Deuteronomy 26:14

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
eaten	אָכַ֨לְתִּי 'a.Khal.ti	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
mourning	בְאֹנִ֜י ve.'o.Ni	H205	strictly nothingness · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
away	בִעַ֤רְתִּי vi.'Ar.ti	H1197	to kindle · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
unclean	בְּטָמֵ֔א be.ta.Me'	H2931	foul in a religious sense · preposition + adjective, masculine singular absolute
given	נָתַ֥תִּי na.Ta.ti	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
dead	לְמֵ֑ת le.Met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Leviticus 7:20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even…
Leviticus 21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among hi…
Leviticus 21:11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Hosea 9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread o…
Psalms 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Deuteronomy 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite…
Ezekiel 24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy…
Malachi 2:13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 26:12-15

Concerning the disposal of their tithe the third year we had the law before, Deu 14:28, Deu 14:29. The second tithe, which in the other two years was to be spent in extraordinaries at the feasts, was to be spent the third year at home, in entertaining the poor. Now because this was done from under the eye of the priests, and a great confidence was put in the people's honesty, that they would dispose of it according to the law, to the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless (Deu 26:12), it is therefore required that when at the next feast after they appeared before the Lord they should there testify (as it were) upon oath, in a religious manner, that they had fully administered, and been tru…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 26:14

I have not eaten thereof in my mourning--in a season of sorrow, which brought defilement on sacred things; under a pretense of poverty, and grudging to give any away to the poor. neither . . . for any unclean use--that is, any common purpose, different from what God had appointed and which would have been a desecration of it. nor given ought thereof for the dead--on any funeral service, or, to an idol, which is a dead thing. Next: Deuteronomy Chapter 27

John Gill on Deuteronomy 26:14

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, Deuteronomy 16:11; and especially of the loss of relations by death, when holy things were not to be eaten by such persons; see Leviticus 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. So Maimonides (o) observes,"a mourner may not eat holy things, as it is written, Deuteronomy 26:14; he is one whose relation is dead, when he is obliged to mourn; for he is called by the law a mourner a…

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John Calvin

The Church Fathers

What does it mean that, among those things that are ordered to say to man, who was commanded to deliver tithes and give or consecrate anything else, thus fulfilling all the commandments, is ordered to say the following, praising and recommending : I have not given any of these things to a dead person? Are the so-called "parentalia" festivals that Gentiles usually observe banned?
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON DEUTERONOMY, Q. 47 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Dead, The · All offerings to, forbidden — All offerings to, forbidden
Necromancy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Tithe · A second: To be consumed at home every third year to promote hospitality and charity — A second: To be consumed at home every third year to promote hospitality and charity
Tithes · Mosaic laws instituting — Mosaic laws instituting

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 26:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 26:12-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 26:14

John Gill on Deuteronomy 26:14

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 26:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 26:12-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 26:14

John Gill on Deuteronomy 26:14

John Calvin

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 26:14-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 26:14

Rashi on Deuteronomy 26:14