Deuteronomy 12:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. ”

• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Law of One Sanctuary. The local sanctuaries (originally Canaanite) with everything belonging to them, are to be destroyed, and all sacrifices are to be offered at the place which Yahweh should...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  as long as thou livest. Hebrew. all the days.

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. Forsake not the Levite - These had no inheritance, and were to live by the sanctuary: if therefore the off...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Abolition of Idolatrous Places. The Centralisation of Worship. Abstinence from Blood The larger section of the Second Discourse begins here and extends to the end of Deuteronomy 26 . It consi...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  LAWS OF SACRIFICE Deuteronomy 12:1-32 . IT is a characteristic of all the earlier codes of law-the Book of the Covenant, the Deuteronomic Code, and the Law of Holiness-that at the head of the se...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Having thus repeated the great words of the Law and called the people to obedience, Moses now proceeded to deal with the statutes and judgments, and, first, the statutes. In dealing with these he co...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I admire the tenderness of our GOD to his Levites. Was not JESUS the first of the order of Levites? Was not he indeed a stranger, when he came to seek and save that which was lost? Oh! LORD, give me...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite ,.... By withholding from him the tithes appointed for his maintenance; or rather by neglecting to take him with him in order to partake of the...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. Ver. 19. That thou forsake not the Levite. ] But look to his livelihood; since, Ad tenuitatem benefici...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  ONE CENTER OF WORSHIP (vs.1-28) To prepare for proper worship in the land, Israel must utterly destroy those in which the nations before them served their idols. This was commonly done in high pl...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Where Sacrifices Must Be Offered; Ceremonial Observances; Cautions Against Idolatrous Rites. B. C. 1451....

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Take heed lest a worldly mind and self-love make thee rob the Levites of their dues, as afterwards the ungodly Jews did. See Zechariah 3:8 .

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Law of Tithes, Firstlings, Votive and Freewill Offerings, and Heave-offerings ( Deuteronomy 12:17-19 ). But this exception of being allowed to eat in their own cities in the case of animals wa...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .—Moses now begins an exposition of the principal laws which must govern the people in their ecclesiastical, civil, and domestic life in Canaan. The religious life of Israel is descri...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 12:5 . The place which the Lord shall choose. No place is here named; for the Lord was content, and most significantly, to dwell in the tent. He sojourned in the desert; and afterwards...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION ANNOUNCEMENT OF PARTICULAR LAWS . CHAPTERS 12-26. Moses, having in his first address cast a glance at the events which had transpired between Sinai and the plains of Moab, a...

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Concerning the Care of the Levites, The Eating of Sacrificial Meat, and Idolatry

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• Deuteronomy 12:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 9:10-14 ; 2 Chronicles 11:13 ; 2 Chronicles 11:14 ; 2 Chronicles 31:4-21 ; Deuteronomy 14:27-29 ; Deuteronomy 12:1 ; Nehemiah 10:34-39

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