Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 24:15

15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God, shall bear his sin

(i. e.) Speaketh of him reproachfully and with contempt. They therefore are greatly mistaken that understand this of the heathen Gods, whom their worshippers are forbidden to reproach or curse. But Moses is not here giving laws to Heathens, but to the Israelites, nor would he concern himself so much to vindicate the honour of Idols, nor doth this agree either with the design of the holy Scriptures, which is to beget a contempt and detestation of all Idols and Idolatry; or with the practise of the holy Prophets, who used oft to vilify them. See 1 [illegible: 1+ letters]ing. 18. 27. Ier. 10. 11.

(i. e.) The punishment of it▪ shall not go unpunished. Some say he was to be beaten with stripes: other say, with death, which is described ver. 16.