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Holiness Starts at Home
Commentators explain that this verse begins the practical instructions on holiness by restating two key commandments: honoring parents and keeping the Sabbath. This placement suggests that a holy life is built upon the foundational pillars of a rightly ordered family and a rightly ordered schedule centered on God. Reverence for parents is presented as a primary step toward reflecting God's holiness.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 19:3
18th Century
Theologian
Compare Exodus 20:8, Exodus 20:12, and Exodus 31:13-14. The two laws repeated here are the only laws in the Decalogue that assume a posi…
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 19:3
19th Century
Bishop
You shall fear every man his mother, and his father. — The first means to attain the holiness that is to make the Israeli…
John Calvin
On Leviticus 19:3
16th Century
Theologian
Since this passage unquestionably relates to the explanation of the Fifth Commandment, it confirms what I have previously shown: that the honor whi…
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John Gill
On Leviticus 19:3
17th Century
Pastor
You shall fear every man his mother and father
This has respect to the fifth command, which is the first with promis…
Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 19:1–37
17th Century
Minister
There are some ceremonial precepts in this chapter, but most of these precepts are binding on us, for they are explanations of the Ten Commandments…