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The cases in question are such as the inferior judges did not feel
able to decide satisfactorily, and which accordingly they remitted to
their superiors (compare Exodus 18:23).
The Supreme court Deut...
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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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THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES. First occurrence of this expression. Occurs
six times in Deut.; elsewhere in Jos 3:31. Jos 8:33. 2 Chronicles
30:27; Nehemiah 11:20; Isaiah 66:21.Jeremiah 33:21.Ezekiel 44:15....
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Of the Judges of Final Appeal
Local cases too hard for the local courts (see Deuteronomy 16:18-20,
on which this passage immediately follows) are to be taken before the
Priests, the Levites at the Sa...
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_VER._ 8, 9. _IF THERE ARISE A MATTER TOO HARD FOR THEE,_ &C.— Moses
now returns to speak of the courts of judgment, which he had ordered
to be erected in all their cities when they came into the land...
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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 THOU SHALT COME UNTO THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES, AND UNTO THE JUDGE
THAT SHALL BE IN THOSE DAYS, AND INQUIRE; AND THEY SHALL SHEW THEE THE
SENTENCE OF JUDGMENT:_
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 17:8. THE SUPREMACY IN ISRAEL OF THE WRITTEN LAW OF GOD.
(8) IF THERE ARISE A MATTER TOO HARD FOR THEE. — Literally, _too
wonderful._
BETWEEN BLOOD AND BLOOD, BETWEEN PLEA AND PLEA, AND B...
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וּ בָאתָ֗ אֶל ־הַ כֹּהֲנִים֙ הַ
לְוִיִּ֔ם וְ אֶל ־הַ שֹּׁפֵ֔ט אֲשֶׁ֥ר
יִהְיֶ֖ה בַּ...
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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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And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the (f)
judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew
thee the sentence of judgment:
(f) Who will sentence as the prie...
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Judge. Moses does not specify whether the contending parties, or the
judges themselves thought proper to have the matter debated before a
higher court. The Rabbins observe, that appeals to the Sanhedr...
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The apostle Paul from the case of the presumptuous man here noticed,
takes occasion to draw a very striking inference in his Epistle to the
Hebrews, in those who tread underfoot the SON of GOD, and co...
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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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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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THOU SHALT COME UNTO THE PRIESTS, THE LEVITES,.... The priests that
are of the tribe of Levi, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi;
for Aben Ezra says there are priests that are not of the genealo...
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_Unto the priests_ That is, unto the great council, which consisted
chiefly of the priests and Levites, as being the best expositors of
the laws of God, by which all those controversies were to be dec...
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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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DIFFICULT QUESTIONS TO BE DECIDED BY THE PRIEST...
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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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8-13 Courts of judgment were to be set up in every city. Though their
judgment had not the Divine authority of an oracle, it was the
judgment of wise, prudent, experienced men, and had the advantage o...
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UNTO THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES, i.e. unto the great council, which it is
here denominated from, because it consisted chiefly of the priests and
Levites, as being the best expositors of the laws of God,...
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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 17:9 come H935 (H8804) priests H3548 Levites H3881 judge
H8199 (H8802) days H3117 inquire H1875 (H8804) pronounce H5046 (H8689)
sentence H1697 judgment H4941
the priests - Jeremiah 18:18;...
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THE PLACE OF FINAL APPEAL (DEUTERONOMY 17:8).
But if a case was brought which was too hard for the local justices to
decide, there was to be a final place of appeal made up of the
levitical priests a...
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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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_Thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations._
HEATHEN ABOMINATIONS AVOIDED
One reason to shun the practices of idolatry springs from the nature
of the evils themselves.
1. T...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 17:8 Straightforward judicial cases
should be decided in local courts. Difficult cases are to be tried in
the central sanctuary. Worship and justice are tied together....
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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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Deuteronomy 19:17; Ezekiel 44:24; Haggai 2:11; Jeremiah 18:18; Malachi
2:7...
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Unto the priests — That is, unto the great council, which consisted
chiefly of the priests and Levites, as being the best expositors of
the laws of God, by which all those controversies were to be dec...