Some have objected that this command cannot possibly have been ever carried out, at all events until in later (lays the territory which owned obedience to it was narrowed to the little kingdom of Judah. But in these and in other precepts Moses doubtless takes much for granted. He is here, as elsewhere, regulating and defining more precisely institutions which had long been in existence, as to many details of which custom superseded the necessity of specific enactment. No doubt the people well understood what Maimonides expressly tells us in reference to the matter, namely, that where immediate payment could not be made, the debt to God was to be reserved until the next great Feast, and then duly discharged. The thing especially to be observed was that no kind of sacrifice was to be offered except at the sacred spot fixed by God for its acceptance.<\/P> <\/p>\n
The <\/P>
sacrifices<\/B> were wisely appropriated to that one and public place, partly for the security of the true religion, and for the prevention of idolatry and superstition, which otherwise might more easily have crept in; and partly to signify that their sacrifices were not accepted for their own worth, but by Gods gracious appointment, and for the sake of Gods altar, by which they were sanctified, and for the sake of Christ, whom the altar did manifestly represent. Of <\/P>
tithes<\/B>, See Poole “Deu 12:17<\/span>“. <\/P> Heave-offerings, <\/B>i.e. your first-fruits, to wit, of the earth, as of corn and wine and oil and other fruits, as plainly appears by comparing this place with Deu 18:4<\/span>; 26:2<\/span>, where these are commanded to be brought thither; and seeing here is an exact and particular enumeration of all such things, and these cannot be put under any of the other branches, these must needs be intended here, the rather because the other kind of first-fruits, to wit, of the <\/P> herds<\/B> and <\/P> flocks, <\/B>are here expressly mentioned. And these are called here the heave-offerings of their hand<\/I>, because the offerer was first to take these into his hands, and to heave them before the Lord, (as other places tell us,) and then to give them to the priest, as appears from Deu 18:3<\/span>,4<\/span>; 26:4<\/span>. <\/P> Your free-will offerings; <\/B>even for your voluntary oblations, which were not due by my prescription, but only by your own choice and voluntary engagement: you may choose what kind of offering you please to vow and offer, but not the place where you shall offer them. <\/P> The firstlings of your herds and of your flocks; <\/B>either, <\/P> 1. The holy firstlings or first-born, as appears by Num 18<\/span>, where they are commanded to be brought to this one place here designed, and to be offered upon<\/I> Gods altar, Deu 12:17<\/span>. It is objected by some, that those were given to the priests, Num 18:18<\/span>, but these were to be eaten by the people here, Deu 12:7<\/span>. But that the next verse doth not say, but only in general, there shall ye eat<\/I>, to wit, such of the offerings mentioned Deu 12:6<\/span> as they were allowed to eat, but not such as were the priests peculiar, for these they might not eat, nor all there expressed; for it is evident they might not eat any of the burnt-offerings, nor some parts of the other sacrifices, which are here mentioned. Or, <\/P> 2. The second births, which were the peoples first-born<\/I>, or the first which they could eat of, which they were to eat before the Lord by way of acknowledgment of his favour in giving them to them and all their succeeding births. See more on Deu 12:17<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings<\/strong>,…. For the daily sacrifice, and upon any other account whatsoever; this was before ordered to be brought to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and now to the place where that should be fixed, Le 17:8<\/span><\/p>\n and your sacrifices<\/strong>: all other distinct from burnt offerings, as sin offerings, trespass offerings, and peace offerings, especially the latter. Jarchi interprets them of peace offerings of debt, such as a man was obliged to bring; but as the distance of some persons from Jerusalem was very great, and it was troublesome and expensive, they might, according to the Jewish writers, bring them the next grand festival, when all the males were obliged to appear there; so says Maimonides c, all offerings of a man, whether by obligation (such as he was bound to bring) or freewill offerings, he must bring at the first feast that comes; and another of their writers observes d, that if only one feast has passed, and he has not brought his vow, he transgresses an affirmative precept, De 12:6<\/span> the first feast on which thou comest thither, thou must needs bring it; and if three have passed, he transgresses a negative precept, De 23:21<\/span><\/p>\n and your tithes<\/strong>; tithes of beasts, and the second tithes, according to Jarchi:<\/p>\n and heave offerings of your hand<\/strong>; these according to the same writer were the firstfruits, and so it is rendered in the Septuagint version; and thus Maimonides e says, the firstfruits are called Trumot, or heave offerings; see Ex 22:29<\/span><\/p>\n and your vows and your freewill offerings<\/strong>; which were a type of peace offerings, Le 7:16<\/span><\/p>\n and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks<\/strong>; which were sanctified and devoted to the Lord, Ex 13:2<\/span>.<\/p>\n c Praefat. ad Yad Chazakah. d Bartenora in Misn. Roshhashanah, c. 1. sect. 1. & in Misn. Ediot, c. 7. sect. 6. e In Misn. Meilah, c. 4. sect. 2.<\/p>\n (6) And thither ye shall bring . . . your tithes<\/strong>i.e., <\/em>what the Jews understand as the second tithe; on which see Deu. 12:17<\/span>.<\/p>\n 6<\/strong>. <\/strong> Thither ye shall bring <\/strong> To the place appointed by Jehovah and consecrated by his presence they were to bring their gifts, and celebrate sacrificial festivals. To the objection that it would not be possible for the people from every part of the land to bring these offerings, it may be said that what is provided for in Deu 14:24-25<\/span>, was doubtless applicable in such cases. Then it must be borne in mind that no part of the land was at a very great distance from the central sanctuary. Dan, the northern limit, was not a hundred miles from Jerusalem. <\/p>\n Burnt offerings <\/strong> These were to be wholly consumed on the altar, except that the skin was the perquisite of the officiating priest. See Lev 7:8<\/span>. <\/p>\n Sacrifices <\/strong> Animals that were slaughtered. With these two classes were also associated meat offerings and drink offerings. <\/p>\n And your tithes <\/strong> See notes on the seventeenth verse. <\/p>\n Heave offerings <\/strong> The word here and elsewhere rendered heave <\/strong> is obscurely translated. It refers evidently to some act by which the offering is dedicated to Jehovah.<\/p>\n It is to JESUS the believer must bring all his offerings. He alone sanctifies both the gift and the giver. In his name he rejoiceth all the day. Mat 23:19<\/span> ; Psa 89:16<\/span> .<\/p>\n Deu 12:6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:<\/p>\n Ver. 6. Heave offerings of your hands.<\/strong> ] For none might appear empty handed before the Lord.<\/p>\n your burnt: Lev 17:3-9, Eze 20:40 <\/p>\n tithes: Deu 12:17, Deu 14:22-26, Deu 15:19, Deu 15:20, Deu 26:2, Lev 27:32, Lev 27:33, Num 18:15-17, Mal 3:8, Mal 3:10, Luk 11:42, Luk 18:12 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 1:3 – at the Lev 7:16 – be a vow Lev 8:31 – Boil Lev 17:4 – bringeth Lev 22:18 – vows Lev 23:38 – and beside Lev 27:30 – General Num 15:3 – or in a freewill Num 18:8 – the charge Num 18:19 – the heave Num 29:39 – beside your vows Deu 12:13 – General Deu 12:26 – holy Deu 16:5 – sacrifice Deu 23:18 – any vow Jos 22:19 – wherein Jos 22:27 – that we 1Sa 1:24 – she took 1Sa 2:29 – habitation 1Sa 9:12 – sacrifice 1Sa 13:9 – he offered 2Ki 4:42 – bread 2Ki 17:36 – him shall ye fear 2Ch 2:6 – save only 2Ch 7:12 – an house of sacrifice 2Ch 11:16 – to sacrifice 2Ch 31:14 – the freewill Ezr 3:5 – willingly Ezr 6:3 – the place Neh 10:36 – the firstborn Neh 10:39 – For the children Psa 54:6 – freely Pro 7:14 – I have peace offerings with me Son 4:6 – the mountain Joe 1:16 – joy Amo 4:5 – proclaim<\/p>\n Deu 12:6. Thither bring your burnt-offerings Which were wisely appropriated to that one place, for the security of the true religion, and for the prevention of idolatry and superstition, which might otherwise more easily have crept in; and to signify that their sacrifices were not accepted for their own worth, but by Gods gracious appointment, and for the sake of Gods altar, by which they were sanctified, and for the sake of Christ, whom the altar manifestly represented. Your heave-offerings That is, your first-fruits of corn, and wine, and oil, and other fruits. And these are called the heave-offerings of their hand, because the offerer was first to take these into his hands, and to heave them before the Lord, and then to give them to the priest. Your free-will-offerings Even your voluntary oblations, which were not due by my prescription, but only by your own choice: you may choose what kind of offerings you please to offer, but not the place where you shall offer them.<\/p>\n 12:6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave {d} offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:<\/p>\n (d) Meaning, the first fruits.<\/p>\n And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: Some have objected that this command cannot possibly have been ever carried out, at all events until in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 12:6”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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