DEUTERONOMY 12-26, 28. A code of laws (Deuteronomy 1-26) followed by promises to the obedient and threats of punishment for the rest (Deuteronomy 28): see Introd., p. 231. The great Deuteronomic law of one sanctuary is taught or implied in Deuteronomy 12:1 to Deuteronomy 19:13 and hardly in any othe... [ Continue Reading ]
Heathen customs to be avoided. Deuteronomy 14:1_ f._ Heathen mourning rites. Deuteronomy 14:1. cut yourselves: Leviticus 19:28 *, _cf_. Leviticus 21:5. BALDNESS: the custom in mourning of shaving the hair between the eyes (_i.e._ on the top of the forehead). These are merely extreme forms of expres... [ Continue Reading ]
Regulations respecting tithes. See Leviticus 27:30 * and Numbers 18:21 * (both P). The older codes are silent about tithes, but _cf._ Genesis 28:22 (E). The clause concerning firstlings in Deuteronomy 14:23 is an interpolation. They were given whole, not tithed, and the law as to them occurs in Deut... [ Continue Reading ]