(18) Judges and officers.—A fresh section of the book, as read in the synagogues, begins with these words.The land is now considered as the seat of the Kingdom of Jehovah, to the end of ch. 18. See Introduction for a complete analysis, and comp. Joshua 23:2, which shows that these magistrates were already appointed. read more
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
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
13. Justice and the Choice of a King CHAPTERS 16:18-17:20 1. Appointment of judges and their instruction (Deuteronomy 16:18-22 ; Deuteronomy 17:1 ) 2. The higher court at the place He chooses (Deuteronomy 17:8-13 ) 3. The choice and right of the king (Deuteronomy 17:14-20 ) This chapter leads us upon new ground. The obligations of the religious life of Israel were stated in the first part of chapter 16 and now the government of the people in the land is commanded. “Just as in its... read more
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
16:2 Thou shalt therefore {b} sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.(b) You shall eat the Easter lamb. read more
16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of {c} affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.(c) Which signified the affliction which you had in Egypt. read more
16:5 Thou mayest {d} not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:(d) This was chiefly accomplished, when the temple was built. read more
16:6 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the {e} passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.(e) Which was instituted to remind them of their deliverance our of Egypt and to encourage them in the hope of Jesus Christ, of whom this lamb was a figure. read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 16:16
(16) Three times in a year.—So Exodus 23:17. And in Exodus 34:23-24 a promise is added that their land should be safe in their absence. read more