Bible Commentary

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, 26. and thou shalt bestow the money … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:26”

Then shalt thou turn [it] into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: Bind up the money in thine hand, i.e. in a bag to be taken into thy hand and carried with thee. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:25”

And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: And if the way be too long for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:24”

And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. 23. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:23”

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 22. Thou shalt surely tithe ] Heb. tithing thou shalt tithe: an idiom emphasising the bare fact. increase ] Lit. income (or in-brought), revenue, all the produce. of thy seed ] Not of cereals alone, but inclusive … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:22”

Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:21”

[But of] all clean fowls ye may eat. 20. Of all clean winged things ye may eat ] R.V. fowl is misleading; the term winged covers both birds and flying insects and here probably refers only to the latter. Arabs and other eastern peoples eat locusts not only in time of famine; fried or made … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:20”

And every creeping thing that flieth [is] unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. 19. all winged creeping things are unclean ] Lit. swarming things that fly, all winged insects. To this Lev 11:21 f. adds that go upon all fours and excepts from the rule such as have jointed legs above their feet … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:19”

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 18. stork ] asdah. Tristram (111): white stork, ciconia alba; an unclean feeder (on offal, etc.), its flesh is rank. heron ] ’ a naphah. Tristram (109): the common heron, ardea cinerea: an edible bird, in Europe once highly prized … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:18”

And the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant, 17. pelican ] a‘ath, LXX, . Tristram (108) suggests the roseate pelican, P. onocrotalus. vulture ] raamah, Ar. rakhim, ‘a small white carrion eagle,’ migratory, and haunting the abodes of men, one of the commonest carrion birds in Arabia, ‘the white scavenger’ (Doughty, passim; cp. Burton, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:17”