Deuteronomy 21

Chapter 21 Summary

In this chapter provision is made, I. For the putting away of the guilt of blood from the land, when he that shed it had fled from justice, Deut. 21:1-9. II. For the preserving of the honour of a captive maid, Deut. 21:10-14. III. For the securing of the right of a first-born son, though he were not a favourite, Deut. 21:15-17. IV. For the restraining and punishing of a rebellious son, Deut. 21:18-21. V. For the maintaining of the honour of human bodies, which must not be hanged in chains, but decently buried, even the bodies of the worst malefactors, Deut. 21:22, 23.

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 – 22 June 1714) was a Nonconformist minister and author, born in Wales but spending much of his life in England.... Show more

Matthew Henry's well-known six-volume Exposition of the Old and New Testaments (1708–10) or Complete Commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the Bible. covering the whole of the Old Testament, and the Gospels and Acts in the New Testament. After the author's death, the work was finished (Romans through Revelation) by thirteen other nonconformist ministers, partly based upon notes taken by Henry's hearers, and edited by George Burder and John Hughes in 1811. Henry's commentaries are primarily exegetical, dealing with the scripture text as presented, with his prime intention being explanation, for practical and devotional purposes. While not being a work of textual research, for which Henry recommended Matthew Poole's Synopsis Criticorum, Henry's Exposition gives the result of a critical account of the original as of his time, with practical application. It was considered sensible and stylish, a commentary for devotional purposes.... Show more

Chapter 21 Summary

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary

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