Deuteronomy 26 - Introduction

Presentation of Firstfruits When settled in the land Israel shall take of the first of the fruit in a basket to the One Altar (Deuteronomy 26:1 f.); and coming to the priest shall declare to God their arrival in the land He sware to give them and the priest shall set the basket before the Altar (De... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:1

_when thou art come in_, etc.] As in Deuteronomy 17:14, but with these additions: _and it shall be_and _for an inheritance_(Deuteronomy 15:4). As Cullen (p. 88) points out the substance of the statement is already in Deuteronomy 8:1.... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

IV. Fourth Division of the Laws. Ideals of Ritual Procedure with Proper Prayers, Deuteronomy 26:1-15 The Presentation of Firstfruits (Deuteronomy 26:1-11) and the Distribution of Tithes (Deuteronomy 26:12-15). Throughout in the style of D (with particular affinity to the Law of Tithes, Deuteronomy... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:2

_of the first_ Heb. _of the reshîth_. See introd. note; and observe that the Heb. particle for _of_implies that only _some of the reshîth_is signified. _all the fruit_ Sam., LXX omit _all_; Deuteronomy 18:4: of corn, wine, oil and fleece. _thou shalt bring in_ Heb. _tabi"_; cp. _tebu'ah, income_,... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:3

_the priest … in those days_ Deuteronomy 17:9; Deuteronomy 19:17. _Priest_probably collective (cp. _prophet_, Deuteronomy 18:15), not necessarily high-priest. _profess_ or _declare_, solemnly, publicly _proclaim_. MY _God_ So LXX; Heb. _thy_is due to dittography. _that I am come_ D gives to this... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:5

_answer_ TESTIFY, as in Deuteronomy 5:20; Deuteronomy 19:16; Deuteronomy 19:18; Deuteronomy 21:7; Deuteronomy 25:9. A NOMAD ARAMEAN _was my father_ Jacob-Israel, the son of an Aramean (Genesis 24:10, cp. Deuteronomy 24:4), himself a nomad shepherd in Aram ... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:6

_evil entreated us_ JE, Numbers 20:15. _afflicted us_ J, Exodus 1:11. _hard bondage_ or _service_. P, Exodus 1:14; Exodus 6:9; 1 Kings 12:4; Isaiah 14:3.... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:7

_we cried_, etc.] JE, Numbers 20:16, cp. E, Exodus 3:9. _saw our affliction_, etc.] J, Exodus 4:31; _oppression_, E, Exodus 3:9; _our toil_added by D.... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:9

_hath brought us into this place_ Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 9:7. As Cullen remarks, this phrase is not used for the Promised Land in 12 25, in which _place_means the One Sanctuary, see Deuteronomy 12:5. _flowing with milk and honey_ Deuteronomy 6:3. Once nomads, they are now settled cultivators... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:10

_I have brought the first_, etc.] Heb. _reshîth_, as in Deuteronomy 26:2. Not the local Baalim but He who has guided them thither shall have this tribute. _And thou shalt set it down_ But the priest has already done this, Deuteronomy 26:4. If Deuteronomy 26:3 f. are original we must read the clause... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:11

_and thou shalt rejoice_, etc.] See Deuteronomy 12:6 f., Deuteronomy 12:11 f., Deuteronomy 12:17 f., Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14. It is not said that the worshippers shall eat the _reshîth_, for that has already been given to the Deity. See introd. note. _and unto thine house, thou_ With L... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:12

_in the third year … the year of tithing_ See on Deuteronomy 14:28; the two phrases are in apposition. For the latter LXX reads _the second tithing_(τὸ δεύτερον ἐπιδέκατον), a reading which even after the vocalic changes which it involves in the Heb. results in an impossible construction. It is due... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:12-15

The Triennial Distribution of Tithes When the tithe of the third year is complete and given to the local poor then the giver shall attest before God that it has all been given and that he has not broken any of the relevant laws, and shall pray for a blessing on Israel. The apodosis of the sentence... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:13

THEN _thou shalt say before the Lord thy God_ That is (in accordance with Deuteronomy 26:5_; Deuteronomy 26:10_, Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 14:25 f., Deuteronomy 15:20... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:14

_I have not eaten thereof in my mourning_ Heb. _-awen_, _sorrow_; so in Hosea 9:4, _the bread of sorrows_is unclean. If the mourner, unclean by contact with the dead, ate part of the tithe, he defiled it all. _neither have I put away thereof, being unclean_ Same vb. as in Deuteronomy 26:13. While s... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:15

_Look down_, etc.] Cp. Isaiah 63:15; _thy holy habitation_, Jeremiah 25:30; Zechariah 2:13. _and bless_, etc.] with such care and gifts as are described in Deuteronomy 7:13 ff., Deuteronomy 11:12; Deuteronomy 11:14 ff. _as thou swarest_, etc.] See on Deuteronomy 1:8;... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:16

_This day_ Obviously the same as that emphasised, both in the Introd. Addresses Deuteronomy 4:8; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 8:1; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 8:18; Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 11:2; Deuteronomy 11:8;... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:16-19

Concluding Exhortation The proclamation of these laws and the consequent duty of Israel to keep them (Deuteronomy 26:16) constitute a contract between Jehovah and Israel, by which He declares Himself their God, who shall exalt them above other nations, and they declare themselves His people, proper... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:17

_Thou hast avouched the Lord_, etc.] i.e. acknowledged (see Wright's _Bible Word Book_); lit. CAUSED JEHOVAH TO SAY THAT HE WILL BE THY GOD. This form of the Heb. vb. only here and Deuteronomy 26:18. It is probably a technical legal term, by which either of the two parties to a contract made the oth... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:18

_and_ JEHOVAH HATH CAUSED THEE TO SAY _this day_ THAT THOU WILT BE UNTO HIM A PECULIAR PEOPLE … AND WILT _keep all his commandments_ Elsewhere in D the singular relation of Israel to Jehovah is stated as His promise and act, Deuteronomy 7:6, _q.v._, Deuteronomy 14:2; cp. Deuteronomy 27:9; Deuteronom... [ Continue Reading ]

Deuteronomy 26:19

_and to make thee high above all nations_, etc.] As remarked above on Deuteronomy 26:17, this belongs properly not to Israel's but to Jehovah's declaration. _High or highest_, cp. Deuteronomy 15:6; Deuteronomy 28:1. _which he hath made_ Psalms 86:9. For a similar assertion in Deut. of Jehovah's sup... [ Continue Reading ]

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