Deuteronomy 16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bible Comments
  • Deuteronomy 16:1 open_in_new

    Observe the month of (a) Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

    (a) Read (Exodus 13:4).

  • Deuteronomy 16:2 open_in_new

    Thou shalt therefore (b) sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.

    (b) You shall eat the Easter lamb.

  • Deuteronomy 16:3 open_in_new

    Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of (c) affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

    (c) Which signified the affliction which you had in Egypt.

  • Deuteronomy 16:5 open_in_new

    Thou mayest (d) not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:

    (d) This was chiefly accomplished, when the temple was built.

  • Deuteronomy 16:6 open_in_new

    But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the (e) passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

    (e) Which was instituted to remind them of their deliverance our of Egypt and to encourage them in the hope of Jesus Christ, of whom this lamb was a figure.

  • Deuteronomy 16:17 open_in_new

    Every man [shall give] as he is (h) able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

    (h) According to the ability that God has given him.

  • Deuteronomy 16:18 open_in_new

    (i) Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

    (i) He gave temporary authority to the people to choose magistrates for themselves.

  • Deuteronomy 16:20 open_in_new

    That which (k) is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

    (k) The magistrate must constantly follow the tenor of the law, and in noting decline from justice.