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These verses are closely connected in subject with the following
chapter, and introduce certain directions for the administration of
justice and the carrying on of the civil government of the people i...
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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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DEUTERONOMY 16. THE DEUTERONOMIC LAWS OF THE THREE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE
FEASTS. These are adaptations of the older laws in Exodus 23:18 *,
Exodus 34:18; Exodus 34:22 f. (general regulations);...
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THOU SHALT NOT.. special reading, known as _Sevir,_ has "neither shalt
thou". See App-34.
GIFT. bribe....
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_Thou_ The whole people are responsible for the impartial discharge of
justice: characteristic of D.
_shalt not wrest judgement_ E, Exodus 23:6: _the judgement of thy poor
in his cause_.
_thou shalt...
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II. Second Division of the Laws: the Officers of the Theocracy
Deuteronomy 16:18-20 … Deuteronomy 17:8-18
Five Laws on Judges and Justice, Appeal to the Sanctuary, the King,
the Priests, the Prophets...
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4. GENERAL RULES FOR OBSERVANCE
(Deuteronomy 16:16-17; Deuteronomy 16:21-22; Deuteronomy 17:1)
16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy
God in the place which
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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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_JUDGES AND OFFICERS SHALT THOU MAKE THEE IN ALL THY GATES, WHICH THE
LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, THROUGHOUT_ _ THY TRIBES: AND THEY SHALL
JUDGE THE PEOPLE WITH JUST JUDGMENT._
Judges and officers. The...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 16
V1 ‘You must *celebrate the *Passover to the *LORD your God in the
month called Abib. On a n...
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See Exodus 23:6; Exodus 23:8....
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לֹא ־תַטֶּ֣ה מִשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א תַכִּ֖יר
פָּנִ֑ים...
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As the section dealing with the statutes commenced with the place of
worship, it closed with the restatement of the importance of the great
feasts which by their annual recurrence set the whole year i...
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_Just. Avarice is like a cloud, (Calmet) which darkens the
understanding. Oppression troubleth the wise, and (Hebrew) "a present
destroyeth the heart. " A timid or interested judge is unfit for his
of...
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Though it seems that these appointments, were of a civil and political
kind, and therefore make a digression from what went before, yet they
serve to show the gracious attention of GOD toward his peop...
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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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Chapter 16 connects the people with the dwelling-place of Jehovah, by
solemnities in which He surrounds Himself with His people, blessed and
happy in the deliverance which He has granted them under Hi...
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THOU SHALL NOT WREST JUDGMENT,.... Or pervert it, pass a wrong
sentence, or act contrary to justice; this is said to the judges as a
direction to them, and so what follows:
THOU SHALT NOT RESPECT PER...
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_Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,
neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and
pervert the words of the righteous._
Ver. 19. _Neither take a gift...
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_Thou shalt not wrest judgment_ Not give a forced and unjust sentence.
_Thou shalt not respect persons_ Not give sentence according to the
quality of the person, his riches or poverty, friendship or e...
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1 The feast of the Passeouer,
9 of Weekes,
13 of Tabernacles.
16 Euery male must offer, as he is able, at these three Feasts.
18 Of Iudges and Iustice.
22 Groues and Images are forbidden.
1 OBSER...
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PRECEPTS OF RIGHT JUDGMENT...
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Thou shalt not wrest judgment, stretch the right, turn it aside from
the right path, Exodus 23:2; Exodus 8. THOU SHALT NOT RESPECT PERSONS,
either out of deference to a powerful person or out of sympa...
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INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE PASSOVER
(vs.1-8)
The Passover, held in the first month of the year, was to celebrate
Israel's deliverance from Egypt (v.1), but more importantly, to look
forward to the death...
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WORDS:
Or, matters...
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18-22 Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All
personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and
wrong to none. Care is taken to prevent following the idolatrous...
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NOT WREST JUDGMENT, i.e. not give a perverse, forced, and unjust
sentence. SEE POOLE ON "EXODUS 23:8". NOT RESPECT PERSONS, i.e. not
give sentence according to the quality of the person, his riches or...
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We now approach one of the most profound and comprehensive sections of
the Book of Deuteronomy, in which the inspired writer presents to our
view what we may call the three great cardinal feasts of th...
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Deuteronomy 16:19 pervert H5186 (H8686) justice H4941 partiality H5234
(H8686) H6440 take H3947 (H8799) br
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THE NEED TO APPOINT SATISFACTORY JUDGES (DEUTERONOMY 16:18).
Crucial to enjoying blessing in the land was the establishing of a
satisfactory system of justice. There can be no question that a fair
and...
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CONTENTS: Laws concerning annual feasts.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: By frequent and regular meeting to worship God at
appointed places and by recognized rules, we are kept faithful and
cons...
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Deuteronomy 16:3. _Bread of affliction,_ unleavened bread; for while
the Egyptians afflicted them, they had not time to prepare their food
in a proper manner.
Deuteronomy 16:10. _The feast of weeks;_...
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_Thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift._
EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
I. Some facts and tendencies in legal administration.
1. The sentence pronounced against a poor man is often very heavy...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 16:18 Most of these laws are about
the various leaders for Israel. Leaders, like parents, exercise
God’s authority toward those under them. This section recalls the
fif...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 16:19 YOU SHALL NOT... Justice comes
from God’s character. See Deuteronomy 1:17 and note on...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—The religious ordinances to be observed in Canaan
are continued. Three great festivals are prominently mentioned—Feast
of Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. Former regulations concer...
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EXPOSITION
CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER FESTIVAL, THE FEAST OF PENTECOST AND OF
TABERNACLES. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF J
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In chapter sixteen we now deal with the various feasts that they were
to observe when they came into the land. We have rehearsed these as we
went through earlier in the book of Exodus and all. You're...
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1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 8:3; Acts 10:34; Acts 16:37; Acts 23:3;...
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Wrest judgment — Not give an unjust sentence. A gift doth blind the
eyes — Biasseth his mind, that he cannot discern between right and
wrong. The words — That is the sentence, of those judges who are...