Joshua 22:11-34; Judges 20:1; Judges 20:2-17
City was to keep jealous watch over city, as man over man. The clause “which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell in” significantly reminds th...
Deuteronomy 12:29 to Deuteronomy 13:1 . Yahwism must be kept free from all taint of Canaanite heathenism when Israel has entered Canaan. The dan...
hath given . giveth.
12. If thou shalt hear say. If impiety and rebellion should more widely prevail, Moses declares that whole cities, together with their inhab...
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
Ver. 12-15. If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities — From the case of particular persons, Moses proceeds to that of whole cities; by which...
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, Certain men, the children of Beli...
Warnings against Temptations to Idolatry The people are warned against three possible sources of temptation to idolatry, viz. the false prophet (...
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities. — The only case of this kind is the case of Gibeah. We may fairly assume the abominations done there t...
LAWS AGAINST IDOLATROUS ACTS AND CUSTOMS Deuteronomy 13:1-18 ; Deuteronomy 14:1-29 HAVING thus set forth the law which was to crown and comple...
Cut Out the Plague Spot Deuteronomy 13:1-18 How to exterminate sources of disease is a main question with the modern world; but the stamping-ou...
The discourse commenced in chapter twelve continues with carefully expressed warnings against idolatry, and it is very arresting to note how the ways...
The sacred writer rises by a gradation from the sin of individuals to that of a whole city, and here in this instance, like as in the case of Sodom,...
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities ,.... A report concerning them, anyone of them: which the Lord thy God had given thee to dwell there ;...
If thou shalt hear [say] in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, Ver. 12. If thou shalt hear say. ] R...
JUDGMENT OF FALSE PROPHETS (vs.1-11) Just as Paul warned the Ephesian elders that "savage wolves" would enter in among New Testament believers, a...
12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the L ORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, the ch...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Judgment On The City That Rebels ( Deuteronomy 13:12-17 ). The same was to be true for any city in Israel that turned after idolatry. It must not...
CRITICAL NOTES.—The true modes and forms of worship have been laid down, the next step is to legislate against the authors and abettors of false ones...
Deuteronomy 13:6 . If the son of thy mother entice thee. Brother and brethren being often vague words, in this case of spiritual wickedness, the c...
EXPOSITION IDOLATERS AND ENTICERS TO IDOLATRY TO BE PUT TO DEATH . Deuteronomy 13:1-5 The case supposed here is that of...
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities which the Lord, thy God, hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
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12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,