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Bible Commentaries
Verse 1
ye shall not, &c. Compare Leviticus 19:27 , Leviticus 19:28 ; Leviticus 21:5 .Jeremiah 16:6 ; Jeremiah 41:5 .
the dead = dead people (not dead bodies). No art. in Septuagint. Compare Deuteronomy 28:26 with article, and rendered rightly "carcase".
Verse 2
holy. See note on Exodus 3:5 . the LORD. (Hebrew. Jehovah. ) Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, and Syriac, add "thy God".
peculiar = as a treasure. See note on Exodus 19:5 . Compare Deuteronomy 7:6 .
the earth = the face of the soil. Figure of speech Pleonasm. Hebrew. 'adamah.
Verse 4
These. There are eleven animals named in Deuteronomy which are not included in Leviticus and Numbers, More names known after forty years from Egypt. Compare Leviticus 11:0 .
Verse 5
roebuck = gazelle (Revised Version)
fallow deer = roebuck.
pygarg = mountain goat.
wild ox = antelope (Revised Version)
chamois = mountain sheep (Revised Version)
Verse 6
parteth the hoof. Compare Leviticus 11:2 , Leviticus 11:8 .
cleaveth the cleft. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6 .
Verse 7
coney. Hebrew. shaphan . Revised Version margin, called "Hy-rax Syriacus", or rock-badger.
Verse 9
These. Compare Leviticus 11:9-12 .
Verse 13
glede. Probably = vulture.
kite = falcon (Revised Version)
vulture = kite(Revised Version).
Verse 16
swan = horned owl (Revised Version)
Verse 17
gier eagle = vulture (Revised Version) or bittern.
Verse 19
creeping thing = swarming creature: i.e. rapidly multiplying. Compare Genesis 1:20 , Genesis 1:21 ; Genesis 7:21 ; Genesis 8:17 ; Genesis 9:7 . Exodus 8:3 .Leviticus 11:29 , &c.
is. Hebrew "it [is]".
they. A special reading, called Sevir, reads, "it".
Verse 21
dieth, &c. Compare Exodus 22:31 .Leviticus 11:39 ; Leviticus 17:15 ; Leviticus 22:8 . Ezekiel 4:14 .
seethe = boil. Compare Exodus 23:19 ; Exodus 34:26 .
Verse 22
tithe. Compare Leviticus 27:30 . Numbers 18:24 , Numbers 18:30 . Numbers 12:6 ; Numbers 14:28 .
Verse 23
eat. Tithes were eaten. Amos 4:4 .
to place = to make a habitation.
wine. Hebrew. tirosh. See App-27 .
firstlings. Compare Genesis 4:4 .Exodus 13:11-15 ; Exodus 23:19 . Leviticus 27:26 . Numbers 18:15-17 , and Nehemiah 10:36 .
Verse 25
turn it into money: as in Matthew 21:12 .Mark 11:15 .Luke 19:45 , and John 2:14 , John 2:15 .
Verse 26
thy soul = thyself. Hebrew. nephesh.
lusteth after = longeth for.
wine. Hebrew. yayin . App-27 .
strong drink = shikar. See App-27 .
desireth = asketh of thee.
Verse 27
the Levite. Compare Deuteronomy 12:19 .
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Bullinger, Ethelbert William. "Commentary on Deuteronomy 14". "Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". https://www.studylight.org/
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