“ Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperitya all thy days for ever. ”
i. e. “thou shalt not invite them robe on terms of amity with thee (compare Deuteronomy 20:10 ff), nor make their welfare thy care”: compare Ezra 9:12 . There is no injunction to hatred or retal...
Thou (d) shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. (d) You shall have nothing to do with them.
Classes to be refused admission into the religious community. Deuteronomy 23:1 . Here two, but in Leviticus 22:24 two additional methods of making eunuchs are mentioned. Such mutilations were r...
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Ver. 6. Thou shalt not seek their peace — All that is here forbidden is, the entering into public confederacies and alliances with them; notwithstanding which prohibition, they were bound to tre...
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Laws regarding admittance to the Congregation, cleanliness in the Camp, Unchastity, Usury, and Vows 1. Shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord] i.e. not merely as priests (see Leviticus...
LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, e...
Under the Mosaic law certain persons were excluded from worship and others from the camp. Any who in any way violated the requirements of personal perfection in physical matters were not to be allowe...
The disqualification to the privileges of GOD'S people, is expressed by these marks, which imply defect. Who shall say, except the great searcher of hearts, what are the causes of prevention, to unit...
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. Not that they were to retain malice towards them, or indulge a spirit of revenge, or not do them any good offices in a pr...
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. Ver. 6. Thou shalt not seek their peace. ] Or, Enter into confederacy with them; which when David did, 2Sa 10:1-2 he was...
Thou shalt not seek their peace That is, make no contracts, either by marriages, or leagues, or commerce with them; but rather constantly keep a jealous eye over them, as enemies who will watch eve...
NECESSARY EXCLUSIONS (vs.1-8) A man who was emasculated in any way could not be recognized as one of Israel's congregation (v.1). Such mutilation deprives one of his proper masculinity. The Lord...
Laws of Separation. B. C. 1451. 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy me...
i.e. Make no contracts, either by marriages, or leagues, or commerce with them, but rather shalt constantly keep a jealous eye over them, as enemies who will watch every opportunity to insnare or dis...
Chapter 23 Regulation Concerning Those Whom Yahweh Makes Welcome and Unwelcome (1-18): Regulations Concerning Honest Dealings (19-25). Moses now came to the question as to whom in the future were...
CRITICAL NOTES .—From the sanctification of domestic relations, to which laws of marriage and chastity in the previous chapter pointed, Moses now proceeds to legislate for the purity of the congrega...
Deuteronomy 23:1 . Shall not enter the congregation. Eunuchs might worship there, as appears from the viiith of Acts; but they could not hold any office. In regard to devotion, God has promised th...
EXPOSITION CIVIL RIGHTS . WHO MAY AND WHO MAY NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION . UNCLEANNESS IN THE CAMP TO BE AVOIDED . RECEPTION OF FUGITIVE SLAVES ....
Some Rules Concerning Membership
2 Samuel 12:31 ; 2 Samuel 8:2 ; Ezra 9:12 ; Nehemiah 13:23-25
Thou shalt not seek their peace — That is, make no contracts either by marriages or leagues, or commerce with them, but rather constantly keep a jealous eye over them, as enemies who will watch eve...