Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Deuteronomy 13:5
To thrust — This phrase notes the great force and power of seducers to corrupt men's minds. So shalt thou put the evil away — Thou shalt remove the guilt, by removing the guilty.
To thrust — This phrase notes the great force and power of seducers to corrupt men's minds. So shalt thou put the evil away — Thou shalt remove the guilt, by removing the guilty.
The context and parallel passages (compare Deuteronomy 17:7; Leviticus 20:2) indicate that there was to be a regular judicial procedure, and that the manner of the execution was to be by stoning. In t...
9. WARNINGS AGAINST FALSE PROPHETS AND THEIR PUNISHMENT CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The first case: The false prophet and dreamer (Deuteronomy 13:1)_ 2. The second case: Temptation to idolatry from blood-relat...
DEUTERONOMY 12:29 TO DEUTERONOMY 13:1. Yahwism must be kept free from all taint of Canaanite heathenism when Israel has entered Canaan. The danger would arise from the ancient belief that everyone sho...
BONDAGE. bondmen. See note on Deuteronomy 5:6. eleven times in this book. SO SHALT THOU PUT... AWAY. This expression occurs put... away. Hebrew. _ba'ar,_ to burn up in order to clear out. THE EVIL....
1 5 (2 6 in Heb.). Against the Prophet of Other Gods 1. _If there arise in the midst of thee_ So Deuteronomy 19:15-16 also Sg. Cp. the synonymous _if there be found in the midst of thee_Deuteronomy 17...
_VER._ 5. _BECAUSE HE HATH SPOKEN TO TURN YOU AWAY_— Margin, _spoken revolt against the Lord;_ in which words we read the reason of the law. The crime of the false prophet was a crime of _lese majeste...
LESSON TEN DEUTERONOMY 12:29 TO DEUTERONOMY 13:18; DEUTERONOMY 17:2-13 2. ONE GOD: DEATH PENALTIES FOR APOSTASY ...
_AND THE SIGN OR THE WONDER COME TO PASS, WHEREOF HE SPAKE UNTO THEE, SAYING, LET US GO AFTER OTHER GODS, WHICH THOU HAST NOT KNOWN, AND LET US SERVE THEM;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
13:5 draw (e-43) Or 'thrust.' put (f-61) Lit. 'consume by fire,' as often in Deut....
WARNINGS AGAINST TEMPTATIONS TO IDOLATRY The people are warned against three possible sources of temptation to idolatry, viz. the false prophet (Deuteronomy 13:1), an erring member of the family (Deut...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 13 V1 ‘A *prophet or someone who explains the meaning of dreams might promise to you a *sign or...
_[Deuteronomy 13:6]_ וְ הַ נָּבִ֣יא הַ ה֡וּא...
LAWS AGAINST IDOLATROUS ACTS AND CUSTOMS Deuteronomy 13:1; Deuteronomy 14:1 HAVING thus set forth the law which was to crown and complete the long resistance of faithful Israel to idolatry, our autho...
CUT OUT THE PLAGUE SPOT Deuteronomy 13:1 How to exterminate sources of disease is a main question with the modern world; but the stamping-out of possible sources of temptation must not less energetic...
The discourse commenced in chapter twelve continues with carefully expressed warnings against idolatry, and it is very arresting to note how the ways by which they might be seduced from the pure worsh...
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be (d) put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you o...
Forger. Hebrew, "dreamer," to whom God reveals his secrets in the night, as he does to the prophet while he is awake. --- Slain. Philo says, without any trial or delay; but the Rabbins allow that, alt...
Here is a line drawn to testify our faithfulness to GOD. To wink at the daring attempt of anyone that strives to seduce us from our attachment to JESUS is the greatest of crimes, and is in fact taking...
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...
5._And that prophet. _Since the ministers of Satan deceive men by their plausible exterior, when they vaunt themselves to be the prophets of God, Moses had already admonished them, that all. teachers...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 AND 13. The second division begins with chapter 12, and contains the statutes and ordinances they were bound to observe. It is not a repetition of the old...
AND THAT PROPHET, OR THAT DREAMER OF DREAMS, SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH,.... Which death, according to the Targum of Jonathan, was to be killed with the sword: BECAUSE HE HATH SPOKEN TO TURN YOU AWAY FROM...
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out o...
_Because he hath spoken_ Taught, or persuaded you. _To turn you away from the Lord_ To induce you to forsake God and his worship. This shows that the most certain character of a true prophet is to be...
1 Inticers to idolatrie, 6 how neere soeuer vnto thee, 9 are to be stoned to death. 12 Idolatrous cities are not to be spared. 1 IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreames, and gi...
And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, he who made use of signs and wonders to tempt the people to idolatry, SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH, BECAUSE HE HATH SPOKEN TO TURN YOU AWAY FROM THE LORD, YOUR GOD...
OF FALSE PROPHETS IN GENERAL...
JUDGMENT OF FALSE PROPHETS (vs.1-11) Just as Paul warned the Ephesian elders that "savage wolves" would enter in among New Testament believers, and men from among themselves would teach perverted thi...
SPOKEN TO TURN YOU AWAY FROM THE LORD: _ Heb._ spoken revolt against the LORD...
1-5 Moses had cautioned against the peril that might arise from the Canaanites. Here he cautions against the rise of idolatry among themselves. It is needful for us to be well acquainted with the tru...
HE HATH SPOKEN, i.e. taught or persuaded you. TO TURN YOU AWAY FROM THE LORD; to forsake God and his worship. He shows that the chiefest and most certain character of a true prophet, is to be taken fr...
This chapter abounds in most weighty principles. It consists of three distinct sections, each one of which claims our deep attention. We must not attempt to weaken the admonitory force of such a scrip...
Deuteronomy 13:5 prophet H5030 dreamer H2492 (H8802) dreams H2472 death H4191 (H8714) spoken H1696 (H8765) tu
CHAPTER 13 WARNINGS AGAINST IDOLATRY AND GUIDANCE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE WHO LEAD MEN ASTRAY. This chapter continues the closing theme in Deuteronomy 12 where emphasis has been laid on observing th...
REDEEMED (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30). _...
CONTENTS: The test of false prophets. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: «Though we or an angel from heaven preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be ac...
Deuteronomy 13:6. _If the son of thy mother entice thee._ Brother and brethren being often vague words, in this case of spiritual wickedness, the culprit must be identified. Seduction to idolatry was...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 13:1 Much of OT law is “case law,” which explains the correct legal response to specific situations. Here, each situation is introduced with IF (vv....
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 13:5 Even though the prophet or dreamer of dreams is used by God to test Israel, that person is not innocent. PURGE THE EVIL FROM YOUR MIDST. See...
CRITICAL NOTES.—The true modes and forms of worship have been laid down, the next step is to legislate against the authors and abettors of false ones. Such tempters are not to be spared, even though ...
EXPOSITION IDOLATERS AND ENTICERS TO IDOLATRY TO BE PUT TO DEATH. DEUTERONOMY 13:1 The case supposed here is that of one professing to have supernatural intelligence, who should, by
Now in chapter thirteen, the warning against false prophets. If a man comes in and does some kind of a sign or a wonder and he's a dreamer of dreams or a prophet and he gives some kind of a sign and i...
1 Corinthians 5:13; 1 Kings 18:40; 2 Timothy 4:4; 2 Timothy 4:5;...