Man Versus Human
Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore
July 11, 2021
Deuteronomy 14:21a
There are three separate, diverse groups of people mentioned in verse 21:
- “Ye”, “thou”, “thy” or “holy people”: These are the seed of Jacob or the covenant people of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They had the LORD God as their king, until they requested that one of their own people be king instead of Him. They were forbidden to eat any animal that died of itself, but they were permitted to give the dead animal away or sell it.
- “Stranger” [#1616, Strong’s]: sojourner. To this group of people, the Israelites were told that they could give the animal that died of itself to them and then the people that they gave it to could eat it.
- “Alien” [#5237, Strong’s]: alien, foreigner, outlandish. To this group of people, the Israelites were told that they could sell the animal that died of itself and then the individuals that bought it could eat it.