Bible Commentary

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. 16. ye shall not eat the blood; yeshall pour it upon the earth as waterThe prohibition againsteating or drinking blood as an unnatural custom accompanied theannouncement of the divine grant of animal flesh for food (Ge9:4), and the prohibition … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:16”

Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. While a stringent injunction is laid down that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:15”

But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. Verse 14. The place which the Lord shall choose] To prevent idolatry and bring about a perfect uniformity in the Divine worship, which at … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:14”

Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: 13 19. Third Statement of the Law of the One Sanctuary In the Sg. address and with phrases characteristic of that form. In substance much the same as the two previous statements, the z e baim being curiously … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:13”

And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. Hence it appears, that though the males only were obliged to appear before God in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:12”

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:11”

But [when] ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and [when] he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; But when ye go over Jordan,…. Which lay between the place where they now were, and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:10”

For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. Deu 12:9 Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance. Not as yet That is the beginning–the refrain–the very soul of a hymn. Not as yet–it is a blossom-like … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:9”

Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do here this day, every man whatsoever [is] right in his own eyes. 8 12. Second Statement of the Law of the Single Sanctuary With a different preface from the first, contrasting Israel’s duty after settlement to concentrate on the one altar, not with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:8”

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. An injunction that the feasts which accompanied certain offerings (not specified) were to be also held in the same place. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:7”