Of the Lord — Whom therefore you must not disparage by unworthy or unbecoming practices. Ye shall not cut yourselves — Which were the practices of idolaters, both in the worship of their idols, in their funerals, and upon occasion of public calamities. Is not this like a parent's charge to his littl... [ Continue Reading ]
Abominable — Unclean and forbidden by me, which therefore should be abominable to you.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the increase — This is to be understood of the second tithes, which seem to be the same with the tithes of the first year, mentioned Deuteronomy 14:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
In thine hand — That is, in a bag to be taken into thy hand and carried with thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not forsake him — Thou shalt give him a share in such tithes or in the product of them.... [ Continue Reading ]
At the end of three years — That is, in the third year, as it is, expressed, Deuteronomy 26:12. The same year — This is added to shew that he speaks of the third year, and not of the fourth year, as some might conjecture from the phrase, at the end of three years.... [ Continue Reading ]