Bible CommentariesE.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible NotesDeuteronomy 21
Verse 4
rough valley = ravine, or rough gully. eared = ploughed. Old English idiom. strike off = behead, or break the neck.
Verse 5
the priests the sons of Levi. See note on Deuteronomy 17:9. word. Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is uttered by it. stroke = punishment. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6. Compare Deuteronomy 17:8. tried. Better to supply "settled", or "decided".
Verse 7
he. Compare Genesis 49:3. strength. Hebrew. "avon. Homonym = strength, here and Genesis 49:3 and Job 31:25 (Authorized Version "wealth"); but = suffering, &c, in Genesis 35:18 (margin) Deuteronomy 26:14, and Hosea 9:4. his. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "his therefore".
Verse 8
Be merciful = Be propitious, or make expiation or atonement. innocent blood. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for the guilt which shed it. See App-6. shall be = shall assuredly be.
Verse 9
put away, &c. See note on Deuteronomy 13:5. guilt of innocent blood = blood-guiltiness, blood being put for guilt. See note on Deuteronomy 21:8.
Verse 10
hands. Hebrew text reads "hand"; but some codices, with The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, and Syriac, read "hands", as Authorized Version.
Verse 13
raiment of her captivity = mantle in which she was taken captive. "Of" = Genitive of relation (see App-17). a full month. Hebrew = a moon of days. husband. Hebrew Baal, or lord. Compare first occurrence of verb, Genesis 20:3.
Verse 14
whither she will = according to her soul. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13. make merchandise. Hebrew. "amar. In this sense, only here and Deuteronomy 24:7.
Verse 22
hang = hang up: i.e. after putting to death, not to put to death by hanging. a tree = timber: i.e. a wooden stake. Compare Joshua 8:29; Joshua 10:26, Joshua 10:27. Galatians 1:3, Galatians 1:13.
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