Deuteronomy 16 - Introduction
_CONCERNING THE FEASTS OF PASSOVER, WEEKS, AND TABERNACLES: OF CONSTITUTING JUDGES AND OFFICERS: THE PLANTING OF GROVES IS FORBIDDEN._ _Before Christ 1451._... [ Continue Reading ]
_CONCERNING THE FEASTS OF PASSOVER, WEEKS, AND TABERNACLES: OF CONSTITUTING JUDGES AND OFFICERS: THE PLANTING OF GROVES IS FORBIDDEN._ _Before Christ 1451._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 2. _THOU SHALT—SACRIFICE THE PASSOVER,_ &C.— "Read," says Mr. Locke, "from Dr. Cudworth, _thou shalt sacrifice the passover of the flock, and the peace-offerings_ (thereof) _of oxen; i.e. sheep_ for the passover, and _oxen_ for the peace-offerings, or _the chagigah."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 3. _EVEN THE BREAD OF AFFLICTION_— So called because it was insipid, and not easily digested, and therefore served to remind them of their afflicted state in Egypt. Concerning these several feasts, we refer to the passages in the Margins of our Bibles. The word _passover,_ in ver. 2 signifies... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 7. _AND THOU SHALT TURN IN THE MORNING, AND GO UNTO THY TENTS_— Moses speaks of _tents_ here, because they had no other dwellings when these precepts were delivered. It means, however, their habitations in general. These words are to be considered barely as a permission, not a command. _Thou... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 15. _THEREFORE THOU SHALT SURELY REJOICE_— Cecrops ordained at Athens a similar law to this; commanding that masters of families should make a feast for their servants after harvest, and eat together with them who had jointly laboured in tilling the ground; for that God delighted in the honou... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 16. _ALL THY MALES_— i.e. all from twenty to fifty years old. Males only were obliged to be present on these occasions. 1. Because the weakness and infirmity of the female sex rendered them not able to bear so long a journey without great danger and fatigue. 2. Because their chastity would be... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 18. _IN ALL THY GATES_— This expression is thought to refer to the custom of keeping their courts in the gates, or in chambers over the gates of their cities: _the gate,_ among the Hebrews, being the same as _the forum_ among the Romans. See Genesis 19:1. 2 Kings 7:1. It is probable, that the... [ Continue Reading ]