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 21:16) but as ordinary members of the nation of Israel, all of whom are 'holy unto the Lord.' The refer... [ Continue Reading ]
A BASTARD is understood by the Jewish commentators to mean here, not one born out of wedlock (Jephthah was such, Judges 11:1), but the child of adultery or incest. EVEN TO HIS TENTH GENERATION] i.e. not at all. Similarly in Deuteronomy 23:3 : see Nehemiah 13:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVENING COMETH ON] Anew day begins with the evening. 12-14. Sanitation and morality are both of the utmost importance for an army in camp. Cleanliness is next unto godliness: cp. 2 Corinthians 6:16 to 2 Corinthians 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
A foreign slave is probably meant; see Deuteronomy 23:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
From its connexion here the word DOG seems to denote a person who practised immoral conduct as an idolatrous rite: see on Leviticus 19:29, and cp. Revelation 22:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY BROTHER] i.e. a fellow Israelite. In Deuteronomy 23:20 STRANGER means foreigner. The Jews have always been noted as money lenders: see on Exodus 22:25. 21-23. On vows see Numbers 30, and cp. Ecclesiastes 5:4; Ecclesiastes 5:5. 24, 25. Jewish commentators limit the application of this rule to ha... [ Continue Reading ]