Bible Commentary

Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. He shall choose what pledge he please, provided only it be sufficient for the purpose. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole Thou shall stand abroad,…. Without doors, in the street, as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:11”

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 10. When thou dost lend ] See on Deu 15:1 ff. any manner of loan ] Lit. loan of anything, cp, Deu 23:19. Besides money or victuals, it might be a slave, a working animal or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:10”

Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. God smote Miriam with leprosy for her contempt of Moses, and therefore thou mayst expect the same or like punishment, if thou dost despise the counsel and direction of the Levites, which I have … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:9”

Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, [so] ye shall observe to do. 8, 9. Precautions in Leprosy. Israel shall diligently observe these as taught by the priests under divine command, remembering how God … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:8”

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 7. Against Manstealing. If a man be found (see Deu 21:1, Deu 22:22) stealing a brother (see on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:7”

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh [a man’s] life to pledge. 6. Mill or Upper Millstone not to be taken in Pledge. This would be to pledge life itself. Milling (as largely still in Palestine) was mainly domestic, the first indispensable duty of the day; the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:6”

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: [but] he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 5. Exemption of the Newly Married. He shall not go out with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:5”

Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that [is] abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance. 4. after that she is defiled ] Ambiguous … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:4”

And [if] the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth [it] in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her [to be] his wife; 3. Still the protasis; delete if and if. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:3”

And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s [wife]. 2. And she depart out of his house, and go and become another man’s ] Still part of the protasis of the sentence, stating the facts of the case. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges For … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 24:2”