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The cases in question are such as the inferior judges did not feel
able to decide satisfactorily, and which accordingly they remitted to
their superiors (compare Exodus 18:23).
The Supreme court Deute...
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13. JUSTICE AND THE CHOICE OF A KING
Chapter S 16:18-17:20
_ 1. Appointment of judges and their instruction (Deuteronomy 16:18;
Deuteronomy 17:1)_
2. The higher court at the place He chooses ...
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A central tribunal to be established (at Jerusalem) to try cases too
hard for the local courts (Deuteronomy 16:18); see Deuteronomy 1:9 *.
Deuteronomy 17:8. Two (three?) sample cases are mentioned, vi...
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DEUTERONOMY 16:21- DEUTERONOMY 17:7. LAWS DEMANDING PURE WORSHIP AND
SUITABLE SACRIFICES. This breaks the connexion; its proper place is
probably between Deuteronomy 12 and Deuteronomy 13.
Deuterono
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This is the middle verse of Deut....
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Of the Judges of Final Appeal
Local cases too hard for the local courts (see Deuteronomy 16:18-20,
on which this passage immediately follows) are to be taken before the
Priests, the Levites at the Sa...
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_tenor_ Heb. _mouth_; see on Deuteronomy 1:26; Deuteronomy 1:43;
Deuteronomy 9:23.
_observe to do_ See on Deuterono
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LESSON FOURTEEN DEUTERONOMY 16:18-20; DEUTERONOMY 17:2 TO DEUTERONOMY
18:22
e. THE LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ...
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Deuteronomy 17:2-13
2 If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates
which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which
is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in...
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_AND THOU SHALT COME UNTO THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES, AND UNTO THE JUDGE
THAT SHALL BE IN THOSE DAYS, AND INQUIRE; AND THEY SHALL SHEW THEE THE
SENTENCE OF JUDGMENT:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE PUNISHMENT OF IDOLATRY. CONTROVERSIES TO BE SETTLED BY PRIESTS AND
JUDGES. ELECTION AND DUTIES OF A KING
1. Cp. Leviticus 22:17....
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INFORM THEE] rather, 'direct thee.' The common Heb. word for 'law' is
derived from this verb and means really 'direction.'
14-20. The Law of the Kingdom. It is to be observed that the people
are not c...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 17
V1 ‘If any sheep or *cattle are not perfect, do not *sacrifice them
to the *LORD your God. Th...
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Deuteronomy 17:8. THE SUPREMACY IN ISRAEL OF THE WRITTEN LAW OF GOD.
(8) IF THERE ARISE A MATTER TOO HARD FOR THEE. — Literally, _too
wonderful._
BETWEEN BLOOD AND BLOOD, BETWEEN PLEA AND PLEA, AND B...
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Continuing the discourse commenced in the previous chapter, we find
insistence on the fact that no false sacrifices must be offered and no
false worshipers permitted to approach. For dealing with such...
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_Preside. The high priests who are to succeed each other.
(Worthington)_...
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The apostle Paul from the case of the presumptuous man here noticed,
takes occasion to draw a very striking inference in his Epistle to the
Hebrews, in those who tread underfoot the SON of GOD, and co...
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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...
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Verse 18 [from Chapter 16] (Deuteronomy 16:18) begins a new subject:
the pains taken, and the instruments used, to preserve the blessing
and execute the judgments necessary to that effect. The thought...
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AND THOU SHALT DO ACCORDING TO THE SENTENCE WHICH THEY OF THAT PLACE
WHICH THE LORD SHALL CHOOSE SHALL SHOW THEE,.... The judges of the
inferior courts were to return and proceed on the difficult case...
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_Thou shalt do according to the sentence_ He speaks, 1st, To the
inferior magistrates, who, in the suits here referred to between man
and man, were to give sentence in their lower courts, according to...
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1 The things sacrificed must bee sound.
2 Idolaters must bee slaine.
8 Hard controuersies are to bee determined by the Priests and Iudges.
12 The contemner of that Determination must die.
14 The e...
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and thou shalt do according to the sentence which they of that place
which the Lord shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to
do according to all that they inform thee, the priests here...
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DIFFICULT QUESTIONS TO BE DECIDED BY THE PRIEST...
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RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT
(This Continues the subject of)
(chap.16:13 to 17:11)
This continues the subject of righteous government. The guilt of
offering a blemished sacrifice to the Lord must incur sev...
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8-13 Courts of judgment were to be set up in every city. Though their
judgment had not the Divine authority of an oracle, it was the
judgment of wise, prudent, experienced men, and had the advantage o...
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THOU SHALT, i.e. thou shalt pass sentence; for he speaks to the
inferior magistrates, as was before noted, who were to give sentence,
and came hither to be advised about it. THOU SHALT OBSERVE TO DO....
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We must remember that the division of scripture into Chapter s and
verses is entirely a human arrangement, often very convenient, no
doubt, for reference; but not infrequently it is quite unwarrantabl...
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Deuteronomy 17:10 do H6213 (H8804) sentence H6310 H1697 pronounce
H5046 (H8686) place H4725 LORD H3068 cho
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THE PLACE OF FINAL APPEAL (DEUTERONOMY 17:8).
But if a case was brought which was too hard for the local justices to
decide, there was to be a final place of appeal made up of the
levitical priests an...
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CONTENTS: Laws concerning idolaters and obedience to authority and
kings.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: God would possess men with a dread of that sin worshipping
false gods which is a sin in...
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Deuteronomy 17:3. _Either sun or moon._ This would be going back to
Sabianism, which from the dispersion of Babel became the religion of
Asia, as stated in Job 1:15.
Deuteronomy 17:8. A matter too har...
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_Thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations._
HEATHEN ABOMINATIONS AVOIDED
One reason to shun the practices of idolatry springs from the nature
of the evils themselves.
1. Th...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 17:10 The decision of the central
sanctuary court is final. THAT MAN SHALL DIE. Refusal to follow the
ruling of the court is itself a capital offense, for it is a rejec...
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CRITICAL REMARKS.—Israel not only had tendency to idolatry, but
inclination to offer animals with faults and to transgress the laws of
worship. _Blemishes_ named in Leviticus 22.
Deuteronomy 17:2. Ido...
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EXPOSITION
SACRIFICES TO BE OF ANIMALS UNBLEMISHED. IDOLATERS TO BE SOUGHT OUT,
CONVICTED, AND PUT TO DEATH. THE HIGHER JUDICIAL COURT
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As you've discovered by now the book of Deuteronomy is sort of a
review of the law. The word itself indicates the second law. It is a
review by Moses for the people. Really a final review because Mose...
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Matthew 22:2; Matthew 22:3...
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Thou — Thou shalt pass sentence: he speaks to the inferior
magistrates; who were to give sentence, and came hither to be advised
about it....