deuteronomy-14:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-21

Moses here tells the people of Israel, I. How God had dignified them, as a peculiar people, with three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in heavenly things with which God has in Christ blessed us. 1. Here is election: The Lord hath chosen thee, Deut. 14:2. Not for their own merit, nor for any good works foreseen, but because he would magnify the riches of his power and grace among them. He did not choose them because they were by their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:2

For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God ,.... Set apart by him from all other people, and devoted to his worship and service, and many of them were sanctified and made holy in a special and spiritual sense; and therefore should not conform to the customs of Gentiles, whether in their extravagant mourning for the dead, or in their religious services; see Deuteronomy 7:6 , and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people, above all the nations that are upon the earth ;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-2

The people of God when death is in the home. If God chose out a people for himself, with the view of planting in the world a new and nobler faith, it is no wonder if he would have the people super add to that a new and higher life. But if the life is to be higher in any sense which could be acceptable to Jehovah, it must be one based on the new faith and manifesting itself to others in a new deportment, i . e . it must be both an outer and inner life. But if the people are just... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-2

Sorrow is to be in holy hopefulness. After guarding them so carefully from all idolatry, Moses next charges the Israelites not to imitate the heathen nations by mutilating themselves or making themselves bald for the dead. The reason assigned is their consecration unto the Lord. There must have been, therefore, in these heathen practices something unholy expressed. Let us first consider what this was, and then proceed to the lessons in the prohibition. I. WHAT WAS MEANT BY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-2

Against conformity with heathen customs. Israel had been called to honorable privilege; therefore it was fitting there should be seemly conduct. Royal children should be royal in all their acts. I. ISRAEL 'S SPECIAL PRIVILEGE . They enjoyed a position superior to all the nations of the earth. 1. They were the objects of God ' s choice . Out of all the peoples and tribes which dwelt on this round globe, Israel had been selected for a noble purpose. We may not be able to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-3

Self-respect in mourning. Mourning customs have significance, as testifying to the ideas of God, of human worth, and of immortality, held by those who practice them. Those here forbidden were degrading in their own nature, and embodied the false idea that God is pleased with the self-inflicted miseries of his creatures. They are condemned— I. AS DISHONORING TO THE CREATOR . God, the Creator of the body, cannot take delight in seeing it abused. This proposition seems... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-21

EXPOSITION HEATHEN CUSTOMS OF MOURNING TO BE AVOIDED . NO ABOMINABLE THING TO BE EATEN . MEATS CLEAN AND UNCLEAN . TITHES . Israel, as the people of God, chosen by him to be his children by adoption, must not only abstain from idolatry, but also avoid all heathenish usages and practices, such as those connected with mourning for the dead, and those pertaining to the use of food. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:2

(Cf. Deuteronomy 7:6 .) The reason assigned here is an emphatic expansion of the statement in Deuteronomy 14:1 . read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 14:2

Deuteronomy 14:2. Thou art a holy people Since you have the honour to be separated to God as a peculiar people, by laws different from those of all other nations, it behooves you to act suitably to the dignity of your privileges, and to beware of defiling yourselves with any such heathenish rites or practices as are either impious or absurd. Any abominable thing Unclean, and forbidden by me, which therefore should be abominable to you: see on Leviticus 11:0. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-21

Cleanness and uncleanness (14:1-21)God’s people were not to follow the superstitious practices of the heathen (14:1-2; see notes on Leviticus 19:26-28). They were to be ‘holy to the Lord’, which meant they had to be careful concerning even the food they ate (3-20; see notes on Leviticus 11:1-23). An animal that died of itself probably contained blood and therefore Israelites were not allowed to eat it; but non-Israelites, to whom blood did not have the same ritual significance, were allowed.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 14:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:1-21

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