Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Deuteronomy 23:16
Taking advantage from his low and afflicted condition to be unreasonable or injurious to him.
Taking advantage from his low and afflicted condition to be unreasonable or injurious to him.
The case in question is that of a slave who fled from a pagan master to the holy land. It is of course assumed that the refugee was not flying from justice, but only from the tyranny of his lord....
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...
LESSON EIGHTEEN DEUTERONOMY 23:15 TO DEUTERONOMY 24:22 m. LAWS OF SOCIETY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS (Deuteronomy 23:15 to...
_THOU SHALT NOT DELIVER UNTO HIS MASTER THE SERVANT WHICH IS ESCAPED FROM HIS MASTER UNTO THEE:_ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped - evidently a servant of the Canaa...
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 23:15. — REFUGEES. Thou shalt not deliver... the servant. — Even on Israelitish ground the escaped slave was free. Rashi adds, “Even a Canaanitish slave who has escaped from abroad into _...
_[Deuteronomy 23:17]_ עִמְּךָ֞ יֵשֵׁ֣ב בְּ קִרְבְּךָ֗ בַּ
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...
Wherefore was this merciful precept introduced here, but to show us, that as the land of Israel was like a city of refuge, none who took shelter in it, should be dragged thence. And is not this spirit...
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...
HE SHALL DWELL IN THEE, [EVEN] AMONG YOU,.... This seems to confirm the sense of it, being a stranger, a: proselyte servant that is here spoken of, since the law provides for his dwelling among the Is...
_The servant which is escaped from his master_ It seems, from the connection, that this has a particular relation to times of war, when heathen soldiers or servants might desert and come over to the I...
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...
Various Duties Within the Congregation....
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, in any of the cities of Israel, WHERE IT LIKETH HIM BEST, he was at liberty to make such changes freq...
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...
LIKETH HIM BEST: _ Heb._ is good for him...
15-25 It is honourable to shelter and protect the weak, provided they are not wicked. Proselytes and converts to the truth, should be treated with particular tenderness, that they may have no temptat...
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 23:16 dwell H3427 (H8799) midst H7130 place H4725 chooses H977 (H8799) one H259 gates H8179 best
OTHER ASPECTS OF ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR (DEUTERONOMY 23:15). Analysis in the words of Moses: a You shall not deliver to his master a slave who is escaped from his master to you, he shall dwell with...
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...
_Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped._ THE ESCAPED SLAVE A Flemish artist was painting a picture when two friends noticed the high finish of a broom which was only an...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 23:15__ These laws address property offenses related to the eighth commandment: “You shall not steal” (Deuteronomy 5:19)....
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...
Exodus 22:21; Exodus 23:9; Isaiah 16:3; Isaiah 16:4; James 2:6;...