Leviticus 24:11-16
blasphemed Lev 24:15-16; Exod 20:7; 2Sam 12:14; 1Kgs 21:10, 1Kgs 21:13; 2Kgs 18:30, 2Kgs 18:35, 2Kgs 18:37; 2Kgs 19:1-3, 2Kgs 19:6, 2Kgs 19:10, 2Kgs 19:22; 2Chr 32:14-17; Ps 74:18, Ps 74:22; Matt 26:65; Acts 6:11-13; Rom 2:24; 1Tim 1:13; Rev 16:11, Rev 16:21 the name Houbigant and others think that the name which this man blasphemed was the name of the god of his native land. But that hashshem THE NAME, denotes Jehovah, appears from its being used in the latter part of Lev 24:16, as equivalent to "the name of Jehovah," in the former part. The Jews also frequently use hashshem for Jehovah. cursed Job 1:5, Job 1:11, Job 1:22, Job 2:5, Job 2:9-10; Isa 8:21 brought him Exod 18:22, Exod 18:26; Num 15:33-35 that the mind of the Lord might be showed them Heb. to expound unto them according to the mouth of the Lord, Exod 18:15-16, Exod 18:23; Num 27:5, Num 36:5-6 without Lev 13:46; Num 5:2-4, Num 15:35 all that Deut 13:9, Deut 17:7 let all the Lev 20:2, Lev 20:27; Num 15:35-36; Deut 13:10, Deut 21:21, Deut 22:21; Josh 7:25; John 8:59; John 10:31-33; Acts 7:58-59 bear his sin Lev 5:1, Lev 20:16-17; Num 9:13 blasphemeth As the word nakav not only signifies to curse, or blaspheme, but also to express, or distinguish by name (Num 1:17. 1Chr 12:31. Isa 62:2), hence the Jews, at a very early period, understood this law as prohibiting them from uttering the name Jehovah, on any other than sacred occasions. The Septuagint, which was made at least 250 years before Christ, renders it Ονομαζων δε το ονομα Κυριου, θανατω θανατουσθω, "Whosoever nameth the name of the Lord, let him die;" from which we see that the Jews at this time were accustomed to pronounce adonay, or Lord, instead of Jehovah; for in place of it the Septuagint always put ο Κυριος. Exod 20:7; 1Kgs 21:10-13; Ps 74:10, Ps 74:18, Ps 139:20; Matt 12:31; Mark 3:28-29; John 8:58-59, John 10:33-36; Acts 26:11; 1Tim 1:13; Jas 2:7
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