申命记 16:16-17 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:16-17

(Cf. Exodus 23:17 ; Exodus 34:23 .) The law is repeated here with the additional clause, "at the place which the Lord shall choose;" and the words, "not empty," are explained to mean with gifts according to the gift of their hands, according to the blessing of Jehovah their God, which he had given them. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 16:14-16

Deuteronomy 16:14-16. Thou shalt rejoice In God, and in the effects of his favour, serving and praising him with a glad heart. Shall all thy males appear before the Lord That is, from twenty to fifty years of age. The women were not obliged to be present at these solemnities; 1st, Because the weakness of their sex rendered them unable to bear so long a journey as many of them would have had to take, without more fatigue than would have been consistent with their health. 2d, Because the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Three annual festivals (16:1-17)Each year all the male adults in Israel were to gather at the central place of worship for the three great annual festivals: Passover-Unleavened Bread at the beginning of the year (16:1-8; see notes on Exodus 12:1-51; Leviticus 23:4-14); Firstfruits-Weeks, or Harvest Festival, seven weeks after Passover (9-12; see notes on Leviticus 23:15-22); and Tabernacles-Ingathering, or Festival of Shelters, six months after Passover (13-17; see notes on Leviticus 23:33-44). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 16:16

appear. See note on Exodus 23:15 , Exodus 23:17 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 16:17

man. Hebrew. 'ish. See App-14 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 16:16

Ver. 16. All thy males— i.e. all from twenty to fifty years old. Males only were obliged to be present on these occasions. 1. Because the weakness and infirmity of the female sex rendered them not able to bear so long a journey without great danger and fatigue. 2. Because their chastity would be exposed to many dangers in so vast a concourse of people. 3. Because the care of their families and their domestic offices must have been neglected. The chief intention of these solemnities was to keep... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 16:16

16. Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God—No command was laid on women to undertake the journeys, partly from regard to the natural weakness of their sex, and partly to their domestic cares. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 16:17

13-17. Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days—(See on :-; :-; :-). Various conjectures have been formed to account for the appointment of this feast at the conclusion of the whole harvest. Some imagine that it was designed to remind the Israelites of the time when they had no cornfields to reap but were daily supplied with manna; others think that it suited the convenience of the people better than any other period of the year for dwelling in booths; others that it was the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 16:1-17

The celebration of Passover, Firstfruits, and Tabernacles 16:1-17The point of connection of this section with what precedes is the sacrificial meals. Moses repeated here the instructions regarding those important feasts that included sacrificial meals that the people would eat at the tabernacle (cf. Exodus 12; Leviticus 23; Numbers 28-29).1. Passover and Unleavened Bread Deuteronomy 16:1-82. Pentecost (also called Harvest, Weeks, and Firstfruits) Deuteronomy 16:9-123. Tabernacles (also called... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:1-22

Injunctions Regarding Feasts, Judges, Groves, and Images1-8. On the Passover see Exodus 12 Leviticus 23:4-8; Numbers 28:16-25, and the notes on these passages. It will be observed that the general law of Deuteronomy 12:5 (see on Deuteronomy 12:4-28) is here applied to each of the three great annual festivals: see Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:15.3. Bread of affliction] So called from the circumstances in which the festival was instituted and which the unleavened bread and... read more