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Leviticus 24:14
14‘Take the man outside the camp. All the people who heard him speak must put a hand on him. All the people must throw stones at him until he is dead.
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 locked the man up. The Lord told them what to do with him. 13The Lord said to Moses, ‘Take the man outside the camp. All the people who heard him speak must put a hand on him. All the people must throw stones at him until he is dead. 15Tell Israel's people, “It is a sin if any man says bad things about God's name. 16He must die. All the people must throw stones at him until he is dead.” You must kill anyone who says bad things about the Lord's name. They may be a foreigner or an Israelite. You must kill them.
Read all of Leviticus 24Leviticus 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 must be alone all the time that he has a disease. He must live outside the camp.
- Numbers 5:2‘Speak to the Israelites. They must send any person with a disease of the skin away from the camp. Or somebody may have a disease that causes pus to come out of his body. Any person like that is not clean. Anyone who has touched a dead person is also not clean. Send those people out of the camp too.
- Numbers 15:35The Lord said to Moses, ‘This man must die. All the people must take him outside the camp. They must throw stones at him to kill him.’
- Deuteronomy 13:9Instead, you must certainly kill him! You must be the first person to throw stones to kill him. Then everyone else must do the same thing.
- Deuteronomy 17:7The people who saw the wicked act must throw the first stones to kill the person. Then everyone else must also throw stones. In that way, you must remove evil acts from among you.
- Leviticus 20:2‘Talk to Israel's people. Say, “If any Israelite or foreign person gives his children to the god called Molech, he must die.” The people must throw stones at him to kill him.
- Deuteronomy 13:10You must throw stones at him until he dies. He tried to turn you away from the Lord your God. It was the Lord who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.
- Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of the city must throw stones at the son until he is dead. In this way, you must remove all evil things like that from among you. Then all Israel's people will hear about what has happened. They will be afraid.
- Deuteronomy 22:21If so, the leaders must take her to the entrance of her father's house. The men of the town must throw stones at her there, until she dies. She has done a very bad thing that brings shame on Israel. She has had sex like a prostitute while she lived in her father's house. You must remove evil acts like this from among you.
- Joshua 7:25Joshua said, ‘Why did you cause so much trouble to come to us? The Lord will certainly give you trouble today!’ Then all the Israelites threw stones at him until he died. They also killed his family and they burned all the bodies.
- John 8:59Then they picked up stones. They wanted to throw them at him and kill him. But Jesus hid himself from them. He went away from the temple.
- John 10:31Then the Jewish leaders picked up stones again to throw at Jesus so that they could kill him.
- Acts 7:58They took hold of Stephen and they pulled him out of the city. They removed their coats. They gave them to a young man to keep them safe. This young man was called Saul. Then they began to throw stones at Stephen to kill him.
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
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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
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