Deuteronomy 21:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. ”

Deuteronomy 21:9 - 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 21:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

put away, &c. See note on Deuteronomy 13:5 . guilt of innocent blood . blood-guiltiness, blood being put for guilt. See note on Deuteronomy 21:8 .
Deuteronomy 21:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 21:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 9. So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood — Till this was done, the guilt was to be looked upon as national; but upon this solemn performance the government was deemed to have d...
Deuteronomy 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you ,.... Which otherwise, the person not being found out, and brought to just punishment for it, would devolve upon the whole. Aben Ezr...
Deuteronomy 21:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood Till this was done, the guilt was to be looked upon as national; but upon this being solemnly performed, the government was deemed to have done it...
Deuteronomy 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Deuteronomy 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - 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 21:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Case of an Unknown Murder
Deuteronomy 21:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 10:30 ; 2 Kings 10:31 ; Deuteronomy 13:18 ; Deuteronomy 19:12 ; Deuteronomy 19:13

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 21:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 21:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 21:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge