I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away [ought] thereof for [any] unclean [use], nor given [ought] thereof for the dead: [but] I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, [and] have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
Ver. 14. I have not eaten thereof in my mourn, ing.] All God's worships were to be celebrated with joy. Deu 12:7 Sacrifices offered with mourning were abominated, Hos 9:4 yea, accursed. Deu 28:47 None might come to the court of Persia in mourning weeds. Est 4:2
For any unclean use.] Or, Common profane use. Common and unclean is one and the same in sundry languages; to teach us, that it is hard to deal in common businesses, and not defile ourselves, and that those that come to holy things with common affections and carriages profane them.
Nor given ought thereof for the dead.] To bury them, or buy provision for the funeral feast. Jer 16:7 Eze 24:7 Hos 9:4
Ye have done according, &c.] It is a witty expression of Luther; By men's boasting of what they have done, says he, Haec ego feci, haec ego feci, they become nothing else but faeces, dregs. But so did not these. See Trapp on " Deu 26:13 "