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Verse Exodus 23:3. _NEITHER SHALT THOU COUNTENANCE A POOR MAN IN HIS_
_CAUSE._] The word דל _dal_, which we translate _poor man_, is
probably put here in opposition to רבים _rabbim_, the great, or
no...
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These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of
the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence
in legal causes. Compare 1 Kings 21:10; Acts 6:11.
Exodus 2...
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CHAPTER 23 FURTHER JUDGMENTS AND DIRECTIONS
_ 1. Concerning unrighteous dealings of various kinds (Exodus 23:1)_
2. Concerning the seventh year (Exodus 23:10)
3. Concerning the three feasts (Exodus...
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EXODUS 23:1 R. JUSTICE. Form and substance also separate _this_ group
from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the
Covenant Book. Circulating groundless reports (Exodus 23:1_ a_),
co...
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COUNTENANCE. prefer, or favour....
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Judgement to be given with strict impartiality.
_favour_ lit. _adorn_, i.e. _honour_(Leviticus 19:15; Leviticus 19:32;
Lamentations 5:12) in a bad sense, _honour unduly_= _favour_, viz. out
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Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33
_The Book of the Covenant_
The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the
name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The
laws co...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
23 THOU SHALT NOT TAKE UP A FALSE REPORT: PUT NOT THY HAND WITH THE
WICKED TO BE AN UNRIGHTEOUS WITNESS. (2) THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A
MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL; NEITHER SHALT...
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23:3 favour (f-4) Lit. 'adorn,' 'honour.'...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED)
1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
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COUNTENANCE] Give undue favour to. As judgment is to be without fear
(Exodus 23:2), so is it to be without favour, whether of rich or poor:
cp. Exodus 23:6.
4, 5. THINE ENEMY'S OX] The Mosaic Law incu...
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 23
LAWS ABOUT HOW TO BE FAIR AND HOW TO BE KIND – VERSES 1-9
V1 Th...
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XXIII.
(1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus
23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced;
from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of...
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NEITHER SHALT THOU COUNTENANCE A POOR MAN IN HIS CAUSE. — We must
not “pervert judgment” either in favour of the rich or of the
poor. Justice must hold her scales even, and be proof equally against
a...
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וְ דָ֕ל לֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר בְּ רִיבֹֽו׃ ס...
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THE LESSER LAW.
Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33.
With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we
approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral
interest, confes...
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LAWS OF CONDUCT AND WORSHIP
Exodus 23:1
We may apply these various precepts to our own hearts. Many of them
breathe the very spirit of Christ. We must watch our speech, so that
no man's character may...
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The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of
justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful
and yet makes sterner demand than any moral code of laws. The di...
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_Favour. Mercy would then be contrary to justice. (Psalm lxxi. 2; St.
Augustine q. 88.)_...
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This is a beautiful precept. Hence in our courts of judicature, the
figure of justice is painted blind, as if to show, that strict justice
respects not persons. Acts 10:34....
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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NEITHER SHALT THOU COUNTENANCE A POOR MAN IN HIS CAUSE. Because he is
a poor man, and for that reason endeavour to carry his cause for him,
right or wrong, from a foolish pity to him as a poor man, an...
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Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Ver. 3. _Neither shalt thou countenance._] Spare not the great for
their might, nor the mean for their misery....
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_Neither shalt thou countenance_ Hebrew, _honour or favour; a poor man
in his cause._ Thus we are properly cautioned against an opposite
error which we may be also in danger of falling into, that of
r...
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1 Of slander and false witnesse. 3.6 Of iustice.
4 Of charitablenesse.
10 Of the yeere of rest.
12 Of the Sabbath.
13 Of idolatrie.
14 Of the three feasts.
18 Of the blood and the fat of the sac...
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Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. To pretend to
be moved by sympathy for the poor in favoring them in each and every
suit is an affectation; God wanted His people to stand on the...
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FURTHER ORDINANCES REGARDING SOCIAL RELATIONS...
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C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH
Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33
_a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_
1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
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INSISTENCE ON HONESTY
(vs.1-9)
Consistently with the language of law, the question of honesty is
looked at from a negative viewpoint, that is, emphasizing what one
should not do. How easily one may c...
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1-9 In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling,
and of true political wisdom. Every thing in it is suited to the
desired and avowed object, the worship of one only God, and the
se...
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Heb. _honour_, i.e. respect, or prefer his cause when the richer man's
cause is more just: the meaning of this and the former verse is, there
shall be no respect of persons, whether rich or poor, but...
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The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to
impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and
infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character
of...
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Exodus 23:3 partiality H1921 (H8799) poor H1800 dispute H7379
Psalms 82:2-3; James 3:
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EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS
23:33).
In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in
chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING BEHAVIOUR TO ONE'S NEIGHBOUR (EXODUS 23:1).
There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare
Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7;...
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CONTENTS: Judgments on the national feasts. Instructions concerning
the conquest of Canaan.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: God's angels will keep the believer in the way, though it
lay through...
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Exodus 23:1. _Put not thine hand with the wicked,_ do not conspire or
agree with them.
Exodus 23:3. _Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man._ The meaning
of this and the former verse is, there sha...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise] = _TISSA_, FROM THE INF. _NAPA_, IN
ITS SIMPLE SENSE, “to carry,” and in its ethical, “to bear about
in the heart.” Hence _tissa_ is a pregnant word...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.—_Continued_.
EXPOSITION
EXODUS 23:1
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS—_continued_. The same want of logical
arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preceding one. The first
nine ve...
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Thou shalt not raise a false report: [perjury] to put your hand with
the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. [In other words, conspiracy
in perjury.] Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; [Yo...
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Psalms 82:2 Psalms 82:3 James 3:17...