PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Deuteronomy
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 215,517 words · 518 reading sections
Deuteronomy 23:11
Deuteronomy 23:11 Ver. 11. But it shall be, when evening cometh on,.... When the day declines, and it is near sun setting: he shall wash himself with water; dip himself all over in water, not only wash his garments but his flesh: and when the sun is down he shall come into the camp again; and take his place and rank…
210 wordsSECTION 362Deuteronomy 23:12
Deuteronomy 23:12 Ver. 12. Thou shalt have also a place without the camp,.... A place prepared, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, provided on purpose for the use hereafter suggested; so Ben Melech: whither thou shalt go forth abroad; to do the necessities of nature, which they were to do without the camp, not i…
72 wordsSECTION 363Deuteronomy 23:13
Deuteronomy 23:13 Ver. 13. And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon,.... A nail or spike, some kind of instrument to make a hole in the ground with, which was fastened to the sword upon their loins; which was to be instead of a spade or mattock to dig with: and it shall be, when thou shall ease thyself abroad; wi…
267 wordsSECTION 364Deuteronomy 23:14
Deuteronomy 23:14 Ver. 14. For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp,.... In the tabernacle, which moved when the host marched after the camps of Judah and Reuben, and before those of Ephraim and Dan, in the midst of them: this was the position of it while in the wilderness, and afterwards when they came i…
382 wordsSECTION 365Deuteronomy 23:15
Deuteronomy 23:15 Ver. 15. Thou shall not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee. That is, one that has been used ill by a cruel and tyrannical master, and was in danger of his life with him, or of being lamed by him, and therefore obliged to make his escape from him on that acc…
398 wordsSECTION 366Deuteronomy 23:16
Deuteronomy 23:16 Ver. 16. He shall dwell in thee, [even] among you,.... This seems to confirm the sense of it, being a stranger, a: proselyte servant that is here spoken of, since the law provides for his dwelling among the Israelites: in that place he shall choose, in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: he …
2,833 wordsSECTION 367Deuteronomy 24:1
Deuteronomy 24:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 24 This chapter contains various laws concerning divorces, De 24:1; the discharge of a newly married man from war and business, De 24:5; about taking pledges, De 24:6; man stealing, De 24:7; the plague of leprosy, De 24:8; and giving servants their hire in due time, De 24:…
1,039 wordsSECTION 368Deuteronomy 24:2
Deuteronomy 24:2 Ver. 2. And when she is departed out of his house,.... With her bill of divorce, by which departure out of his house it is notified to all: she may go and be other man's [wife]; it was permitted her to marry another man, she being by her divorce freed from the law of her former husband; and who indee…
130 wordsSECTION 369Deuteronomy 24:3
Deuteronomy 24:3 Ver. 3. And [if] the latter husband hate her,.... Or less loves her than another woman, and she is disliked by him as she was by her former husband; and write her a bill off divorcement, and giveth [it] into her hand, and sendeth her out of his house: as he had by this law a permission, in like manne…
117 wordsSECTION 370Deuteronomy 24:4
Deuteronomy 24:4 Ver. 4. Her former husband which sent her away may not take her again to be his wife,.... Though ever so desirous of it, and having heartily repented that he had put her away: this is the punishment of his fickleness and inconstancy, and was ordered to make men cautious how they put away their wives; …
397 wordsSECTION 371Deuteronomy 24:5
Deuteronomy 24:5 Ver. 5. When a man hath taken a new wife,.... A wife he has lately married, new to him, though a widow, as Jarchi observes; but the Targum of Jonathan says a virgin; however this is opposed to his old wife, and divorced; for this, as Jarchi and Ben Melech say, excepts the return of a divorced wife, wh…
413 wordsSECTION 372Deuteronomy 24:6
Deuteronomy 24:6 Ver. 6. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge,.... The first word being of the dual number takes in both stones, wherefore Vatablus renders the words, "ye shall not take for a pledge both the millstones, nor indeed the uppermost;'' which is the least; so far should they be fr…
259 wordsSECTION 373Deuteronomy 24:7
Deuteronomy 24:7 Ver. 7. If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel,.... Whether grown up or little, male or female, an Israelite or a proselyte, or a freed servant; all, as Maimonides {f} says, are included in this general word "brethren"; though Aben Ezra observes, that it is added, "of…
343 wordsSECTION 374Deuteronomy 24:8
Deuteronomy 24:8 Ver. 8. Take heed, in the plague of leprosy,.... Whether in the bodies of men, or in houses, or in garments, not to hide and conceal it; or, as Jarchi, weaken the signs of it, or cut out the bright spot; so the Targum of Jonathan: that thou observe diligently, and do according to all the priests the …
175 wordsSECTION 375Deuteronomy 24:9
Deuteronomy 24:9 Ver. 9. Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam,.... Who was stricken with leprosy for speaking against Moses, and was shut up seven days; and they are reminded of this instance, partly to warn them against entertaining evil suspicions, and surmises of persons in power and authority, and speaki…
150 wordsSECTION 376Deuteronomy 24:10
Deuteronomy 24:10 Ver. 10. When thou dost lend thy brother anything,.... Any sum of money he stands in need of, or demanded a debt of him, as Jarchi; money he is indebted to thee, which is the sense of the Septuagint version; and he is not able to pay it, but offers something: in pawn till he can pay it: thou shall n…
155 wordsSECTION 377Deuteronomy 24:11
Deuteronomy 24:11 Ver. 11. Thou shall stand abroad,.... Without doors, in the street, as the Targum of Jonathan, while the borrower or debtor looks out, and brings forth what he can best spare as a pledge: and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee; now as, on the one hand, if the …
148 wordsSECTION 378Deuteronomy 24:12
Deuteronomy 24:12 Ver. 12. And if the man [be] poor,.... Which may be thought to be the case of everyone that gives pledges for a debt he owes, or a sum of money he borrows; yet there might be a difference: some might be so very destitute of goods and raiment in their houses, that whatever they parted with was distres…
100 wordsSECTION 379Deuteronomy 24:13
Deuteronomy 24:13 Ver. 13. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again, when the sun goeth down,.... If it was a night covering, as Jarchi remarks; but if it was his day clothes, he was to return it in the morning, when the sun arose; and this was to be done every day, which resist occasion a great deal of tro…
462 wordsSECTION 380Deuteronomy 24:14
Deuteronomy 24:14 Ver. 14. Thou shall not oppress an hired servant,.... That is hired by the day, as appears by De 24:15; though the law may include such as are hired by the week, or month, or year; neither of whom are to be oppressed by any means, and chiefly by detaining their wages; so the Jerusalem Targum explains…
1,974 wordsSECTION 381Deuteronomy 25:1
Deuteronomy 25:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 25 Several laws are contained in this chapter, as concerning beating such whose crimes required it, De 25:1; of not muzzling the ox in treading out the corn, De 25:4; of marrying a deceased brother's wife, when there was no issue, and of the disgrace of such that refused i…
204 wordsSECTION 382Deuteronomy 25:2
Deuteronomy 25:2 Ver. 2. And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten,.... There were four kinds of death criminals were put to by the Jews, stoning, strangling, burning, and slaying with the sword; and such crimes not as severe as these were punished with beating or scourging; and who they were that were…
458 wordsSECTION 383Deuteronomy 25:3
Deuteronomy 25:3 Ver. 3. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed,.... And that this number might not be exceeded, it is ordered by the Jewish canons that only thirty nine should be given; for it is asked {b}, "with how many stripes do they beat him? with forty, save one, as it is said, in number "forty" that is…
586 wordsSECTION 384Deuteronomy 25:4
Deuteronomy 25:4 Ver. 4. Thou shall not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn]. As oxen are used in ploughing, so likewise in treading or beating out the corn; of the manner of which, See Gill on "1Co 9:9"; now while it was thus employed, it might not be restrained by any means from eating the corn as it had an…
363 wordsSECTION 385Deuteronomy 25:5
Deuteronomy 25:5 Ver. 5. If brethren dwell together,.... Not only in the same country, province, town, or city, but in the same house; such who had been from their youth brought up together in their father's house, and now one of them being married, as the case put supposes, they that were unmarried might live with hi…
732 wordsSECTION 386Deuteronomy 25:6
Deuteronomy 25:6 Ver. 6. And it shall be [that] the firstborn that she beareth,.... To her husband's brother, now married to her: shall succeed in the name of his brother [which is] dead; the meaning is, as the Targum of Jonathan, "he shall rise up in the inheritance in the name of his brother;'' or, as Jarchi expr…
497 wordsSECTION 387Deuteronomy 25:7
Deuteronomy 25:7 Ver. 7. And the man like not to take his brother's wife,.... The provision here made by this law, when this was the case, is such as did not take place before it became a law; for then Onan would have taken the advantage of it, and refused marrying his brother's wife, which it is plain was not agreeab…
356 wordsSECTION 388Deuteronomy 25:8
Deuteronomy 25:8 Ver. 8. Then the elders of his city shall call him,.... Require him to come, before them, and declare his resolution, and the reasons for it; recite this law to him, and explain the nature of it, and exhort him to comply with it, or show reason why he does not, at least to have his final resolution up…
197 wordsSECTION 389Deuteronomy 25:9
Deuteronomy 25:9 Ver. 9. Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders,.... The time and place being appointed the evening before by three Rabbins, and two witnesses, as Leo of Modena says {p}; of which she was apprized, and ordered to come tasting: and loose his shoe from off his foot; hi…
361 wordsSECTION 390Deuteronomy 25:10
Deuteronomy 25:10 Ver. 10. And his name shall be called in Israel,.... Not his particular and personal name, but his family; for it seems that not only a mark of infamy was set upon him for refusing to marry his brother's widow, but upon his family also; the house of him that hath his shoe loosed; which, as Leo of Mo…
318 wordsSECTION 391Deuteronomy 25:11
Deuteronomy 25:11 Ver. 11. When men strive together, one with another,.... Quarrel with one another, and come to blows, and strive for mastery, which shall beat, and be the best man: and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him; perceiving that his antagonist…
234 wordsSECTION 392Deuteronomy 25:12
Deuteronomy 25:12 Ver. 12. Then thou shall cut off her hand,.... Which was to be done not by the man that strove with her husband, or by any bystander, but by the civil magistrate or his order. This severity was used to deter women from such an immodest as well as injurious action, who on such an occasion are very pas…
223 wordsSECTION 393Deuteronomy 25:13
Deuteronomy 25:13 Ver. 13. Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights,.... Or, "a stone and a stone" {y}; it being usual, in those times and countries, to have their weights of stone, as it was formerly with us here; we still say, that such a commodity is worth so much per stone, a stone being of such a weight; now…
1,039 wordsSECTION 394Deuteronomy 26:1
Deuteronomy 26:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 26 This chapter treats of the basket of firstfruits to be brought and presented to the Lord, and the confession to be made along with it, De 26:1; and of the declaration to be made on the third year, the year of tithing, and the prayer annexed to it, De 26:12; and of the c…
205 wordsSECTION 395Deuteronomy 26:2
Deuteronomy 26:2 Ver. 2. That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth,.... This oblation of firstfruits was different front the sheaf of the firstfruits brought at barley harvest in the time of the passover, and from the two wave loaves of wheaten flour, at wheat harvest, at Pentecost; and from the …
626 wordsSECTION 396Deuteronomy 26:3
Deuteronomy 26:3 Ver. 3. And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days,.... Whose course and turn it would be to minister before the Lord; though, according to the Targum of Jonathan, it was the high priest they were to apply to on this occasion; and so Aben Ezra observes, that this law is obligatory a…
457 wordsSECTION 397Deuteronomy 26:4
Deuteronomy 26:4 Ver. 4. And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand,.... To wave it, as Jarchi says, putting his hand under the hand of the owner, and so waving it; and this being waved to and fro towards the several corners of the earth, was an acknowledgment of the Lord being the proprietor of it: and s…
103 wordsSECTION 398Deuteronomy 26:5
Deuteronomy 26:5 Ver. 5. And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God,.... Speak with a loud voice, lifting up the voice, as Jarchi interprets it; or "answer" {e}, to the question the priest will ask, saying, what is this thou hast brought? as Aben Ezra remarks; and this being said in the tabernacle, and befor…
521 wordsSECTION 399Deuteronomy 26:6
Deuteronomy 26:6 Ver. 6. And the Egyptians evil entreated us,.... Ordered their male children to be killed by the midwives, and by another edict to be drowned by the people: and afflicted us; by setting taskmasters over them, who put heavy burdens upon them: and laid upon us hard bondage; in mortar and brick, and al…
80 wordsSECTION 400Deuteronomy 26:7
Deuteronomy 26:7 Ver. 7. And when we cried unto the Lord our God,.... As they did by reason of their hard bondage, Ex 2:23; and the Lord heard our voice, and looked upon our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression; with a look of pity and compassion, heard their cries, answered their petitions, and sent them a…
64 wordsSECTION 401Deuteronomy 26:8
Deuteronomy 26:8 Ver. 8. And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt,.... After some time: with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm; by his almighty power, of which full proof was given by what he then did, De 5:15; and with great terribleness: to Pharaoh and his people, through the plagues that were inflicted…
94 wordsSECTION 402Deuteronomy 26:9
Deuteronomy 26:9 Ver. 9. And he hath brought us unto this place,.... After forty years travel through the wilderness: and hath given us this land, [even] a land that floweth with milk and honey; an usual description of the land of Canaan, because of the great fertility of it, and the abundance of good things in it; s…
62 wordsSECTION 403Deuteronomy 26:10
Deuteronomy 26:10 Ver. 10. And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me,.... Directing his speech not to the priest, but to the Lord himself; owning that the part of the land he had, and the fruits he enjoyed, were the gifts of God to him, and therefore, as in gratitud…
153 wordsSECTION 404Deuteronomy 26:11
Deuteronomy 26:11 Ver. 11. And thou shalt rejoice in every good [thing],.... In all the blessings of goodness and mercies of life, which God in his kind providence had favoured them with: which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house; to them and their families, by which they were comfortably prov…
412 wordsSECTION 405Deuteronomy 26:12
Deuteronomy 26:12 Ver. 12. When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase,.... Which, according to Maimonides {k}, is to be understood of the feast, in which all tithes are finished, which is the feast of the passover: the third year, [which is] the year of tithing; that is, the third from eve…
307 wordsSECTION 406Deuteronomy 26:13
Deuteronomy 26:13 Ver. 13. Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God,.... Make the following declaration as in his presence; for this was not made in the tabernacle or temple at, Jerusalem, since the tithe was to be eaten with the poor in the gates of the owner, as in De 26:12: I have brought away the hallowed thin…
223 wordsSECTION 407Deuteronomy 26:14
Deuteronomy 26:14 Ver. 14. I have not eaten thereof in my mourning,.... When in grief and sorrow on account of any afflictive circumstance, for these were to be eaten with joy, De 16:11; and especially of the loss of relations by death, when holy things were not to be eaten by such persons; see Le 10:19; and particula…
1,478 wordsSECTION 408Deuteronomy 27:1
Deuteronomy 27:1 INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 27 In this chapter the people of Israel are ordered to write the law on plastered stones, and set them on Mount Ebal, De 27:1; where they are bid to erect an altar, and offer sacrifices on it, De 27:5; and are charged by Moses and the priests to obey the Lord, and keep his…
235 wordsSECTION 409Deuteronomy 27:2
Deuteronomy 27:2 Ver. 2. And it shall be, on the day when you shall pass over Jordan,.... Not the precise day exactly, but about that time, a little after they passed that river, as soon as they conveniently could; for it was not till after Ai was destroyed that the following order was put in execution; indeed as soon…
165 wordsSECTION 410Deuteronomy 27:3
Deuteronomy 27:3 Ver. 3. And thou shall write upon them all the words of this law,.... Not the whole book of Deuteronomy, as some think, at least not the historical part of it, only what concerns the laws of God; and it may be only a summary or abstract of them, and perhaps only the ten commandments. Josephus {q} is o…
192 wordsSECTION 411Deuteronomy 27:4
Deuteronomy 27:4 Ver. 4. And therefore it shall be, when ye be gone over Jordan,.... Some time after they had passed that river: [that] ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in Mount Ebal; a mountain near Shechem in Samaria, and was, as Benjamin of Tudela says {r}, dry as stones and rocks itself…
191 wordsSECTION 412Deuteronomy 27:5
Deuteronomy 27:5 Ver. 5. And there shall thou build an altar to the Lord thy God,.... On the same mountain, though not of the same stones. Jarchi's note is, "after that (the setting up of the plastered stones) thou shalt bring from thence (from Jordan) others, and build of them an altar on Mount Ebal;'' but Josephus…
187 wordsSECTION 413Deuteronomy 27:6
Deuteronomy 27:6 Ver. 6. Thou shall build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones,.... And of such Joshua did build it, Jos 8:31; and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God; and very likely sin offerings too; for these frequently went together, the one to make atonement for sin, and the …
91 wordsSECTION 414Deuteronomy 27:7
Deuteronomy 27:7 Ver. 7. And thou shall offer peace offerings,.... Part of which belonged to God, which was burnt on the altar, and another part to the priest that offered them; and the rest to the owner that brought them, which he eat of with his friends; so it follows: and shall eat there, and rejoice before the Lo…
261 wordsSECTION 415Deuteronomy 27:8
Deuteronomy 27:8 Ver. 8. And thou shall write upon the stones all the words of this law,.... Not upon the stones of the altar, but upon the first stones brought to Mount Ebal, and set up there before, and on which the words were inscribed before the altar was erected; though according to the Misnah {u} the altar was b…
537 wordsSECTION 416Deuteronomy 27:9
Deuteronomy 27:9 Ver. 9. And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel,.... The priests who were Levites, as all the priests that were lawful ones were; and there were none but such at this time, who were. Eleazar and Ithamar, and their sons; these joined with Moses in the following exhortations to the p…
235 wordsSECTION 417Deuteronomy 27:10
Deuteronomy 27:10 Ver. 10. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God,.... In whatsoever he directs in his word, and by his prophets, and especially by his Son, eminently called the Word of the Lord: and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day; See Gill on "De 27:1".…
58 wordsSECTION 418Deuteronomy 27:11
Deuteronomy 27:11 Ver. 11. And Moses charged the people the same,.... That he gave the above orders to set up stones, and plaster them, and write the law on them, and build an altar in the same place, and offer sacrifices when come into the land of Canaan: saying; as follows.…
52 wordsSECTION 419Deuteronomy 27:12
Deuteronomy 27:12 Ver. 12. These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people, widen ye are come over Jordan,.... Which was a mountain in Samaria opposite to Mount Ebal, a valley of a furlong broad lay between them {y}; and, according to Hillerus {z}, had its name from being broken off from that, they being, as …
421 wordsSECTION 420Deuteronomy 27:13
Deuteronomy 27:13 Ver. 13. And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal curse,.... Which was dry and rocky, barren and fruitful, and like the earth, that bears briers and thorns, is rejected and nigh unto cursing, and so a proper place to curse, and a fit emblem of those to be cursed; see Heb 6:8; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, an…
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