Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Deuteronomy 23:23
A free — will — offering — Which though thou didst really make, yet being made, thou art no longer free, but obliged to perform it.
A free — will — offering — Which though thou didst really make, yet being made, thou art no longer free, but obliged to perform it.
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...
(4) MAKING AND KEEPING VOWS (Deuteronomy 23:21-23) 21 When thou shalt vows a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it wou...
_THAT WHICH IS GONE OUT OF THY LIPS THOU SHALT KEEP AND PERFORM; EVEN A FREEWILL OFFERING, ACCORDING AS THOU HAST VOWED UNTO THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH THOU HAST PROMISED WITH THY MOUTH._ No JFB comment...
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 23:24]_ מֹוצָ֥א שְׂפָתֶ֖יךָ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר וְ עָשִׂ֑יתָ
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...
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt (m) keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. (m) If the...
The LORD'S people were not obliged to vows; but they were obliged, when they had at anytime made them, to their faithful observance. Ecclesiastes 5:4; Ecclesiastes 5:4....
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...
THAT WHICH IS GONE OUT OF THY LIPS THOU SHALT KEEP AND PERFORM,.... Which were in their power to perform and lawful to do; and this is observed to make them watchful and cautious, and not be rash in m...
Deuteronomy 23:21 ; DEUTERONOMY 23:23. _Not slack_ Not delay; because delays might make them both unable to pay it, and unwilling too. _A free-will-offering_ Which, though thou didst freely make, yet,...
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...
That which is gone out of thy lips, in the form of a sacred promise to the Lord, THOU SHALT KEEP AND PERFORM; EVEN A FREE-WILL OFFERING, ACCORDING AS THOU HAST VOWED UNTO THE LORD, THY GOD, WHICH THOU...
Various Duties Within the Congregation....
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...
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...
A FREE-WILL OFFERING; which though thou didst freely make, yet being made, thou art no longer free, but obliged to perform it....
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 23:23 gone H4161 lips H8193 keep H8104 (H8799) perform H6213 (H8804) voluntarily H5071 vowed H5087
COVENANT MATTERS AND HONEST DEALINGS (DEUTERONOMY 23:19). The section on what should be welcomed and what should not was then followed by the approach to covenant responsibilities fulfilled out of hon...
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...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 23:21 Vows were voluntary, but once a vow was made, it was binding. God keeps his promises and desires that his people do so as well. ⇐
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...
1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 14:24; Acts 23:12; Acts 23:21; Ecclesiastes 5: