Deuteronomy 5:1
Israel ........ Israel <03478> [all Israel.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
be careful ... keep <08104 06213> [keep, and. Heb. keep to.]
Deuteronomy 16:1--17:20
month ............... month <02320> [the month.]
Passover <06453> [the passover.]
This word comes from the Hebrew verb {pasach,} to pass, to leap or skip over. The destroying angel passed over the houses marked with the blood of the Paschal Lamb, so the wrath of God passes over those whose souls sprinkled with the blood of Christ. 1Co 5:7. As the paschal lamb was killed before Israel was delivered, so by the death of Christ, we have redemption through his blood. It was killed before the tables of the law were delivered to Moses, or Aaron's sacrifices were enjoined; thus deliverance comes to men, not by the works of the law, but by the only true passover, the Lamb of God. Ro 3:25. Heb 9:14. It was killed the first month of the year, which prefigured that Christ should suffer death in that month. Joh 18:28. it was killed in the evening. Ex 12:6. Christ suffered at that time of the day. Mt 27:46. Heb 1:2. At even the sun sets; at Christ's passion, universal darkness was upon the whole earth. The passover was roasted with fire, denoting the sharp and dreadful pains that Christ should suffer, not only from men, but God also. It was to be eaten with bitter herbs, Ex 12:8; not only to put them in remembrance of their bitter bondage in Egypt, but also to testify our mortification to sin, and readiness to undergo afflictions for Christ, Col 1:24; and likewise to teach us the absolute necessity of true repentance in all that would profitably feed by faith on Christ, the true paschal lamb.
month ............... month <02320> [for in.]
sacrifice <02076> [sacrifice.]
Lord ...... place <04725 03068> [in the place which.]
eat ... yeast ......... eat <0398 02557> [eat no.]
bread <03899> [the bread.]
came out ...................... came out <03318> [for thou camest.]
remember <02142> [mayest.]
yeast <07603> [there shall.]
meat <01320> [neither.]
sacrifice <02076> [sacrifice. or, kill.]
evening <06153> [at even.]
cook <01310> [roast.]
place <04725> [in the place.]
six days .... day ..................... day <08337 03117> [Six days.]
assembly <06116> [solemn assembly. Heb. restraint.]
offering <04530> [a tribute. or, sufficiency.]
Lord <03068> [according.]
Festival <02282> [the feast.]
grain ... grape <03342 01637> [corn and thy wine. Heb. floor and thine wine-press.]
seven days <07651 03117> [Seven days.]
Lord ....... he .... he <03068> [because.]
Three times <07969 06471> [Three times.]
appear ................................ appear <07200> [and they shall.]
give <04979> [as he is able. Heb. according to the gift of his hand.]
judges ....................... judge <08199> [Judges.]
villages <08179> [in all thy gates.]
This expression may refer to the gate of the city, as the forum or place of public concourse among the Israelites, where a court of judicature was held, to try all causes and decide all affairs. The same practice obtained among other Eastern nations. The Ottoman court, it is well known, derived its appellation of the {Porte,} from the distribution of justice and the dispatch of public business at its gates. And the square tower which forms the principal entrance to the Alhamra, or red palace of the Moorish kings of Grenada, retains to this day the appellation of the Gate of judgment, from its having been the place where justice was at one period summarily administered.
pervert <05186> [wrest.]
show <05234> [respect.]
words <01697> [words. or, matters.]
justice <06664> [That which, etc. Heb. Justice, justice.]
live <02421> [live.]
sacred pillar <04676> [image. or, statue, or pillar.]
Lord <03068> [which.]
sacrifice <02076> [Thou shalt.]
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sheep <07716> [sheep. or, goat. any evil favouredness.]
offensive <08441> [for that.]
one .... villages <08179 0259> [within any of thy gates.]
The expression, "within any of thy gates," denoted all residing in the cities, and all who went in and came out at the gates of them; so that it included the inhabitants of the whole land.
man <0376> [man.]
breaks <05674> [in transgressing.]
sun <08121> [the sun.]
permitted <06680> [which.]
must <01875> [enquired.]
stone <05619 068> [stone them.]
witnesses <05707> [of the witnesses.]
purge <01197> [So thou.]
matter .............. matters <01697 06965> [arise.]
bloodshed <01818> [between blood.]
go up <05927> [get thee up.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
<05046> [they shall.]
instructed <06310 04941> [According to.]
right <03225> [to the right.]
pays <06213> [will do.]
attention <08085> [and will not hearken. Heb. not to hearken.]
priest <03548> [the priest.]
person ..................... person <0376> [that man.]
purge <01197> [thou shalt.]
hear <08085> [shall hear.]
presumptuous <02102> [presumptuously.]
come <0935> [When thou.]
select <07760> [I will set.]
Lord <03068> [whom.]
among <07130> [from among.]
designate <05414> [not set.]
accumulate horses <05483 07235> [multiply horses.]
Multiplying horses for chariots of war and cavalry, or for luxury, would increase the splendour of a monarch, and form a ground of confidence distinct from a proper confidence in God, and inconsistent with it, and with considering him as the glory of Israel. Egypt abounded in horses; and the desire of multiplying these would induce the prince to encourage a trade with that kingdom; and this might make way for the Israelites being again subjugated by the Egyptians, or at least corrupted by their idolatries and vices. Whereas, it was the command of God that they should no more return thither, but be totally detached from them. Besides, they might be tempted to extend their dominion by means of cavalry, and so get scattered among the surrounding idolatrous nations, and thus cease to be that distinct, separate people, which God intended they should be.
people <05971> [cause.]
again <03254> [Ye shall henceforth.]
many wives ........... accumulate <0802 07235> [multiply wives.]
many ............ accumulate <07235 03966> [neither shall he.]
<03789> [that he shall.]
copy <04932> [a copy.]
{Mishneh hattorah hazzoth,} "a duplicate of this law." translated by the Septuagint, [to deuteronomion touto,] this Deuteronomy. From this version, both the Vulgate and all the modern versions have taken the name of this book; and from it the original word, the Jews call it {Mishneh.}
<06440> [out of that which.]
himself <03824> [his heart.]
turn <05493> [he turn.]
right <03225> [right hand.]
turn ................ enjoy <05493 0748> [that he.]
