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Verse Deuteronomy 16:21. _THOU SHALT NOT PLANT THEE A GROVE, C._] We
have already seen that _groves_ were planted about idol temples for
the purpose of the obscene worship performed in them. (Deutero...
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These verses are closely connected in subject with the following
chapter, and introduce certain directions for the administration of
justice and the carrying on of the civil government of the people i...
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13. JUSTICE AND THE CHOICE OF A KING
Chapter S 16:18-17:20
_ 1. Appointment of judges and their instruction (Deuteronomy 16:18;
Deuteronomy 17:1)_
2. The higher court at the place He chooses ...
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DEUTERONOMY 16. THE DEUTERONOMIC LAWS OF THE THREE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE
FEASTS. These are adaptations of the older laws in Exodus 23:18 *,
Exodus 34:18; Exodus 34:22 f. (general regulations);...
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GROVE. Hebrew. _'asherah._ See App-42. Here in the feminine gender....
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Deuteronomy 16:21 to Deuteronomy 17:7. Isolated Group of Laws on
Worship
This group of laws against heathen symbols and blemished sacrifices
and the worship of other gods all of them abominations to,...
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Deuteronomy 16:21-22. Against the Use of "Asherim and Maṣṣeboth
21. _Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah plant_, because the "Asherah
(see general note following) was either a mast or artificial tre...
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4. GENERAL RULES FOR OBSERVANCE
(Deuteronomy 16:16-17; Deuteronomy 16:21-22; Deuteronomy 17:1)
16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy
God in the place which
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LESSON FOURTEEN DEUTERONOMY 16:18-20; DEUTERONOMY 17:2 TO DEUTERONOMY
18:22
e. THE LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ...
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16:21 Asherah (d-7) See Exodus 34:13 ....
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INJUNCTIONS REGARDING FEASTS, JUDGES, GROVES, AND IMAGES
1-8. On the Passover see Exodus 12 Leviticus 23:4; Numbers 28:16, and
the notes on these passages. It will be observed that the general law
of...
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GROVE OF ANY TREES] RV ' Asherah of any kind of tree': see on Exodus
34:13....
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 16
V1 ‘You must *celebrate the *Passover to the *LORD your God in the
month called Abib. On a n...
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THOU SHALT NOT PLANT THEE A GROVE. — Heb., _ashêrah,_ sometimes
used of images, but here evidently of the grove itself. The worship of
Jehovah allowed of no secret rites; and nothing that could lead t...
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לֹֽא ־תִטַּ֥ע לְךָ֛ אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה כָּל
־עֵ֑ץ אֵ֗צ
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As the section dealing with the statutes commenced with the place of
worship, it closed with the restatement of the importance of the great
feasts which by their annual recurrence set the whole year i...
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_Tree. The pagans had consecrated different sorts of trees to their
idols. They always planted groves near their temples, to increase the
reverential awe, and but too often to hide the abominations wh...
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Is it not astonishing that a people so highly favored of GOD should
need such precepts as these to keep them from idolatry? But alas! even
in gospel days, and under a better dispensation, established...
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It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this
book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22.
What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
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21._Thou shalt not plant thee. _It is plain from the end of this verse
that it is part of the Second Commandment. We know (300) that amongst
the heathen nations groves were sacred, so that with them n...
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Chapter 16 connects the people with the dwelling-place of Jehovah, by
solemnities in which He surrounds Himself with His people, blessed and
happy in the deliverance which He has granted them under Hi...
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THOU SHALL NOT PLANT THEE A GROVE OF ANY TREES,.... Of any sort of
trees, as oaks or any other; not but that it was lawful to plant trees
and groves of them, but not for a religious or idolatrous use:...
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_Thou shalt not plant thee a grove_ To plant groves in honour of the
_true God_, was a part of primitive worship, as we see by the example
of Abraham, Genesis 21:33. But the Gentiles having abused thi...
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1 The feast of the Passeouer,
9 of Weekes,
13 of Tabernacles.
16 Euery male must offer, as he is able, at these three Feasts.
18 Of Iudges and Iustice.
22 Groues and Images are forbidden.
1 OBSER...
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Thou shalt not plant thee a grove, erect a wooden pillar which was
used in the worship of Asherah, a heathen goddess, OF ANY TREES NEAR
UNTO THE ALTAR OF THE LORD, THY GOD, WHICH THOU SHALT MAKE THEE....
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PRECEPTS OF RIGHT JUDGMENT...
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INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE PASSOVER
(vs.1-8)
The Passover, held in the first month of the year, was to celebrate
Israel's deliverance from Egypt (v.1), but more importantly, to look
forward to the death...
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18-22 Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All
personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and
wrong to none. Care is taken to prevent following the idolatrous...
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Because this was the practice of idolaters, 1 KINGS 15:13, and might
be an occasion of reviving idolatry. See Judges 3:7 1 Kings 14:23 1
Kings 16:33
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We now approach one of the most profound and comprehensive sections of
the Book of Deuteronomy, in which the inspired writer presents to our
view what we may call the three great cardinal feasts of th...
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Deuteronomy 16:21 plant H5193 (H8799) tree H6086 image H842 near H681
altar H4196 build H6213 (H8799) LORD...
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A BAN ON ALL RELIGIOUS OBJECTS AND BEHAVIOUR WHICH WOULD DISHONOUR
YAHWEH AND MAKE THEM UNFIT AS JUDGES (DEUTERONOMY 16:21 TO DEUTERONOMY
17:1).
It is quite possible that certain matters of justice am...
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GROVE
The groves (Hebrew, "Asherim") so often mentioned in the Old Testament
were devoted to the worship of Ashtereth, the Babylonian goddess,
"Ishtar", the "Aphrodite" of the Greeks, the Roman, "Ven...
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CONTENTS: Laws concerning annual feasts.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: By frequent and regular meeting to worship God at
appointed places and by recognized rules, we are kept faithful and
cons...
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Deuteronomy 16:3. _Bread of affliction,_ unleavened bread; for while
the Egyptians afflicted them, they had not time to prepare their food
in a proper manner.
Deuteronomy 16:10. _The feast of weeks;_...
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_Thou shalt not plant thee a grove._
IDOLATRY FORBIDDEN
I. Idolatry is enticing. This on many accounts.
1. By its prevalence. In some form or other it is the most popular
religion in the world. Men...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 16:18 Most of these laws are about
the various leaders for Israel. Leaders, like parents, exercise
God’s authority toward those under them. This section recalls the
fif...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 16:21 TREE AS AN ASHERAH... PILLAR.
See note on 7:5. Canaanite worship items were to be destroyed ...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—The religious ordinances to be observed in Canaan
are continued. Three great festivals are prominently mentioned—Feast
of Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. Former regulations concer...
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EXPOSITION
CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER FESTIVAL, THE FEAST OF PENTECOST AND OF
TABERNACLES. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF J
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In chapter sixteen we now deal with the various feasts that they were
to observe when they came into the land. We have rehearsed these as we
went through earlier in the book of Exodus and all. You're...
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1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 16:33; 2 Chronicles 33:3; 2 Kings 17:16;...
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Thou shalt not plant — Because this was the practice of idolaters,
and might be an occasion of reviving idolatry....