That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. Ver. 2. _Thou shalt take of the first, &c._... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: Ver. 5. _A Syrian ready to perish._] Jacob, whose original was from Haran in Syria, Ge... [ Continue Reading ]
_When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, [which is] the year of tithing, and hast given [it] unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;_ Ver. 12. _The stranger, the fatherless._] Thu... [ Continue Reading ]
Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy... [ Continue Reading ]
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away [ought] thereof for [any] unclean [use], nor given [ought] thereof for the dead: [but] I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, [and] have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. Ver. 14. _I have not eaten thereo... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: Ver. 17. _Thou hast avouched._] This we do, when with highest estimation, most vigorous affections, and utmost endeavours we... [ Continue Reading ]
And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. Ver. 19. _And to make thee high._] "Assyria is the work of God's hand," but "Israel is his inheritance." Isaiah 19:25 _... [ Continue Reading ]