Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 24:16

16 And he that blasphemeth the Name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

This some make a distinct sin from [illegible: 1 word] his God mentioned ver. 15. but the difference they make seems arbitrary and without evidence from reason or the use of the words. And therefore this may be a repetition of the same sin in other words, which is common. And as this law is laid down in more general terms ver. 15. so both the sin and the punishment are more particularly expressed ver. 16. Or the first part of ver. 16. may be an application of the former rule to the present case. And as for him that blasphemeth, &c. or, is blaspheming, &c. in the present tense, which is fitly used concerning words just now uttered and scarce yet out of their ears, he shall, &c. And so the following words, as well the stranger, &c. may be a repetition and amplificatio[illegible: 1+ letters] of the former law.

To shew their zeal for God, and to beget in them the greater dread and abhorrency of blasphemy.

Marginal references: Or. [illegible: 1+ letters]e that [illegible: 1 word].; Or, [illegible: 1 word].