Deuteronomy 16:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ”

• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 peopl...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  That which (k) is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (k) The magistrate must constantly follow the tenor of the law, a...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - 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 16:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  altogether just. This is the rendering of the Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6). Hebrew "just, just", i.e. perfectly just.

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  20. That which is altogether just (131) By an emphatic repetition God inculcates that judges should study equity with inflexible constancy; nor is this done without cause, for nothing is mo...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 officer...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - 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 16:20 - 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 16:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 peo...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  That which is altogether just shalt thou follow ,.... Or "justice", "justice" a, strict justice, and nothing else: that thou mayest live and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee ; t...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Ver. 20. That which is altogether just. ] Heb., Justice, justice; t...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - 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 16:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the L ORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.   19 Thou shalt...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That which is altogether just, Heb. righteousness , righteousness , i.e. nothing but righteousness in all causes and times, and to all persons equally. Compare Isaiah 26:7 .

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Need To Appoint Satisfactory Judges ( Deuteronomy 16:18-20 ). Crucial to enjoying blessing in the land was the establishing of a satisfactory system of justice. There can be no question that...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - 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 16:20 - 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 16:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  That which is altogether Just shalt thou follow. Justice the decorum of the character of judges (preached at the Assizes):--The duties which are incumbent upon us may be very properly divided i...

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - 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 16:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Precepts of Right Judgment

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 25:13-16 ; Deuteronomy 4:1 ; Ezekiel 18:5 ; Ezekiel 18:9 ; Micah 6:8 ; Philippians 4:8 ; Romans 10:5

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• Deuteronomy 16:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  That which is altogether just — Heb. righteousness, righteousness, that is, nothing but righteousness in all causes and times, and to all persons equally.

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