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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14:9

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Deuteronomy 14 In this chapter some cautions are given against the use of some rites and ceremonies in mourning for the dead, with the reason thereof, Deuteronomy 14:1 and instructions about what are lawful to be eaten, and what not, whether of beasts, fishes, or fowl, Deuteronomy 14:3, and concerning eating one sort of tithes both at the place God should choose, and within their...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Ver. 9,10. These ye shall eat of, all that are in the waters,.... The fishes there, even such as have fins and scales, but they that have not were not to be eaten: [See comments on Leviticus 11:9] [See comments on Leviticus 11:10] [See comments on Leviticus 11:11] [See comments on Leviticus 11:12].

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Moses in this chapter teaches them, I. To distinguish themselves from their neighbours by a singularity, 1. In their mourning, ver. 1, 2. 2. In their meat, ver. 3-21. II. To devote themselves unto God, and, in token of that, to give him his dues out of their estates, the yearly tithe, and that every third year, for the maintenance of their religious feasts, the Levites, and the poor, ver. 22, &c....