Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Deuteronomy 22:5
The woman shall not wear... — One of the things of which we may well say with St. Paul, “Doth not nature itself teach you?”
The woman shall not wear... — One of the things of which we may well say with St. Paul, “Doth not nature itself teach you?”
Verse Deuteronomy 22:5. _THE WOMAN SHALL NOT WEAR THAT WHICH PERTAINETH UNTO A_ _MAN_] כלי גבר _keli geber_, the _instruments_ or _arms_ of a man. As the word גבר _geber_ is here used, which properly...
THAT WHICH PERTAINETH UNTO A MAN - i. e. not only his dress but all that especially pertains distinctively to his sex; arms, domestic and other utensils, etc. The distinction between the sexes is natu...
18. AGAINST INHUMANITY AND DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS, False Testimony and Sins of Adultery CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Laws against inhumanity (Deuteronomy 22:1)_ 2. Concerning false testimony (Deuteronomy 22:13)...
See Exodus 23:4 f.* (JE) and Leviticus 6:1 * (P), and _cf._ CH. §§ 9- 13. Deuteronomy 22:5. Peculiar to Dt. In one of the rites of Canaanite, Phœ nician, and Syrian heathenism the sexes changed dresse...
THAT WHICH: i.e. any article of ornament or apparel. MAN. _geber_. See App-14. WOMAN'S GARMENT. Generally red, and eschewed by men. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4...
Against Wearing the Clothes, etc., of the Other Sex. Peculiar to D. As what is forbidden is styled _an abomination to Jehovah_, the law probably refers to heathen rites, for the practice of which, inc...
_VER._ 5. _THE WOMAN SHALL NOT WEAR THAT WHICH PERTAINETH UNTO A MAN,_ &C.— _A woman shall not wear man's clothes, neither shall a man put on women's clothes._ Vid. Mill. Dissert. 9: p. 258, &c. The l...
(2) APPROPRIATE CLOTHING FOR THE SEX (Deuteronomy 22:5) 5 A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an...
_THE WOMAN SHALL NOT WEAR THAT WHICH PERTAINETH UNTO A MAN, NEITHER SHALL A MAN PUT ON A WOMAN'S GARMENT: FOR ALL THAT DO SO ARE ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD THY GOD._ The woman shall not wear that whic...
LAWS REGARDING LOST PROPERTY, DISTINCTION OF SEX IN APPAREL, AND CHASTITY 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note....
'God is not the author of confusion,' and the natural distinctions He Himself has appointed ought to be respected. Whatever contravenes the law of nature contravenes the law of God: cp. the principle...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 22 V1 ‘You may see that your neighbour’s *ox or sheep is loose. If you do, you must not avoid i...
לֹא ־יִהְיֶ֤ה כְלִי ־גֶ֨בֶר֙ עַל ־אִשָּׁ֔ה וְ
LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE) IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of religious and moral truth were to some extent inadequate as...
Here we have the record of the laws conditioning life in love and neighborliness. Every man was enjoined to take care of his brother's lost things if he found them; and he was also to help the hurt an...
The (d) woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God. (d) For that alters the order...
God. Some take this literally, as the contrary practice is contrary to decency, and might be attended with very pernicious consequences. All know what noise was occasioned by the action of Clodius, wh...
Probably this precept was meant to distinguish GOD'S people from their idolatrous neighbours, among whom, and probably for the gratification of their lusts, the distinction of the sex in their dress w...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
5.This decree also commends modesty in general, and in it God anticipates the danger, lest women should harden themselves into forgetfulness of modesty, or men should degenerate into effeminacy unwort...
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...
THE WOMAN SHALL NOT WEAR THAT WHICH PERTAINETH UNTO A MAN,.... It being very unseemly and impudent, and contrary to the modesty of her sex; or there shall not be upon her any "instrument of a man" f,...
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God. Ver. 5. _The woman shall not wear....
_Shall not wear_ That is, ordinarily or unnecessarily, for in some cases this may be lawful, as to make an escape for one's life. Now this is forbidden for decency's sake, that men might not confound...
1 Of humanitie toward brethren. 5 The sexe is to bee distinguished by apparell. 6 The dam is not to be taken with her yong ones. 8 The house must haue battlements. 9 Confusion is to be auoyded. 1...
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, literally, "Not shall be the vessels, the clothes, of a man upon a woman," NEITHER SHALL A MAN PUT ON A WOMAN'S GARMENT; FOR ALL THAT DO SO A...
VARIOUS MINOR REGULATIONS...
LAWS THAT TEST TRUE DISCERNMENT (vs.1-12) The laws in this section require a proper consideration of God's creation, whether of humans, animals, birds or even inanimate things. This involves our disc...
5-12 God's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye and care. Yet the tendency of these...
This shall not be done ordinarily or unnecessarily, for in some cases it may be lawful, as to make an escape for one's life. Now this is forbidden, partly for decency sake, that men might not confound...
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 22:5 woman H802 pertains H3627 man H1397 man H1397 put H3847 (H8799) womans H802 garment H8071 do...
CROSS DRESSING IS FORBIDDEN (DEUTERONOMY 22:5). Deuteronomy 22:5 ‘ A woman shall not wear what pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment, for whoever does these things is an abomin...
ISRAEL MUST AVOID ALL THAT IS UNSEEMLY (DEUTERONOMY 22:5) Israel was to avoid all that was unseemly. That had applied with regard to what living things could be eaten (Deuteronomy 14:3). Now it applie...
CONTENTS: Law of brotherhood, separation, unchaste wives and husbands. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Christianity teaches us to be neighborly and to be ready to do all good offices as we have...
Deuteronomy 22:5. _All that do so are abomination to the Lord._ The note of Maimonides here is, that men presenting themselves before Venus, appeared partially in female attire; and women presenting t...
_The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man._ DOMINION OF FASHION God thought womanly attire of enough importance to have it discussed in the Bible. Just in proportion as the morals of...
CRITICAL NOTES.—The cases stated and provided for in Deuteronomy 22:1 seem selected by way of example, and belong, according to our notions, rather to ethics than to law. It in noteworthy that no pena...
EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST, THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES, THE TAKING OF BIRDS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF
Now in chapter twenty-two, now in those days they punished people for none involvement. If you saw your brother's ox or his sheep going astray, and you just try to ignore it: [you don't go out and get...
1 Corinthians 11:4; Deuteronomy 18:12...
Shall not wear — Namely, ordinarily or unnecessarily, for in some cases this may be lawful, as to make an escape for one's life. Now this is forbidden, both for decency sake, that men might not confou...
Why did God call it an abomination for men to dress like women and vice versa? PROBLEM: What is wrong with wearing the clothes of the opposite sex? Isn’t this just a matter of cultural preference, wi...