Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:1-25
CRITICAL NOTES.—From the sanctification of domestic relations, to which laws of marriage and chastity in the previous chapter pointed, Moses now proceeds to legislate for the purity of the congregation and the camp.Deuteronomy 23:1-8. Rights of Citizenship in Israel. Forbidden to the mutilated in his sexual member (Deuteronomy 23:1). Mutilation practised among Gentiles, but unnatural in those made in God’s image and chosen to be God’s people (Leviticus 22:24). Bastard (Deuteronomy 23:2).... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 23:24
Thou mayest eat grapes thy fill; which was allowed in those parts, because of the great plenty and fruitfulness of vines there. read more