2 Samuel 12:31; 2 Samuel 8:2; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 13:23-25
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 Ezr...
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 mak...
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; notwith...
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 th...
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 aspirati...
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 pe...
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...
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 o...
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...
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 je...
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...
Laws of Separation. B. C. 1451. 1 He t...
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...
Chapter 23 Regulation Concerning Those Whom Yahweh Makes Welcome and Unwelcome (1-18): Regulations Concerning Honest Dealings (19-25). Moses now...
CRITICAL NOTES .—From the sanctification of domestic relations, to which laws of marriage and chastity in the previous chapter pointed, Moses now pr...
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...
EXPOSITION CIVIL RIGHTS . WHO MAY AND WHO MAY NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION . UNCLEANNESS IN THE CAMP TO BE...
Some Rules Concerning Membership
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity, not be concerned about advancing their good fortune, their welfare, all thy days forever. The...
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 je...
6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperitya all thy days for ever.