That his heart be not lifted up above his (o) brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
(o) By which is meant that kings should love their subjects as nature causes one brother to love another.
Verse Deuteronomy 17:20. _HE, AND HIS CHILDREN, IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL._] From this verse it has been inferred that the crown of Israel was designed to be _hereditary_, and this is very probable; for...
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 ...
LAW ABOUT THE KING THAT IS TO BE. This deals exclusively with the theocratic aspect peculiar to D: the picture of the ideal king here drawn was probably suggested by way of contrast to the reigning ki...
TURN NOT ASIDE. See Deu 28:14. 2 Kings 22:2.Joshua 1:7; Joshua 23:6....
Of the King When Israel elect to have a King like other nations, he must be chosen of God, an Israelite and no foreigner (Deuteronomy 17:14 f.). He must not multiply horses, wives nor silver and gold...
_that his heart_, etc.] Cp. Deuteronomy 8:2. _Turn not aside_, Deuteronomy 5:32, _Prolong days_, Deuteronomy 4:40. Cullen (140) thinks that in mentioning _Torah_and _Miṣwah_separately in...
_VER._ 20. _THAT HIS HEART BE NOT LIFTED UP ABOVE HIS BRETHREN_— Not imagining himself to be above all laws, nor slighting his subjects as unworthy of his notice; but taking due care to promote their...
(2) KINGS (Deuteronomy 17:14-20) 14 When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like al...
LESSON FOURTEEN DEUTERONOMY 16:18-20; DEUTERONOMY 17:2 TO DEUTERONOMY 18:22 e. THE LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ...
_THAT HIS HEART BE NOT LIFTED UP ABOVE HIS BRETHREN, AND THAT HE TURN NOT ASIDE FROM THE COMMANDMENT, TO THE RIGHT HAND, OR TO THE LEFT: TO THE END THAT HE MAY PROLONG HIS DAYS IN HIS KINGDOM, HE, AND...
THE PUNISHMENT OF IDOLATRY. CONTROVERSIES TO BE SETTLED BY PRIESTS AND JUDGES. ELECTION AND DUTIES OF A KING 1. Cp. Leviticus 22:17....
AND HIS CHILDREN] an indication that a hereditary dynasty is not inconsistent with divine choice....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 17 V1 ‘If any sheep or *cattle are not perfect, do not *sacrifice them to the *LORD your God. Th...
TO THE END THAT HE MAY PROLONG HIS DAYS IN HIS KINGDOM, HE, AND HIS CHILDREN. — Shows that the kingdom in Israel would be hereditary only so far as Jehovah willed it to be so. Again we may say that th...
Deuteronomy 17:14. THE LAW OF THE KINGDOM. (14) WHEN THOU ART COME UNTO THE LAND. — These are not the words of a legislator who is already in the land. Those who say that this law dates from later ti...
לְ בִלְתִּ֤י רוּם ־לְבָבֹו֙ מֵֽ אֶחָ֔יו וּ
THE SPEAKERS FOR GOD - I. THE KING Deuteronomy 17:14 IN approaching the main section of the legislation it will be necessary, in accordance with the expository character of the series to which this...
Continuing the discourse commenced in the previous chapter, we find insistence on the fact that no false sacrifices must be offered and no false worshipers permitted to approach. For dealing with such...
_With pride. This is not expressed in Hebrew, but it is clearly (Haydock) implied. Humility is the most difficult virtue for a prince to practice, amid the flattery of his courtiers, and the splendour...
Observe, it was not enough to have it written for him, he must do it with his own hand: and the highest honour be could arrive at, was the sacred employment here enjoined him. But this was not all. Wr...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED JESUS! thou art the unblemished spotless offering of my soul, and while I desire of thine own, O my GOD, to bring the best and choicest offerings, in token that all I am, and all I...
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...
Verse 18 [from Chapter 16] (Deuteronomy 16:18) begins a new subject: the pains taken, and the instruments used, to preserve the blessing and execute the judgments necessary to that effect. The thought...
THAT HIS HEART BE NOT LIFTED UP ABOVE HIS BRETHREN,.... On account of his office, the dignity of it, considering that he was subject to the law of God, and accountable to the Lord for all his actions:...
That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he...
_That his heart be not lifted up_ He intimates, that the Scriptures, diligently read, are a powerful means to keep a person humble, because they show him that, though a king, he is subject to a higher...
1 The things sacrificed must bee sound. 2 Idolaters must bee slaine. 8 Hard controuersies are to bee determined by the Priests and Iudges. 12 The contemner of that Determination must die. 14 The e...
OF THE OFFICE OF AN EVENTUAL KING...
that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, in unwarranted pride and haughtiness, AND THAT HE TURN NOT ASIDE FROM THE COMMANDMENT TO THE RIGHT HAND OR TO THE LEFT, making it his aim at all tim...
RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT (This Continues the subject of) (chap.16:13 to 17:11) This continues the subject of righteous government. The guilt of offering a blemished sacrifice to the Lord must incur sev...
14-20 God himself was in a particular manner Israel's King; and if they set another over them, it was necessary that he should choose the person. Accordingly, when the people desired a king, they app...
THAT HIS HEART BE NOT LIFTED UP; he intimates, that the Scriptures, diligently read and studied, are a powerful and probable means to keep him humble, because they show him that, though a king, he is...
We must remember that the division of scripture into Chapter s and verses is entirely a human arrangement, often very convenient, no doubt, for reference; but not infrequently it is quite unwarrantabl...
Deuteronomy 17:20 heart H3824 lifted H7311 (H8800) brethren H251 aside H5493 (H8800) commandment H4687 hand H32
REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY FUTURE KING (DEUTERONOMY 17:14). Having been speaking of ‘the Judge' who would have authority over Israel took, and being very much aware of the people's weaknesses and willingnes...
CONTENTS: Laws concerning idolaters and obedience to authority and kings. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God would possess men with a dread of that sin worshipping false gods which is a sin in...
Deuteronomy 17:3. _Either sun or moon._ This would be going back to Sabianism, which from the dispersion of Babel became the religion of Asia, as stated in Job 1:15. Deuteronomy 17:8. A matter too har...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 17:18 A COPY OF THIS LAW probably refers to chs. Deuteronomy 1:1 (see...
CRITICAL REMARKS.—Israel not only had tendency to idolatry, but inclination to offer animals with faults and to transgress the laws of worship. _Blemishes_ named in Leviticus 22. Deuteronomy 17:2. Ido...
EXPOSITION SACRIFICES TO BE OF ANIMALS UNBLEMISHED. IDOLATERS TO BE SOUGHT OUT, CONVICTED, AND PUT TO DEATH. THE HIGHER JUDICIAL COURT
As you've discovered by now the book of Deuteronomy is sort of a review of the law. The word itself indicates the second law. It is a review by Moses for the people. Really a final review because Mose...
1 Kings 11:12; 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Ki
If his heart be not lifted up — He intimates, that the scriptures diligently read, are a powerful means to keep him humble, because they shew him in that, tho' a king, he is subject to an higher monar...