deuteronomy-14:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 14:2

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5 . the LORD. (Hebrew. Jehovah. ) Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, and Syriac, add "thy God". peculiar = as a treasure. See note on Exodus 19:5 . Compare Deuteronomy 7:6 . the earth = the face of the soil. Figure of speech Pleonasm. Hebrew. 'adamah. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 14:1-21

Ver. 1-21. God, having chosen Israel for his own, separated them from the nations, adopted them as his children, and designed them for his glory, has a right to expect from them that they should answer these purposes of his grace, and approve themselves a holy people before him. And this must appear, 1. In their mournings, when all inordinate sorrow must be avoided; and every superstitious practice which the Gentiles used must be abhorred. Note; (1.) We are not forbidden to mourn for the dead;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 14:1-2

Because the Israelites were God’s sons (Deuteronomy 14:1; i.e., because of their special intimate relationship with Yahweh) they were to eat and act as He directed here (cf. Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 8:5). This is the first of two affirmations of Israel being God’s special possession, His chosen people, in Deuteronomy (cf. Deuteronomy 26:18). [Note: See Fruchtenbaum, pp. 114-15.] Self-mutilation and shaving the forehead were pagan practices associated with idolatry. The Canaanites did these... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 14:1-21

3. Laws arising from the third commandment 14:1-21The third commandment is, "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" (Deuteronomy 5:11). This section of laws deals with the exclusiveness of the Lord and His worship as this pertains to Israel’s separation from all other nations. The theme of refraining from Canaanite practices continues in this chapter. However here it is not the obviously idolatrous practices but the more subtle ones associated with Canaanite religion that... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 14:1-29

Disfigurings for Mourning Forbidden. Clean and Unclean Meats specified1. Practices connected with idolatry: see on Leviticus 19:27, Leviticus 19:28.2. The foundation of the entire moral and ceremonial law is contained in this and the preceding verse. Israel is the people whom Jehovah has chosen and called His children. As such they must be holy: see intro. to Leviticus 17-26.3-20. On the law of clean and unclean beasts, see Leviticus 1:1 and notes. 5. The pygarg is probably a kind of antelope.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 14:2

(2) For thou art an holy people.—This verse is repeated from Deuteronomy 7:6, word for word, except the “and,” which is added here. In the former passage, the principle is made the ground for destroying all monuments of idolatry in the land of Israel. Here it is made the basis of outward personal dignity and purity. This recalls the arrangement of the Book of Leviticus somewhat forcibly. The laws of ceremonial holiness stand first in that book, before the law of yearly atonement. Then follow... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-29

LAWS AGAINST IDOLATROUS ACTS AND CUSTOMSDeuteronomy 13:1-18; Deuteronomy 14:1-29HAVING thus set forth the law which was to crown and complete the long resistance of faithful Israel to idolatry, our author goes on to prohibit and to decree punishment for any action likely to lead to the worship of false gods. He absolutely forbids any inquiry into the religions of the Canaanites. "Take heed to thyself that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Deuteronomy 14:1-29

10. The Children of God and Their Separation CHAPTER 14 1. The declaration of relationship: A holy people (Deuteronomy 14:1-2 ) 2. Their food as a separated people (Deuteronomy 14:3-21 ) 3. Concerning tithes (Deuteronomy 14:22-29 ) Ye are the children of the Lord your God. Because God had chosen them to be a peculiar people unto Himself, above all the other nations, they were to be an holy people. To them belongeth still “the adoption” (Romans 9:4 ). God called Israel His firstborn son... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Deuteronomy 14:2

14:2 For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a {a} peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.(a) Therefore you should not follow the superstition of the Gentiles. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 14:1-29

THE VAIN SHOW OF MOURNING (vs.1-2) The dignity of Israel's outward relationship to God as sons required them to act with proper dignity. The ungodly nations practiced such things as cutting themselves and shaving the front of their head to show how they respected people who had died. This was vain hypocrisy, a show of religiousness intended to draw attention to themselves. The Lord Jesus reproved even the loud weeping and wailing of people around the house of Jairus at his daughter's death... read more