PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Deuteronomy
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 215,517 words · 518 reading sections
Deuteronomy 19:6
Deuteronomy 19:6 Ver. 6. Lest the avenger of blood pursue the slayer,.... These words are to be connected with De 19:3, where it is ordered to prepare the way to the cities of refuge, and to divide the land into three parts, for the convenience of the slayer to flee thither, lest he that was next of kin, and incensed …
202 wordsSECTION 302Deuteronomy 19:7
Deuteronomy 19:7 Ver. 7. Wherefore I command thee, saying, thou shalt separate three cities for thee. This was to be done immediately, as soon as they were settled in the land of Canaan, and established in the possession of it, the inhabitants being cut off, or driven out, or however subdued.…
52 wordsSECTION 303Deuteronomy 19:8
Deuteronomy 19:8 Ver. 8. And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast,.... Extend it further than it was upon their first settlement, even carry it as far as the river Euphrates, as in the times of Solomon, 1Ki 4:21. Jarchi interprets it of such an enlargement as to give them the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites and K…
91 wordsSECTION 304Deuteronomy 19:9
Deuteronomy 19:9 Ver. 9. If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day,.... A phrase often met with before, and signifies the putting in practice the several laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which Moses was now making a repetition of, and enjoining the observance of them by …
239 wordsSECTION 305Deuteronomy 19:10
Deuteronomy 19:10 Ver. 10. That innocent blood be not shed,.... As it would be if such a slayer as before described was killed by the avenger of blood, before he could get to one of these cities of refuge, or supposing that they had not bean appointed, or a sufficient number of them: which the Lord thy God giveth the…
150 wordsSECTION 306Deuteronomy 19:11
Deuteronomy 19:11 Ver. 11. But if any man hate his neighbour,.... Has conceived enmity in his heart against him, bears him a mortal hatred, and has formed a scheme in his mind to take away his life: and lie in wait for him knowing and expecting he will come by in such a way at such a time: and rise up against him; o…
133 wordsSECTION 307Deuteronomy 19:12
Deuteronomy 19:12 Ver. 12. Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence,.... The Targum of Jonathan is, "the wise men of his city,'' the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, or at least the civil magistrates of that city, to which such a murderer belonged, had a power to send to the city of refuge whith…
174 wordsSECTION 308Deuteronomy 19:13
Deuteronomy 19:13 Ver. 13. Thine eye shall not pity him,.... This is not said to the avenger of blood, who is not to be supposed to have any pity or compassion on such a person, but to the elders, judges, and civil magistrates of the city to which he belonged, who took cognizance of his case; these were to show him no…
202 wordsSECTION 309Deuteronomy 19:14
Deuteronomy 19:14 Ver. 14. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark,.... By which one man's land is distinguished from another; for so to do is to injure a man's property, and alienate his lands to the use of another, which must be a very great evil, and render those that do it obnoxious to a curse, De 27:17 wh…
224 wordsSECTION 310Deuteronomy 19:15
Deuteronomy 19:15 Ver. 15. One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth,.... Whether capital sins, or pecuniary debts; or whatsoever sins a man may be guilty of whether sins against the first or second table of the law, whether greater or lesser sins, whether…
824 wordsSECTION 311Deuteronomy 20:1
Deuteronomy 20:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 20 In this chapter rules are given to be observed in times of war. When a battle was near, a priest was to address the soldiers, and encourage them to fight, De 20:1, then the officers were to declare who might return home, De 20:5 when an enemy's city was approached, peac…
524 wordsSECTION 312Deuteronomy 20:2
Deuteronomy 20:2 Ver. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle,.... When all things are preparing for it, and it seems unavoidable: that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people; not any priest, but one appointed for this service; who is called the anointed of war, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra …
273 wordsSECTION 313Deuteronomy 20:3
Deuteronomy 20:3 Ver. 3. And shall say unto them, hear, O Israel,.... Exciting their attention to what he was about to say, and which, as Jarchi observes, was spoken in the holy tongue, or in the Hebrew language: you approach this day unto battle against your enemies; were marching or ready to march, preparing to eng…
275 wordsSECTION 314Deuteronomy 20:4
Deuteronomy 20:4 Ver. 4. For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you,.... To battle, and therefore they had no reason to fear and be dismayed, to be fainthearted, terrified, and tremble: fear not, I am with thee,.... Isa 41:10, this, according to the Misnah {f}, respects the ark, and so Jarchi, which was a symbol…
218 wordsSECTION 315Deuteronomy 20:5
Deuteronomy 20:5 Ver. 5. And the officers shall speak unto the people,.... What these officers were is not easy to say; they seem not to be officers of the army, for they are distinguished from captains of the armies, De 20:9, unless they can be thought to be general officers; but the word for them is the same that is…
503 wordsSECTION 316Deuteronomy 20:6
Deuteronomy 20:6 Ver. 6. And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it?.... Which he has a right to do, and it is hard for him to be deprived of it, 1Co 9:7 or "hath not made it common" {k}; according to the law in Le 19:23. Three years the fruit of trees, and so of vines, might not be …
222 wordsSECTION 317Deuteronomy 20:7
Deuteronomy 20:7 Ver. 7. And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her?.... Home to his house and bedded with her; has only betrothed her, but is not properly married to her, the nuptials are not completed; this the Jews understand of anyone betrothed to him, whether a virgin or a widow, or …
119 wordsSECTION 318Deuteronomy 20:8
Deuteronomy 20:8 Ver. 8. And the officers shall speak further unto the people,.... According to Maimonides {n}, the priest the anointed of war spoke to the end of De 20:7 and which the officers repeated after him to the people aloud, as before observed; and then after that an officer speaks of himself, or in his own w…
342 wordsSECTION 319Deuteronomy 20:9
Deuteronomy 20:9 Ver. 9. And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people,.... By reciting what the anointed of war said unto them, and by speeches of their own framing, to encourage to the battle; and all were dismissed that had leave to depart, and chose to take it: that they shall ma…
280 wordsSECTION 320Deuteronomy 20:10
Deuteronomy 20:10 Ver. 10. When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it,.... This is to be understood of an arbitrary war, as Jarchi observes; which they engaged in of themselves, or were provoked to by their enemies; which was their own choice, and according to their own will and pleasure; and their conduct …
112 wordsSECTION 321Deuteronomy 20:11
Deuteronomy 20:11 Ver. 11. And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace,.... Comply with the terms of peace offered: and open unto thee; the gates of the city and its garrisons, and deliver all into their hands: then it shall be that all the people that is found therein; some having made their escape before the …
176 wordsSECTION 322Deuteronomy 20:12
Deuteronomy 20:12 Ver. 12. And if it will make no peace with thee,.... Will not accept of terms of peace offered: but will make war against thee; come out and fight, or prepare to defend themselves: then thou shall besiege it; surround and block it up on all sides with their forces; the Jews say only on three sides, …
80 wordsSECTION 323Deuteronomy 20:13
Deuteronomy 20:13 Ver. 13. And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands,.... When, what with pressures without, and calamities within, the city is obliged to surrender: this is not to be imputed to the methods and arts of war used in besieging, or to the courage and skill of the besiegers; but to the p…
129 wordsSECTION 324Deuteronomy 20:14
Deuteronomy 20:14 Ver. 14. But the women, the little ones, and the cattle,.... These were to be spared; women, because of the weakness of their sex, and subjection to their husbands; and little ones, which take in males as well as females, as Jarchi observes, because of their tender age; and cattle because of their in…
146 wordsSECTION 325Deuteronomy 20:15
Deuteronomy 20:15 Ver. 15. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee,.... As all such were reckoned that were without the land of Israel, even all in their neighbouring nations, the Moabites, Edomites, Ammonites, Syrians, &c. for the children of Israel never went to war with any very dist…
1,630 wordsSECTION 326Deuteronomy 21:1
Deuteronomy 21:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 21 This chapter treats of the beheading of the heifer, for the expiation of unknown murder, and the rules to be observed in it, De 21:1 of a beautiful captive woman an Israelite is desirous of having for his wife, and what methods he must take to accomplish it, De 21:10, o…
391 wordsSECTION 327Deuteronomy 21:2
Deuteronomy 21:2 Ver. 2. Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth,.... From the city or cities near to which the murder was committed, to make inquiry about it, and expiation for it; so Aben Ezra interprets it of the elders of the cities near, but others understand it of the elders of the great sanhedrim at Jer…
338 wordsSECTION 328Deuteronomy 21:3
Deuteronomy 21:3 Ver. 3. And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man,.... And so suspected, as the Targum of Jonathan, of the murder; or the murderer is in it, or however belonged to it: even the elders of the city shall take an heifer; of a year old, as the same Targum, and so Jarchi; and in this…
399 wordsSECTION 329Deuteronomy 21:4
Deuteronomy 21:4 Ver. 4. The elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley,.... Cities being generally built on hills, and so had adjacent valleys, to which there was a descent; but here a rough valley, or the rougher part of it, was selected for this purpose. As a valley is low, and this a rough…
815 wordsSECTION 330Deuteronomy 21:5
Deuteronomy 21:5 Ver. 5. And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near,.... Who were clearly of the tribe of Levi, as Aben Ezra notes; about whom there could be no dispute; for it seems there sometimes were persons in that office, of whom there was some doubt at least whether they were of that tribe; these seem to …
214 wordsSECTION 331Deuteronomy 21:6
Deuteronomy 21:6 Ver. 6. And all the elders of that city that are next unto the slain man,.... The whole court of judicature belonging to it, all the magistracy of it; even though there were an hundred of them, Maimonides {x} says: shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: in token of the…
209 wordsSECTION 332Deuteronomy 21:7
Deuteronomy 21:7 Ver. 7. And they shall answer and say,.... The elders of the city, at the time of the washing of their hands: our hands have not shed this blood; have been no ways concerned in it, nor accessory to it: the Targum of Jonathan is, "it is manifest before the Lord that he did not come into our hands, no…
176 wordsSECTION 333Deuteronomy 21:8
Deuteronomy 21:8 Ver. 8. Be merciful, O Lord, to thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed,.... Out of Egyptian bondage, and claimed as his own; and therefore it is requested he would be favourable to them, and show them mercy, and not punish them for a sin they were entirely ignorant of, though done by some one amon…
326 wordsSECTION 334Deuteronomy 21:9
Deuteronomy 21:9 Ver. 9. So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you,.... Which otherwise, the person not being found out, and brought to just punishment for it, would devolve upon the whole. Aben Ezra interprets it the punishment of innocent blood, which, by the above method being taken, would n…
120 wordsSECTION 335Deuteronomy 21:10
Deuteronomy 21:10 Ver. 10. When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies,.... This refers to an arbitrary war, as Jarchi remarks, which they entered into of themselves, of choice, or through being provoked to it by their enemies; and not a war commanded by the Lord, as that against the seven nations of Canaan, an…
153 wordsSECTION 336Deuteronomy 21:11
Deuteronomy 21:11 Ver. 11. And seest among the captives a beautiful woman,.... Whether a virgin, wife, or widow, according to the Jewish writers, even though another man's wife; so Jarchi {c}, and Maimonides {d}; the marriages of Gentiles being reckoned by the Jews no marriages: and hast a desire unto her; being capt…
251 wordsSECTION 337Deuteronomy 21:12
Deuteronomy 21:12 Ver. 12. Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house,.... In order to make her his wife, after some things were done here directed to; for this is not to be understood of his taking her home with a view to defile her, as Maimonides {e} interprets it; who observes, that when a man's lust so rages th…
753 wordsSECTION 338Deuteronomy 21:13
Deuteronomy 21:13 Ver. 13. And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her,.... Her beautiful garments, and gay apparel, in which she was taken captive; and which tended to stir up the stronger affection for her, and greater desire after her; and therefore, as some think, were ordered to be removed, to aba…
4,595 wordsSECTION 339Deuteronomy 22:1
Deuteronomy 22:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 22 In this chapter are various laws, concerning care of a neighbour's cattle gone astray or in distress, and of anything lost by him, De 22:1, forbidding one sex to wear the apparel, of another, De 22:5 and the taking away of the dam with the young found in a bird's nest, …
428 wordsSECTION 340Deuteronomy 22:2
Deuteronomy 22:2 Ver. 2. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee,.... Does not live in the same neighbourhood, but at some considerable distance; so that he cannot soon and easily be informed of his cattle, or they be sent to him: or if thou know him not; the owner of them, what is his name, or where he lives: then…
611 wordsSECTION 341Deuteronomy 22:3
Deuteronomy 22:3 Ver. 3. In like manner shall thou do with his ass,.... As with his ox or sheep when astray, and found, keep it until it is owned, and then restore it; this is expressly mentioned in Ex 23:4 and so shalt thou do with his raiment; if that is lost and found, it must be restored to the owner, he describi…
308 wordsSECTION 342Deuteronomy 22:4
Deuteronomy 22:4 Ver. 4. Thou shall not see thy brother's ox or his ass fall down by the way,.... And lie under his burden, not being able to rise with it of himself, nor with all the assistance about it, without further help: and hide thyself from them; cover thine eyes, or turn them another way, and make as if thou…
222 wordsSECTION 343Deuteronomy 22:5
Deuteronomy 22:5 Ver. 5. The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man,.... It being very unseemly and impudent, and contrary to the modesty of her sex; or there shall not be upon her any "instrument of a man" {f}, any utensil of his which he makes use of in his trade and business; as if she was employed i…
907 wordsSECTION 344Deuteronomy 22:6
Deuteronomy 22:6 Ver. 6. If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in any tree, or on the ground,.... Which are the usual places in which birds build their nests; and this, as Jarchi observes, excepts such nests that are prepared, that is, that are purposely made for fowls kept at home; and with which agrees the Jewis…
658 wordsSECTION 345Deuteronomy 22:7
Deuteronomy 22:7 Ver. 7. But thou shall in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee,.... Or "in letting go, let go", or "in sending, send away" {a}; that is, willingly, certainly, entirely, frequently, always; so the Jewish canons {b}, "if anyone lets her go, and she returns, even four or five times, he is…
291 wordsSECTION 346Deuteronomy 22:8
Deuteronomy 22:8 Ver. 8. When thou buildest a new house,.... Which is to be understood of a house to dwell in, not of a granary, barn, or stable, or such like, and every house that is not four cubits square, as Maimonides observes {f}: then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof; in the Talmud {g} it is asked, wha…
565 wordsSECTION 347Deuteronomy 22:9
Deuteronomy 22:9 Ver. 9. Thou shall not sow thy vineyards with divers seeds,.... As wheat and barley between the rows of the vines; and this is to be understood only of divers sorts of corn, and of divers sorts of herbs, but not of trees; hence we read of a fig tree in a vineyard, Lu 13:6, and this only respects what …
309 wordsSECTION 348Deuteronomy 22:10
Deuteronomy 22:10 Ver. 10. Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together,.... They might be used separately, but not together; nor was it uncommon in some countries for asses to be employed in ploughing as well as oxen. Pliny {h} makes mention of some fruitful land in Africa, which when it was dry weather could…
290 wordsSECTION 349Deuteronomy 22:11
Deuteronomy 22:11 Ver. 11. Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts,.... The Jews say nothing is forbidden under the name of sorts but what is spun and wove, as it is said, "thou shalt not wear sheatnez", a thing that is carded, spun, and wove {l}; which Ainsworth translates "linsie woolsie", and is explained by …
207 wordsSECTION 350Deuteronomy 22:12
Deuteronomy 22:12 Ver. 12. Thou shalt make thee fringes,.... Though a different word is here used from that in Nu 15:38, yet the same things are intended, and Onkelos translates both by one and the same word, and which is no other than a corruption of the Greek word used in Mt 23:5. Though there have been some, whom A…
3,672 wordsSECTION 351Deuteronomy 23:1
Deuteronomy 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 23 Orders are here given to restrain certain persons from entering into the congregation of the Lord, De 23:1, and to take care that there be no unclean person in the camp, or any indecent thing done in it, De 23:9, to protect fugitive servants, and not deliver them up to …
458 wordsSECTION 352Deuteronomy 23:2
Deuteronomy 23:2 Ver. 2. A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord,.... That is born of whoredom, as the Targum of Jonathan; and for the sake of avoiding whoredom and deterring from it was this law made, according to Maimonides {h}, that adulterers might see, as he observes, that they affect their wh…
404 wordsSECTION 353Deuteronomy 23:3
Deuteronomy 23:3 Ver. 3. An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord,.... Or marry an Israelitish woman, as Jarchi, and so the Targum of Jonathan, "the male Ammonites and Moabites are not fit to take a wife of the congregation of the Lord;'' for the Jews restrain this to men, because it …
178 wordsSECTION 354Deuteronomy 23:4
Deuteronomy 23:4 Ver. 4. Because they met you not with bread and with water,.... To supply them therewith, either as a gift, which was a piece of humanity to strangers and travellers, or rather to sell unto them, for on no other terms did the Israelites desire their bread and their water: in the way when ye came fort…
267 wordsSECTION 355Deuteronomy 23:5
Deuteronomy 23:5 Ver. 5. Nevertheless, the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam,.... To his solicitations, and the methods he took to prevail on the Lord to suffer him to curse Israel, which he gladly would have done for the sake of Balak's reward: but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee…
150 wordsSECTION 356Deuteronomy 23:6
Deuteronomy 23:6 Ver. 6. Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. Not that they were to retain malice towards them, or indulge a spirit of revenge, or not do them any good offices in a private way, which is contrary to the law of love; nor does this contradict any offices of kindness…
238 wordsSECTION 357Deuteronomy 23:7
Deuteronomy 23:7 Ver. 7. Thou shall not abhor an Edomite,.... Or an Idumean, the descendants of Esau, whose name was Edom, Ge 25:30 the Targum of Jonathan adds, "that comes to be made a proselyte"; he was not to be rejected with abhorrence, because of the old grudge between Jacob and Esau, and which was become nationa…
219 wordsSECTION 358Deuteronomy 23:8
Deuteronomy 23:8 Ver. 8. The children that are begotten of them, Of such as became proselytes: shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation; not in the third generation from the time that this law was made, but from the time that any of them should embrace the true religion; their sons were…
163 wordsSECTION 359Deuteronomy 23:9
Deuteronomy 23:9 Ver. 9. When the host goeth forth against thine enemies,.... An army of soldiers march in order to meet the enemy and fight him: then keep thee from every wicked thing; the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation, "from strange worship, uncovering of nakedness, and from shedding innocent bloo…
208 wordsSECTION 360Deuteronomy 23:10
Deuteronomy 23:10 Ver. 10. If there be among you any man that is not clean,.... Any unclean person in the army, that was even ceremonially unclean in any of the instances the law makes so, one of which put for the rest is mentioned: by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night; through pollution by a nocturnal…
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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.