in the holy place. BEFORE CHRIST 1451. d ver. 16. ? Heb. be strong. d DEUTERONOMY, XIII. 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. 24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt Lev. 17. 11, pour it upon the earth as water. e Gen. 9. 4. 14. fch. 4. 40. Is. 3. 10. 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy Ex. 15. 28. children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. ch. 13. 18. 1 Kings 11. 88. 26 Only thy holy things which 10. & 18. 19. thou hast, and 'thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: 11 Sam. 1. 21, 22, 24 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, 'that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God. 29 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; 3 30 Take heed to thyself " that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for Peven their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. CHAPTER XIII. 1 Enticers to idolatry, 6 how near soever unto trous cities are not to be spared. F among Of enticers to idolatry. the words of that prophet, or that soul. ye 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. 6 T'If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is, as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; BEFORE CHRIST 1451. d ch. 8. 2. See Matt. 24. 24. 11.19. 2 Thess. 2. 11. 23.3. Rev. 13. 14. 2 Kings 2Chr. 34.31. ch. 10. 20. & 30. 20. thee, 9 are to be stoned to death. 12 Idola- of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Iphet, ears dreamer you dreams, band giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing q Josh. 22. 11, &c. 1,2. Judg. Judg. 20. 40r, naugh ty men: see ju 12,12 Kings 21. Cor. 6. 15. Sam. 10, 13. 2 r 1 John 2. 19. Jude 19. 17. 21. t ver. 2, 6. . 2 Kings Of meats clean BEFORE CHRIST 1451. Lev. 27. 28. Josh. 6. 17, 21. DEUTERONOMY, XIV. certain, that such abomination is 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge Ex. 22. 20. of the sword, "destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street xJosh.6.24. thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it Josh.8.28. shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. Is. 17. 1. & 25. 2. Josh. 6. 26. b Gen.22.17. & 26. 4, 24. & 28. 14. • ch. 12. 25, 28, 32. a Rom. 8.16. & 9. 8, 26. Gal. 3. 26. 17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, bas he hath sworn unto thy fathers; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. CHAPTER XIV. 1 God's children are not to disfigure them selves in mourning. 3 What may, and what YE E are the children of the LORD your God: bye shall not cut b Lev.19.28. yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. & 21. 5. Jer. 16. 6. 1 Thess. 4. © Lev. 20.26. ch. 7. 6. & 26. 18, 19. d Ezek.4.14. 14. 2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 3 Thou shalt not eat any aboActs 10. 13, minable thing. e Lev. 11. 2, 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, &C. 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, 3 Or, bison. and the 34pygarg, and the wild ox, 4 Heb. dishon and the chamois. And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. 8 And the swine, because it divid 11 ¶ of all clean birds ye shall 12 But these are they of which Lev. 11.13. ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 14 And every raven after his kind, 15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 19 And 'every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. 20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. Lev. 11.20. 11. 21. Lev. 17.15. Ezek. 4. 14. & 22.8. 21 ¶ 'Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: mform ver. 2. thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 23 PAnd thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. The seventh year BEFORE CHRIST 1451. Heb. ask eth of thee. ch. 12. 7. 18. & 26. 11. ch. 12. 12, 18, 19. 20. DEUTERONOMY, XV. BEFORE CHRIST 1451. a year of release. 26 And thou shalt bestow that 8 But thou shalt open thine hand money for whatsoever thy soul lust-wide unto him, and shalt surely lend eth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or him sufficient for his need, in that for wine, or for strong drink, or for which he wanteth. whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, 27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake Num. 18. him; for "he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. ch. 18. 1, 2. 28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: 29 And the Levite, (because he 1 The seventh year a year of release for the T the end of a every seven years a y 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every 'creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release of his hand. it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release. 3 9 Beware that there be not a Luke 6. 34, 2 thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, thou givest him nought; and cry unto the LORD against thee, and 1 it be sin unto thee. and 56. he Belial. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and m thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 T And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: & 28. 22. k ch. 21. 15. Matt. 25. 41, 42. 5,7. n ch. 14. 29. P. 41. 1. o Matt. 26. P Ex. 21. 2. 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give a Prov. 10. unto him. 22. & 16. 12. 15 And thou shalt remember that rch. 5. 15. thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. 8 16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; 17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD Feasts of the passover, BEFORE CHRIST 1451. x ch. 12. 5, 6, 7, 17. & 14. 23. & 16. 11, 14. y Lev. 22.20. ch. 17. 1. 22. DEUTERONOMY, XVI. of weeks, and tabernacles. thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy ch. 12. 15, gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. CHAPTER XVI. 1 The feast of the passover, 9 of weeks, 13 of tabernacles. 16 Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts. 18 Of judges and justice. 21 Groves and images are forbidden. OBSER с BSERVE the a month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought Ex. 12. 29, thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore 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. d Num. 28. 19. • ch. 12. 5, 26. Ex. 12. 15, 19, 39. & 13. 18. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened 3, 6, 7. & 34. bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of 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. 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: 11 And P thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. 12 And thou shalt remember that a ch. 15. 15. thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 4 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. Ex. 23. 16. Num. 29.12. Heb.floor, Lev. 23. 34. and thy winepress. • Neh. 8. 9, &c. t Lev. 23.39,. 40. u Ex. 23. 14, 17. & 34. 23. 16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they Ex. 23. 15. shall not appear before the LORD empty: У 5 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. 18 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. & 34. 20. Heb. to the gift according of his hand. 2 Cor. 8. 12. y ver. 10. ch. 1. 16. 4. & 26. 29. 1 Chron. 23. 2 Chron. 19. 5,8. DEUTERONOMY, XVII. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift Lev. 19. 15. doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the 2 words of the righteous. 20 That which is altogether just Prov. 17.23. shalt thou follow, that thou mayest a live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. b ch. 1. 17. Prov. 24. 23. . Ex. 23. 8. Eccles. 7.7. 2 Or, matters. 8 Heb. Justice, Justice. d Ezek. 18. 5, 9. 3 21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou Ex. 34. 18. shalt make thee. 1 Kings 14. 15. & 16. 33. 2 Kings 17. 16. & 21. 3. 4 22 Neither shalt thou set thee 2 Chron. 33. up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth. 3. f Lev. 28. 1. 4 Or, statue, or, pillar. a ch. 15. 21. Mal. 1. 8, 13, 14. 5 Or, goat. b ch. 13. 6. Josh. 7.11, 15. & 23, 16. Judg. 2. 20. 1 Kings 18. Hos. 8. 1. d ch. 4. 19. Job 31. 23. • Jer. 7. 22, 23, 31. & 19. 5. & 32. 35. 14. CHAPTER XVII. 1 The things sacrificed must be sound. 2 Idolaters must be slain. 8 Hard contro versies are to be determined by the priests and judges. 12 The contemner of that de termination must die. 14 The election, 16 and duty of a king. THOU not or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. 2 TbIf there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4 And it be told thee, and thou fch. 13. 12, hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 8 Lev. 24. 14, 16. ch. 18. 10. Josh. 7. 25. b Num. 35. 80. ch. 19. 15. Matt. 18. 16. John 8. 17. 2 Cor. 13. 1. 1 Tim. 5.19. Heb. 10. 28. 1 ch. 13. 9. Acts 7. 58. k ver. 12. ch. 13. 5. & 19. 19. 12Chr.19.10. Hag. 2. 11. Mal. 2.7. See Ex.21. 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is Worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. k 8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, "between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, ch. 19. 4, 10, being matters of controversy within 13, 20, 22, 28. & 22.2. Num. 35. 11, 16, 19. The duty of a king. thy gates: then shalt thou arise," and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and Punto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee: 11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which thou shalt not decline from the senthey shall tell thee, thou shalt do: tence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. f Hos. 11. 5. 11.3, 4. 12. 18 And it shall be, when he sit-2 Kings 11. teth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of & that which is before the priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the 8 ch. 31.9, 26. See 2 King 22.8. h Josh. 1. 8. 08. |