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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:24

When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard ,.... To take a walk in it for recreation, and to see how the vines flourish, and what sort of fruit and what quantity of it they bear; being invited thither by the owner, or occasionally passing that way stepped in, and even it may be on purpose to taste the fruits of the vine and quench thirst and satisfy appetite: then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill, at thine own pleasure ; as many as they would, till nature was satisfied: but thou... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:25

When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour ,.... Passest through it to go to some other place, the road lying through it, as it often does through standing corn; so Christ and his disciples are said to go through the corn, Matthew 12:1 ; but Jarchi says this Scripture speaks of a workman also, and so the Targum of Jonathan,"when thou goest in to take thine hire according to work in thy neighbour's standing corn;'but the other sense is best, and is confirmed and illustrated by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:15

Thou shalt not deliver - the servant which is escaped - unto thee - That is, a servant who left an idolatrous master that he might join himself to God and to his people. In any other case, it would have been injustice to have harboured the runaway. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:17

There shall be no whore - See on Genesis 38:15-21 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:18

The hire of a whore, or the price of a dog - Many public prostitutes dedicated to their gods a part of their impure earnings; and some of these prostitutes were publicly kept in the temple of Venus Melytta, whose gains were applied to the support of her abominable worship. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:21

When thou shalt vow, etc. - See on Numbers 30:2 ; (note), etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:24

Thou shalt not put any in thy vessel - Thou shalt carry none away with thee. The old English proverb, Eat thy fill but pocket none, seems to have been founded on this law. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:25

Thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand - It was on the permission granted by this law that the disciples plucked the ears of corn, as related Matthew 12:1 . This was both a considerate and humane law, and is no dishonor to the Jewish code. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:15

Verse 15 Although this Law has a tendency to humanity and kindness, it still does not appear to be altogether just. Since many masters oppressed their slaves with tyrannical arrogance, their wickedness rendered it necessary to afford some alleviation to the poor creatures. Thus slaves were permitted to take refuge in temples, and at Rome at the statues of the Caesars, so that if they proved themselves to have been treated with injustice and inhumanity, they might, when their case was proved, be... read more

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