New King James Version
Leviticus 24:12
12Then they put him in custody, that the mind of the Lord might be shown to them.
Leviticus 24:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.
- New International Version (NIV)They put him in custody until the will of the Lord should be made clear to them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they put him in custody, till the will of the Lord should be clear to them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They kept the man in custody until the Lord’s will in the matter should become clear to them.
Context of Leviticus 24:12
10Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and this Israelite woman’s son and a man of Israel fought each other in the camp. 11And the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord and cursed; and so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) Then they put him in custody, that the mind of the Lord might be shown to them. 13And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 14“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.
Read all of Leviticus 24Leviticus 24:12 word by word
וַיַּנִּיחֻ֖הוּ בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר לִפְרֹ֥שׁ לָהֶ֖ם עַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 24:12
- Exodus 18:15And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
- Numbers 27:5So Moses brought their case before the Lord.
- Numbers 36:5Then Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying: “What the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks is right.
Commentaries on Leviticus 24:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The offender may already have been pronounced guilty by the rulers (see Exodus 18:21-22), and the case was referred to Moses in order that the punishment might be awarded by the divine decree. No law had as yet been enacted against blasphemy except by implication. See Exodus 21:17; Exodus 22:28.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. 10-23A large group of non-Israelites, including other Semitic people and Egyptians, left Egypt with the Israelites (Exodus 12:38). Among them was a man with an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father. A fight broke out between this man and a full-blooded Israelite. the man who was half-Egyptian verbally cursed the Israelite, using the name of God in a disrespectful manner.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-232. Command the children of Israel--This is the repetition of a law previously given (Ex 27:20, 21). pure oil olive beaten--or cold-drawn, which is always of great purity.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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