Chapter 14

1
the children Gen 6:2, Gen 6:4; Exod 4:22-23; Ps 82:6-7; Jer 3:19; Hos 1:10; John 1:12, John 11:52; Rom 8:16, Rom 9:8, Rom 9:26; 2Cor 6:18; Gal 3:26; Heb 2:10; 1John 3:1-2, 1John 3:10, 1John 5:2

ye shall not The heathen nations not only did these things in honour of their gods, but in grief for the death of a relative. Lev 19:27-28, Lev 21:5; Jer 16:6, Jer 41:5, Jer 47:5; 1Thess 4:13


2
Deut 14:21, Deut 7:6, Deut 26:18-19, Deut 28:9; Exod 19:5-6; Lev 11:45, Lev 19:2, Lev 20:26; Isa 6:13; Isa 62:12; Ezek 21:2; Dan 8:24, Dan 12:7; Titus 2:14; 1Pet 2:9


3
Lev 11:43, Lev 20:25; Isa 65:4; Ezek 4:14; Acts 10:12-14; Rom 14:14; 1Cor 10:28; Titus 1:15


4
Lev 11:2-8; 1Kgs 4:23


5
the wild goat The word akko, according to the LXX and Vulgate, signifies the tragelephus, or goat-deer; so called from its resemblance to both species. Dr. Shaw states that an animal of this kind is found in the East, where it is called fishtull, and lerwee.

pygarg or, bison. Heb. dishon. The pygarg, πυγαργος, or white-buttocks, according to the LXX; and Dr. Shaw states that the liamee, as the Africans call it, is exactly such an animal; being of the same shape and colour as the antelope, and of the size of a roebuck.

the wild ox Theo, probably the oryx of the Greeks, a species of large stag; and the Bekkar el wash of Dr. Shaw. Deut 14:5


6
Ps 1:1-2; Prov 18:1; 2Cor 6:17; On this verse remark, that the clean beast must both chew the cud and part the hoof. Two distinct characteristics, or general signs, by which the possibility of error arising from the misinterpretation of names is obviated. When God directs, his commands are not of doubtful interpretation.


7
Matt 7:22-23, Matt 7:26; 2Tim 3:5; Titus 1:16; 2Pet 2:18-22


8
the swine Isa 65:4, Isa 66:3, Isa 66:17; Luke 15:15-16; 2Pet 2:22

touch Lev 11:26-27


9
Lev 11:9-12


12
Lev 11:13-19


13
the glede Raâh, probably the same as daâh, rendered vulture in Lev 11:14, where six of Dr. Kennicott's codices read some animal of the hawk or vulture kind: LXX γυπα, vulture. Deut 14:13


15
Job 30:29

the night Tachmas, probably the bird which Hasselquist calls strix orientalis, or oriental owl.

the cuckoo Shachpaph, probably the sea-gull or mew.


16
the swan Tinshemeth, probably, as Michaelis supposes, the goose. Deut 14:16


17
gier Rachamah, probably a species of vulture, still called in Arabic by the same name.

the cormorant Shalach, probably the cataract, or plungeon, a sea fowl. Deut 14:17


18
the lapwing Doocheephath, the upupa, or hoop, a beautiful but very unclean bird. Deut 14:18


19
Lev 11:20-23; Phil 3:19


21
any thing Lev 17:15, Lev 22:8; Ezek 4:14; Acts 15:20

the stranger Exod 12:43-45; Lev 19:33-34

an holy Deut 14:2; Dan 8:24, Dan 12:7; 1Pet 1:16

Thou shalt Exod 23:19, Exod 34:26; Rom 12:2


22
Deut 12:6, Deut 12:17, Deut 26:12-15; Lev 27:30-33; Num 18:21; Neh 10:37


23
eat before Deut 12:5-7, Deut 12:17-18

the firstlings Deut 15:19-20


24
if the place Deut 11:24, Deut 12:21; Exod 23:31

which Deut 12:5


26
bestow Ezra 7:15-17, Ezra 7:22; Matt 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:14-16

thy soul Deut 12:15, Deut 12:20-21; Ps 106:14; 1Cor 6:12-13, 1Cor 10:6

desireth Heb. asketh of thee

eat Deut 12:7, Deut 12:12, Deut 12:18, Deut 26:11

rejoice Eccl 9:7


27
the Levite Deut 14:29, Deut 12:12, Deut 12:18-19; Gal 6:6; 1Tim 5:17

he hath no Deut 14:29, Deut 18:1-2; Num 18:20


28
the end Deut 14:22, Deut 26:12-15; Amos 4:4

thou shalt bring As the Levites had no inheritance, the Israelites were not to forget them, but truly tithe their increase. For their support, the Levites had:

1. The tenth of all the productions of the land.

2. Forty-eight cities, each forming a square of 4,000 cubits.

3. Two thousand cubits of ground round each city; total of land, 53,000 acres.

4. The first-fruits, and certain parts of all the animals killed in the land.

But though this was a very small proportion for a whole tribe that had consented to annihilate its political existence, that it might wait upon the service of God, yet, let it be considered, that what they possessed was the best of the land, and while it was slender remuneration for their services, yet their portion was such as rendered them independent, and kept them comfortable; so that they could wait on God, and labour in his work, without distraction.


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he hath Deut 14:27, Deut 12:12

the stranger Deut 16:11, Deut 16:14, Deut 24:19-21, Deut 26:12-13; Exod 22:21-24; Lev 19:34; Job 31:16-22; Luke 14:12-14; Heb 13:2; Jas 1:27

that the Lord Deut 15:10; Ps 41:1; Prov 3:9-10, Prov 11:24, Prov 19:17; Isa 58:7-12; Mal 3:10-11; Luke 6:35, Luke 11:41; 2Cor 9:6-11


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