PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Deuteronomy
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 215,517 words · 518 reading sections
Deuteronomy 11:10
Deuteronomy 11:10 Ver. 10. For the land whither thou goest in to possess it,.... The land of Canaan they were about to take possession of: [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out; either the whole land of Egypt, or that part of it, Rameses, in which Israel dwelt, and which was the best of it, as Jarchi…
731 wordsSECTION 182Deuteronomy 11:11
Deuteronomy 11:11 Ver. 11. But the land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys,.... And so could not be watered by the overflow of a river, and by canals cut out of it, and in the manner Egypt was; which was for the most part a plain and flat country, but not so Canaan, in which were many hills and…
260 wordsSECTION 183Deuteronomy 11:12
Deuteronomy 11:12 Ver. 12. A land which the Lord thy God careth for,.... In a very particular and special manner; otherwise he has a general care of the whole world, and all the parts of it; for as the earth is his, and the fulness thereof, his providential care reaches everywhere; but as this spot was what he had cho…
223 wordsSECTION 184Deuteronomy 11:13
Deuteronomy 11:13 Ver. 13. And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day,.... In the name, and by the authority of the Lord, the only lawgiver: to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul; see De 10:12. Jarchi i…
102 wordsSECTION 185Deuteronomy 11:14
Deuteronomy 11:14 Ver. 14. That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season,.... Such a quantity of it as the land required, a sufficiency of it to make it fruitful, and that in proper time: the first rain and the latter rain; the former rain in Marchesvan, the latter rain in Nisan, as the Targum of Jonat…
251 wordsSECTION 186Deuteronomy 11:15
Deuteronomy 11:15 Ver. 15. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle,.... By giving plentiful showers of rain at proper times, to cause it to spring up and grow, that so there might be food for the cattle of every sort, greater or lesser; see Ps 104:13, that thou mayest eat and be full; which refers to the p…
107 wordsSECTION 187Deuteronomy 11:16
Deuteronomy 11:16 Ver. 16. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived,.... By observing the influence of the heavens upon the fruitfulness of the earth, and so be drawn to the worship of the host of them, the sun, moon, and stars; or by the examples of nations round about them; and by the plausible argum…
168 wordsSECTION 188Deuteronomy 11:17
Deuteronomy 11:17 Ver. 17. And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you,.... For their idolatry, nothing being more provoking to him than that, it being contrary to his nature and being, as well as to his will, and to his honour and glory: and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain; the treasures and storeh…
118 wordsSECTION 189De 28:12
De 28:12 and that the land yield not her fruit; which is unavoidably the case when rain is withheld:and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you; for if the land does not yield its fruits sufficient to support the inhabitants of it, they must in course perish.{k} Targum Jon. in Deut. xxvi…
2,066 wordsSECTION 190Deuteronomy 12:1
Deuteronomy 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 12 In this chapter orders are given to destroy all altars, pillars, groves, and images, made for the worship of idols in the land of Canaan, De 12:1 and to bring all sacrifices and holy things unto the place which the Lord should choose for his habitation, and not do as th…
360 wordsSECTION 191Deuteronomy 12:2
Deuteronomy 12:2 Ver. 2. Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods,.... The temples erected for the worship of them by the Canaanites, of which there were many, as appears by the various names of places given them from the temples in them, as Bethshemesh, Beth…
182 wordsSECTION 192Deuteronomy 12:3
Deuteronomy 12:3 Ver. 3. And you shall overthrow their altars,.... Which were of stone, as Jarchi observes; whereas the altar ordered to be made by the Lord, before the altar of burnt offering in the tabernacle was made, was of earth, Ex 20:24 these were to be demolished, lest the Israelites should be tempted to make …
282 wordsSECTION 193Deuteronomy 12:4
Deuteronomy 12:4 Ver. 4. Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God. Not sacrifice to him on hills and mountains, and under green trees; though the Jews commonly refer this to the destruction of the names of God, and of any thing appertaining to the temple; that though the temples and the altars of the Heathens were to…
145 wordsSECTION 194Deuteronomy 12:5
Deuteronomy 12:5 Ver. 5. But unto the place which the Lord your God,.... The Targum of Jonathan is, that the Word of the Lord your God: shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there; to place his tabernacle, set up his worship, take up his residence, and cause the Shechinah, or his divine Majesty, to dwel…
284 wordsSECTION 195Deuteronomy 12:6
Deuteronomy 12:6 Ver. 6. And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings,.... 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 and your sacrifices: all other…
335 wordsSECTION 196Deuteronomy 12:7
Deuteronomy 12:7 Ver. 7. And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God,.... The priests and the Levites, what was their portion, so Aben Ezra; but the people also are included, and by what follows seem chiefly designed, who were to eat their part of the sacrifices, particularly of the tithes and peace offerings, in …
181 wordsSECTION 197Deuteronomy 12:8
Deuteronomy 12:8 Ver. 8. Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here,.... In the wilderness, where they had no abiding, but were continually removing from place to place, and could not always observe punctually and precisely the exact order and time of their sacrifices and other things, nor offer them at any …
207 wordsSECTION 198Deuteronomy 12:9
Deuteronomy 12:9 Ver. 9. For ye are not yet come to the rest,.... The land of Canaan, which was typical of the rest which remains for the people of God in heaven; for though they now enter into a spiritual rest in Christ, they are not yet come to their eternal rest; they are in a world of trouble, through sin, Satan, …
288 wordsSECTION 199Deuteronomy 12:10
Deuteronomy 12:10 Ver. 10. But when ye go over Jordan,.... Which lay between the place where they now were, and the land of Canaan, and which they would quickly go over: and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit; the land of Canaan, and which shows that that is meant by the inheritance: and …
215 wordsSECTION 200Deuteronomy 12:11
Deuteronomy 12:11 Ver. 11. Then there shall be a place,.... Fixed and settled, and will be known to be the place: which the Lord your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there: where he himself would dwell, and where his name would be called, and he would be worshipped: thither shall ye bring all that I com…
134 wordsSECTION 201Deuteronomy 12:12
Deuteronomy 12:12 Ver. 12. And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God,.... In the place chosen and fixed, where a temple would be built for him, and he would take up his residence; eating with joy and gladness that part of the offerings which belonged to them, keeping as it were a feast before the Lord, in token of…
2,715 wordsSECTION 202Deuteronomy 13:1
Deuteronomy 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 13 In this chapter the Israelites are taught how to discern a false prophet, shun and punish him, De 13:1, what to do with enticers to idolatry, not only not to consent to them, but, without favour and affection to them, endeavour to bring them to just punishment, and be t…
426 wordsSECTION 203Deuteronomy 13:2
Deuteronomy 13:2 Ver. 2. And the sign and wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee,.... The sign he promised to give, or the miracle he proposed to do, to show the reality of his mission, and the truth of his doctrine, which is performed, or seemingly performed, by legerdemain, by magic art, or by the help of th…
223 wordsSECTION 204Deuteronomy 13:3
Deuteronomy 13:3 Ver. 3. Thou shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams,.... Even though he does give the sign, and work the wonder; for it might be reasonably concluded there must be fallacy in him, and that neither he nor his miraculous sign could come from God, who would never send a…
288 wordsSECTION 205Deuteronomy 13:4
Deuteronomy 13:4 Ver. 4. Ye shall walk after the Lord your God,.... As he has directed, according to the laws and rules which he has given, both with respect to their moral and civil conduct, and their religious worship of him; and so the Targum of Jonathan, "ye shall walk after the worship of the Lord your God:'' a…
252 wordsSECTION 206Deuteronomy 13:5
Deuteronomy 13:5 Ver. 5. And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death,.... Which death, according to the Targum of Jonathan, was to be killed with the sword: because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God; or "spoken revolt against the Lord" {l}, high treason against him, deliver…
228 wordsSECTION 207Deuteronomy 13:6
Deuteronomy 13:6 Ver. 6. If thy brother, the son of thy mother,.... A brother by mother's side, which is generally supposed to be the nearest relation, at least most out of question, so more liable to be regarded as being beloved: or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom; most dearly beloved by him, as i…
390 wordsSECTION 208Deuteronomy 13:7
Deuteronomy 13:7 Ver. 7. Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you,.... As of the Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, and Phoenicians: nigh unto thee; as the above were, being on the borders of their land: the Targum of Jonathan interprets this of the idols of the seven nations, that is, of the land of C…
172 wordsSECTION 209Deuteronomy 13:8
Deuteronomy 13:8 Ver. 8. Thou shall not consent unto him,.... To commit the idolatry enticed unto, or join with him in it: nor hearken to him; not so much as patiently to hear him, but at once express an abhorrence of and indignation at what he recommends: neither shall thine eye pity him; pitied he might be for his…
180 wordsSECTION 210Deuteronomy 13:9
Deuteronomy 13:9 Ver. 9. But thou shalt surely kill him,.... Not privately and secretly, when and where he entices, nor the enticed himself by his own authority, but after being examined, judged, and condemned by the civil magistrate; and none might judge a false prophet but the sanhedrim at Jerusalem, the sanhedrim o…
417 wordsSECTION 211Deuteronomy 13:10
Deuteronomy 13:10 Ver. 10. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die,.... It was not sufficient to answer the end of the law to cast a few stones at him, but he was to be stoned to death: because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God; to compel by force of argument, or the dint of persuasio…
119 wordsSECTION 212Deuteronomy 13:11
Deuteronomy 13:11 Ver. 11. 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 person, and be cautious that they are not drawn into sin by him: and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is …
108 wordsSECTION 213Deuteronomy 13:12
Deuteronomy 13:12 Ver. 12. If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities,.... A report concerning them, anyone of them: which the Lord thy God had given thee to dwell there; which he had not only given them, but had put them into the possession of, and it was become their dwelling place, or was inhabited by Israelites;…
116 wordsSECTION 214Deuteronomy 13:13
Deuteronomy 13:13 Ver. 13. Certain men, the children of Belial,.... Which signify either persons without a yoke, who have thrown off the yoke of God's law, and will not submit to it, or unprofitable ones, as wicked men be, both to God, themselves, and others: are gone out from among you; not locally, but with respect…
188 wordsSECTION 215Deuteronomy 13:14
Deuteronomy 13:14 Ver. 14. Then shalt thou inquire, make search, and ask diligently,.... That is, of the witnesses, as the Targum of Jonathan; and this is a case that is only taken into consideration and judged of by the great sanhedrim, or that of seventy one, at Jerusalem {o}; and the method they took was this, when…
334 wordsSECTION 216Deuteronomy 13:15
Deuteronomy 13:15 Ver. 15. Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword,.... This could not be the work of a single person, nor of the whole sanhedrim, but was what the whole nation was to join in, according to the above note: destroying it utterly; pulling down the houses, and demo…
581 wordsSECTION 217Deuteronomy 14:1
Deuteronomy 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 14 In this chapter some cautions are given against the use of some rites and ceremonies in mourning for the dead, with the reason thereof, De 14:1 and instructions about what are lawful to be eaten, and what not, whether of beasts, fishes, or fowl, De 14:3, and concerning …
507 wordsSECTION 218Deuteronomy 14:2
Deuteronomy 14:2 Ver. 2. For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God,.... Set apart by him from all other people, and devoted to his worship and service, and many of them were sanctified and made holy in a special and spiritual sense; and therefore should not conform to the customs of Gentiles, whether in their …
190 wordsSECTION 219Deuteronomy 14:3
Deuteronomy 14:3 Ver. 3. Thou shall not eat any abominable thing. That is so either in its own nature, or because forbidden by the Lord; what are such are declared in the following verses.…
35 wordsSECTION 220Deuteronomy 14:4
Deuteronomy 14:4 Ver. 4. These are the beasts which they shall eat,.... That is, which they might lawfully eat of, which were allowed for their food; for they were not obliged to eat of them if they did not choose it: the ox, the sheep, and the goat; which were creatures used in sacrifice, and the only ones, yet neve…
69 wordsSECTION 221Deuteronomy 14:5
Deuteronomy 14:5 Ver. 5. The hart, the roebuck, and the fallow deer,.... All of the deer kind, and very agreeable food; harts were very common in the land of Canaan and parts adjacent; Aelianus says {u} harts are bred in the great mountains in Syria, Amanus, Lebanon, and Carmel: the roebuck, or "dorcas", from whence a…
853 wordsSECTION 222Deuteronomy 14:6
Deuteronomy 14:6 Ver. 6-8. And every beast that parted the hoof,.... In this and the two following verses two general rules are given, by which it might be known what beasts were fit for food and what not; one is if they parted the hoof, and the other if they chewed the cud, such might be eaten; but such that only che…
138 wordsSECTION 223Deuteronomy 14:7
Deuteronomy 14:7 Ver. 7. See Gill on "De 14:6" (The "hare" is this verse may be an animal that is now is extinct but was alive at the time of Moses. It is only other mentioned in Le 11:6, See Gill on "Le 11:6:". Editor.)…
49 wordsSECTION 224Deuteronomy 14:9
Deuteronomy 14:9 Ver. 9,10. These ye shall eat of, all that are in the waters,.... The fishes there, even such as have fins and scales, but they that have not were not to be eaten: See Gill on "Le 11:9" See Gill on "Le 11:10" See Gill on "Le 11:11" See Gill on "Le 11:12".…
61 wordsSECTION 225Deuteronomy 14:11
Deuteronomy 14:11 Ver. 11. Of all clean birds ye shall eat. Which the Targum of Jonathan describes, everyone that has a craw, and whose crop is naked, and has a superfluous talon, and is not rapacious; but such as are unclean are expressed by name in the following verses, so that all except them might be reckoned clea…
90 wordsSECTION 226Deuteronomy 14:12
Deuteronomy 14:12 Ver. 12-18. But these are they of which they shall not eat,.... Jarchi observes, that the unclean birds are particularly mentioned, to teach that the clean sort are more than the unclean, and therefore the particulars of the fewest are given: these are all the same names as in Le 11:13, excepting one…
228 wordsSECTION 227Deuteronomy 14:19
Deuteronomy 14:19 Ver. 19. And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean,.... Which the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases; "all flies and wasps (or hornets), and worms of lentiles and of beans, which are separated from food, and fly as birds, they are unclean;'' See Gill on "Le 11:20", See Gill on "Le 11:21".…
57 wordsSECTION 228Deuteronomy 14:20
Deuteronomy 14:20 Ver. 20. But of all clean fowls ye may eat. Even of all fowls, but those before excepted; Aben Ezra instances in the locust, as being a clean fowl, that might be eaten; and so the Targum of Jonathan is "every clean locust ye may eat;'' see Le 11:22.…
53 wordsSECTION 229Deuteronomy 14:21
Deuteronomy 14:21 Ver. 21. Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself,.... This law is repeated from Le 17:15, See Gill on "Le 17:15": thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; not to the proselyte of righteousness, for he might not eat of it any more than an Israelite, and…
345 wordsSECTION 230Deuteronomy 14:22
Deuteronomy 14:22 Ver. 22. Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed,.... This was a different tithe from that which was made and given to the Levites, and out of which a tithe was taken and given to the priests, and which they only ate of; but this, as appears by the following verse, was what the owners the…
177 wordsSECTION 231Deuteronomy 14:23
Deuteronomy 14:23 Ver. 23. And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there,.... See De 12:5 there the tithe of all the fruits of the earth was to be eaten; this is the second tithe, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi, and which is more particularly described…
123 wordsSECTION 232Deuteronomy 14:24
Deuteronomy 14:24 Ver. 24. And if the way be too long for thee,.... The way from the place where any Israelite might live:to carry it; the tithe and the firstlings, it would be too expensive or too troublesome in any way that could be devised:or if the place shall be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall cho…
1,176 wordsSECTION 233Deuteronomy 15:1
Deuteronomy 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 15 This chapter treats of a release of debts every seventh year, to which a blessing is promised if attended to, De 15:1, which seventh year of release should not hinder lending to a poor man in distress, even though it was nigh at hand, De 15:7 and of letting servants go …
397 wordsSECTION 234Deuteronomy 15:2
Deuteronomy 15:2 Ver. 2. And this is the manner of the release,.... Or the rules to be observed in making it: every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; that is, forgive the debt, or free the debtor from any obligation to payment. Some think this was only a release of debts for this year, …
510 wordsSECTION 235Deuteronomy 15:3
Deuteronomy 15:3 Ver. 3. Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again,.... Either on the seventh year, or after it: but that which is thine with thy brother, thine hand shall release; a debt that lies between them, where the one is the creditor, and the other debtor, the creditor shall freely and fully forgive the debto…
202 wordsSECTION 236Deuteronomy 15:4
Deuteronomy 15:4 Ver. 4. Save when there shall be no poor among you,.... Then such a law could not take place, there would be no debts to be released; for this was never designed to screen rich persons from the payment of their just debts, or whoever were in a capacity of so doing, only such as were really poor, and u…
336 wordsSECTION 237Deuteronomy 15:5
Deuteronomy 15:5 Ver. 5 Only if thou carefully hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God,.... In his word, and by his prophets; this being the case, there would be no more poor among them, or however they would be so blessed of God, that they would be capable of releasing the debts of the poor, without hurting themselv…
102 wordsSECTION 238Deuteronomy 15:6
Deuteronomy 15:6 Ver. 6. For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee,.... He is faithful that has promised, and he always gives the blessing he promises according to the nature of the promise; if absolute, and without conditions, he gives it without respect to any; but if conditional, as the promises of te…
208 wordsSECTION 239Deuteronomy 15:7
Deuteronomy 15:7 Ver. 7. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren,.... As there would be, according to the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, if they did not keep the commandments of the law, and continue therein: within any of thy gates, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee; a native of the …
161 wordsSECTION 240Deuteronomy 15:8
Deuteronomy 15:8 Ver. 8. But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him,.... And give him bountifully and liberally; in order to which the heart must be first opened, the affections moved, and a willing mind disposed to give generously: and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth: enough …
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.