Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 17:13
And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
13. hear, and fear ] Deu 13:11 (12).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And all the people shall hear, and fear,…. All the people of Israel in their own cities, and particularly the judges in those cities; they shall hear of what is done to the obstinate and disobedient elder, and shall be afraid to commit the like offence, lest they should come into the same punishment:
and do no more presumptuously; after his example; hence, Jarchi says, they wait till the feast comes, and then put him to death; and so it is said k, they bring him up to the great sanhedrim which is at Jerusalem, and there keep him until the feast (the next feast), and put him to death at the feast, as it is said,
all the people shall hear, and fear.
k Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 10. sect. 4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
13. And all the people. He shews from the object of the enactment why the proud despisers (of the priests) were not to be spared; for punishments have reference to common example, whilst, on the other hand, impunity is a bait to sin, and the nurse of unbridled licentiousness. And, assuredly, when He commands that the whole people should be inspired with terror, it is a hint that, unless presumption should be corrected, and the bold and wicked should be restrained by severe discipline, the door would be opened to them to destroy the Church.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Ver. 13. And all the people shall hear, &c. This punishment was inflicted for an example and severe warning to those who were yet innocent; as Seneca observes, nemo prudens punit quia peccatum est, sed ne peccetur; a wise man does not so much punish the fault, as furnish a warning to others, that they do not the same. Rabbi Akiba tells us, that offenders of this sort were kept in custody till the nearest great festival, and then executed when the whole nation was present. This, Mr. Selden observes, is the most received opinion: though other Rabbis say, that they did not make the sentence sharper by a long delay, but executed it immediately; and for the further publication of it, they sent letters to all the tribes and cities of Israel, to give notice that such a man was to be executed at such a time for this offence.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
shall hear: Deu 13:11, Deu 19:20
presumptuously: Num 15:30, Num 15:31
Reciprocal: Exo 21:14 – presumptuously Est 1:20 – throughout Psa 19:13 – presumptuous 1Ti 5:20 – that others 2Pe 2:10 – despise Rev 2:23 – and all
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 17:13. When thou shalt say, I will set a king over me He only foresees and foretels what they would do, but does not hereby signify that he should approve of it. Yea, when they did this thing, for the very reason here assigned, God declared his utter disapprobation of it.