Albert Barnes Commentary Deuteronomy 18:13

Albert Barnes Commentary

Deuteronomy 18:13

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Deuteronomy 18:13

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God." — Deuteronomy 18:13 (ASV)

Perfect - As in (Genesis 17:1); (Job 1:1); (Matthew 5:48). The sense is that Israel was to keep the worship of the true God wholly uncontaminated by idolatrous pollutions.