Leviticus 24:16

16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord is to be put to death;^[a] the whole community must stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the foreign resident or the native.

Leviticus 24:16 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:16

And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord
Or, "but he that blasphemeth" from whence the Jews gather, that the name Jehovah must be expressed, or it is no blasphemy; so Jarchi; but it is not bare using or expressing the word Jehovah that is blasphemy, but speaking ill and contemptuously of God, with respect to any of his names, titles, and epithets, or of any of his perfections, ways, and works: he shall surely be put to death;
no mercy shall be shown him, no reprieve or pardon granted him: hence it is said ^F6, there is no atonement for it, by repentance, or chastisements, or the day of atonement: so blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is not forgiven, neither in this world nor in that which is to come, ( Matthew 12:31 Matthew 12:32 ) ; [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him;
shall have no pity on him, nor spare him, but stone him till he dies: as well the stranger as he that is born in the land, when he
blasphemeth the name [of the Lord], shall be put to death;
even a proselyte of the gate, a Gentile that sojourned among them, uncircumcised, and did not profess the Jewish religion, as well as a proselyte of righteousness, and an Israelite born; yet, if he blasphemed the God of Israel, was to lose his life without any mercy shown him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 R. Alphes, par. 1. Yoma, c. 1. fol. 261. 1.

Leviticus 24:16 In-Context

14 "Bring the one who has cursed to the outside of the camp and have all who heard [him] lay their hands on his head; then have the whole community stone him.

15 And tell the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.

16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord is to be put to death; the whole community must stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the foreign resident or the native.

17 "If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.

18 Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, life for life.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ex 20:7; 22:28; 1 Kg 21:10,13