Shēnméngjì 17:2

2 Zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān , zaì Yēhéhuá nǐ shén suǒ cì nǐde zhū chéng zhōng , wúlùn nǎ zuò chéng lǐ , ruò yǒu rén , huò nán huò nǚ , xíng Yēhéhuá nǐ shén yǎn zhōng kàn wéi è de shì , wéibeì le tāde yuē ,

Shēnméngjì 17:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 17:2

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the
Lord thy God giveth thee
In any of their cities in the land of Canaan:

man or woman that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy
God:
as all that is wrought is in the sight of the omniscient God; here it means not any kind of wickedness, for there is none lives without committing sin of one sort or another, all which is known to God the searcher of hearts, but such wickedness as is after described:

in transgressing his covenant;
that is, his law, and particularly the first table of it, which respects divine worship, and which is in the nature of a marriage contract or covenant; which, as that is transgressed by adultery committed by either party, so the covenant between God and Israel was transgressed by idolatry, which is spiritual adultery, and going a whoring after other gods, as it follows:

Shēnméngjì 17:2 In-Context

1 Fán yǒu cánji , huò yǒu shénme è bìng de niú yáng , nǐ dōu bùkĕ xiàn gĕi Yēhéhuá nǐde shén , yīnwei zhè shì Yēhéhuá nǐ shén suǒ zēngwù de .

2 Zaì nǐmen zhōngjiān , zaì Yēhéhuá nǐ shén suǒ cì nǐde zhū chéng zhōng , wúlùn nǎ zuò chéng lǐ , ruò yǒu rén , huò nán huò nǚ , xíng Yēhéhuá nǐ shén yǎn zhōng kàn wéi è de shì , wéibeì le tāde yuē ,

3 Qù shìfèng jìngbaì bié shén , huò baì rìtou , huò baì yuèliang , huò baì tiān xiàng , shì zhǔ bú céng fēnfu de .

4 Yǒu rén gàosu nǐ , nǐ yĕ tīngjian le , jiù yào xì xì dì tàn tīng , guǒrán shì zhēn , zhún yǒu zhè kè zēngwù de shì xíng zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng ,

5 Nǐ jiù yào jiāng xíng zhè è shì de nánrén huò nǚrén lā dào chéng mén waì , yòng shítou jiāng tā dá sǐ .