Bible Commentary

And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates. 14. and thou shalt rejoice ] As in Deu 16:11 but slightly varied. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:14”

Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 13. Thou shalt keep ] Heb. perform for thyself, see on Deu 16:1. the feast of booths ] feast, ag, as in Deu 16:10. Booths, suth, lit. plaitings or interlacings, whether natural thickets (Job 38:40, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:13”

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 12. And thou shalt remember, etc.] See on Deu 15:15. This clause is not relevant to the whole law, but only to the inclusion under it of the bondservant, Deu 16:11. It can hardly be original, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:12”

And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:11”

And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give [unto the LORD thy God], according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: 10. feast ] Heb. ag, as in Rabbinic Hebrew a pilgrim-feast, and in Ar. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:10”

Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn. 9. Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee ] Hence the name of the Feast, Weeks, Shabu‘th, Deu 16:10 ; Deu 16:16, also in J, Exo 34:22. H, Lev … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:9”

Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day [shall be] a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work [therein]. 8. See introd. note. The incompatibility of this v. with the preceding is obvious unless we are to explain tents as the shelters which pilgrims to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:8”

And thou shalt roast and eat [it] in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 7. And thou shalt seethe ] The Heb. bashal may be used in the general sense of cooking, but it usually means to boil ( Deu … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:7”

But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. There thou shalt sacrifice the passover, to wit, in the court of the tabernacle … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:6”

Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 5, 6. See on Deu 16:2. For at even, P, Exo 12:6, employs his technical expression between the two evenings, on which see Driver’s note. Season, set time or date, i.e. hour of day. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 16:5”