In this chapter we have, I. A repetition of the laws concerning the lamps and the show-bread, Lev. 24:1–9. II. A violation of the law against blasphemy, with the imprisonment, trial, condemnation, and execution, of the blasphemer, Lev. 24:10–14, with Lev. 24:23. III.

Care is here taken, and orders are given, for the decent furnishing of the candlestick and table in God’s house. I. The lamps must always be kept burning. The law for this we had before, Ex. 27:20–21.

Evil manners, we say, beget good laws. We have here an account of the evil manners of a certain nameless mongrel Israelite, and the good laws occasioned thereby. I. The offender was the son of an Egyptian father and an Israelitish mother ; his mother was of the tribe of Dan, Lev. 24:11.