申命記 23:1-9 JCB

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:9

When the host goeth forth against thine enemies ,.... An army of soldiers march in order to meet the enemy and fight him: then keep thee from every wicked thing ; the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation,"from strange worship, uncovering of nakedness, and from shedding innocent blood;'that is, from idolatry, uncleanness of every sort, and murder; and all other wickednesses ought to be abstained from at all times by all persons, but especially by soldiers in such a circumstance,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

Shall not enter into the congregation, etc. - If by entering the congregation be meant the bearing a civil office among the people, such as magistrate, judge, etc., then the reason of the law is very plain; no man with any such personal defect as might render him contemptible in the sight of others should bear rule among the people, lest the contempt felt for his personal defects might be transferred to his important office, and thus his authority be disregarded. The general meaning of these... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:2

A bastard shall not enter - ממזר mamzer , which is here rendered bastard, should be understood as implying the offspring of an illegitimate or incestuous mixture. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:3

An Ammonite or Moabite - These nations were subjected for their impiety and wickedness, (see Deuteronomy 23:4 ; and Deuteronomy 23:5 ;), to peculiar disgrace, and on this account were not permitted to hold any office among the Israelites. But this did not disqualify them from being proselytes: Ruth, who was a Moabitess, was married to Boaz, and she became one of the progenitors of our Lord. Even to their tenth generation - That is, for ever, as the next clause explains; see Nehemiah... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

Verse 1 1He that is wounded. What is here delivered respecting those who are mutilated, and who are bastards, has a similar object; lest the Church of God should be onctaminate by foul stains, and thus religion should lose its honor. Moses rejects from the congregation of the faithful two sorts of men, viz, eunuchs and bastards. But, before we treat of the subject itself, the definition of the words is to be considered. The first question is, that it is to enter into the congregation; the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:2

Verse 2 2.A bastard shall not enter. All agree that by the word ממזר, mamzer, a bastard is signified, who is born of an uncertain father; but they take it in different ways, For some extend it to all bastards who spring from fornication, whilst others imagine that it refers to those only whose origin is doubtful, and who are called vulgo geniti; viz, whose mothers, in their base and common prostitution of themselves, have brought it about by their gross licentiousness, that their children... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:3

Verse 3 3.An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter. As God has lately prohibited His people from all connection and alliance with the Canaanitish nations, so He now distinguishes between the aliens, and shews upon what conditions, and whom they might admit (into the Church. (305)) The Moabites and Ammonites He altogether rejects; because they not only refused the common rites of humanity to the people, but also took arms against them, and even hired Balaam to curse them. They were the descendants... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:4

Verse 4 4.And because he hired. (306) Although there was a common reason why both nations should not be admitted, yet the number of the verb seems to be changed designedly, because Balac king of Moab hired Balaam; yet, inasmuch as they conspired together, the same crime is justly imputed to the Ammonites. Herein indeed their detestable impiety especially betrayed itself, that by hiring a mercenary man, to launch the thunders of his curse against the people, they sought to overwhelm God by... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:7

Verse 7 7.Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite. In order that the punishment denounced against the Moabites and Ammonites should be more strongly marked, he commands the Edomites and Egyptians to be admitted in the third generation; the former, because they derived their origin from the same ancestor, Isaac, since they were the descendants of Esau; the latter, because they had been their hosts. For hence it was manifest that the Ammonites and Moabites had been dis-honored on account of their guilt,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:9

Verse 9 9.When the host goeth forth. What he had taught with respect to the preservation of purity at home, and in time of peace, he now extends to times of war also, so that they might keep themselves clean from all defilement even in the midst of the clang of arms. We know how greatly laws are disregarded during war, when all things are under the control of violence rather than reason; and we know that much license is wont to be given to soldiers, which would be by no means tolerated in... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:9

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