Deuteronomy 18:13

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. Sincerely serve and worship him, faithfully adhere to his word, laws, statutes, and ordinances, and walk uprightly before him.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 18:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Perfect - As in Genesis 17:1 ; Job 1:1 ; Matthew 5:48 . The sense is that Israel was to keep the worship of the true God wholly uncontaminated...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou shalt be (f) perfect with the LORD thy God. (f) Without hypocrisy or mixture or false religion.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Concerning the Prophet. The Israelites are to consult Yahweh through His accredited messenger the prophet, and not through diviners who seek oracle...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

perfect . devoted, or single-hearted.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Thou shalt be perfect. He refers to the mutual obligation of that holy covenant whereby as on the one side He had pledged Himself to the...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 212 CHRISTIAN PERFECTION Deuteronomy 18:13 . Thou shall be perfect with the Lord thy God. IT seems strange that any who have ever h...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Priestly Dues. Character and Work of the True Prophet 1-8. The Priestly dues: see on Numbers 18 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(9-14) Certain forms of idolatry to be avoided, especially unlawful means of communication with the unseen world.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. — Rashi’s note on this is worth preserving: “Thou shalt walk with Him in sincerity, and wait for Him....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SPEAKERS FOR GOD - III. THE PROPHET Deuteronomy 18:9-22 . THE third of the Divine voices to this nation was the prophet. Just as in the other S...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Prophet Who Was to Come Deuteronomy 18:1-22 Those that serve the altar may live by the altar. Let us not forget the needs of those who serv...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In dealing with the priest who was already found among the people by the appointment of God, the fact that he was to have no inheritance in the land...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is wonderful to observe, how much Moses was led to speak to the people against the idolatry of the neighboring nations around them. As if the LORD...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. Ver. 13. Thou shalt be perfect. ] See Trapp on " Mat 5:48 " In the original there is a bigger ta...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God Sincerely and wholly his, seeking him and cleaving to him, and to his word alone, and therefore abhorri...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

PRIESTS AND LEVITES: THEIR DUE (vs.1-8) The proper support of the priests and Levites is again insisted on. Since they were given no inheritance...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Idolatrous Customs of the Canaanites. B. C. 1451....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Sincerely and wholly his, seeking him and cleaving to him and to his word alone, and therefore abhorring all commerce and conversations with devils o...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Association With The Occult Is Banned ( Deuteronomy 18:9-14 ). The nations in the land into which they were about to enter practised all kinds of...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—After speaking of the rulers of the people, Moses now mentions the teachers priests, Levites, and prophets; and what their privileg...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 18:1 . They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire. The sin- offerings, except the skin and the fat, which were burnt on the...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RIGHTS OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES . THE ARTS OF DIVINATION OF THE HEATHEN TO BE AVOIDED . PROPHE...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning Against Heathen Abominations
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord, thy God. The Hebrew text at this point is very emphatic: Sincere, upright, irreproachable shalt thou be before J...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 17:1 ; Genesis 6:9 ; Job 1:1 ; Job 1:8 ; Matthew 5:48 ; Philippians 3:12 ; Philippians 3:15 ; Psalms 37:37 ; Revelation 3:2
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Perfect — Sincerely and wholly his, seeking him and cleaving to him and to his word alone, and therefore abhorring all commerce and conversations w...

¹³ Thou shalt be perfecta with the LORD thy God.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 18:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 18:13