Leviticus 24:11
Leviticus 24:14
Verse 14. Lay their hands upon his head] It was by this ceremony that the people who heard him curse bore their public testimony in order to his being fully convicted, for without this his punishment would not have been lawful. By this ceremony also they in effect said to the man, Thy blood be upon thy own head. Leviticus 24:16
Verse 16. Blasphemeth the name of the Lord] venokeb shem Yehovah, he who pierces, transfixes, or, as some translate it, expounds, the name of Jehovah; See Clarke on Le 24:10. This being the name by which especially the Divine Essence was pointed out, it should be held peculiarly sacred. We have already seen that the Jews never pronounce this name, and so long has it been disused among them that the true pronunciation is now totally lost; See Clarke on Ex 6:3.
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