Bible Commentary

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, [and] cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 6. There might also be eaten any beast with both of these marks: that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two ] Lit. and cleaveth a cleft … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:6”

The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. 5. Seven varieties of game; LXX B gives only five: hart, gazelle, roebuck, wild-ox and giraffe (?); codd. AF, etc. add after gazelle, buffalo and tragelaphos. It may not be unnecessary to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:5”

These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 4. These are the beasts which ye shall eat ] Lev 11:2-23 has no list of clean beasts such as here follows. ox, sheep, goat ] For the sacramental nature of the slaying and eating of domestic animals see on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:4”

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. 3. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing ] The same noun as abomination, Deu 7:25, q.v.; a term characteristic of D. The clause being also in the Sg. in a Pl. context (to which Sam., LXX have harmonised it) may be either the original law of D … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:3”

For thou [art] a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth. 2. For thou art an holy people, etc.] Almost exactly as Deu 7:6 ( q.v.). Note also the Sg. address in contrast … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:2”

Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 1 f. Against certain Rites for the Dead No parallel in JE; but one in H, Lev 19:28 a. 1. Sons are ye to Jehovah your God ] The order of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:1”

When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do [that which is] right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. 12-18. Certain men, the children ofBeliallawless, designing demagogues (Jdg 19:22;1Sa 1:16; 1Sa 25:25),who abused their influence to withdraw … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:18”

And there shall cleave naught of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; Deu 13:17 There shall cleave nought of the cursed thing. Destroy the cursed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:17”

And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again. Every whit, for the Lord thy God … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:16”

Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that [is] therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. Verse 15. Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants] If one city were permitted to practise idolatry, the evil would soon spread, therefore … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:15”