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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 17:9-14

Deuteronomy 17:9-14Thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.Heathen abominations avoidedOne reason to shun the practices of idolatry springs from the nature of the evils themselves.1. They are cruel. Children “pass through the fire.” “Cruelty is one of the highest scandals to piety,” says Seeker. “The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty--homesteads of violence” (Psalms 74:20).2. They are enticing. Divination, enchanter, and witch have their... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 17:9

the priests: Jeremiah 18:18, Haggai 2:11, Malachi 2:7 they shall: Deuteronomy 19:17-Ecclesiastes :, Ezekiel 44:24 Reciprocal: Exodus 18:22 - great Leviticus 13:2 - he shall Deuteronomy 16:18 - Judges Deuteronomy 25:1 - General Deuteronomy 33:10 - They shall teach Ezra 10:14 - our rulers Nehemiah 11:1 - the rulers Job 31:28 - an Zechariah 7:3 - speak Matthew 21:33 - husbandmen Matthew 23:3 - whatsoever John 1:19 - when John 8:11 - Neither read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 17:9

And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:Unto the priests — That is, unto the great council, which consisted chiefly of the priests and Levites, as being the best expositors of the laws of God, by which all those controversies were to be decided. And the high-priest was commonly one of that number, understood here under the priests, whereof be was the chief.The judge —... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 17:10

And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:Thou — Thou shalt pass sentence: he speaks to the inferior magistrates; who were to give sentence, and came hither to be advised about it. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 17:9

9. Thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites It is claimed that this book was not written by the same author as the earlier books, because in them the term used is, the priests the sons of Aaron.” In Deuteronomy they are never called the sons of Aaron, but the sons of Levi, or the Levites. The difference of time in the composition of Leviticus and Deuteronomy is sufficient to account for the different term. When Leviticus was written Aaron was alive. When the discourses of Deuteronomy... read more

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