_HE THAT IS WOUNDED IN THE STONES, OR HATH HIS PRIVY MEMBER CUT OFF, SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF_ _ THE LORD._ He that is wounded ... shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. To "enter into the congregation of the Lord" means either admission to public honours and offices in... [ Continue Reading ]
_A BASTARD SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD; EVEN TO HIS TENTH GENERATION SHALL HE NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD._ Even to his tenth generation х_ DOWR_ (H1755) _ `ªSIYRIY_ (H6224)] The one term rendered "generation " EVEN TO HIS TENTH GENERATION, х_ DOWR_ (H1755) _ `... [ Continue Reading ]
_AN AMMONITE OR MOABITE SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD; EVEN TO THEIR TENTH GENERATION SHALL THEY NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD FOR EVER:_ Even to their tenth generation shall they not enter. Many eminent writers think that this law of exclusion was applicable only... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE THEY MET YOU NOT WITH BREAD AND WITH WATER IN THE WAY, WHEN YE CAME FORTH OUT OF EGYPT; AND BECAUSE THEY HIRED AGAINST THEE BALAAM THE SON OF BEOR OF PETHOR OF MESOPOTAMIA, TO CURSE THEE._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEVERTHELESS THE LORD THY GOD WOULD NOT HEARKEN UNTO BALAAM; BUT THE LORD THY GOD TURNED THE CURSE INTO A BLESSING UNTO THEE, BECAUSE THE LORD THY GOD LOVED THEE._ The Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam. The obvious import of this statement is, that God would not permit Balaam to utter any... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT SEEK THEIR PEACE NOR THEIR PROSPERITY ALL THY DAYS FOR EVER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THE HOST GOETH FORTH AGAINST THINE ENEMIES, THEN KEEP THEE FROM EVERY WICKED THING._ When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing - from theft, violence, licentiousness, and all the excesses incident to life in a camp (Luke 3:14). Cleanliness being i... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF THERE BE AMONG YOU ANY MAN, THAT IS NOT CLEAN BY REASON OF UNCLEANNESS THAT CHANCETH HIM BY NIGHT, THEN SHALL HE GO ABROAD OUT OF THE CAMP, HE SHALL NOT COME WITHIN THE CAMP:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT HAVE A PADDLE UPON THY WEAPON; AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN THOU WILT EASE THYSELF ABROAD, THOU SHALT DIG THEREWITH, AND SHALT TURN BACK AND COVER THAT WHICH COMETH FROM THEE:_ Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon, х_ WªYAATEED_ (H3489) _ TIHªYEH_ (H1961) _ LªKAA_ (H3807a) _ `AL _ (H59... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE LORD THY GOD WALKETH IN THE MIDST OF THY CAMP, TO DELIVER THEE, AND TO GIVE UP THINE ENEMIES BEFORE THEE; THEREFORE SHALL THY CAMP BE HOLY: THAT HE SEE NO UNCLEAN THING IN THEE, AND TURN AWAY FROM THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT DELIVER UNTO HIS MASTER THE SERVANT WHICH IS ESCAPED FROM HIS MASTER UNTO THEE:_ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped - evidently a servant of the Canaanites, or of some of the neighbouring people, who was driven by tyrannical oppression, or induced wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE SHALL BE NO WHORE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL, NOR A SODOMITE OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL._ THERE SHALL BE NO WHORE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL, х_ QªDEESHAAH_ (H6948)] - a female devoted to the service of Astarte or Ashtaroth (Venus), and the profits of whose prostitution were applied to the treasur... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT BRING THE HIRE OF A WHORE, OR THE PRICE OF A DOG, INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD THY GOD FOR ANY VOW: FOR EVEN BOTH THESE ARE ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD THY GOD._ A dog, х_ KELEB_ (H3611) = _ QAADEESH_ (H6945)] (Deuteronomy 23:17) - a term of infamy applied to a male prostitute. The proh... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT LEND UPON USURY TO THY BROTHER; USURY OF MONEY, USURY OF VICTUALS, USURY OF ANY THING THAT IS LENT UPON USURY:_ Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother ... unto a stranger. The Israelites, being employed chiefly in the culture of the soil and the rearing of cattle, would have... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THOU SHALT VOW A VOW UNTO THE LORD THY GOD, THOU SHALT NOT SLACK TO PAY IT: FOR THE LORD THY GOD_ _ WHEN THOU SHALT VOW A VOW UNTO THE LORD THY GOD, THOU SHALT NOT SLACK TO PAY IT: FOR THE LORD THY GOD WILL SURELY REQUIRE IT OF THEE; AND IT WOULD BE SIN IN THEE._ When thou shalt vow a vow - ... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT WHICH IS GONE OUT OF THY LIPS THOU SHALT KEEP AND PERFORM; EVEN A FREEWILL OFFERING, ACCORDING AS THOU HAST VOWED UNTO THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH THOU HAST PROMISED WITH THY MOUTH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THOU COMEST INTO THY NEIGHBOUR'S VINEYARD, THEN THOU MAYEST EAT GRAPES THY FILL AT THINE OWN PLEASURE; BUT THOU SHALT NOT PUT ANY IN THY VESSEL._ When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard. Vineyards, like grainfields, mentioned in the next verse, were often unenclosed. In vine-growing co... [ Continue Reading ]