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Verse Deuteronomy 17:6. _TWO WITNESSES_] ONE might be deceived, or be
prejudiced or malicious; therefore God required _two_ substantial
witnesses for the support of the charge....
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Compare Deuteronomy 13:1 ff. Here special reference is made to the
legal forms to be adopted, Deuteronomy 17:5. The sentence was to be
carried into effect at “the gates” (compare Genesis 19:1 note) of...
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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 (Deute...
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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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MOUTH. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), put for the witness
borne by it. App-6.
TWO. Compare Numbers 35:30, and see Mat 18:16. 2 Corinthians 13:1; 1
Timothy 5:19....
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Deuteronomy 16:21 to Deuteronomy 17:7. Isolated Group of Laws on
Worship
This group of laws against heathen symbols and blemished sacrifices
and the worship of other gods all of them abominations to,...
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LESSON FOURTEEN DEUTERONOMY 16:18-20; DEUTERONOMY 17:2 TO DEUTERONOMY
18:22
e. THE LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE (Deuteronomy 16:18-20; Deuteronomy 17:2
to Deuteronomy 18:22)
(Laws concerning Judges, king...
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_AND HATH GONE AND SERVED OTHER GODS, AND WORSHIPPED THEM, EITHER THE
SUN, OR MOON, OR ANY OF THE HOST OF HEAVEN, WHICH I HAVE NOT
COMMANDED;_
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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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 17:2. EVERY IDOLATER TO BE STONED.
(2) IF THERE BE FOUND... MAN OR WOMAN. — This section differs
slightly from the third section of Deuteronomy 13. The penalty there
is directed against t...
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עַל ־פִּ֣י ׀ שְׁנַ֣יִם עֵדִ֗ים אֹ֛ו
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה עֵדִ֖ים יוּמַ֣ת הַ מֵּ֑ת
לֹ֣א יוּמַ֔ת עַל ־פִּ֖י...
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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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_Slain. When the action was public, this formality was not requisite,
chap. xiii. 9. --- Him. One witness was never admitted to prove any
crime; neither would the Jews receive for witnesses, women, in...
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Observe, how tenacious the LORD GOD was of his people's faithfulness,
and how exemplary the punishment of idolatry. Oh! that many in the
present hour, who are tempting the Israel of GOD by apostacy, w...
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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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As His severity in exacting punishment, where murder has been
unquestionably committed, shows how highly God rates the life of men,
so the qualification, which we find here, declares, that he takes
eq...
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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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AT THE MOUTH OF TWO WITNESSES, OR THREE WITNESSES, SHALL HE THAT IS
WORTHY OF DEATH BE PUT TO DEATH,.... The idolater found guilty was to
be stoned; two witnesses were sufficient to prove a fact, if t...
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At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is
worthy of death be put to death; [but] at the mouth of one witness he
shall not be put to death.
Ver. 8. _Too hard for thee in judg...
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_Witnesses_ Namely, credible and competent witnesses. The Jews
rejected the testimonies of children, women, servants, familiar
friends, or enemies, persons of dissolute lives or evil fame....
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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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PUNISHMENT OF IDOLATRY...
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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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1-7 No creature which had any blemish was to be offered in sacrifice
to God. We are thus called to remember the perfect, pure, and spotless
sacrifice of Christ, and reminded to serve God with the best...
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AT THE MOUTH, i.e. upon the testimony delivered upon oath before the
magistrates. THREE WITNESSES, to wit, credible and competent
witnesses. The Jews rejected the testimonies of madmen. children,
wome...
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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 17:6 death H4191 (H8714) death H4191 (H8801) testimony
H6310 two H8147 H5707 three H7969 witnesses H5707 death H4191 (H8714)
testimony H6310 one H259 witness H5707
Deuteronomy 19:15;...
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ANYONE FOUND WORSHIPPING OTHER GODS WAS TO BE STONED TO DEATH, BUT
ONLY AFTER CAREFUL ENQUIRY (DEUTERONOMY 17:2).
The reference to the abominations of Asherah, Pillar and blemished
offerings leads on...
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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 h...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 17:6 ON THE EVIDENCE OF...
WITNESSES. The standard biblical requirement for finding someone
guilty of a capital offense is two witnesses (Numbers 35:30). See
Deuteronom...
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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 AT THE
SANCTUARY. ELECTION DUTY OF A KING.
DEUTERONOMY 17:1
Not...
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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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1 Timothy 5:19; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Deuteronomy 19:15; Hebrews 10:28;
John 8:17; John 8:18; Matthew 18:16; Numbers 35:30...
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Witnesses — Namely, credible and competent witnesses. The Jews
rejected the testimonies of children, women, servants, familiar
friends or enemies, persons of dissolute lives or evil fame....