“ Neither shalt thou set thee up any image;e which the LORD thy God hateth. ”
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...
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);...
image . pillar.
22. Neither shalt thou set thee up. Hence also it more clearly appears what is the meaning and tendency of the Second Commandment. God elsewhere commands, (100) (as we have seen,) that stat...
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth. Neither shalt thou set thee up any image, х matseebaah ( H4676 )] - erroneously rendered so for 'pillar.' Pillars...
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...
Image. — Explained by Rashi of a single stone, whether statue or pillar.
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...
Is it not astonishing that a people so highly favored of GOD should need such precepts as these to keep them from idolatry? But alas! even in gospel days, and under a better dispensation, established...
Neither shalt thou set up any image ,.... Graven or molten, of man, beast, fish, or fowl; the word signifies a "statue or pillar" c which was set up for idolatry; for, as Aben Ezra observes, what wa...
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...
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...
Heb. statue , whether with a picture or representation, or without it, as the idolaters used to worship smoothed and polished stones or pillars without any image upon them.
A Ban On All Religious Objects And Behaviour Which Would Dishonour Yahweh And Make Them Unfit As Judges ( Deuteronomy 16:21 to Deuteronomy 17:1 ). It is quite possible that certain matters of j...
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...
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...
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove. Idolatry forbidden I. Idolatry is enticing. This on many accounts. 1. By its prevalence. In some form or other it is the most popular religion in the world...
EXPOSITION CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER FESTIVAL , THE FEAST OF PENTECOST AND OF TABERNACLES . APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND...
Precepts of Right Judgment
Deuteronomy 12:31 ; Exodus 20:4 ; Jeremiah 44:4 ; Leviticus 26:1 ; Revelation 2:15 ; Revelation 2:6 ; Zechariah 8:17