Levítico 24:11

11 Y el hijo de la mujer israelita pronunció el Nombre, y maldijo; entonces le llevaron a Moisés. Y su madre se llamaba Selomit, hija de Dibri, de la tribu de Dan

Levítico 24:11 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 24:11

And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name [of the
Lord], and cursed
As they were striving together, or when the trial was over, he being cast, fell into outrageous blasphemies against God, who made such laws for the civil polity of Israel, and cursed the judges that had given sentence against him; so the Targum of Jonathan; and so the Jews generally understand by the "name" blasphemed, the name Jehovah, which he spake out plainly, and which, they say, is ineffable, and ought not to be pronounced but by the high priest in the sanctuary; but this man expressed it in its proper sound, and made use of it to curse the man that strove with him, or the judge that judged him; so it is said in the Misnah ^F4,

``a blasphemer is not guilty until he expresses the name;''

but it undoubtedly means blaspheming God himself, by whatsoever name: and they brought him unto Moses;
having heard his blasphemy, to charge him with it before him, or in order to have due punishment inflicted on him: as to the matter of contest between him and the Israelite, that had been decided in a lesser court of judicature, such an one as had been set up by the advice of Jethro; but though there was full proof of his blasphemy and cursing, which, perhaps, were expressed in open court; they might not know what punishment to inflict upon him for so horrid a crime, of which, perhaps, they had never had an instance before, and therefore sent him to Moses, to whom the hearing and decision of weighty matters belonged; see ( Exodus 18:22 ) ; and his mother's name [was] Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the
tribe of Dan;
which is observed, as it should seem, to show in what tribe this affair happened, and what the quarrel was first about, even a place and rank in this tribe.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Sanhedrin, c. 7. sect. 5.

Levítico 24:11 In-Context

9 Y será de Aarón y de sus hijos, los cuales lo comerán en el lugar santo; porque es cosa santísima para él, de las ofrendas encendidas al SEÑOR, por fuero perpetuo

10 En aquella sazón el hijo de una mujer israelita, el cual era hijo de un hombre egipcio, salió entre los hijos de Israel; y el hijo de la israelita y un varón de Israel riñeron en el campamento

11 Y el hijo de la mujer israelita pronunció el Nombre, y maldijo; entonces le llevaron a Moisés. Y su madre se llamaba Selomit, hija de Dibri, de la tribu de Dan

12 Y lo tuvieron bajo guarda, hasta que les fuera declarado por palabra del SEÑOR

13 Entonces el SEÑOR habló a Moisés, diciendo