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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow,.... Who have none to assist them, and take their part, and therefore judges may be tempted to do an unjust thing; but God is the patron of them, and takes notice of every injury done them, and is the avenger of all such: and all the people shall say Amen; [See...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife,.... As Reuben did, and which is forbidden Leviticus 18:8; because he uncovereth his father's skirt; see Deuteronomy 22:30; and all the people shall say Amen; the tribe of Reuben said this as well as the rest.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cursed [be] he that lieth with any manner of beast,.... See Leviticus 18:23; and all the people shall say Amen; as being shocking and abhorrent to human nature.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cursed [be] he that lieth with his sister,.... Which is forbid, Leviticus 18:9; the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother; whether his sister by father or mother's side: and all the people shall say Amen; detesting such uncleanness.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cursed [be] he that lieth with his mother in law,.... See Leviticus 18:7. All these incestuous or brutal copulations may well be supposed to be done in secret: and all the people shall say Amen; as abhorring such incest.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly,.... And kills him, and the murder is not known; the curse of God follows such, and overtakes them sooner or later. Some interpret this of smiting with the tongue, of secret backbiting and slander; so the Targum of Jonathan, "that smiteth with the third tongue;'' or false accusation: and all the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person,.... As an assassin, to murder him privately; or as a judge, that takes a bribe to condemn to death an innocent person: so Aben Ezra observes, that according to the sense of some a judge is meant; but, says he, in my opinion a false witness; one that swears a man's life away for the sake...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them,.... That is, who does not perfectly perform all that the law requires, and continues to do so; for the law requires obedience, and that perfect and constant, and in failure thereof curses, in proof of which the apostle produces this passage, [See comments on Galatians...