Deuteronomy 26:14 BSB

Deuteronomy 26:14

I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.

BSB

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ASV

I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead: I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

KJV

I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

I have not eaten thereof in my mourning,.... When in grief and sorrow on account of any afflictive circumstance, for these were to be eaten with joy, Deu 16:11; and especially of the loss of relations by death, when holy things were not to be eaten by such persons; see Lev 10:19; and particularly tithes, though it is said (n),"What is doubtful of tithing (whether it has been tithed or no) might be eaten by a mourner;''and a man was reckoned such an one until his dead was buried.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I have not - given aught thereof for the dead - That is, I have not consecrated any of it to an idol which was generally a dead man whom superstition and ignorance had deified. From 1Co 10:27, 1Co 10:28, we learn that it was customary to offer that flesh to idols which was afterwards sold publicly in the shambles; probably the blood was poured out before the idol in imitation of the sacrifices offered to the true God. Perhaps the text here alludes to a similar custom.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The first was appropriated to the Levites (Nu 18:21). The second, being the tenth of what remained, was brought to Jerusalem in kind; or it was converted into money, and the owner, on arriving in the capital, purchased sheep, bread, and oil (De 14:22, 23).

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
אָכַ֨לְתִּי	'a.Khal.ti	I have eaten	H398 →
בְאֹנִ֜י	ve.'o.Ni	in mourning my	H205 →
מִמֶּ֗נּוּ	mi.Me.nu	any of it	H4480 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
בִעַ֤רְתִּי	vi.'Ar.ti	I have removed	H1197 →
מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙	mi.Me.nu	any of it	H4480 →
בְּטָמֵ֔א	be.ta.Me'	<in> unclean	H2931 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
נָתַ֥תִּי	na.Ta.ti	I have given	H5414 →
מִמֶּ֖נּוּ	mi.Me.nu	any of it	H4480 →
לְמֵ֑ת	le.Met	to [the] dead	H4191 →
שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי	sha.Ma'.ti	I have listened	H8085 →
בְּקוֹל֙	be.kOl	to [the] voice of	H6963 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהָ֔י	'e.lo.Hai	God my	H430 →
עָשִׂ֕יתִי	'a.Si.ti	I have done	H6213 →
כְּכֹ֖ל	ke.Khol	according to all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
צִוִּיתָֽנִי׃	tzi.vi.Ta.ni	you have commanded me	H6680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 21:11
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
leads to
- Numbers 19:14
  This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Leviticus 21:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
leads to
- Leviticus 19:28
  You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 44:25
  A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,
Through
Psalms 106:28
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
leads to
- Numbers 25:1–3
  While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Hosea 9:10
  I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so…
- Numbers 25:5
  So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
Through
Hosea 9:4
They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For…
leads to
- Hosea 8:13
  Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to…
- Jeremiah 6:20
  What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

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06About Deuteronomy

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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