The Fifth Word and the Elderly

Leviticus 19:32
“The Fifth Word and the Elderly”
The Fifth Word, Part Four
Sermon Notes for October 31, 2010 by Pastor Dennis Tuuri
Dt. 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Ex. 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Lev. 19:32 You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

1. Context:
   Leviticus 19 – Holiness and Obedience
   I. Holiness (19:1-18) – 2 Sets of 4 (You Shall Be Holy)
   Personal Integrity (19:19-37– Things people won't see, or the magistrate won't see or punish
   II. Obedience – 2 Sets of 4 (You Shall Keep My Statutes)
   Corporate Integrity – “you” is plural.
   ...B. BAAB (A = I am the Lord Your God; B = I am the Lord)
   1. Verse 32 Respect of the Elderly and Fear of God – Commandment 5
   2. Verses 33,34 Justice to the Stranger – Commandment 9 (Vex - Ex. 23:9)
   3. Verses 35,36 Honest Measures – Commandment 10 (Dt. 25:13-15)
   4. Verse 37 Guard All My Statutes - Summary

2. Related Texts
   Prov. 16:31; 20:29; Job 32:4-6
   (Lev. 19:14)
   1 Tim. 5:1; Rom. 13:7; 1 Pet. 2:17
   Isa. 3:5; Lam. 5:12
   Prov. 30:11-14

3. The Verse Proper (Young's Literal Translation)
   32 ‘At the presence of grey hairs
   thou dost rise up,
   and thou hast honoured
   the presence of an old man,
   and hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah.

4. The Responsibility of the Aged
   Tit. 2:2; Ps. 71:18; 92:14; Isa. 46:4

5. Daniel and the First Five Words