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Verse Deuteronomy 21:15. _ONE BELOVED, AND ANOTHER HATED_] That is,
one _loved_ _less_ than the other. This is the true notion of the word
_hate_ in Scripture. So _Jacob_ HATED _Leah_, that is, he _l...
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Moses did not originate the rights of primogeniture (compare Genesis
25:31), but recognized them, since he found them pre-existing in the
general social system of the East. Paternal authority could se...
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17. THE EXPIATION OF AN UNCERTAIN MURDER AND VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER 21
_ 1. The expiation of an unknown murder (Deuteronomy 21:1)_
2. Concerning a wife, who had been a prisoner of war (Deuter...
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IF. Compare 1 Samuel 1:2; 2 Chronicles 24:3...
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_If a man have two wives_ Cp. Jacob, Genesis 29:16 ff., Elkanah, 1
Samuel 1:2.
_hated_ The extreme case, but covering others such as Jacob's Genesis
29:30 f....
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Of the right of the Firstborn
If a man have two sons by different wives, one loved and one hated,
and his firstborn is the son of the latter, he must not give the
firstborn's double portion to the so...
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_VER._ 15. _IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES_— Moses here enacts, that where
any Israelite had two wives, (for polygamy, contrary to the original
institution of marriage, was suffered, but never enjoined) and...
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LESSON SEVENTEEN DEUTERONOMY 21:15 TO DEUTERONOMY 23:14
h. FAMILY REGULATIONS (Deuteronomy 21:15-21)
(1) THE RIGHT OF THE FIRST-BORN ...
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_IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES, ONE BELOVED, AND ANOTHER HATED, AND THEY
HAVE BORN HIM CHILDREN, BOTH THE BELOVED AND THE HATED; AND IF THE
FIRSTBORN SON BE HERS THAT WAS HATED:_ IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES, ON...
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EXPIATION OF UNDETECTED HOMICIDE. MARRIAGE OF CAPTIVE WOMEN.
PUNISHMENT OF A REBELLIOUS SON
The last sub-section of the Second Discourse begins here, containing a
variety of social and domestic regul...
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Succession to hereditary property is a fruitful cause of discord in a
family, as is also the favouritism of parents: cp. the case of Isaac
and Rebekah (Genesis 25:28). A polygamous society is speciall...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 21
V1 ‘Suppose that there has been a murder. Then someone finds the
dead body in a field. It is...
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Deuteronomy 21:15. THE BIRTHRIGHT.
(15) ONE BELOVED, AND ANOTHER HATED — i.e., _one preferred above the
other,_ according to the idiomatic use of this phrase in Hebrew.
(17) A DOUBLE PORTION. — Liter...
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כִּֽי ־תִהְיֶ֨יןָ לְ אִ֜ישׁ שְׁתֵּ֣י
נָשִׁ֗ים...
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THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE
IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so
entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is
made between the secular an...
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Sundry laws affecting the life of the people in the land after the
conquest were now uttered. The sin of murder was once again dealt
with. This time it was the murder of a person which could not be
tr...
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If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another (g) hated, and they
have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the
firstborn son be hers that was hated:
(g) This declares th...
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_Two wives. Moses never expressly (Haydock) sanctions polygamy; but he
tolerates it frequently, as excused by custom, the example of the
Patriarchs, &c.; a toleration which Christ has revoked, as cont...
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There is somewhat beside the moral sense of this passage, of a
spiritual signification connected with it to be understood. As in the
case of the great Father of the Israelites, the LORD himself was
pl...
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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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15._If a man have two wives_. Inasmuch as it is here provided that a
father should not unjustly transfer what belongs to one son to
another, it is a part and supplement of the Eighth Commandment, the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19, 20, AND 21.
Chapter 19 opens with ordinances which contemplate the people in
possession and enjoyment of the land; they were to observe them, that
the la...
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IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES,.... Which is supposed, but not approved of,
though permitted because of the hardness of men's hearts; for it was
not so from the beginning, when only one man and one woman wer...
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If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have
born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the
firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Ver. 15. _And another ha...
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_If a man have two wives_ This practice, though tolerated, is not
hereby made lawful; but only provision is made for the children in
that case. _Hated_ Comparatively, that is, less loved....
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1 The expiation of an vncertaine murder.
10 The vsage of a captiue taken to wife.
15 The first borne is not to be disinherited vpon priuate affection.
18 A stubburne sonne is to bee stoned to death...
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Of the First-Born in Bigamy....
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If a man have two wives, in that unnatural relation of bigamy which
the Lord permitted among the Jews, ONE BELOVED AND ANOTHER HATED, as
in the case of Jacob, Genesis 29, 30, who was indifferent to th...
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UNSOLVED MURDER
(vs.1-9)
If one was killed and his body found removed from any city or town,
the murderer being unknown, then elders and judges of Israel were
required to ascertain what was the near...
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15-17 This law restrains men from disinheriting their eldest sons
without just cause. The principle in this case as to children, is
still binding to parents; they must give children their right withou...
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TWO WIVES; either,
1. Both together; which practice, though tolerated, is not hereby made
lawful, but only provision is made for the children in that case. Or,
2. One after another. Hated, comparativ...
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"If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee
to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain
him; then _ thy elders_ and _ thy judges"_ the guardians of...
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Deuteronomy 21:15 man H376 two H8147 wives H802 one H259 loved H157
(H8803) other H259 unloved H8130 ...
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TREATMENT OF AN UNLOVED WIFE AND THE RIGHT OF THE FIRSTBORN
(DEUTERONOMY 21:15).
The faltering love of a man for a beautiful captive leads on to the
case where a man's love for a wife has waned. The...
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CONTENTS: Inquest for the slain. Domestic regulations.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: We are to have a dread of the guilt of blood, which
defiles not only the conscience of the murderer but the...
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Deuteronomy 21:4. _A rough valley._ The guilt being transferred to the
heifer, the slaying it in a cultivated field would have polluted the
ground. The Hebrew altar allowed of no victim to be offered...
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_The right of the firstborn._
I. The rights of primogeniture defined. “A double portion of all
that he hath.” As head of the family, the eldest son would be put
into power and privilege, be heir of h...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—The reason for grouping these five laws, apparently
so different from one another, as well as for attaching them to the
previous regulations is found in the desire to bring out distinc...
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EXPOSITION
EXPIATION OF UNCERTAIN MURDER. TREATMENT OF A CAPTIVE TAKEN TO WIFE.
RIGHTS OF THE FIRSTBORN. A REBELLIOUS, REFRACTORY SON TO BE JUD
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Now in the 21st chapter.
If you find a dead body out in the field and you don't know the
circumstances of the death; here's a man; he's dead in the field. Then
they are to measure from that dead body...
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1 Samuel 1:4; 1 Samuel 1:5...
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Two wives — This practice, though tolerated, is not hereby made
lawful; but only provision is made for the children in this case.
Hated — Comparatively, that is, less loved....