Geneva Bible Notes: Deuteronomy 17

Deuteronomy 17:1 (a) Thou shalt not serue God for facions sake, as hypocrites do.

Deuteronomy 17:1 (!) The punishment of the idolater.

Deuteronomy 17:2 (b) Shewing that the crime can not be excused by the frailtie of the persone.

Deuteronomy 17:3 (c) Whereby he condemneth all religion and serving of God which he hathe not commanded.

Deuteronomy 17:7 (d) Whereby they declared that they testified the trueth.

Deuteronomy 17:7 (e) To signifie a commune consent to mainteine Gods honour and true religion.

Deuteronomy 17:9 (f) Who shal giue sentence as the Priests consel him by the Lawe of God

Deuteronomy 17:9 (!) Hard controuersies are broght to the Priest and the judge.

Deuteronomy 17:11 (g) Thou shalt obey their sentence that the controuersie may haue and end.

Deuteronomy 17:12 (h) So long as he is the true minister of God, and pronounceth according to his worde.

Deuteronomy 17:12 (!) The Contemner must dye.

Deuteronomy 17:15 (i) Who is not of thy nacion, lest he change true religion into idolatrie, and bring thee to slauerie.

Deuteronomy 17:15 (!) The election of the King.

Deuteronomy 17:16 (!) What things he oght to auoide.

Deuteronomy 17:16 (k) To reuenge their injuries, and to take them of their best horses, {1 King 10,28}.

Deuteronomy 17:17 (l) From the Lawe of God.

Deuteronomy 17:18 (!) And what he oght to imbrace.

Deuteronomy 17:18 (m) Meaning the Deuteronomie.

Deuteronomy 17:18 (n) He shal cause it to be writ by them, or, he shal write it by their example.

Deuteronomy 17:20 (o) Whereby is ment, that Kings oght to loue their subjects, as nature bindeth one brother to loue another.