What does Deuteronomy 16:19 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the wordsd of the righteous."
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 (Deute...
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); Deuteronomy...
THOU SHALT NOT.. special reading, known as _Sevir,_ has "neither shalt thou". See App-34. GIFT. bribe....
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...
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 he shall c...
_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...
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...
See Exodus 23:6; Exodus 23:8....
לֹא ־תַטֶּ֣ה מִשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א תַכִּ֖יר פָּנִ֑ים וְ לֹא ־תִקַּ֣ח שֹׁ֔חַד כִּ֣י הַ שֹּׁ֗חַד יְעַוֵּר֙...
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...
_Just. Avarice is like a cloud, (Calmet) which darkens the understanding. Oppression troubleth the wise, and (Hebrew) "a present destroyeth the heart. " A timid or interested judge is unfit for his of...
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...
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...
THOU SHALL NOT WREST JUDGMENT,.... Or pervert it, pass a wrong sentence, or act contrary to justice; this is said to the judges as a direction to them, and so what follows: THOU SHALT NOT RESPECT PER...
_Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous._ Ver. 19. _Neither take a gift...
_Thou shalt not wrest judgment_ Not give a forced and unjust sentence. _Thou shalt not respect persons_ Not give sentence according to the quality of the person, his riches or poverty, friendship or e...
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 OBSE...
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...
WORDS: Or, matters...
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 c...
NOT WREST JUDGMENT, i.e. not give a perverse, forced, and unjust sentence. SEE POOLE ON "EXODUS 23:8". NOT RESPECT PERSONS, i.e. not give sentence according to the quality of the person, his riches or...
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 16:19 pervert H5186 (H8686) justice H4941 partiality H5234 (H8686) H6440 take H3947 (H8799) bribe H7810 bribe H7810 blinds H5786 (H8762) eyes H5869 wise H2450 twists H5557 (H8762) words H1...
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 an...
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;_...
_Thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift._ EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW I. Some facts and tendencies in legal administration. 1. The sentence pronounced against a poor man is often very heav...
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 JUSTICE AND PREVENTION OF IDOLATRY. DEUTERONOMY 16:1 (Co...
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 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 8:3; Acts 10:34; Acts 16:37; Acts 23:3; Deuteronomy 1:16; Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 10:17; Deuteronomy 24:17;...
Wrest judgment — Not give an unjust sentence. A gift doth blind the eyes — Biasseth his mind, that he cannot discern between right and wrong. The words — That is the sentence, of those judges who are...