Verse Deuteronomy 23:18. The hire of a whore, or the price of a dog] Many public prostitutes dedicated to their gods a part of their impure earnings; and some of these prostitutes were publicly kept in the temple of Venus Melytta, whose gains were applied to the support of her abominable worship.
Another Gentile practice, connected with the one alluded to in the preceding verse, is here forbidden. The word “dog” is figurative (compare Revelation 22:15), and equivalent to the “sodomite” of the...
19. THE CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH AND ITS CONSTITUTION AND HOLINESS CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The constitution of the congregation of Jehovah (Deuteronomy 23:1)_ 2. The cleanness of the camp in time of war (De...
WHORE. a prostitute. Hebrew. _zonah,_ different from Deuteronomy 23:17. DOG. Hebrew. _keleb_. but here, probably. _priest_ (of the above orgies), same as Arabic _kaleb._...
(2) MORALITY, ILLEGITIMATE PRACTICES AND WAGES (Deuteronomy 23:17-18) There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt n...
_THOU SHALT NOT BRING THE HIRE OF A WHORE, OR THE PRICE OF A DOG, INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD THY GOD FOR ANY VOW: FOR EVEN BOTH THESE ARE ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD THY GOD._ A dog, х_ KELEB_ (H3611)...
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 21:1...
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....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 23 V1 ‘A person may squeeze hard or cut off the sex parts of a man. The man with the physical da...
THE HIRE OF A WHORE. — Even a lamb or a kid might not be sacrificed for them, if obtained as the wages of sin (Genesis 38:17). THE PRICE OF A DOG. — The ass might be redeemed with a lamb, and the lamb...
_[Deuteronomy 23:19]_ לֹא ־תָבִיא֩ אֶתְנַ֨ן זֹונָ֜ה וּ...
LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, elude...
Under the Mosaic law certain persons were excluded from worship and others from the camp. Any who in any way violated the requirements of personal perfection in physical matters were not to be allowed...
Thou shalt not bring the (i) hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God. (i) Forbidding that a...
Dog. Many explain this in a figurative sense, as we have done in the last verse, to denote the public impudence by which some thought to honour their gods. (Haydock) --- Such impiety the Lord abhors,...
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD. Proverbs 15:8. And the LORD declares, that he hates robbery for burnt-offering. Isaiah 61:8....
18._Thou shalt not bring the hire. _This command has an affinity to the foregoing, for God, rejecting whatever is acquired by illicit and filthy traffic, teaches us that the utmost chastity is to be o...
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...
THOU SHALL NOT BRING THE HIRE OF A WHORE,.... Which was given to her as a reward for the use of her body: OR THE PRICE OF A DOG; not of the firstborn of a dog, the price for the redemption of it, as...
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God. Ver. 18. _Nor the price o...
_The hire of a whore_ It was a custom among the idolatrous nations for prostitutes to dedicate to the honour of their false gods some part of what they had earned by prostitution. In opposition to whi...
1 Who may or may not enter into the Congregation. 9 Vncleannesse to bee auoided in the hoste. 15 Of the fugitiue seruant. 17 Of filthinesse. 18 Of abominable sacrifices. 19 Of vsury. 21 Of vowes...
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, namely, one engaged in such unnatural excesses, OR THE PRICE OF A DOG, what was usually paid to a Sodomite for one service, INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, THY GO...
Various Duties Within the Congregation....
NECESSARY EXCLUSIONS (vs.1-8) A man who was emasculated in any way could not be recognized as one of Israel's congregation (v.1). Such mutilation deprives one of his proper masculinity. The Lord make...
15-25 It is honourable to shelter and protect the weak, provided they are not wicked. Proselytes and converts to the truth, should be treated with particular tenderness, that they may have no temptat...
This is opposed to the practice of the Gentiles, who allowed both such persons and their oblations they made out of their wicked and infamous gains; and some of them kept lewd women, who prostituted t...
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 23:18 bring H935 (H8686) wages H868 harlot H2181 (H8802) price H4242 dog H3611 house H1004 LORD
THEIR UNCLEAN MONEY NOT TO BE ACCEPTED IN THE HOUSE OF GOD (DEUTERONOMY 23:18). The comparison here was of not allowing anything unclean in the place where Yahweh dwelt (Deuteronomy 23:10). De
CONTENTS: Divers regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We must take care to keep the camp of the saints pure from moral, ceremonial and natural pollution. KEY WORD: Holy, Deuteronomy 23:...
Deuteronomy 23:1. _Shall not enter the congregation._ Eunuchs might worship there, as appears from the viiith of Acts; but they could not hold any office. In regard to devotion, God has promised the p...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 23:15__ These laws address property offenses related to the eighth commandment: “You shall not steal” (Deuteronomy 5:19)....
CRITICAL NOTES.—From the sanctification of domestic relations, to which laws of marriage and chastity in the previous chapter pointed, Moses now proceeds to legislate for the purity of the congregatio...
EXPOSITION CIVIL RIGHTS. WHO MAY AND WHO MAY NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION. UNCLEANNESS IN THE CAMP TO BE AVOIDED. RECEPTION...
In chapter twenty-three, we find those that were restricted from coming into the temple. Eunuchs were forbidden in the temple. An Ammonite or Moabite was forbidden unto the tenth generation, for their...
2 Peter 2:22; Deuteronomy 12:6; Deuteronomy 23:21; Ezekiel 16:33;...
The hire of a whore — This is opposed to the practice of the Gentiles, who allowed both such persons and the oblations they made out of their infamous gains; and some of them kept lewd women, who pros...