THE ABOLITION OF IDOLATROUS PLACES. THE CENTRALISATION OF WORSHIP. ABSTINENCE FROM BLOOD The larger section of the Second Discourse begins here and extends to the end of Deuteronomy 26. It consists of a code of laws, and constitutes the nucleus of the whole book: see on Deuteronomy 4:44. So far as... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL NOT DO SO] i.e. worship Jehovah in the places where the Canaanites worshipped their gods.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL EAT] The reference is to the sacrificial meal at which part of the offerings were eaten by the worshippers: see on Leviticus 3.... [ Continue Reading ]
This is a slight modification of the law prescribed in Leviticus 7:3, where see note.... [ Continue Reading ]
On the prohibition to eat blood see Leviticus 3:3; Leviticus 17:10; 31 EVERY ABOMINATION] see on Leviticus 18:21.... [ Continue Reading ]