Wesley Corpus

Thy tents - That is, thy dwellings, which he calls tents, as respecting their present state, and to put them in mind afterwards when they were settled in better habitations, that there was a time when they dwelt in tents. Six days - Namely, besides the first day, on which the passover was killed. To put the sickle - That is, to reap thy corn, thy barley, when the first - fruits were offered. Of weeks - Of pentecost. Thou shalt give - Over and besides what was appointed. Thou shalt rejoice - In God and the effects of his favour, praising him with a glad heart. Judges - Chief magistrates to examine and determine causes and differences. Officers - Who were subordinate to the other to bring causes and persons before him, to acquaint people with the sentence of the judges, and to execute their sentence. Thy gates - Thy cities, which he here calls gates, because there were seats of judgment set. Pursuant to this law, in every town which contained above an hundred and twenty families, there was a court of twenty three judges; in the smaller towns, a court of three judges. Wrest judgment - Not give an unjust sentence. A gift doth blind the eyes - Biasseth his mind, that he cannot discern between right and wrong. The words - That is the sentence, of those judges who are used to do righteous things, it makes them give wrong judgment. That which is altogether just - Heb. righteousness, righteousness, that is, nothing but righteousness in all causes and times, and to all persons equally. Thou shalt not plant - Because this was the practice of idolaters, and might be an occasion of reviving idolatry.