Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 23:1
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, (a) shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
(a) Either to bear office, or to marry a wife.
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, (a) shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
(a) Either to bear office, or to marry a wife.
CHAPTER XXIII _Neither_ eunuchs, bastards, Ammonites, _nor_ Moabites, _shall be_ _incorporated with the genuine Israelites_, 1-3. _The reason why the_ Ammonites _and_ Moabites _were excluded_, 4-6....
Compare Leviticus 21:17. Such persons, exhibiting a mutilation of that human nature which was made in God’s image, were rejected from the covenant entirely. However, they could be proselytes (compare...
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...
Classes to be refused admission into the religious community. Deuteronomy 23:1. Here two, but in Leviticus 22:24 two additional methods of making eunuchs are mentioned. Such mutilations were required...
CONGREGATION. assembly....
_VER._ 1. _SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION_— This law is directed against the infamous practice of making eunuchs: such persons were not to be deemed Israelites, nor have their names entered in...
1. EXCLUSION FROM THE CONGREGATION (Deuteronomy 23:1-14) (1) PERMANENT EXCLUSION FOR THE SEXUALLY MUTILATED, CHILDREN BORN OF ILLEGITIMATE UNION AND CERTAIN ENEMY PEOPLE (Deuteronomy 23:1-6) He that...
_HE THAT IS WOUNDED IN THE STONES, OR HATH HIS PRIVY MEMBER CUT OFF, SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF_ _ THE LORD._ He that is wounded ... shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. T...
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...
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 rule that a eunuch should not enter into the congregation was doubtless intended to prevent the Israelitish rulers from making eunuchs of their brethren the children of Israel. As a set off to thi...
_[Deuteronomy 23:2]_ לֹֽא ־יָבֹ֧א פְצֽוּעַ ־דַּכָּ֛א 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...
Eunuch. By these are meant, in the spiritual sense, such as are barren in good works. (Challoner) (Theodoret, q. 25.) (Worthington) --- The Hebrew also specifies three sorts of eunuchs, though the Sep...
CONTENTS This chapter is but a continuation of the same subject as in the former. Here are certain laws for the preservation of Israel, as an holy people to the LORD, without blemish and without impe...
The disqualification to the privileges of GOD'S people, is expressed by these marks, which imply defect. Who shall say, except the great searcher of hearts, what are the causes of prevention, to unite...
1_He that is wounded. _What is here delivered respecting those who are mutilated, and who are bastards, has a similar object; lest the Church of God should be onctaminate by foul stains, and thus reli...
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...
HE THAT IS WOUNDED IN THE STONES,.... In any of them, not accidentally, but purposely; which are crushed and bruised by the hands of men, with a design to make him unfit for generation, or to make an...
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. Ver. 1. _Or hath his privy member cut off._] As it is a barbarous custom at this...
_He that is wounded_ It is generally agreed that Moses is here speaking of eunuchs. _Shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord_ The meaning is, not that they should be debarred from the public...
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...
SOME RULES CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP...
He that is wounded in the stones, a man whose testicles are crushed, OR HATH HIS PRIVY MEMBER CUT OFF, the urethra severed, thus being castrated, SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD. Bec...
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...
1-8 We ought to value the privileges of God's people, both for ourselves and for our children, above all other advantages. No personal blemishes, no crimes of our forefathers, no difference of nation,...
DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 23 Who are to be excluded from the congregation, DEUTERONOMY 23:1. An Edomite and Egyptian not to be abhorred, and why, DEUTERONOMY 23:7,8. No uncleanness to be in the camp,...
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 23:1 emasculated H6481 (H8803) crushing H1795 mutilation H8212 H3772 (H8803) enter H935 ...
CHAPTER 23 REGULATION CONCERNING THOSE WHOM YAHWEH MAKES WELCOME AND UNWELCOME (1-18): REGULATIONS CONCERNING HONEST DEALINGS (19-25). Moses now came to the question as to whom in the future were to...
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 23:1 In Deuteronomy 1:1, ASSEMBLY usually refers to Israel gathered at Horeb/Sinai. In this chapter, it looks forward to Israel gat
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...
Deuteronomy 23:2; Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:8; Galatians 3:28;...
He that is wounded — A phrase denoting an eunuch. Shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord — Shall not be admitted to honours and offices either in the church or commonwealth of Israel; and s...