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HEATHEN CUSTOMS OF MOURNING TO BE AVOIDED. NO ABOMINABLE THING TO BE EATEN. MEATS CLEAN AND UNCLEAN. TITHES.
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Deuteronomy 14:1-29
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:1-29
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Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 14:1-21Deuteronomy 14:1-21 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryMoses tells the people of Israel how God had given them three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in heavenly things, with which God has in Christ blessed us. Her…What Might Be Eaten, and What Not. (b. c. 1451.)Deuteronomy 14:1-21 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWHAT MIGHT BE EATEN, AND WHAT NOT. (B. C. 1451.) 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…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:1-21Deuteronomy 14:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryIsrael, 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, an…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:1Deuteronomy 14:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryYe are the children of Jehovah your God (cf. Exodus 4:22, etc.). As his children, it behooved them to avoid all that would be offensive to him or indicate distrust in him. Ye shall not cut yourselves, etc. (cf. Le 19:28…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:1-3Deuteronomy 14:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentarySelf-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 natu…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Deuteronomy 14:1-21Moses tells the people of Israel how God had given them three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in heavenly things, with which God has in Christ blessed us. Her…Matthew HenrycommentaryWhat Might Be Eaten, and What Not. (b. c. 1451.)WHAT MIGHT BE EATEN, AND WHAT NOT. (B. C. 1451.) 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…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:1Ye are the children of Jehovah your God (cf. Exodus 4:22, etc.). As his children, it behooved them to avoid all that would be offensive to him or indicate distrust in him. Ye shall not cut yourselves, etc. (cf. Le 19:28…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:1-21Israel, 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, an…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:1-3Self-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 natu…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:2(Cf. Deuteronomy 7:6.) The reason assigned here is an emphatic expansion of the statement in Deuteronomy 14:1.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:3-21Discrimination in meats. The prohibition of some kinds of food proceeds upon the principle that it is not wise to gratify every appetite. There must be denial somewhere. If every desire and lust of the body be indulged,…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:3-20The people of God at their own table. However far these minute regulations may seem at first from being appropriate themes for homiletic teaching, a closer study of them may show that they contain an amount of instructi…Joseph S. Exell and contributors