INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 14 In this chapter some cautions are given against the use of some rites and ceremonies in mourning for the dead, with the reason thereof, Deuteronomy 14:1 and instructions about what are lawful to be eaten, and what not, whether of beasts, fishes, or fowl, Deuteronomy 1... [ Continue Reading ]
YE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE LORD YOUR GOD,.... Some of them were so by the special grace of adoption, and all of them by national adoption; which was the peculiar privilege of the people of Israel, and laid them under great obligation to honour and obey the Lord their God, who stood in the relation o... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THOU ART AN HOLY PEOPLE UNTO THE LORD THY GOD,.... Set apart by him from all other people, and devoted to his worship and service, and many of them were sanctified and made holy in a special and spiritual sense; and therefore should not conform to the customs of Gentiles, whether in their extrav... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALL NOT EAT ANY ABOMINABLE THING. That is so either in its own nature, or because forbidden by the Lord; what are such are declared in the following verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE ARE THE BEASTS WHICH THEY SHALL EAT,.... That is, which they might lawfully eat of, which were allowed for their food; for they were not obliged to eat of them if they did not choose it: THE OX, THE SHEEP, AND THE GOAT; which were creatures used in sacrifice, and the only ones, yet neverthele... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HART, THE ROEBUCK, AND THE FALLOW DEER,.... All of the deer kind, and very agreeable food; harts were very common in the land of Canaan and parts adjacent; Aelianus says u harts are bred in the great mountains in Syria, Amanus, Lebanon, and Carmel: the roebuck, or "dorcas", from whence a good wo... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 6-8. AND EVERY BEAST THAT PARTED THE HOOF,.... In this and the two following verses two general rules are given, by which it might be known what beasts were fit for food and what not; one is if they parted the hoof, and the other if they chewed the cud, such might be eaten; but such that only c... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 14:6 (The "hare" is this verse may be an animal that is now is extinct but was alive at the time of Moses. It is only other mentioned in Leviticus 11:6, Leviticus 11:6. Editor.)... [ Continue Reading ]
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Ver. 9,10. THESE YE SHALL EAT OF, ALL THAT ARE IN THE WATERS,.... The fishes there, even such as have fins and scales, but they that have not were not to be eaten: Leviticus 11:9 Leviticus 11:10 Leviticus 11:11 Leviticus 11:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
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OF ALL CLEAN BIRDS YE SHALL EAT. Which the Targum of Jonathan describes, everyone that has a craw, and whose crop is naked, and has a superfluous talon, and is not rapacious; but such as are unclean are expressed by name in the following verses, so that all except them might be reckoned clean and fi... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 12-18. BUT THESE ARE THEY OF WHICH THEY SHALL NOT EAT,.... Jarchi observes, that the unclean birds are particularly mentioned, to teach that the clean sort are more than the unclean, and therefore the particulars of the fewest are given: these are all the same names as in Leviticus 11:13, exce... [ Continue Reading ]
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AND EVERY CREEPING THING THAT FLIETH IS UNCLEAN,.... Which the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases; "all flies and wasps (or hornets), and worms of lentiles and of beans, which are separated from food, and fly as birds, they are unclean;'' Leviticus 11:20, Leviticus 11:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT OF ALL CLEAN FOWLS YE MAY EAT. Even of all fowls, but those before excepted; Aben Ezra instances in the locust, as being a clean fowl, that might be eaten; and so the Targum of Jonathan is "every clean locust ye may eat;'' see Leviticus 11:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL NOT EAT OF ANYTHING THAT DIETH OF ITSELF,.... This law is repeated from Leviticus 17:15, Leviticus 17:15: THOU SHALT GIVE IT UNTO THE STRANGER THAT IS IN THY GATES, THAT HE MAY EAT IT; not to the proselyte of righteousness, for he might not eat of it any more than an Israelite, and if he... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT TRULY TITHE ALL THE INCREASE OF THY SEED,.... This was a different tithe from that which was made and given to the Levites, and out of which a tithe was taken and given to the priests, and which they only ate of; but this, as appears by the following verse, was what the owners themselves... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT EAT BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD, IN THE PLACE WHICH HE SHALL CHOOSE TO PLACE HIS NAME THERE,.... See Deuteronomy 12:5 there the tithe of all the fruits of the earth was to be eaten; this is the second tithe, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi, and which is more particularly describe... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF THE WAY BE TOO LONG FOR THEE,.... The way from the place where any Israelite might live: TO CARRY IT; the tithe and the firstlings, it would be too expensive or too troublesome in any way that could be devised: OR IF THE PLACE SHALL BE TOO FAR FROM THEE, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD SHALL CHOOSE... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT THEN TURN IT INTO MONEY,.... The tithe, which would be lighter and easier carriage: AND BIND UP THE MONEY IN THINE HAND; put it into a bag or purse, and tie it up and carry it in the hand; which some think was ordered, that it might not be mixed with other money; but it seems only to hav... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL BESTOW THAT MONEY FOR WHATSOEVER THY SOUL LUSTETH AFTER,.... He might buy what provision he would with it, what he best liked, and was most agreeable to his appetite: FOR OXEN, OR FOR SHEEP; he might purchase beef or mutton, or any other sort of meat that could be got, and was lawful... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LEVITE THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES, THOU SHALT NOT FORSAKE HIM,.... As not from giving him the first tithe, as Jarchi remarks, so he was not to forget him in this; he was not to leave him behind, but take him with him to partake of this entertainment: FOR HE HATH NO PART NOR INHERITANCE WITH T... [ Continue Reading ]
AT THE END OF THREE YEARS THOU SHALT BRING FORTH ALL THE TITHE OF THINE INCREASE THE SAME YEAR,.... This, according to Aben Ezra, was a third tithe, and did not excuse the second tithe; so says: "I gave the third tithe to the repair of the temple,'' (Tobit 1:7) as in one copy, but, according to an... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LEVITE, BECAUSE HE HATH NO PART NOR INHERITANCE WITH THEE,.... Shall come and take the first tithe, according to Jarchi; but though this he was to do, yet is not what is intended here, but he was to partake of the second tithe, or what was in the room of it, the poor's tithe, with whom he is... [ Continue Reading ]