Deuteronomy 14

Deuteronomy 14:1

THe children] And therefore do not you imitate prophane nations in your mournings, who by these furious and desperate fashions, shew that they have no comfort in death, through hope of eternall life, which is given unto you, as the inheritance of your heavenly father: 1 Thess. l. 4. 13 Between your eyes] In tho fore-part of your head over against that part which is betweene your eyes.

Deuteronomy 14:3

Abominable] Which may pollute you, by that Law which I have set down to you, of the differences of meates.

Deuteronomy 14:5

Chamois] Some translate it to bee a beast begotten betweene a camell and a panther, but wee doe not reade that beast to bee fitting for food.

Deuteronomy 14:7

That chew the cud] Only, but divide not the hoof, nor likewise of those which divide the hoof only, and do not chew the cud.

Deuteronomy 14:19

Every creeping thing] See an exception to this generality: Leviticus 11:21.

Deuteronomy 14:22

Tithe] This was the second tithe, which was taken up after the Levites tithe, and was to be employed in the sacred feasts, at the three solemne festivals: Deut. 12 6. 17.

Deuteronomy 14:23

That thou] The use of these banquets in Gods presence, was to make thee acknowledge, that thou doesthold all thy goods of his grace, and to the end thou mayest use them to his glory and honour, with thanksgiving in all sobriety, and purity, as before his eyes: which are the two principall acts of true piety.

Deuteronomy 14:28

Tithe] Some hold it to be a third kinde of tithe which was taken up every third yeare, after the Levites Tithes, and the tithes of the holy feasts in the Temple; others will have it to be the same ithe which for two yeares was still paid to the Levites; and after the Temple was built, and that the severall orders and offices of the Levites, were established, was carryed to Jerusalem, 2 Chronicles 31:5-6; 2 Chronicles 31:11-12. and the third year every one kept it at home, and bestowed it any where indifferently upon the Levites, and the poore.