Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Deuteronomy 15:20
Thou shalt eat it before the Lord, thy God, year by year, in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household, as a sacrificial meal. Cf Deuteronomy 12:5; Exodus 13:2; Exodus 34:19.
Thou shalt eat it before the Lord, thy God, year by year, in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household, as a sacrificial meal. Cf Deuteronomy 12:5; Exodus 13:2; Exodus 34:19.
Verse Deuteronomy 15:20. _THOU SHALT EAT_ IT - _IN THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD SHALL_ _CHOOSE_] Thus God in his mercy made their _duty_ and _interest_ go hand in hand. And in every case God acts thus wit...
Compare Exodus 13:11 ff. The directions of the preceding legislation (see Numbers 18:15 ff) are here assumed, with the injunction added, that the animals thus set apart to God Deuteronomy 15:19 were n
12. THE FIRSTLINGS AND THE THREE FEASTS Chapter S 15:19-16:17 _ 1. Concerning the firstlings (Deuteronomy 15:19)_ 2. Passover (Deuteronomy 16:1) 3. Feast of weeks (Deuteronomy
The law concerning the first-born of cattle (not to be ploughed with) and sheep (not to be shorn) (see Exodus 13:11 *, Exodus 22:29 f.*, Exodus 34:19 f. (all JE), and...
_thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God_ See on Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 12:18. _year by year_ At one of the feasts, probably the Passover, hence the place of this law of f
Of Firstlings All male firstlings of herd and flock are to be sanctified to Jehovah; those of the ox shall not work nor those of the sheep be shorn; their flesh shall be eaten before the Lord by the...
(5) THE OFFERING OF THE FIRSTLINGS (Deuteronomy 15:19-23) 19 All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do not work with th...
LESSON TWELVE DEUTERONOMY 14:22 TO DEUTERONOMY 15:23 c. DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC PRACTICES (Deuteronomy 14:22 to...
THE SABBATICAL YEAR This chapter deals with the year of release, or the Sabbatical Year, and should be compared with Leviticus 25. In addition to the rest for the land and the manumission of Hebrew sl...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 V1 ‘At the end of every 7 years, you must cancel debts. V2 This is what you must do. Everyon...
THOU SHALT EAT IT BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD YEAR BY YEAR. — This connects the eating of the firstlings with the “second” tithe (Deuteronomy 14:23), There is some difficulty in understanding the exact re...
לִ פְנֵי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ תֹאכֲלֶ֨נּוּ֙ שָׁנָ֣ה...
Here we have provision made for the relief of the poor and the less fortunate at regularly stated intervals. The great ideal is revealed in the words, "There shall be no poor with thee." This, however...
Here is a repetition of the law concerning the redemption of the firstlings of the flock. See Exodus 13:15; Exodus 13:15. But let not the Reader overlook the grand object intended from it. JESUS is th...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 AND 15. Chapter 14 forbids that the people, as being the children of the living God, should imitate the profane customs which indicated the devotedness of...
THOU SHALT EAT IT BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD, YEAR BY YEAR,.... Which, if understood of male firstlings, as in connection with the preceding verse, only priests might eat of them, being devoted to the Lo...
_All the firstling males thou shalt sanctify_ Giving them to God on the eighth day. And thou shalt do no work with the female firstlings of the cow, nor shear those of the sheep. Even these must be of...
[RELEASING DEBTS.] 1 The seuenth yeere a yeere of release for the poore. 7 It must be no let of lending or giuing. 12 An Ebrew seruant, 16 except hee will not depart, must in the seuenth yeere goe...
SEVENTH YEAR RELEASE OF DEBTS (vs.1-6) Out of compassion for the poor God required creditors to release debtors from their debts at the end of seven years. This surely reminds us of the grace of God...
19-23 Here is a direction what to do with the firstlings. We are not now limited as the Israelites were; we make no difference between a first calf, or lamb, and the rest. Let us then look to the gosp...
THOU SHALT EAT; either, 1. THOU, O priest. Or rather, 2. _Thou, O Israelite_. For it is evident that the same person who was forbidden to work with these, DEUTERONOMY 15:19, is here commanded to eat t...
"At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release. Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his n...
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THE CONSUMPTION OF THE FIRSTBORN MALES IN WORSHIP BEFORE YAHWEH (DEUTERONOMY 15:19). Moses now reintroduces the firstborn males. These are Yahweh's because He spared them on the night of the Passover...
CONTENTS: Laws concerning Sabbatic year and bondservants. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: That we who have received in abundance from God should be rigorous and severe in our demands from poor b...
Deuteronomy 15:1. _A release_ of all debts, as well as of servitude, at the end of the sixth year, to the poor who cannot pay. This is much the same as the English law of cancelling bookdebts at the e...
_Eat it before the Lord thy God year by year._ MEMORIAL DAYS “Year by year.” It might seem at first sight, antecedent to experience, a surprising thing that the mere mechanical movement of the earth...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 15:19__ Giving the firstborn is an expression of thanks and trust that more animals are to come. The animal is to be eaten in the central place BEFORE THE L
CRITICAL NOTES.—The rules for the relief of the poor (Levites, strangers, widows, and orphans) by the triennial tithe are followed by others which forbid oppression. DEUTERONOMY 15:1. Seven years. Dur...
EXPOSITION THE YEAR OF RELEASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DEBTORS AND THE EMANCIPATION OF HEBREW SLAVES. THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN...
Chapter fifteen, At the end of every seven years you're to make a release (Deuteronomy 15:1). All of the debts were to be forgiven in the seventh year. Now, you're not to demand it again after the se...
Deuteronomy 12:17; Deuteronomy 12:5...
Year by year — Namely, in the solemn feasts which returned upon them every year....