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Moses did not originate the rights of primogeniture (compare Genesis
25:31), but recognized them, since he found them pre-existing in the
general social system of the East. Paternal authority could se...
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17. THE EXPIATION OF AN UNCERTAIN MURDER AND VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER 21
_ 1. The expiation of an unknown murder (Deuteronomy 21:1)_
2. Concerning a wife, who had been a prisoner of war (Deuter...
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Only in Dt. The first-born of the first wife is to inherit a double
portion.
Deuteronomy 21:15. two wives: Genesis 29:30 and 1 Samuel 1:6. HATED:
better, less loved.
Deuteronomy 21:17. acknowledge,...
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Of the right of the Firstborn
If a man have two sons by different wives, one loved and one hated,
and his firstborn is the son of the latter, he must not give the
firstborn's double portion to the so...
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LESSON SEVENTEEN DEUTERONOMY 21:15 TO DEUTERONOMY 23:14
h. FAMILY REGULATIONS (Deuteronomy 21:15-21)
(1) THE RIGHT OF THE FIRST-BORN (Deuteronomy 21:15-17)
15 If a man have two wives, the one belove...
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_IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES, ONE BELOVED, AND ANOTHER HATED, AND THEY
HAVE BORN HIM CHILDREN, BOTH THE BELOVED AND THE HATED; AND IF THE
FIRSTBORN SON BE HERS THAT WAS HATED:_ IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES, ON...
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EXPIATION OF UNDETECTED HOMICIDE. MARRIAGE OF CAPTIVE WOMEN.
PUNISHMENT OF A REBELLIOUS SON
The last sub-section of the Second Discourse begins here, containing a
variety of social and domestic regul...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE
LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD
DEUTERONOMY
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 21
V1 ‘Suppose that there has been a murder. Then someone finds the
dead body in a field. It is...
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Deuteronomy 21:15. THE BIRTHRIGHT.
(15) ONE BELOVED, AND ANOTHER HATED — i.e., _one preferred above the
other,_ according to the idiomatic use of this phrase in Hebrew.
(17) A DOUBLE PORTION. — Liter...
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כִּי֩ אֶת ־הַ בְּכֹ֨ר בֶּן ־הַ
שְּׂנוּאָ֜ה יַכִּ֗יר לָ֤ תֶת לֹו֙
פִּ֣י שְׁנַ֔יִם בְּ...
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THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE
IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so
entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is
made between the secular an...
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Sundry laws affecting the life of the people in the land after the
conquest were now uttered. The sin of murder was once again dealt
with. This time it was the murder of a person which could not be
tr...
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But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by
giving him a (h) double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the
beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] (i...
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_Double portion. If a person left six children, his effects were
divided into seven equal parts, and the eldest son received two of
them, though others think that he was entitled to one-half of the
wh...
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There is somewhat beside the moral sense of this passage, of a
spiritual signification connected with it to be understood. As in the
case of the great Father of the Israelites, the LORD himself was
pl...
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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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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19, 20, AND 21.
Chapter 19 opens with ordinances which contemplate the people in
possession and enjoyment of the land; they were to observe them, that
the la...
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BUT HE SHALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE SON OF THE HATED FOR THE FIRSTBORN,....
Own him and declare him to be so, both by his will and the division of
goods by him; or he shall "separate" him, as Onkelos; distin...
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But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by
giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the
beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his....
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1 The expiation of an vncertaine murder.
10 The vsage of a captiue taken to wife.
15 The first borne is not to be disinherited vpon priuate affection.
18 A stubburne sonne is to bee stoned to death...
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Of the First-Born in Bigamy....
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UNSOLVED MURDER
(vs.1-9)
If one was killed and his body found removed from any city or town,
the murderer being unknown, then elders and judges of Israel were
required to ascertain what was the near...
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THAT HE HATH:
_ Heb._ that is found with him...
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15-17 This law restrains men from disinheriting their eldest sons
without just cause. The principle in this case as to children, is
still binding to parents; they must give children their right withou...
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ACKNOWLEDGE, i.e. make it appear that he owns him. DOUBLE PORTION; for
the phrase, see 2 KINGS 2:9 MALACHI 13:8; and for the thing, see
GENESIS 25:31 1 CHRONICLES 5:1. THE BEGINNING OF HIS STRENGTH, i...
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"If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee
to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain
him; then _ thy elders_ and _ thy judges"_ the guardians of...
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Deuteronomy 21:17 acknowledge H5234 (H8686) son H1121 unloved H8130
(H8803) firstborn H1060 giving H5414 (H8800) double H8147 portion
H6310 has H4672 (H8735) beginning H7225 strength H202 right H4941...
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TREATMENT OF AN UNLOVED WIFE AND THE RIGHT OF THE FIRSTBORN
(DEUTERONOMY 21:15).
The faltering love of a man for a beautiful captive leads on to the
case where a man's love for a wife has waned. The...
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CONTENTS: Inquest for the slain. Domestic regulations.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: We are to have a dread of the guilt of blood, which
defiles not only the conscience of the murderer but the...
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Deuteronomy 21:4. _A rough valley._ The guilt being transferred to the
heifer, the slaying it in a cultivated field would have polluted the
ground. The Hebrew altar allowed of no victim to be offered...
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_The right of the firstborn._
I. The rights of primogeniture defined. “A double portion of all
that he hath.” As head of the family, the eldest son would be put
into power and privilege, be heir of h...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—The reason for grouping these five laws, apparently
so different from one another, as well as for attaching them to the
previous regulations is found in the desire to bring out distinc...
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EXPOSITION
EXPIATION OF UNCERTAIN MURDER. TREATMENT OF A CAPTIVE TAKEN TO WIFE.
RIGHTS OF THE FIRSTBORN. A REBELLIOUS, REFRACTORY SON TO BE JUDGED AND
PUNISHED. A MALEFACTOR WHO HAS BEEN HANGED TO BE...
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Now in the 21st chapter.
If you find a dead body out in the field and you don't know the
circumstances of the death; here's a man; he's dead in the field. Then
they are to measure from that dead body...
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1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Chronicles 5:2; Genesis 25:31; Genesis 25:32;
Genesis 25:34; Genesis 25:5; Genesis 25:6; Genesis 49:3; Psalms 105:36...