“ And every raven after his kind, ”
Compare Leviticus 11 . The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the speaker. Deuteronomy 14:5 The “pygarg” is a spec...
Heathen customs to be avoided. Deuteronomy 14:1 f. Heathen mourning rites. Deuteronomy 14:1 . cut yourselves: Leviticus 19:28 *, cf . Leviticus 21:5 . baldness: the custom in mournin...
And every raven after his kind,
Ver. 1-21 . God, having chosen Israel for his own, separated them from the nations, adopted them as his children, and designed them for his glory, has a right to expect from them that they should an...
And every raven after his kind, No JFB commentary on this verse.
Disfigurings for Mourning Forbidden. Clean and Unclean Meats specified 1. Practices connected with idolatry: see on Leviticus 19:27 ; Leviticus 19:28 .
LAWS AGAINST IDOLATROUS ACTS AND CUSTOMS Deuteronomy 13:1-18 ; Deuteronomy 14:1-29 HAVING thus set forth the law which was to crown and complete the long resistance of faithful Israel to idola...
Continuing, Moses proceeded to give the injunctions which revealed his consciousness of this effect of worship on conduct, warning the people against specific evils and urging them anew to observance...
The same observations will meet us here concerning the food of fish and of birds, as under the foregoing of beasts. Spiritually considered, and with an eye to the gospel dispensation, the whole are o...
Deuteronomy 14:12
THE VAIN SHOW OF MOURNING (vs.1-2) The dignity of Israel's outward relationship to God as sons required them to act with proper dignity. The ungodly nations practiced such things as cutting thems...
What Might Be Eaten, and What Not. B. C. 1451. 1 Ye are the children of the L ORD you...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Deuteronomy 14:11 ‘ Of all clean birds you may eat.' Again the common birds such as the turtle-dove and pigeons could be eaten, along with many others. They flew in the air, and ate insects an...
CRITICAL NOTES .—The people were not only to suppress idolatry, but their whole life and conduct must be ruled according to their holy character and high calling. They must not, like other nations,...
Deuteronomy 14:1 . Ye shall not cut yourselves for the dead. Jeremiah mentions the not paying these honours to the dead as a punishment: Jeremiah 16:6 . It was once a general custom among the hea...
The beasts which ye shall eat. God’s provision for man’s table I. Provision, Divine in its source. Israel could not have procured it and would not have known without Divine teaching what was go...
EXPOSITION HEATHEN CUSTOMS OF MOURNING TO BE AVOIDED . NO ABOMINABLE THING TO BE EATEN . MEATS CLEAN AND UNCLEAN . TITHES . Deuteronomy 14:1-5 Israel, as th...
Of Unclean Beasts
Deuteronomy 14:14