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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 24:13

Bless thee — Bring down the blessing of God upon thee by his prayers: for though his prayers, if he be not a good man, shall not avail for his own behalf, yet they shall avail for thy benefit. It shall be right — Esteemed and accepted by God as a work of righteousness, or mercy.

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See also Deuteronomy 24:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Compare Exodus 22:25. Deuteronomy 24:13 RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO THEE - Compare Deuteronomy 6:25 note....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    20. CONCERNING DIVORCE AND LAWS OF MERCY CHAPTER 24 _ 1. Concerning divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1)_ 2. Concerning pledge and slavery (Deuteronomy 24:6) 3. Concerning leprosy (Deuteronom

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XXIV. 6_ F_., 10- 13, which stood perhaps originally together, belong to the many humanitarian laws of D (Deuteronomy 15:12 *). Corn is still ground in the home in Palestine; this is done by the rotat...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    RAIMENT. the mantle given to this day; not only for debt, but as. token that. business promise will be kept....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Of Taking and Restoring Pledges. The lender must not invade the borrower's house to select a pledge for the loan, the borrower shall bring it out (Deuteronomy 24:10 f.); if he be poor, the pledge, usu...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Deuteronomy 24:5 to Deuteronomy 25:4. Thirteen Laws of Equity and Humanity Besides the humane temper common to most of them, and a few cue-words, there are no apparent reasons for their being grouped...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _sleep in his garment_ Heb. _salmah_(Deuteronomy 29:4 and E, Exodus 22), transp. from the more frequent _simlah_(Deuteronomy 8:4; Deut

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (11) PLEDGE FOR A LOAN (Deuteronomy 24:10-13) 10 When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand without, and the man to...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _IN ANY CASE THOU SHALT DELIVER HIM THE PLEDGE AGAIN WHEN THE SUN GOETH DOWN, THAT HE MAY SLEEP IN HIS OWN RAIMENT, AND BLESS THEE: AND IT SHALL BE RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO THEE BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD._ W...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RIGHTEOUSNESS] In the Rabbinical language the word for 'alms' is 'righteousness.' To give alms is the righteous act _par excellence:_ see Matthew 6:1 and mg....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LAWS REGARDING DIVORCE, PLEDGES, MAN-STEALING, LEPROSY, JUSTICE, AND GLEANING 1-4. The Law of Divorce. The right of the husband to divorce his wife is here acknowledged but is guarded against abuse....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 24 V1 ‘Suppose that a man marries a woman. Later, he decides that She does not please him. He f...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (10-13) WHEN THOU DOST LEND. — The law in these verses is evidently the production of primitive and simple times, when men had little more than the bare necessaries of life to offer as security — thei...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הָשֵׁב֩ תָּשִׁ֨יב לֹ֤ו אֶֽת ־הַ עֲבֹוט֙ כְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, elude...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee (f) before the LORD thy God....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Justice, or mercy, which never enters the breast of the unjust, Proverbs xii. 10. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These directions concerning poor debtors, show the mercy of the LORD. Without going into all the minute circumstances of the case, respecting our insolvency towards GOD, I would ask the Reader; whethe...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    IN ANY CASE THOU SHALT DELIVER HIM THE PLEDGE AGAIN, WHEN THE SUN GOETH DOWN,.... If it was a night covering, as Jarchi remarks; but if it was his day clothes, he was to return it in the morning, when...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. Ver...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou shalt not go in_ To prevent both the poor man's reproach, by having his wants exposed, and the creditor's greediness, which might be occasioned by the sight of something which he desired, and th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Of diuorce. 5 A new maried man goeth not to warre. 6.10 Of pledges. 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosie. 14 The hire is to be giuen. 16 Of Iustice. 19 Of Charitie. 1 WHEN [NOTE: Matthew 5:31; Matt...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    in any case, by all means, THOU SHALT DELIVER HIM THE PLEDGE AGAIN WHEN THE SUN GOETH DOWN, THAT HE MAY SLEEP IN HIS OWN RAIMENT, which served for his bed, AND BLESS THEE; AND IT SHALL BE RIGHTEOUSNES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    KINDNESS TOWARD THE POOR AND NEEDY...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE (vs.1-4) Under law there were cases such as often arise similarly at any time. A man may marry a woman and afterwards be thoroughly dissatisfied with her. This is a warning to...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-13 It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another. Man-stealing was a capital crime, wh...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BLESS THEE, instrumentally, as ministers are said to convert and save sinners, to wit, bring down the blessing of God upon thee by his prayers; for though his prayers, if he be not a good man, shall n...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 24:13 case H7725 (H8687) return H7725 pledge H5667 again H7725 (H8686) sun H8121 down H935 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    REGULATION OF PLEDGES (DEUTERONOMY 24:10). Deuteronomy 24:10 ‘ When you lend your neighbour any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Law concerning divorce; miscellaneous regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife and that everything be caref...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 24:1. _Some uncleanness;_ not adultery, but leprosy, secret infirmities, or insupportable wickedness. Moses, says our Saviour; because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, measure._ THE CHRISTIAN IN COMMERCE I. Endeavour to point out what Christianity requires of a man in his dealings in business with his fellow men. 1. The...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL _Notes_.—In this chapter certain duties social and domestic are chosen to illustrate the general application of the law. DEUTERONOMY 24:1. Relation of man and wife. Divorce. The verses are hy...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LAWS RESPECTING DIVORCE, AGAINST MAN-STEALING AND INJUSTICE. DEUTERONOMY 24:1 _Of divorce_._ _If a man put away his wife because she did not any longer please him, and she became the wife...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now, When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she finds no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorceme...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 9:13; 2 Corinthians 9:14; 2 Timothy 1:16; Amos 2:8;...

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