Deuteronomy 21:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. ”

Deuteronomy 21:7 - 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 21:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he. Compare Genesis 49:3 . strength. Hebrew. 'avon. Homonym = strength, here and Genesis 49:3 and Job 31:25 (Authorized Version "wealth"); but. suffering, &c, in Genesis 35:18 (marg...
Deuteronomy 21:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 213 THE METHOD OF EXPIATING AN UNKNOWN MURDER Deuteronomy 21:6-8 . And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is be...
Deuteronomy 21:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it .
Deuteronomy 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Was not this washing over the head of the beast; in allusion to the same thing as the high priest on the day of atonement? And in the address to GOD, in which the distinguishing feature of character,...
Deuteronomy 21:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they shall answer and say ,.... The elders of the city, at the time of the washing of their hands: our hands have not shed this blood ; have been no ways concerned in it, nor accessory to it:...
Deuteronomy 21:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen [it]. Ver. 7. And they shall answer. ] To the priest's examining them, and in God's name making inquis...
Deuteronomy 21:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall answer To the priests who shall examine them. This blood This about which the present inquiry is made; or this which is here present: for it is thought the corpse of the slain man was...
Deuteronomy 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They shall answer, to wit, to the priests who shall examine them and determine this controversy. This blood; this about which the present inquiry is made; or this which is here present; for it is...
Deuteronomy 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - 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 21:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Case of an Unknown Murder
Deuteronomy 21:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 16:8 ; Job 21:21-23 ; Job 21:31-34 ; Numbers 5:19-28 ; Psalms 7:3 ; Psalms 7:4
Deuteronomy 21:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They shall answer — To the priests who shall examine them. This blood — This about which the present enquiry is made: or this which is here present: for it is thought the corps of the slain man was...

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 21:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 21:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 21:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes