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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 26:3

Unto the priest, i.e. to any of the priests, who shall be appointed in God’s stead to receive these oblations and acknowledgements. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 26:5

Jacob was a Syrian, partly, by his original, as being born of Syrian parents, as were Abraham and Rebekah, both of Chaldea or Mesopotamia, which was a part of Syria largely so called, as is confessed by Strabo, b. 16. and by Pliny, b. 5. c. 12; partly, by his education and conversation, for which reason Christ is called a Nazarene, and a Capernaite; and partly, by his relations, his wives being such, and his children too by their mothers. Ready to perish; either through want and poverty; see... read more

Joseph Exell

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

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Deuteronomy 26:3-6

DISCOURSE: 217GRATITUDE TO GOD ENFORCEDDeuteronomy 26:3-6. And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto your fathers for to give us. And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father.The ceremonial law is... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:1-19

Deuteronomy, beginning with chapter 26.Again it is important that we set the scene for you. Here's Moses, one hundred and twenty years old. In just a few days he's going to go up into the mountain and die. He is giving the last, of the last instructions to the people of God. He is releasing the reigns by which he has been guiding these people these forty years, and turning them over now unto Joshua. But Moses is sorta rehearsing for the children of Israel, again the conditions by which they... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 26:1-19

Deuteronomy 26:5 . A Syrian ready to perish. The whole Hebrew family came from Mesopotamia, and Jacob repassed the Euphrates with only a staff in his hand. It is good to remember that we rose from the dust, and return to it again. Deuteronomy 26:12 . The year of tithing. In attempting to discuss the doctrine of tithes once for all, it may be proper to premise, that it was the universal custom of the whole patriarchal world, and of all the early gentile nations, to give the tenth of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 26:5

Deuteronomy 26:5A Syrian ready to perish was my father.Humiliation in connection with gratitudeSuch was the confession required of every priest of Israel when he presented, before the altar, the offering of first-fruits. It was, therefore, in the midst of abundance, a memorial of former destitution, and an acknowledgment of utter unworthiness, under circumstances of peculiar obligation. The text is capable of divers renderings; but take whichever we may, the lesson is the same. It teaches us,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:2

Deu 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. Ver. 2. Thou shalt take of the first, &c. ] In token of homage, or as a chief rent due to God the true proprietary, of whom they held all. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 26:5

Deu 26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: Ver. 5. A Syrian ready to perish. ] Jacob, whose original was from Haran in Syria, Gen 11:31 and whose abode had been with Laban the Syrian, in much poverty, affliction, and misery. Hos 12:12 How low and mean were we of this nation at first! Brith signifies blue-coloured, ... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 26:1

Deuteronomy 5:31, Deuteronomy 6:1-2 Samuel :, Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:9, Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 18:9, Numbers 15:2, Numbers 15:18 Reciprocal: Exodus 13:5 - shall bring Leviticus 5:15 - in the Leviticus 14:34 - When Leviticus 23:17 - the firstfruits Deuteronomy 27:2 - unto the Amos 8:2 - A basket read more