4<\/strong>. and it be told thee, and thou hast heard<\/em> ] Similarly Deu 13:12<\/span> (13).<\/p>\n shalt thou inquire<\/em>, etc.] So, but with additions, Deu 13:14<\/span> (15), q.v.<\/p>\n Verse 4<\/span>. If it be told thee<\/B><\/I>] In a private way by any confidential person. And thou hast heard<\/I> of it; so that it appears to be notorious, very likely to be true, and publicly scandalous. And<\/I> hast inquired diligently <\/I>– sought to find out the truth of the report by the most careful examination of persons reporting, circumstances of the case, &c. And, behold, it be<\/I> true <\/I>– the report is not founded on vague rumour, hearsay, or malice. And the thing certain <\/I>– substantiated by the fullest evidence. Then shalt thou bring forth that man<\/I>, De 17:5<\/span>. As the charge of idolatry was the most solemn and awful that could be brought against an Israelite, because it affected his life<\/I>, therefore God required that the charge should be substantiated<\/I> by the most unequivocal facts, and the most competent witnesses. Hence all the precautions mentioned in the fourth verse must be carefully used, in order to arrive at so affecting and so awful a truth.<\/P><\/p>\n Told thee<\/B> by any person, thou shalt not slight so much as a rumour or flying report of so gross a crime. <\/P> Inquired diligently, <\/B>by sending messengers, examining witnesses, &c. <\/P> <\/p>\n And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently<\/strong>,…. A report of this kind was not to be neglected; though it was not to be concluded upon as certain by hearsay, it was to be looked into, and the persons that brought it thoroughly examined; so the Targum of Jonathan,<\/p>\n “and inquired the witnesses well,”<\/p>\n what proof and evidence they could give of the fact, who the persons were, when and where, and in what manner the sin was committed:<\/p>\n and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain<\/strong>; upon examining the witnesses the case is plain and out of all question:<\/p>\n that such abomination is wrought in Israel<\/strong>; to do it in any country was abominable, but much more so in the land of Israel, among the professing people of God, who had the knowledge of the true God, and had had so many proofs of his deity, his power and providence, as well as received so many favours and blessings from him, and had such laws and statutes given them as no other people had.<\/p>\n 4. Then three shalt inquire (307) diligently. Although this moderation here refers only to the present matter, yet should it always be maintained in judicial proceedings, lest innocent persons should be treated with undue severity. Again, we must remember what I have said elsewhere, that judges are here not only restrained from precipitate condemnation, but also stimulated to beware of passing over, in idleness or negligence, anything that was necessary to be known. For they often fail in their duty, because they wilfully connive at guilt; and thus that which would be manifest if they would be at the pains to make more diligent inquiry, does not come to light. God, then, would not have them slumber nor take no notice of sinister reports, but rather inquire diligently as to things which may have come to their cars, so that no crime may remain unpunished. The same is the case as to witnesses; for whilst it would be unjust to pronounce sentence on the testimony of one man, still, if two or three will not suffice, there would be no end to litigation. Fitly, then, has God prescribed to judges both that they shall not be rashly credulous, and yet that they shall be content with the lawful number of witnesses; but this point will be more largely treated of elsewhere in commenting both on the Sixth and Ninth Commandments. <\/p>\n (307) A.V., translates this word in the past tense, “and hast inquired.” <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Deu 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and enquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel:<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 4. And it be told thee.<\/strong> ] See Trapp on “<\/em> Deu 13:12 “<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And inquired diligently.<\/strong> ] Men must be “swift to hear, slow to speak,” that is, to censure, or pass sentence. Amongst the Athenians an indictment of any crime was but : the evidence and conviction made it : the sentence . Athanasius passeth for a sacrilegious person, a profane wretch, a bloody persecutor, a blasphemer of God, &c., and was so condemned before he was heard by fourscore bishops in that Pseudosynodus Sardicensis. Sunt quidem in Ecclesia Catholica plurimi mali; sed ex haereticis, nullus est bonus,<\/em> says Bellarmine: There be many bad men Papists, but not one good to be found among Protestants. The Catholics follow the Bible, saith Hill a<\/em> in his “Quartern of Reasons,” but the Protestants force the Bible to follow them; yea, their condemnation is so expressly set down in their own Bibles, saith another Popeling, and is so clear to all the world, that nothing more needs hereto, than that they know to read, and have their eyes in their heads at the opening of their Bible. b<\/em> By the shooting of which bolt, you may easily guess at the archer. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Reas. viii. p. 41. <\/p>\n b<\/em> Gagge, Of the New Gospel: Pref. to Reader.<\/p>\n diligently. See note on Deu 13:14. <\/p>\n behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. <\/p>\n inquired: Deu 13:12-14, Deu 19:18, Pro 25:2, Joh 7:51 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 13:14 – General 1Ki 11:7 – abomination Act 25:16 – and have<\/p>\n And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and inquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel: 4. and it be told thee, and thou hast heard ] Similarly Deu 13:12 (13). shalt thou inquire, etc.] So, but with additions, Deu 13:14 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 17:4”<\/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-5377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377","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=5377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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