Deuteronomy 21:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: ”

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The elders represented the citizens at large, the judges the magistracy: priests Deuteronomy 21:5 from the nearest priestly town, were likewise to be at hand. Thus, all classes would be represent...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

See W. R. Smith, Kinship 1 p. 263 (= 64f. in Kinship 2) for a similar law among the ancient Arabs. The ground of this law may be the belief that, until avenged or atoned for, a murdered man's blo...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 2. Thy elders and thy judges — i.e. Of the neighbouring cities. See Numbers 11:16 .
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expiation of Undetected Homicide. Marriage of Captive Women. Punishment of a Rebellious Son The last sub-section of the Second Discourse begins here, containing a variety of social and domestic re...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXI. Deuteronomy 21:1-9 . UNDETECTED HOMICIDES. (1) If one be found slain — It is remarkable that in our own time the most effectual remedy against outrages of which the perpetrators canno...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is made between the secula...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Sundry laws affecting the life of the people in the land after the conquest were now uttered. The sin of murder was once again dealt with. This time it was the murder of a person which could not be t...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pause at these verses to remark the particularity of feature in the beast, which was doomed as a victim on this occasion; that it must be one which hath not been wrought with. Is not this typical o...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth ,.... From the city or cities near to which the murder was committed, to make inquiry about it, and expiation for it; so Aben Ezra interprets it of th...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain: Ver. 2. Then thy elders. ] Some of the Sanhedrim.
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lying in the field Or, in the city, or any place: only the field is named as the place where such murders are most commonly committed. Thy elders and judges Those of thy elders who are judges: th...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

UNSOLVED MURDER (vs.1-9) If one was killed and his body found removed from any city or town, the murderer being unknown, then elders and judges of Israel were required to ascertain what was the n...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Undetected Murder. B. C. 1451. 1 If one be found slain in the land which the L ORD th...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy elders and thy judges; those of thy elders who are judges; for the latter word explains and restrains the former, the judges or rulers of all the neighbouring cities, who were all concerned in...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Regulation Concerning Violent Death Where The Murderer Is Not Known ( Deuteronomy 21:1-9 ). While for convenience we are splitting up Moses' speech into parts it should be noted that it is our ar...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—The reason for grouping these five laws, apparently so different from one another, as well as for attaching them to the previous regulations is found in the desire to bring out dist...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:4 . A rough valley. The guilt being transferred to the heifer, the slaying it in a cultivated field would have polluted the ground. The Hebrew altar allowed of no victim to be offer...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

If one be found slain. God’s value of individual life “This narrative,” says one, “sets forth the preciousness of human life in the sight of God.” Dr. Jamieson believes this singular statute co...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION EXPIATION OF UNCERTAIN MURDER . TREATMENT OF A CAPTIVE TAKEN TO WIFE . RIGHTS OF THE FIRSTBORN . A REBELLIOUS , REFRACTORY SON TO BE JUDGED AND...
Deuteronomy 21:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Case of an Unknown Murder
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 16:18 ; Deuteronomy 16:19 ; Romans 13:3 ; Romans 13:4
Deuteronomy 21:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy elders and judges — Those of thy elders who are judges: the judges or rulers of all the neighbouring cities. Measure — Unless it be evident which city is nearest; for then measuring was superfl...

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 21:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 21:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 21:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes