(i) Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
(i) He gave temporary authority to the people to choose magistrates for themselves.
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 _...
These verses are closely connected in subject with the following chapter, and introduce certain directions for the administration of justice and the carrying on of the civil government of the people i...
13. JUSTICE AND THE CHOICE OF A KING Chapter S 16:18-17:20 _ 1. Appointment of judges and their instruction (Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 17:1)_ 2. The higher court at the place He chooses ...
DEUTERONOMY 16. THE DEUTERONOMIC LAWS OF THE THREE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE FEASTS. These are adaptations of the older laws in Exodus 23:18 *, Exodus 34:18; Exodus 34:22 f. (general regulations);...
_Judges … shalt thou make thee_ Heb. _give_or _appoint for thyself_. _and officers scribes_or _marshals_. See on Deuteronomy 1:15. _I_ _n a__LL_ _thy gates_ The law is another consequence of the cent...
II. Second Division of the Laws: the Officers of the Theocracy Deuteronomy 16:18-20 … Deuteronomy 17:8-18 Five Laws on Judges and Justice, Appeal to the Sanctuary, the King, the Priests, the Prophets...
_VER._ 18. _IN ALL THY GATES_— This expression is thought to refer to the custom of keeping their courts in the gates, or in chambers over the gates of their cities: _the gate,_ among the Hebrews, bei...
4. GENERAL RULES FOR OBSERVANCE (Deuteronomy 16:16-17; Deuteronomy 16:21-22; Deuteronomy 17:1) 16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which
LESSON FOURTEEN DEUTERONOMY 16:18-20; DEUTERONOMY 17:2 TO DEUTERONOMY 18:22 e. THE LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ...
_JUDGES AND OFFICERS SHALT THOU MAKE THEE IN ALL THY GATES, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, THROUGHOUT_ _ THY TRIBES: AND THEY SHALL JUDGE THE PEOPLE WITH JUST JUDGMENT._ Judges and officers. The...
16:18 officers (b-3) See ch. 1.15....
This is the beginning of the subdivision that deals mainly with civil matters. See heading of Deuteronomy 12....
INJUNCTIONS REGARDING FEASTS, JUDGES, GROVES, AND IMAGES 1-8. On the Passover see Exodus 12 Leviticus 23:4; Numbers 28:16, and the notes on these passages. It will be observed that the general law of...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 16 V1 ‘You must *celebrate the *Passover to the *LORD your God in the month called Abib. On a n...
JUDGES AND OFFICERS. — A fresh section of the book, as read in the synagogues, begins with these words. The land is now considered as the _seat of the Kingdom of Jehovah,_ to the end of ch. 18. See I...
שֹׁפְטִ֣ים וְ שֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן ־לְךָ֙ בְּ...
As the section dealing with the statutes commenced with the place of worship, it closed with the restatement of the importance of the great feasts which by their annual recurrence set the whole year i...
Magistrates, ( magistros,) "masters;" people learned in the law, who may assist the judges with their counsel in any emergency. Hebrew shotrim, "officers, heralds, lictors," &c., chap. i. 15. (Haydock...
Though it seems that these appointments, were of a civil and political kind, and therefore make a digression from what went before, yet they serve to show the gracious attention of GOD toward his peop...
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...
18._Judeges and officers shalt thou make_. I have placed this passage among the Supplements of the Fifth Commandment, for, if it pleases God that judges should be appointed for ruling the people, it f...
Chapter 16 connects the people with the dwelling-place of Jehovah, by solemnities in which He surrounds Himself with His people, blessed and happy in the deliverance which He has granted them under Hi...
JUDGES AND OFFICERS SHALL THOU MAKE THEE,.... Judges were fixed in the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, and those that have lawsuits come before them; officers are masters of the staff and whip, and...
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. Ver. 18. _With just judgment....
_Judges_ Chief magistrates, to examine and determine causes and differences. _Officers_ Who were subordinate to the other, to bring causes and persons before them, to acquaint people with the sentence...
1 The feast of the Passeouer, 9 of Weekes, 13 of Tabernacles. 16 Euery male must offer, as he is able, at these three Feasts. 18 Of Iudges and Iustice. 22 Groues and Images are forbidden. 1 OBSER...
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, in all cities and towns, WHICH THE LORD, THY GOD, GIVETH THEE, THROUGHOUT THY TRIBES, Deuteronomy 1:12. So the judges were to have assistants...
PRECEPTS OF RIGHT JUDGMENT...
INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE PASSOVER (vs.1-8) The Passover, held in the first month of the year, was to celebrate Israel's deliverance from Egypt (v.1), but more importantly, to look forward to the death...
18-22 Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none. Care is taken to prevent following the idolatrous...
JUDGES; chief magistrates to examine and determine causes and differences. OFFICERS, who were inferior and subordinate to the other, to bring causes and persons before them, to acquaint people with th...
We now approach one of the most profound and comprehensive sections of the Book of Deuteronomy, in which the inspired writer presents to our view what we may call the three great cardinal feasts of th...
Deuteronomy 16:18 appoint H5414 (H8799) judges H8199 (H8802) officers H7860 (H8802) gates H8179 LORD H3068
THE NEED TO APPOINT SATISFACTORY JUDGES (DEUTERONOMY 16:18). Crucial to enjoying blessing in the land was the establishing of a satisfactory system of justice. There can be no question that a fair and...
CONTENTS: Laws concerning annual feasts. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: By frequent and regular meeting to worship God at appointed places and by recognized rules, we are kept faithful and cons...
Deuteronomy 16:3. _Bread of affliction,_ unleavened bread; for while the Egyptians afflicted them, they had not time to prepare their food in a proper manner. Deuteronomy 16:10. _The feast of weeks;_...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 16:18 Most of these laws are about the various leaders for Israel. Leaders, like parents, exercise God’s authority toward those under them. This section recalls the fif...
CRITICAL NOTES.—The religious ordinances to be observed in Canaan are continued. Three great festivals are prominently mentioned—Feast of Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. Former regulations concer...
EXPOSITION CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER FESTIVAL, THE FEAST OF PENTECOST AND OF TABERNACLES. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF J
In chapter sixteen we now deal with the various feasts that they were to observe when they came into the land. We have rehearsed these as we went through earlier in the book of Exodus and all. You're...
1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 26:29; 2 Chronicles 19:5; Deuteronomy 1:15;...
Judges — Chief magistrates to examine and determine causes and differences. Officers — Who were subordinate to the other to bring causes and persons before him, to acquaint people with the sentence of...