Deuteronomy 14 - Introduction
The whole life and walk of the people were to be regulated by the principle “ye are the children of the Lord your God” Deuteronomy 14:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
The whole life and walk of the people were to be regulated by the principle “ye are the children of the Lord your God” Deuteronomy 14:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE ANY BALDNESS BETWEEN YOUR EYES - i. e. by shaving the forepart of the head and the eyebrows. The practices named in this verse were common among the pagan, and seem to be forbidden, not only because such wild excesses of grief (compare 1 Kings 18:28) would be inconsistent in those who as childr... [ Continue Reading ]
Compare Leviticus 11. The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the speaker. Deuteronomy 14:5 The “pygarg” is a species of gazelle, and the “wild ox” and “chamois” are swift types of antelope. Deuteronomy 14:21 The prohibiti... [ Continue Reading ]
These words recall in general terms the command of the earlier legislation respecting tithes (compare Leviticus 27:30; Numbers 18:26), but refer more particularly to the second or festival tithe, which was an exclusively vegetable one.... [ Continue Reading ]
Compare the marginal references. The tithe thus directed in the third year to be dispensed in charity at home, was not paid in addition to that in other years bestowed on the sacred meals, but was substituted for it. The three years would count from the sabbatical year (see the next chapter), in whi... [ Continue Reading ]