CHAPTER XVI _The month of_ Abib _to be observed_, 1. _The feast of the_ passover _and of_ unleavened bread, 2-8. _The_ feast of weeks, 9-12. _The_ feast of tabernacles, 13-15. _All the males to appear before the Lord thrice in the year, none_ _to come empty, each to give according to his abili... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 16:3. _BREAD OF AFFLICTION_] Because, being baked without _leaven_, it was unsavoury, and put them in mind of their afflictive bondage in Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 16:11. _THOU SHALT REJOICE_] The offerings of the Israelites were to be eaten with festivity, communicated to their friends with liberality, and bestowed on the poor with great generosity, that they might partake with them in these repasts _with joy before the Lord_. To answer the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 16:16. _THREE TIMES IN A YEAR_] Exodus 23:14, Exodus 23:14, where all the Jewish feasts are explained. _See also Clarke "_Leviticus 23:34_"_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 16:18. _JUDGES AND OFFICERS SHALT THOU MAKE_] JUDGES, שפטים _shophetim_, among the Hebrews, were probably the same as our _magistrates_ or _justices of the peace_. OFFICERS, שטרים _shoterim_, seem to have been the same as our _inquest sergeants_, _beadles_, c., whose office it was... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 16:21. _THOU SHALT NOT PLANT THEE A GROVE, C._] We have already seen that _groves_ were planted about idol temples for the purpose of the obscene worship performed in them. (Deuteronomy 12:3, Deuteronomy 12:3.) On this account God would have no groves or thickets about his altar, t... [ Continue Reading ]