The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1-22

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RIGHTS OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES. THE ARTS OF DIVINATION OF THE HEATHEN TO BE AVOIDED. PROPHETS PROMISED WHOM ISRAEL MUST HEAR. THE FALSE AND PRESUMPTUOUS PROPHET TO BE PUT TO DEATH.

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Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:1-8Deuteronomy 18:1-8 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryCare is taken that the priests entangle not themselves with the affairs of this life, nor enrich themselves with the wealth of this world; they have better things to mind. Care is likewise taken that they want not the c…Maintenance of the Levites. (b. c. 1451.)Deuteronomy 18:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMAINTENANCE OF THE LEVITES. (B. C. 1451.) Magistracy and ministry are two divine institutions of admirable use for the support and advancement of the kingdom of God among men. Laws concerning the former we had in the cl…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1-8Deuteronomy 18:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryAfter the ruling powers, the judges and the king, come the priests and the Levites. In regard to them Moses repeats here the law as before laid down (cf. Numbers 18:20, Numbers 18:23, Numbers 18:24).The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1Deuteronomy 18:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe priests the Levites, the whole tribe of Levi; i.e. the whole tribe of Levi, including both the priests and the general body of the Levites. They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire. "The offerings of th…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1-8Deuteronomy 18:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe support of the ministry the duty of God's people. In a note on a corresponding passage in Numbers 18:21, Numbers 18:22, Dr. Jameson remarks, "Neither the priests nor the Levites were to possess any allotments of lan…The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1-8Deuteronomy 18:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryGod's provision for the priests and Levites. From the limitations of the monarchy, Moses next turns to the provision for the "priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi." They were not to receive any estate in Canaa…

commentaryMatthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:1-8Care is taken that the priests entangle not themselves with the affairs of this life, nor enrich themselves with the wealth of this world; they have better things to mind. Care is likewise taken that they want not the c…Matthew Henry commentaryMaintenance of the Levites. (b. c. 1451.)MAINTENANCE OF THE LEVITES. (B. C. 1451.) Magistracy and ministry are two divine institutions of admirable use for the support and advancement of the kingdom of God among men. Laws concerning the former we had in the cl…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1-8The support of the ministry the duty of God's people. In a note on a corresponding passage in Numbers 18:21, Numbers 18:22, Dr. Jameson remarks, "Neither the priests nor the Levites were to possess any allotments of lan…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1-8The true priest is the highest type of man. God here lays down the lines along which men may rise to the dignity of the true priesthood. The ordinance did not secure the ideal reality. "The Law was weak through the fles…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1-8After the ruling powers, the judges and the king, come the priests and the Levites. In regard to them Moses repeats here the law as before laid down (cf. Numbers 18:20, Numbers 18:23, Numbers 18:24).Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1The priests the Levites, the whole tribe of Levi; i.e. the whole tribe of Levi, including both the priests and the general body of the Levites. They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire. "The offerings of th…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:1-8God's provision for the priests and Levites. From the limitations of the monarchy, Moses next turns to the provision for the "priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi." They were not to receive any estate in Canaa…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:4In addition to the firstfruits already prescribed by the Law to be given to the priests (Numbers 18:12, Numbers 18:13), Moses here enacts that the first fleece of the sheep shall be given. All these, though legally pres…Joseph S. Exell and contributors