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Time after Pentecost · Proper 10 · Year C

Leviticus 18:(1-5) 19:9-18

The Holiness Code: Love Your Neighbor

July 16, 2028

Moses with the Tablets of the Law, Rembrandt van Rijn
Moses with the Tablets of the Law, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1659Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Rembrandt's Moses holds the tablets above his head, either to show them or to throw them down. The painting does not settle which.You shall love your neighbour as yourself: Leviticus 19 is on these tablets, and the psalms ask for a heart to keep them.Rembrandt van RijnRembrandt (1606-1669) painted scripture as if it had happened in a room he had been in, and returned to the same stories across forty years, changing his mind about them in public.Gemäldegalerie, BerlinBerlin's old-master gallery, with one of the great collections of European painting before 1800, rebuilt after the division and reunification of the city.Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 10:25-37Lk 10:25-37
EpistleCol. 1:1-14Col 1:1-14
Old TestamentLev. 18:(1-5) 19:9-18Lv 18:(1-5) 19:9-18
PsalterPs. 41Ps 41

Overview & Insights

"You shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord." (Leviticus 19:18)

This section of the Holiness Code moves from harvest gleaning laws to a string of everyday commands for honest, non-exploitive dealing with neighbors, workers, and the vulnerable. It climaxes in the command to love the neighbor as oneself, the verse Jesus quotes as the second great commandment.

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Commentary

Leviticus 19 Commentary: Many Various LawsLv 19 Commentary: Many Various Laws Enduring Word · David Guzik

Walks through the practical holiness laws verse by verse, including the neighbor-love command.

Leviticus 19 CommentaryLv 19 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse-by-verse word study drawing out the ethical force of each command.

Commentary on Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18Commentary on Lv 19:1-2, 9-18 Working Preacher

Notes what the lectionary skips and links the neighbor-love command to Jesus's own use of it.

Leviticus 19 - Gill's ExpositionLv 19 - Gill's Exposition StudyLight

Older exegetical detail on the specific gleaning and fair-dealing laws.

Leviticus 19:18 interlinearLv 19:18 interlinear BibleHub

Shows the Hebrew behind love, neighbor, and self in the key verse.

Leviticus 18:Lv 18: Enduring Word · David Guzik

An accessible verse-by-verse commentary, widely used across evangelical churches.

Background & Word Study

Leviticus 17-27 - The Holiness CodeLv 17-27 - The Holiness Code Enter the Bible

Explains how this reading fits the larger Holiness Code section of Leviticus.

Leviticus 19 in Hebrew and EnglishLv 19 in Hebrew and English Sefaria

Original Hebrew text alongside translation for the neighbor-love command.

Leviticus overview videoLv overview video BibleProject

Places these holiness laws inside the book's larger design.

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