Bible Commentary

So shalt thou put away the [guilt of] innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD. 9. So shalt thou put away ] Heb. and thou, thou shalt put away, an emphatic variation of the formula with which D usually closes similar laws (see … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:9”

Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 8. Forgive ] the meaning of this technical term, kipper, is usually taken either from the Ar. form = to cover, or the Syr. = … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:8”

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen [it]. 7. answer ] testify, as in Deu 5:20 (9th Comm.), and Deu 19:16. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges They shall answer, to wit, to the priests who shall examine them and determine this … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:7”

And all the elders of that city, [that are] next unto the slain [man], shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 6. wash their hands ] thus disowning their own and their community’s guilt. Psa 26:6; Psa 73:13, Mat 27:24. over the heifer ] As representing the murderer or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:6”

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be [tried]: 5. the priests the sons of Levi shall come near ] The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:5”

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley: 4. the elders of that city ] Luc. omits. a valley with running water ] i.e. with a perennial brook, cp. Amo 5:24 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:4”

And it shall be, [that] the city [which is] next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which hath not been wrought with, [and] which hath not drawn in the yoke; 3. and it shall be, etc.] Lit. and it shall be as regards the city which that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:3”

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain: 2. thy elders and thy judges ] The combination is remarkable, and recent commentators take one or the other as secondary. Steuern. retains elders (see introd. note), but Berth. and Marti … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:2”

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: 1. If one be found ] So Deu 17:2; Deu 24:7, also Sg. passages. which the Lord thy God is to give thee ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:1”

Only the trees which thou knowest that they [be] not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. 20. bulwarks ] Heb. maor, from the vb to besiege, therefore, siege-works, or circumvallation. See Mic 5:1 (Deu … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 20:20”