_THOU SHALT NOT SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD THY GOD ANY BULLOCK, OR SHEEP, WHEREIN IS BLEMISH, OR ANY_ _ THOU SHALT NOT SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD THY GOD ANY BULLOCK, OR SHEEP, WHEREIN IS BLEMISH, OR ANY EVILFAVOUREDNESS: FOR THAT IS AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD THY GOD._ Any bullock or sheep wherein is... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF THERE BE FOUND AMONG YOU, WITHIN ANY OF THY GATES WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, MAN OR WOMAN, THAT HATH WROUGHT WICKEDNESS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD THY GOD, IN TRANSGRESSING HIS COVENANT,_ Man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness. The grand object contemplated by God in choosing Israel... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HATH GONE AND SERVED OTHER GODS, AND WORSHIPPED THEM, EITHER THE SUN, OR MOON, OR ANY OF THE HOST OF HEAVEN, WHICH I HAVE NOT COMMANDED;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF THERE ARISE A MATTER TOO HARD FOR THEE IN JUDGMENT, BETWEEN BLOOD AND BLOOD, BETWEEN PLEA AND PLEA, AND BETWEEN STROKE AND STROKE, BEING MATTERS OF CONTROVERSY WITHIN THY GATES: THEN SHALT THOU ARISE, AND GET_ _ THEE UP INTO THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD THY GOD SHALL CHOOSE;_ If there arise a matte... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT COME UNTO THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES, AND UNTO THE JUDGE THAT SHALL BE IN THOSE DAYS, AND INQUIRE; AND THEY SHALL SHEW THEE THE SENTENCE OF JUDGMENT:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THOU ART COME UNTO THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, AND SHALT POSSESS IT, AND SHALT DWELL THEREIN, AND SHALT SAY, I WILL SET A KING OVER ME, LIKE AS ALL THE NATIONS THAT ARE ABOUT ME;_ When thou ... shalt say, I will set a king over me. In the following passage Moses prophetically... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT IN ANY WISE SET HIM KING OVER THEE, WHOM THE LORD THY GOD SHALL CHOOSE: ONE FROM AMONG THY BRETHREN SHALT THOU SET KING OVER THEE: THOU MAYEST NOT SET A STRANGER OVER THEE, WHICH IS NOT THY BROTHER._ Thou mayest not set a stranger - i:e., by their free and voluntary choice. God, in the... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HE SHALL NOT MULTIPLY HORSES TO HIMSELF, NOR CAUSE THE PEOPLE TO RETURN TO EGYPT, TO THE END THAT HE SHOULD MULTIPLY HORSES: FORASMUCH AS THE LORD HATH SAID UNTO YOU, YE SHALL HENCEFORTH RETURN NO MORE THAT WAY._ He shall not multiply horses. The use of these animals was not absolutely prohibi... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEITHER SHALL HE MULTIPLY WIVES TO HIMSELF, THAT HIS HEART TURN NOT AWAY: NEITHER SHALL HE GREATLY MULTIPLY TO HIMSELF SILVER AND GOLD._ Neither shall he multiply wives. There were the strongest reasons for recording an express prohibition on this point, founded on the practice of neighbouring cou... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN HE SITTETH UPON THE THRONE OF HIS KINGDOM, THAT HE SHALL WRITE HIM A COPY OF THIS LAW IN A BOOK OUT OF THAT WHICH IS BEFORE THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES:_ He shall write him a copy. The original scroll of the ancient Scriptures was deposited in the sanctuary under the strict custo... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BE WITH HIM, AND HE SHALL READ THEREIN ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE: THAT HE MAY LEARN TO FEAR THE LORD HIS GOD, TO KEEP ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW AND THESE STATUTES, TO DO THEM:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT HIS HEART BE NOT LIFTED UP ABOVE HIS BRETHREN, AND THAT HE TURN NOT ASIDE FROM THE COMMANDMENT, TO THE RIGHT HAND, OR TO THE LEFT: TO THE END THAT HE MAY PROLONG HIS DAYS IN HIS KINGDOM, HE, AND HIS CHILDREN, IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL._ That he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his ch... [ Continue Reading ]