Strangers, as well as native Israelites, should be entitled to the benefit of the law, so as not to suffer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Those who heard someone curse against God had to lay their hands on his head. This act showed their innocence by symbolically transferring the guilt (see Leviticus 16:21). It also showed their willingness to take responsibility for the person's death. A single witness was not enough to sentence someone to death (see Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:2–7; Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. 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" [De 7:6; 14:2, 21; 26:19; 28:9], all flagrant offenders should be thrust out of their society. let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, &c.--The imposition of hands formed a public and solemn testimony against the crime, and at the same time…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 24:14

• Blasphemy
• Church
• Evidence
• Hand
• Punishment
• Trial
• Witness

In the dictionaries

• Curse
• Encamp
• Stoning
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Hand
• Hands; Hands, Imposition, Laying On of
• Holiness
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Leviticus 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings