These [are] the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. Ver. 1. _These are the statutes._] Here Moses begins to comment upon the second commandment of the law. _See Trapp... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: Ver. 2. _Ye shall utterly destroy._] This clause of this law is judicial, peculiar only to the Jews, saith a grave interpre... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. Ver. 3. _And ye shall hew down._] As was here done notably in King Edward VI's days, notwithstanding... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. Ver. 4. _Ye shall not do so._] As wicked Ahaz did, 2Ch 28:24 by the advice and help of Uriah, that turn-coat, 2Ki 16:10-12 who had once passed for a faithful witness, Isa 7:2 but afterwards proved a factor for the devil.... [ Continue Reading ]
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: Ver. 5. _And thither shalt thou come._] In token of a holy communion with God.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: Ver. 6. _Heave offerings of your hands._] For none might appear empty handed befo... [ Continue Reading ]
And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. Ver. 7. _And there ye shall eat before the Lord._] Lo, this ye shall have of God's hand, as a recompense of all your charge an... [ Continue Reading ]
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. Ver. 9. _For ye are not as yet come to the rest._] No more are any of us indeed, till we come to that "rest which remaineth for the people of God." Hebrews 4:3 _; _ Heb 4:8-10 The ark was transportati... [ Continue Reading ]
But [when] ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and [when] he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; Ver. 10. _So that ye dwell in safety._] Having peace both external and internal, of country and of conscien... [ Continue Reading ]
Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: Ver. 11... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. Ver. 12. _And ye shall rejoice._] No one duty is more pressed in both... [ Continue Reading ]
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: Ver. 13. _Take heed._] See Deu 11:16 Leviticus 17:4 .... [ Continue Reading ]
But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. Ver. 14. _But in the place._] This taught them unity and uniformity in divine worship; as also that there was but one only way to obtain pa... [ Continue Reading ]
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. Ver. 15. _According to the blessing._] God al... [ Continue Reading ]
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. Ver. 16. _Only ye shall not eat._] _See Trapp on "_ Gen 9:4 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. Ver. 19. _That thou forsake not the Levite._] But look to his livelihood; since, _Ad tenuitatem beneficiorum necessario sequitur ignorantia sacerdotum; _ small allowances make either ignorant or negligent m... [ Continue Reading ]
When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Ver. 20. _Thou mayest eat flesh._] Only it is noted as a fault to "feed without fear." Jdg... [ Continue Reading ]
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat [of] them alike. Ver. 22. _Even as the roebuck,_] _i.e., _ As common and profane meats; for these creatures were rejected for sacrifice.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD. Ver. 25. _Thou shalt not eat it._] Who can ever think any commandment of God to be light or little, when this of not eating the blood is charged... [ Continue Reading ]
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: Ver. 26. _Go unto the place._] Far off though it be, yet go thou must thither with thy sacrifices; though at home thou mayest kill and eat for thine own repast and refreshing.... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest [that which is] good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God. Ver. 28. _And with thy children after thee._] Whose comfort they that seek not, are _pere... [ Continue Reading ]
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Ver. 32. _Thou shalt not add thereto._] To add anything to the Word of God, saith Theodoret, is bold madness; but to open those things by the Word, that in the Word are more darkly delivered, is bot... [ Continue Reading ]