but he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first-born, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath, of all the property found with him, for thus the firstborn was distinguished among the children of Israel; for he is the beginning of his strength, as Reuben was that of Jacob, Genesis 49:3; the right of the first-born is his. The Lord wants no favoritism shown at any time, but demands that right and justice rule among His people.
Moses did not originate the rights of primogeniture (compare Genesis 25:31), but recognized them, since he found them pre-existing in the general social system of the East. Paternal authority could se...
17. THE EXPIATION OF AN UNCERTAIN MURDER AND VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONS CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The expiation of an unknown murder (Deuteronomy 21:1)_ 2. Concerning a wife, who had been a prisoner of war (Deuter...
Only in Dt. The first-born of the first wife is to inherit a double portion. Deuteronomy 21:15. two wives: Genesis 29:30 and 1 Samuel 1:6. HATED: better, less loved....
_acknowledge_ Grätz by adding one consonant reads, _make him the first-born_. _a double portion_ Heb. _mouth_or _mouthful, of two_, only here and 2 Kings 2:9; Zechariah 13:8; cp. _hand_or _handful_, G...
Of the right of the Firstborn If a man have two sons by different wives, one loved and one hated, and his firstborn is the son of the latter, he must not give the firstborn's double portion to the so...
LESSON SEVENTEEN DEUTERONOMY 21:15 TO DEUTERONOMY 23:14 h. FAMILY REGULATIONS (Deuteronomy 21:15-21) (1) THE RIGHT OF THE FIRST-BORN ...
_IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES, ONE BELOVED, AND ANOTHER HATED, AND THEY HAVE BORN HIM CHILDREN, BOTH THE BELOVED AND THE HATED; AND IF THE FIRSTBORN SON BE HERS THAT WAS HATED:_ IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES, ON...
EXPIATION OF UNDETECTED HOMICIDE. MARRIAGE OF CAPTIVE WOMEN. PUNISHMENT OF A REBELLIOUS SON The last sub-section of the Second Discourse begins here, containing a variety of social and domestic regul...
A DOUBLE PORTION] The usual right of the firstborn. An estate was divided into a number of parts exceeding the number of children by one, and the extra share fell to the firstborn....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 21 V1 ‘Suppose that there has been a murder. Then someone finds the dead body in a field. It is...
Deuteronomy 21:15. THE BIRTHRIGHT. (15) ONE BELOVED, AND ANOTHER HATED — i.e., _one preferred above the other,_ according to the idiomatic use of this phrase in Hebrew. (17) A DOUBLE PORTION. — Liter...
כִּי֩ אֶת ־הַ בְּכֹ֨ר בֶּן ־הַ שְּׂנוּאָ֜ה
THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is made between the secular an...
Sundry laws affecting the life of the people in the land after the conquest were now uttered. The sin of murder was once again dealt with. This time it was the murder of a person which could not be tr...
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a (h) double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] (i...
Double portion. If a person left six children, his effects were divided into seven equal parts, and the eldest son received two of them, though others think that he was entitled to one-half of the who...
There is somewhat beside the moral sense of this passage, of a spiritual signification connected with it to be understood. As in the case of the great Father of the Israelites, the LORD himself was pl...
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19, 20, AND 21. Chapter 19 opens with ordinances which contemplate the people in possession and enjoyment of the land; they were to observe them, that the la...
BUT HE SHALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE SON OF THE HATED FOR THE FIRSTBORN,.... Own him and declare him to be so, both by his will and the division of goods by him; or he shall "separate" him, as Onkelos; distin...
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his....
1 The expiation of an vncertaine murder. 10 The vsage of a captiue taken to wife. 15 The first borne is not to be disinherited vpon priuate affection. 18 A stubburne sonne is to bee stoned to death...
UNSOLVED MURDER (vs.1-9) If one was killed and his body found removed from any city or town, the murderer being unknown, then elders and judges of Israel were required to ascertain what was the near...
THAT HE HATH: _ Heb._ that is found with him...
15-17 This law restrains men from disinheriting their eldest sons without just cause. The principle in this case as to children, is still binding to parents; they must give children their right withou...
ACKNOWLEDGE, i.e. make it appear that he owns him. DOUBLE PORTION; for the phrase, see 2 KINGS 2:9 MALACHI 13:8; and for the thing, see Genesis 25:31...
"If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him; then _ thy elders_ and _ thy judges"_ the guardians of...
Deuteronomy 21:17 acknowledge H5234 (H8686) son H1121 unloved H8130 (H8803) firstborn H1060 giving H5414 (H880
TREATMENT OF AN UNLOVED WIFE AND THE RIGHT OF THE FIRSTBORN (DEUTERONOMY 21:15). The faltering love of a man for a beautiful captive leads on to the case where a man's love for a wife has waned. The...
CONTENTS: Inquest for the slain. Domestic regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We are to have a dread of the guilt of blood, which defiles not only the conscience of the murderer but the...
Deuteronomy 21:4. _A rough valley._ The guilt being transferred to the heifer, the slaying it in a cultivated field would have polluted the ground. The Hebrew altar allowed of no victim to be offered...
_The right of the firstborn._ I. The rights of primogeniture defined. “A double portion of all that he hath.” As head of the family, the eldest son would be put into power and privilege, be heir of h...
CRITICAL NOTES.—The reason for grouping these five laws, apparently so different from one another, as well as for attaching them to the previous regulations is found in the desire to bring out distinc...
EXPOSITION EXPIATION OF UNCERTAIN MURDER. TREATMENT OF A CAPTIVE TAKEN TO WIFE. RIGHTS OF THE FIRSTBORN. A REBELLIOUS, REFRACTORY SON TO BE JUD
Now in the 21st chapter. If you find a dead body out in the field and you don't know the circumstances of the death; here's a man; he's dead in the field. Then they are to measure from that dead body...
1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Chronicles 5:2; Genesis 25:31; Genesis 25:32;...