The street is the open square or market-place of the city. The word rendered every whit is the same as that used to denote the 'whole burnt offering,' so that the clause may be translated 'as a whole burnt offering to Jehovah thy God.'
EVERY WHIT, FOR THE LORD THY GOD - Some prefer: “as a whole offering to the Lord thy God.”...
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...
BURN. burn up. Hebrew. _saraph._ HEAP FOR EVER. Compare Joshua 8:28....
LESSON TEN DEUTERONOMY 12:29 TO DEUTERONOMY 13:18; DEUTERONOMY 17:2-13 2. ONE GOD: DEATH PENALTIES FOR APOSTASY ...
_IF THOU SHALT HEAR SAY IN ONE OF THY CITIES, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATH GIVEN THEE TO DWELL THERE, SAYING,_ Certain men, the children of Belial, х_ BªNEEY_ (H1121) _ BªLIYA`AL_ (H1100)]. "Belial,...
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...
AND SHALT BURN WITH FIRE THE CITY. — So Gibeah was treated (Judges xx 40)....
_[Deuteronomy 13:17]_ וְ אֶת ־כָּל ־שְׁלָלָ֗הּ תִּקְבֹּץ֮
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 (i) thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an he...
The sacred writer rises by a gradation from the sin of individuals to that of a whole city, and here in this instance, like as in the case of Sodom, GOD is so jealous of his honor, that rather than hi...
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...
16._And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it. _They are commanded to burn all the furniture, and whatever is found in the city; and the reason is subjoined, because it is accursed (_anathema_) If any...
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 THOU SHALL GATHER ALL THE SPOIL OF IT INTO THE MIDST OF THE STREET THEREOF,.... All the wealth and substance of the inhabitants, their household goods, shop goods, merchandise, utensils in trade a...
_For the Lord_ For the satisfaction of God's justice, the maintenance of his honour and authority, and the pacification of his offended majesty. _It shall not be built_ It shall be an eternal monument...
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...
Seducers Among Fellow-Citizens....
And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it, in the form of dresses, furniture, jewelry, and the like, IN THE MIDST OF THE STREET THEREOF, the broad, open place just inside the gate, and shalt burn with...
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...
12-18 Here is the case of a city revolting from the God of Israel, and serving other gods. The crime is supposed to be committed by one of the cities of Israel. Even when they were ordered to preserv...
FOR THE LORD THY GOD, i.e. for the satisfaction of God's justice, the maintenance of his honour and authority and laws, and the pacification of his offended majesty. IT SHALL BE AN HEAP FOR EVER; it s...
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 13:16 gather H6908 (H8799) plunder H7998 middle H8432 street H7339 completely H3632 burn H8313 (H8
JUDGMENT ON THE CITY THAT REBELS (DEUTERONOMY 13:12). The same was to be true for any city in Israel that turned after idolatry. It must not be tolerated. But note the extensiveness of the enquiry tha...
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 13:12 Rumors of apostasy must be checked carefully (INQUIRE AND MAKE SEARCH AND ASK DILIGENTLY) to ensure that they are TRUE AND CERTAIN. If the rumors prove to be true...
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...
Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 49:2; Joshua 6:24; Joshua 6:26;...
For the Lord — For the satisfaction of God's justice, the maintainance of his honour and authority, and the pacification of his offended majesty. It shall not be built — It shall be an eternal monumen...