Bible Commentary

Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: The holy things, mentioned before, Deu 12:6,11,17, which thou hast consecrated to God. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole 26. Only thy holy things which thouhastThe tithes mentioned … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:26”

Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD. Thou shall not eat it, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee,…. That they and their posterity … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:25”

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. Thou shalt not eat it,…. Neither with the flesh, nor separately: thou shall pour it upon the earth as water; as the blood of sacrifices was poured upon the altar, the blood of common flesh was to be poured upon the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:24”

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood [is] the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. Verse 23. For the blood is the life] And the life being offered as an atonement, consequently the blood should not be eaten. See Clarke on Le 17:11, where the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:23”

Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat [of] them alike. As the roebuck and the hart; as common or unhallowed food, though they be of the same kind with the sacrifices which are offered to God. The unclean and the clean … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:22”

If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. If … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:21”

When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 20 28. Practical Corollary to the Law of the One Altar Originally among the Semites as among … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:20”

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. Verse 19. Forsake not the Levite] These had no inheritance, and were to live by the sanctuary: if therefore the offerings were withheld by which the Levites were supported, they of course must perish. Those who have … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:19”

But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:18”

Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: Thou; either, 1. Thou, O Levite; or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:17”