Feast. The Jews could not yet be required with propriety to raise themselves to delights purely spiritual, chap. xii. 7. Strabo (x.) observes, that the Greeks and barbarians accompanied their sacrifices with feasting and music, which served to take off their thoughts from worldly concerns, and gave them a sort of foretaste of the divinity. (Calmet)
Verse Deuteronomy 26:11. _THOU SHALT REJOICE_] God intends that his followers shall be happy; that they shall eat their bread with gladness and singleness of heart, praising him. Those who eat their m...
22. FIRSTFRUITS AND PRAYER CHAPTER 26 _ 1. The basket of first-fruits, confession and rejoicing (Deuteronomy 26:1)_ 2. Obedience yielded and prayer (Deuteronomy 26:12) 3. Jehovah acknowledges His...
A preliminary offering of first-fruits (Deuteronomy 18:4) is to be presented annually in a basket (Deuteronomy 28:5; Deuteronomy 28:17) at the Temple, a hymn or liturgy, acknowledging Yahweh's goodnes...
_and thou shalt rejoice_, etc.] See Deuteronomy 12:6 f., Deuteronomy 12:11 f., Deuteronomy 12:17 f., Deuteronomy 16:11
IV. Fourth Division of the Laws. Ideals of Ritual Procedure with Proper Prayers, Deuteronomy 26:1-15 The Presentation of Firstfruits (Deuteronomy 26:1-11) and the Distribution of Tithes (D
(2) OFFERING THE FIRST-FRUITS (Deuteronomy 26:1-11) And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein,...
_AND THOU SHALT REJOICE IN EVERY GOOD THING WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATH GIVEN UNTO THEE, AND UNTO THINE HOUSE, THOU, AND THE LEVITE, AND THE STRANGER THAT IS AMONG YOU._ Thou shalt rejoice - either t...
THE PRESENTATION OF FIRSTERUITS AND OF TITHES 1-11. Presentation of the Firstfruits, as a Thankoffering for the mercy of God in delivering the nation from Egypt and in giving them a good land and fru...
Having dedicated their firstfruits the people were free to enjoy what remained. 12-15. On the tithe of the first and second year see on Deuteronomy 14:22; Deuteronomy 14:27, and on the tithe of the th...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 26 V1 ‘The *LORD your God is giving this country to you to possess. You will own it and you wil...
XXVI. Deuteronomy 26:1. PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST FRUITS. (1) WHEN THOU ART COME IN. — Rashi says they were not bound to the discharge of this duty until they had conquered and divided the land. But...
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FIRST-FRUITS AND TITHES Deuteronomy 26:1 The Israelites were God's tenants-at-will. The entire land and its produce were His; and they were required to acknowledge His ownership by the payment of fir...
Here we have the final movement in the second of these great farewell discourses of Moses. In it the lawgiver lifted his eyes and looked at the land to be possessed, and proceeded to tell the people h...
And thou shalt rejoice in every good [thing] which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine (g) house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that [is] among you. (g) Signifying that God...
I hope the Reader will not fail to read these verses with profit, if while he beholds the trainment of Israel, and remembers their history, he looks back and connects with it his own. Do you know my b...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
_‘ALWAYS REJOICING’_ ‘And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee.’ Deuteronomy 26:11 It is our duty to give unstinted welcome to every visit of enjoyment...
To close this succession of ordinances, we have (chap. 26) a most beautiful picture of the worship consequent on the enjoyment of the land according to the promises of God, a picture full of instructi...
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...
_Thou shalt set it_ The basket of first-fruits; _before the Lord_ That is, before the sanctuary, where God was more especially present. This shows that the person offering this oblation was to hold th...
1 The confession of him that offereth the basket of First fruits. 12 The prayer of him that giueth his third yeere Tithes. 16 The couenant betweene God and the people. 1 AND it shall be when thou a...
and thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord, thy God, hath given unto thee and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you, Deuteronomy 12:7 to Deuteronomy...
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING...
FIRSTFRUITS AND TITHES (vs.1-15) In Amalek we have seen that which God refuses. Now a lovely positive contrast is seen in that which God accepts. The Lord giving Israel their promised land, and He wo...
1-11 When God has made good his promises to us, he expects we should own it to the honour of his faithfulness. And our creature comforts are doubly sweet, when we see them flowing from the fountain o...
THOU SHALT REJOICE; i.e. either, 1. Thou shalt hereby be enabled to rejoice and take comfort in all thy enjoyments, when thou hast sanctified them by giving God his portion. Or, 2. Thou shalt feast ...
"And it shall be, _ when thou shalt come in_ unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and _ possessest_ it, and _ dwellest_ therein; that thou shalt take of the first of al...
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THE OFFERING OF THE FIRSTFRUITS (DEUTERONOMY 26:1). The offering of the firstfruits was to take place at the Feast of Sevens when the harvest had hopefully been gathered in. Here Israel were commanded...
Deuteronomy 26:11 It is our duty to give unstinted welcome to every visit of enjoyment with which we may be favoured. We frequently allow streams of refreshment or exhilaration to run past us without...
CONTENTS: Law of the offering of the firstfruits. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We are to acknowledge God as giver of all good things which are the support and comfort of our natural lives and...
Deuteronomy 26:5. _A Syrian ready to perish._ The whole Hebrew family came from Mesopotamia, and Jacob repassed the Euphrates with only a staff in his hand. It is good to remember that we rose from th...
_Thou shalt rejoice in every good thing._ REJOICE IN EVERY GOOD THING It is our duty to give unstinted welcome to every visit of enjoyment with which we may be favoured. We frequently allow streams o...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 26:1__ The final section of specific laws deals with the offering of firstfruits and tithes in the land. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.—The rehearsal of rights and duties, pubilc and private, terminates in this chapter with two liturgical enactments. These have a clear and close reference to the whole of the preceding...
EXPOSITION THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER AT THE PRESENTATION OF FIRSTFRUITS AND TITHES. As Moses began his exposition of the laws and rights instituted for Israel by a reference to the sanctuary as the pla...
Deuteronomy, beginning with chapter 26. Again it is important that we set the scene for you. Here's Moses, one hundred and twenty years old. In just a few days he's going to go up into the mountain an...
1 Corinthians 9:11; 1 Timothy 6:17; 1 Timothy 6:18; Acts 2:46; Acts
Thou shalt rejoice — Thou shalt hereby enabled to take comfort in all thy employments, when thou hast sanctified them by giving God his portion. It is the will of God, that we should be chearful not o...