What does Deuteronomy 15:19 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep."
Compare Exodus 13:11 ff. The directions of the preceding legislation (see Numbers 18:15 ff) are here assumed, with the injunction added, that the animals thus set apart to God Deuteronomy 15:19 were n...
12. THE FIRSTLINGS AND THE THREE FEASTS Chapter S 15:19-16:17 _ 1. Concerning the firstlings (Deuteronomy 15:19)_ 2. Passover (Deuteronomy 16:1) 3. Feast of weeks (Deuteronomy 16:9) 4. Feast of t...
The law concerning the first-born of cattle (not to be ploughed with) and sheep (not to be shorn) (see Exodus 13:11 *, Exodus 22:29 f.*, Exodus 34:19 f. (all JE), and Numbers 18:15 * (P)). The older l...
ALL, &C. Compare Exodus 34:19; Exodus 34:20....
_firstling_ Heb. _bekôr_, firstborn both of men (e.g. Deuteronomy 21:15 f., Exodus 11:5) and of animals; either collectively or of the individual firstling. The root meaning is _to break_; and _bekôr_...
_VER._ 19. _THOU SHALT DO NO WORK WITH THE FIRSTLING OF THY BULLOCK,_ &C.— This would be better rendered, _with the firstling of thy herd._ Beside the firstling males, which were given to the priests,...
LESSON TWELVE DEUTERONOMY 14:22 TO DEUTERONOMY 15:23 c. DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC PRACTICES (Deuteronomy 14:22 to Deuteronomy 15:23) 22 Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which...
_ALL THE FIRSTLING MALES THAT COME OF THY HERD AND OF THY FLOCK THOU SHALT SANCTIFY UNTO THE LORD THY GOD: THOU SHALT DO NO WORK WITH THE FIRSTLING OF THY BULLOCK, NOR SHEAR THE FIRSTLING OF THY SHEEP...
THE SABBATICAL YEAR This chapter deals with the year of release, or the Sabbatical Year, and should be compared with Leviticus 25. In addition to the rest for the land and the manumission of Hebrew s...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 V1 ‘At the end of every 7 years, you must cancel debts. V2 This is what you must do. Everyon...
ALL THE FIRSTLING MALES.... THOU SHALT SANCTIFY — _i.e.,_ recognise them as the property of Jehovah by not using them for ordinary purposes. In Leviticus 27:26 we read, “No man shall sanctify it” — _i...
כָּֽל ־הַ בְּכֹ֡ור אֲשֶׁר֩ יִוָּלֵ֨ד בִּ בְקָרְךָ֤ וּ בְ צֹֽאנְךָ֙ הַ זָּכָ֔ר תַּקְדִּ֖ישׁ לַ...
Here we have provision made for the relief of the poor and the less fortunate at regularly stated intervals. The great ideal is revealed in the words, "There shall be no poor with thee." This, however...
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: (h) thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sh...
_Firstlings. Some belonged to the priests. Others, of which Moses speaks here, might be disposed of by the owners, chap. xii. 17. (Calmet) --- Thus females, which came first, belonged to them, but the...
Here is a repetition of the law concerning the redemption of the firstlings of the flock. See Exodus 13:15; Exodus 13:15. But let not the Reader overlook the grand object intended from it. JESUS is th...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
19._All the firstling males. _Another caution is added, that they should make no profit of the first-born; for they might have used the labor of the ox in plowing, or as a beast of burden; they might...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 AND 15. Chapter 14 forbids that the people, as being the children of the living God, should imitate the profane customs which indicated the devotedness of...
ALL THE FIRSTLING MALES THAT COME OF THY HERD, OR OF THY FLOCK, THOU SHALT SANCTIFY UNTO THE LORD THY GOD,.... According to the law in Exodus 13:2. Exodus 13:2; Exodus 13:12; Exodus 13:13; THOU SH...
_All the firstling males thou shalt sanctify_ Giving them to God on the eighth day. And thou shalt do no work with the female firstlings of the cow, nor shear those of the sheep. Even these must be of...
[RELEASING DEBTS.] 1 The seuenth yeere a yeere of release for the poore. 7 It must be no let of lending or giuing. 12 An Ebrew seruant, 16 except hee will not depart, must in the seuenth yeere goe...
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord, thy God, as a sacrifice or its equivalent; THOU SHALT DO NO WORK WITH THE FIRSTLING OF THY BULLOCK, NO...
SEVENTH YEAR RELEASE OF DEBTS (vs.1-6) Out of compassion for the poor God required creditors to release debtors from their debts at the end of seven years. This surely reminds us of the grace of God...
19-23 Here is a direction what to do with the firstlings. We are not now limited as the Israelites were; we make no difference between a first calf, or lamb, and the rest. Let us then look to the gosp...
WITH THE FIRSTLING OF THY BULLOCK: this is meant, either, 1. Of the male firstlings; which, they say, is forbidden here, because some did plough with the firstlings of their oxen, and shear the first...
"At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release. Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his n...
Deuteronomy 15:19 firstborn H1060 males H2145 come H3205 (H8735) herd H1241 flock H6629 sanctify H6942 (H8686) LORD H3068 God H430 work H5647 (H8799) firstborn H1060 herd H7794 shear H1494 (H8799) fir...
THE CONSUMPTION OF THE FIRSTBORN MALES IN WORSHIP BEFORE YAHWEH (DEUTERONOMY 15:19). Moses now reintroduces the firstborn males. These are Yahweh's because He spared them on the night of the Passover...
CONTENTS: Laws concerning Sabbatic year and bondservants. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: That we who have received in abundance from God should be rigorous and severe in our demands from poor b...
Deuteronomy 15:1. _A release_ of all debts, as well as of servitude, at the end of the sixth year, to the poor who cannot pay. This is much the same as the English law of cancelling bookdebts at the e...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 15:19__ Giving the firstborn is an expression of thanks and trust that more animals are to come. The animal is to be eaten in the central place BEFORE THE LORD. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒...
CRITICAL NOTES.—The rules for the relief of the poor (Levites, strangers, widows, and orphans) by the triennial tithe are followed by others which forbid oppression. DEUTERONOMY 15:1. Seven years. Dur...
EXPOSITION THE YEAR OF RELEASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DEBTORS AND THE EMANCIPATION OF HEBREW SLAVES. THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN OF CATTLE. DEUTERONOMY 15:1 To the prescription of a tithe for th...
Chapter fifteen, At the end of every seven years you're to make a release (Deuteronomy 15:1). All of the debts were to be forgiven in the seventh year. Now, you're not to demand it again after the se...
Deuteronomy 12:17; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14; Exodus 13:12; Exodus 13:2; Exodus 34:19; Hebrews 12:23;...
All the firstling males thou shalt sanctify — Giving them to God on the eighth day. And thou shalt do no work with the female firstlings of the cow, nor shear those of the sheep. Even these must be of...