In the midst of thy camp; either because the ark was commonly present with them, or at least some of the holy instruments, which were pledges of God's presence; or because God had promised to go forth with them when they engaged in a just and necessary war.
The whole passage refers not to the encampments of the nation while passing from Egypt through the wilderness, but to future warlike expeditions seat out from Canaan....
19. THE CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH AND ITS CONSTITUTION AND HOLINESS CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The constitution of the congregation of Jehovah (Deuteronomy 23:1)_ 2. The cleanness of the camp in time of war (De...
ANOTHER SECTION DEALING WITH WAR (see Deuteronomy 20:1; Deuteronomy 21:10). Regulations for securing the ceremonial purity of the camp (see Numbers 5:2 (P)). The reason stated ...
WALKETH. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. Compare Genesis 3:8; Leviticus 26:12. CAMP. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "camps". HOLY. separated...
(7) UNCLEANNESS (Deuteronomy 23:9-14) 9When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing. 10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reas...
(2) TEMPORARY EXCLUSION FOR EGYPTIANS, MOABITES AND PHYSICALLY UNCLEAN (Deuteronomy 23:7-14) 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wa...
_FOR THE LORD THY GOD WALKETH IN THE MIDST OF THY CAMP, TO DELIVER THEE, AND TO GIVE UP THINE ENEMIES BEFORE THEE; THEREFORE SHALL THY CAMP BE HOLY: THAT HE SEE NO UNCLEAN THING IN THEE, AND TURN AWAY...
LAWS REGARDING ADMITTANCE TO THE CONGREGATION, CLEANLINESS IN THE CAMP, UNCHASTITY, USURY, AND VOWS 1. Shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord] i.e. not merely as priests (see Leviticus 21:1...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 23 V1 ‘A person may squeeze hard or cut off the sex parts of a man. The man with the physical da...
Deuteronomy 23:9. PURITY OF THE CAMP. (9) WHEN THE HOST GOETH FORTH AGAINST THINE ENEMIES... KEEP THEE. — “Because Satan maketh his accusations in the hour of danger” (Rashi). (10) UNCLEANNESS THAT...
_[Deuteronomy 23:15]_ כִּי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ ׀ בְּ
LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, elude...
Under the Mosaic law certain persons were excluded from worship and others from the camp. Any who in any way violated the requirements of personal perfection in physical matters were not to be allowed...
No uncleanness. This caution against suffering any filth in the camp was to teach them to fly the filth of sin, which driveth God away from the soul. (Challoner) Those who have had the misfortune to f...
The precept becomes more particular. But it hath a reference to uncleanness of every kind. The sanctity of the camp evidently arose from the divine presence. The apostle makes a very beautiful observa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
FOR THE LORD THY GOD WALKETH IN THE MIDST OF THY CAMP,.... In the tabernacle, which moved when the host marched after the camps of Judah and Reuben, and before those of Ephraim and Dan, in the midst o...
1 Who may or may not enter into the Congregation. 9 Vncleannesse to bee auoided in the hoste. 15 Of the fugitiue seruant. 17 Of filthinesse. 18 Of abominable sacrifices. 19 Of vsury. 21 Of vowes...
PERSONAL CLEANLINESS DURING CAMPAIGNS OF WAR...
for the Lord, thy God, walketh in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy; that he see no unclean thing in thee and turn away f...
NECESSARY EXCLUSIONS (vs.1-8) A man who was emasculated in any way could not be recognized as one of Israel's congregation (v.1). Such mutilation deprives one of his proper masculinity. The Lord make...
UNCLEAN THING: _ Heb._ nakedness of any thing...
9-14 The camp of the Lord must have nothing offensive in it. If there must be this care taken to preserve the body clean, much more should we be careful to keep the mind pure....
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 23:14 LORD H3068 God H430 walks H1980 (H8693) midst H7130 camp H4264 deliver H5337 ...
KEEPING THE MILITARY CAMP RITUALLY CLEAN (DEUTERONOMY 23:9). Having established the purity of the assembly of Israel Moses now moved on to the question of the purity of the military camp of Israel. I...
CONTENTS: Divers regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We must take care to keep the camp of the saints pure from moral, ceremonial and natural pollution. KEY WORD: Holy, Deuteronomy 23:...
Deuteronomy 23:1. _Shall not enter the congregation._ Eunuchs might worship there, as appears from the viiith of Acts; but they could not hold any office. In regard to devotion, God has promised the p...
_The Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp._ CAMP LAW AND CAMP LIFE I. An instructive comparison. The Church of God is in many respects comparable to a camp. 1. It is a camp for separation....
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 23:9 When Israel’s army was fighting the enemy, it was considered a religious gathering. Laws of cleanness applied. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.—From the sanctification of domestic relations, to which laws of marriage and chastity in the previous chapter pointed, Moses now proceeds to legislate for the purity of the congregatio...
EXPOSITION CIVIL RIGHTS. WHO MAY AND WHO MAY NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION. UNCLEANNESS IN THE CAMP TO BE AVOIDED. RECEPTION...
In chapter twenty-three, we find those that were restricted from coming into the temple. Eunuchs were forbidden in the temple. An Ammonite or Moabite was forbidden unto the tenth generation, for their...
2 Corinthians 6:16; Genesis 17:1; Leviticus 26:12...