Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:1-19
CRITICAL NOTES.—The rehearsal of rights and duties, pubilc and private, terminates in this chapter with two liturgical enactments. These have a clear and close reference to the whole of the preceding legislation, and form a most appropriate and significant conclusion to it. (Sp. COM.)Deuteronomy 26:1-11 First fruits. Fruit. Visible proof of possession; distinguished from those offered in harvest (cf. Exodus 22:29), at feasts of Passover and Pentecost, and from offerings prescribed (Numbers... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 26:16-19
Deuteronomy 26:16-Psalms : . Concluding exhortations to obedience based upon the covenant ( Deuteronomy 4:13 *) between Yahweh and Israel, with its mutual obligations. Deuteronomy 26:17 f. avouched: Heb. “ caused to say,” each of the contracting parties causing the other to acknowledge the obligations entered into; a strong anthropomorphism when applied to Yahweh. read more