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: Ver. 1. _In the field._] Or elsewhere; the field is instanced, because in places more frequented, murders are not so easily concealed, or so commonly c... [ Continue Reading ]
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain: Ver. 2. _Then thy elders._] Some of the Sanhedrim.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be, [that] the city [which is] next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, [and] which hath not drawn in the yoke; Ver. 3. _Shall take a heifer._] Signifying Christ, who is the propitiation for his people's sins, 1Jn 2:2... [ Continue Reading ]
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: Ver. 4. _Which is neither eared nor sown._] That is, that afterwards should neither be tilled nor sown, for horror and hatred of... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be [tried]: Ver. 5. _And by their word,_] _i.e., _ According to that exposition that they sh... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the elders of that city, [that are] next unto the slain [man], shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: Ver. 6. _Shall wash their hands._] An old ceremony, used in this case by the Gentiles also, as the Scholiast upon Sophocles showeth. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 27:... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen [it]. Ver. 7. _And they shall answer._] To the priest's examining them, and in God's name making inquisition for blood.... [ Continue Reading ]
Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. Ver. 8. _And the blood shall be forgiven._] The fault of not well watching and guarding the place where the murder was committed... [ Continue Reading ]
And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; Ver. 11. _And hast a desire unto her._] This was permitted them, as divorce was, _ob duricordium._ But that is a base passage in the Turk's Koran, that God did not give men such appe... [ Continue Reading ]
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; Ver. 12. _And she shall shave her head._] In token that she must renounce her heathenism, and lead a new and holy life. And if she thus consented to marry, she saved her life by it; so do those their so... [ Continue Reading ]
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. Ver. 13. _A full month._] Worldly sorrow, like a land flood, is f... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her. Ver. 14. _Because thou hast humbled her._] This expression shows, that God approved not... [ Continue Reading ]
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 hated,_] _i.e., _ Less loved, as Genesis 29:31. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 29:31 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his. Ver. 17. _A double portion._] According to this phrase, Elisha 2Ki 2:9 doth not desire a greater mea... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard. Ver. 20. _He is a glutton._] The same word is used for a vile person in Jeremiah 15:19. And indeed belly-gods Php 3:19 are dungy-gods. Hab 2:18 E... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. Ver. 21. _Shall hear and fear._] _See Trapp on "_ Deu 19:20 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance. Ver. 23. _For he that is hanged._] _See Trapp on "_ Gal 3:13 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]