Deuteronomy 16:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. ”

• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Every man [shall give] as he is (h) able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. (h) According to the ability that God has given him.

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Deuteronomy 16. The Deuteronomic Laws of the Three Annual Pilgrimage Feasts. These are adaptations of the older laws in Exodus 23:18 *, Exodus 34:18-20 ; Exodus 34:22 f. (general regulations);...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  man. Hebrew. 'ish. See App-14.

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. No JFB commentary on this verse.

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Injunctions Regarding Feasts, Judges, Groves, and Images 1-8. On the Passover see Exodus 12 Leviticus 23:4-8 ; Numbers 28:16-25 , and the notes on these passages. It will be observed that the...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here the whole three feasts are brought within one precept for their observance. And who is there but must, in a gospel sense, desire to honour JEHOVAH in the observance of ordinances and means of gr...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Every man shall give as he is able ,.... The quantity to be given is not fixed in the law, but the wise men appointed it, as observed on Deuteronomy 16:16 but it is left by the Lord to the generos...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 de...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Yearly Release. B. C. 1451.       1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Threefold Feasts ( Deuteronomy 16:16-17 ). The meeting three times a year was a covenant requirement, an act of loyalty and a requirement for tribute. By this the covenant was continually conf...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 con...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 we...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Three times in a year. The command respecting festivals We are informed by ancient writers that the Egyptians kept many stated festivals and religious assemblies in honour to the gods, and that...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER FESTIVAL , THE FEAST OF PENTECOST AND OF TABERNACLES . APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND...

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of the Feast of Tabernacle

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 8:12 ; 2 Corinthians 9:6 ; 2 Corinthians 9:7 ; Deuteronomy 16:10 ; Ezra 2:63 ; Leviticus 27:8 ; Mark 12:41-44

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• Deuteronomy 16:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Thou shalt rejoice — In God and the effects of his favour, praising him with a glad heart.

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