deuteronomy-16:1-17:20

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 16:1-22

The Feast of Tabernacles (a Harvest Sermon) Deuteronomy 16:13-17 The three great feasts of Israel the Passover, the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles were not only commemorative of national blessings or prophetic of yet greater spiritual blessings to be bestowed, but they were conspicuously connected with the three great seasons of the tillage of Palestine the barley and the wheat harvests and the vintage. This Feast of Tabernacles was the most joyous of them all. Above... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Deuteronomy 16:1-17

12. The Firstlings and the Three Feasts CHAPTERS 15:19-16:17 1. Concerning the firstlings (Deuteronomy 15:19-23 ) 2. Passover (Deuteronomy 16:1-8 ) 3. Feast of weeks (Deuteronomy 16:9-12 ) 4. Feast of tabernacles (Deuteronomy 16:13-17 ) What is said in the closing verses of chapter 15 is supplementary to the law given concerning the first-born in Exodus 13:2 ; Exodus 13:12 and Numbers 18:0 . They were not to be worked or sheared. “Before the Lord thy God shalt thou eat it, year after... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Deuteronomy 16:1

16:1 Observe the month of {a} Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.(a) Read Exodus 13:4. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:1-22

INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE PASSOVER (vs.1-8) The Passover, held in the first month of the year, was to celebrate Israel's deliverance from Egypt (v.1), but more importantly, to look forward to the death of the Lord Jesus -- "Christ our Passover.... sacrificed for us" (1 Corinthians 5:7). Of course, Israel did not understand that spiritual significance, but God did. The first Passover was held in Egypt (Exodus 12:1-51), the second in the wilderness (Numbers 9:5), the third in the plains of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-22

CONDITIONS OF BLESSING PLACES OF WORSHIP (Deuteronomy 12:0 ) In Canaan, what were the Israelites to destroy and how thoroughly was the work to be done (Deuteronomy 12:1-3 )? What contrast were they to place between themselves and the heathen in public worship (Deuteronomy 12:4-7 )? Did this apply to the same extent in the wilderness, and if not, why not (Deuteronomy 12:8-14 )? What exception was made as to their private and domestic affairs (Deuteronomy 12:15-16 )? What were they not at... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Deuteronomy 16:1-22

Conditions of Worship Deuteronomy 16:0 The time is specified, and the reason is given. This is the law, rather than a mere accident. The law is: that every month has a memory, every day has a story, every night has a star all its own. Selected instances help us to ascertain general principles. Acting upon those instances, we become familiar with their spirit and moral genius, so much so that we begin to ask, Are there not other memorable events? Are there not other times of deliverance? Have... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1

CONTENTS The servant of GOD is prosecuting the subject of divine laws through this as in the foregoing chapter. We have here the precept for the observance of the three yearly feasts: of the Passover; of Pentecost; and of tabernacles. Beside these, here is a direction for the offerings of the people at those feasts, and the prohibition of making groves and images. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-8

The HOLY GHOST hath evidently shown his divine approbation of the observance of the typical representation of JESUS'S sufferings and death, as our Paschal Lamb, by the frequent mention of it. This was largely set forth, Exodus 12:0 . but here it is again repeated. It is sweet to the believer to reflect, that in ages so remote, and at so long a period before the coming of JESUS, the representation of our deliverance by him should be shadowed out in the church. Reader! do you really and truly... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1

Corn. Hebrew abib, "green ears of corn," when barley begins to ripen, and wheat is yet green in Palestine; at the time of the year which corresponds with half of our March and April. The Chaldeans called this month Nisan, "of the standards;" because the armies then left thir winter quarters. The first-fruits of the barley harvest were offered on the second day of the paschal solemnity, Leviticus xxiii. 10., and Exodus xiii. 4. (Calmet) --- Night. We read (Exodus xii. 22., and Numbers xxxiii.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 16:1-17

1-17 The laws for the three yearly feasts are here repeated; that of the Passover, that of the Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the general law concerning the people's attendance. Never should a believer forget his low estate of guilt and misery, his deliverance, and the price it cost the Redeemer; that gratitude and joy in the Lord may be mingled with sorrow for sin, and patience under the tribulations in his way to the kingdom of heaven. They must rejoice in their receivings from God, and... read more