Bible Commentary

And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 20. those which remain, etc.] A curious parallel to Deu 13:11 (12). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Those which remain, i.e. the rest of the people. See Deu 13:11; 17:13. Fuente: English Annotations … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:20”

Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 19. shall ye do ] the only Pl. in the passage, confirmed by Sam. LXX; either a clerical error or an instance of the possibility of a writer slipping … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:19”

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, [if] the witness [be] a false witness, [and] hath testified falsely against his brother; 18. shall make diligent inquisition ] See Deu 13:14 (15), Deu 17:4; Deu 17:9; Sg. false, falsely ] Heb. sheer: so in Exo 20:16, but Deu 5:20 has shav, vain. brother ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:18”

Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 17. shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, etc.] That is in the supreme court to be instituted at the One Altar, Deu 17:9. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:17”

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him [that which is] wrong; 16. But if ] So Sam. LXX. unrighteous witness ] Heb. witness of violence. So E, Exo 23:1, and Psa 35:11, apparently one who forces his evidence, does violence to the truth or intends violence to his neighbour. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:16”

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. 15. By Deu 17:6 (cp. P, Num 35:30), a man may not be put to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:15”

Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. 14. Against Removing Boundary Stones In the Sg. address, but as in Deu 19:4 f., 11 and Deu 15:2, q.v., with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:14”

Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away [the guilt of] innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. 13. Only by such action on the part of the local authorities and the kinsmen of the murdered man can the guilt of the crime be removed from the whole … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:13”

Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 12. the elders of his city, etc.] It is not said who are to judge if wilful murder has been committed (for this see Jos 20:4-9), but the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:12”

But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: 11. But if any man hate his neighbour, etc.] The wilful murderer must not escape through the provision of protection for the innocent … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:11”