Deuteronomy 17:13
in Deuteronomy 17Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
KJV
And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 17
Commentary
5 notes on this verseTo differ in opinion from weakness and infirmity may be excused and must be borne with; but to do so presumptuously, in pride and wickedness (as the ancient translations explain it), this is to take up arms against the government, and is an affront to him by whom the powers that be are ordained.
This site's exposition
But the man who acts presumptuously
on Deuteronomy 17:12-13
Refusing the court's decision is capital, and acting presumptuously carries the distinction Numbers 15:30 draws between a sin of ignorance and a defiant one. Adam Clarke reads it as rebellion against the highest authority.
This site's exposition
all the people will hear
Matthew Henry calls the presumption of verse 12 taking up arms against the government, an affront to the God who ordains its powers. The sentence is heard by all the people, and one death teaches the whole nation to fear. Israel went up presumptuously at 1:43.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And all the people shall hear, and fear,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment--In all civil or criminal cases, where there was any doubt or difficulty in giving a decision, the local magistrates were to submit them by reference to the tribunal of the Sanhedrim--the supreme council, which was composed partly of civil and partly of ecclesiastical persons.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
‘I WILL SET A KING OVER ME.’ In the opinion of our Rabbis. Sanhedrin 20b.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׁמְע֣וּ | yishmeu | they will hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| וְיִרָ֑אוּ | veyirau | and they may fear | H3372 → | 315 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְזִיד֖וּן | yezidun | they will act presumptuously ! | H2102 → | 10 times |
| עֽוֹד׃ ס | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׁמְע֣וּthey will hear
yishmeuH8085 →1159 times
וְיִרָ֑אוּand they may fear
veyirauH3372 →315 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יְזִיד֖וּןthey will act presumptuously !
yezidunH2102 →10 times
עֽוֹד׃ סagain
odH5750 →490 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 13:11Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 19:20
Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
- 1 Timothy 5:20
But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
- Proverbs 19:25
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 19:20
Through
Deuteronomy 19:20Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
it leads to
- Proverbs 21:11
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 21:21
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- Deuteronomy 13:11
Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
- Deuteronomy 17:7
The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Romans 13:3–4
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
- Proverbs 21:11
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.