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261 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 136.7 (Matthew Henry)
… that the best of the oil, and the best of the wine and wheat, should be offered for the first-fruits unto the Lord, which the priest were to have, Numbers 18:12. Note …
262 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 145.6 (Matthew Henry)
… , his estate should go to his daughters ( Numbers 27:8 ); not to the eldest, as the eldest son, but to them all in copartnership, share and share alike. Those that in such …
263 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 148.3 (Matthew Henry)
1. The case supposed is that a person vows a vow unto the Lord, making God a party to the promise, and designing his honour and glory in it. The matter of the vow is …
264 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 148.5 (Matthew Henry)
… to the affairs of the family, break the father’s measures, perplex the provision made for his table if the vow related to meats, or lessen the provision made …
265 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 150.11 (Matthew Henry)
… an estate upon condition, leaving it to Joshua, if they fulfilled the condition, to declare the estate absolute: “If they will not go over with you ,” he does not …
266 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 153.4 (Matthew Henry)
… the benefit of the Levites’ dwelling among them, to teach them the good knowledge of the Lord; thus that light was diffused through all parts of the country …
267 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 153.8 (Matthew Henry)
… only the prosecution, but the execution, of the murderer, is committed to the next of kin, who, as he was to be the redeemer of his kinsman’s estate if it were mortgaged …
268 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 154.2 (Matthew Henry)
… here the humble address which the heads of the tribe of Manasseh made to Moses and the princes, on occasion of the order lately made concerning the daughters …
269 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 154.3 (Matthew Henry)
… and the rest of the tribe of Manasseh. The petition is assented to, and care taken to prevent the inconvenience feared: The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said …
270 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 156.8 (Matthew Henry)
… of the world, but they must drive out those that were already settled. (2.) To show that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Giants were expelled …
271 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 161.15 (Matthew Henry)
… itself. The increase both of their families and of their stock is promised: they should neither have estates without heirs nor heirs without estates, but …
272 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 162.14 (Matthew Henry)
… give the praise and consecrate the use of it. The blessing of the Lord on the hand of the diligent makes rich both for this world and for the other. He giveth thee …
273 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 166.11 (Matthew Henry)
… in the wilderness they did not eat the flesh of any of those kinds of beasts that were used in sacrifice, but what was killed at the door of the tabernacle, and …
274 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 168.1 (Matthew Henry)
… their estates, the yearly tithe, and that every third year, for the maintenance of their religious feasts, the Levites, and the poor, Deuteronomy 14:22-14:29
275 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 169.2 (Matthew Henry)
… typified the grace of the gospel, in which is proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord, and by which we obtain the release of our debts, that is, the pardon of …
276 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 172.5 (Matthew Henry)
… to the comfortable support of those that preside in such assemblies. (1.) The priests who in their courses served at the altar had their share of the sacrifices …
277 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 175.13 (Matthew Henry)
… his estate, the child shall not fare the worse for the mother’s unhappiness in having less of her husband’s love, for that was not the child’s fault. Note, (1.) Parents …
278 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 175.15 (Matthew Henry)
… the criminal is here described. He is a stubborn and rebellious son, Deuteronomy 21:18. No child was to fare the worse for the weakness of his capacity, the slowness …
279 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 177.14 (Matthew Henry)
III. The matter of usury is here settled, Deuteronomy 23:19, 23:20. (1.) They must not lend upon usury to an Israelite. They had and held their estates immediately …
280 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 179.4 (Matthew Henry)
… case, 1. The widow was not to marry again into any other family, unless all the relations of her husband did refuse her, that the estate she was endowed with might …