Bible Commentary

Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, [if it be] truth, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought among you; Then shalt thou inquire: this is meant of the magistrate, to whose office this properly belongs, and of whom he continues to speak in the same manner, thou, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:14”

[Certain] men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; In Deu 15:9 and in Nah 1:11 the word Belial is rendered in our translation by the adjective wicked. The word means … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:13”

If thou shalt hear [say] in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 12 18 (13 19 in Heb.). Against a City seduced to Other Gods Deu 13:12. in one of thy cities ] So Hebrew. R. V. concerning is hardly possible (though cp. Psa 92:12). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:12”

And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. And all Israel shall hear, and fear,…. Shall hear of the death the enticer was put unto, and shall fear to act such a part he did, and be upon their guard against any such … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:11”

And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die,…. It was not sufficient to answer the end … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:10”

But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. Thou shalt surely kill him; not privately, which pretence would have opened the door to innumerable murders, but by procuring his death by the sentence of the magistrate; and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:9”

Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: i.e. Smother his fault, hide or protect his person, but shalt accuse him to the magistrate, and demand justice upon him, which was not to be done in most other … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:8”

[Namely], of the gods of the people which [are] round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth; He arms against the preference of the universality of this idol worship, wherewith they were like to be oft assaulted. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:7”

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 6 11 (7 12 in Heb.). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:6”

And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 13:5”