_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, HEW THEE TWO TABLES OF STONE LIKE UNTO
THE FIRST: AND I WILL WRITE UPON THESE TABLES THE WORDS THAT WERE IN
THE FIRST TABLES, WHICH THOU BRAKEST._
Hew thee two tables of stone. God having been reconciled to repentant
Israel through the earnest intercession, the succes... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BE READY IN THE MORNING, AND COME UP IN THE MORNING UNTO MOUNT
SINAI, AND PRESENT THYSELF THERE TO ME IN THE TOP OF THE MOUNT._
In the top of the mount - not absolutely the highest peak; for as the
cloud of the shechinah usually abode on the summit, and yet (Exodus
34:5) it "descended," the pl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NO MAN SHALL COME UP WITH THEE, NEITHER LET ANY MAN BE SEEN
THROUGHOUT ALL THE MOUNT; NEITHER LET THE FLOCKS NOR HERDS FEED BEFORE
THAT MOUNT._
No man ... neither ... flocks nor herds. Although no details are
given, there is great probability that the arrangements made previous
to the first pr... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE HEWED TWO TABLES OF STONE LIKE UNTO THE FIRST; AND MOSES ROSE
UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND WENT UP UNTO MOUNT SINAI, AS THE LORD HAD
COMMANDED HIM, AND TOOK IN HIS HAND THE TWO TABLES OF STONE._
Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai. In
the sultry climate of Arabi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD DESCENDED IN THE CLOUD, AND STOOD WITH HIM THERE, AND
PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF THE LORD._
The Lord descended in the cloud. After graciously hovering over the
tabernacle, it seems to have resumed its usual position on the summit
of the mount, and to have made a slight descent visibly in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM, AND PROCLAIMED, THE LORD, THE LORD
GOD, MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, LONGSUFFERING, AND ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS
AND TRUTH,_
The Lord passed by. In this remarkable scene God performed what He had
promised to Moses the day before.
PROCLAIMED, THE LORD ... MERCIFUL AND GRAC... [ Continue Reading ]
_KEEPING MERCY FOR THOUSANDS, FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION AND
SIN, AND THAT WILL BY NO MEANS CLEAR THE GUILTY; VISITING THE INIQUITY
OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN, AND UPON THE CHILDREN'S CHILDREN,
UNTO THE THIRD AND TO THE FOURTH GENERATION._
Keeping mercy for thousands. The Septuagint... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES MADE HASTE, AND BOWED HIS HEAD TOWARD THE EARTH, AND
WORSHIPPED._
Moses ... bowed ... and worshipped. In the East people bow the head to
royalty, and are silent when it passes by; while in the West they take
off their hats and shout.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, IF NOW I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT, O LORD, LET MY
LORD, I PRAY THEE, GO AMONG US; FOR IT IS A STIFFNECKED PEOPLE; AND
PARDON OUR INIQUITY AND OUR SIN, AND TAKE US FOR THINE INHERITANCE._
He said, If now I have found grace. On this proclamation Moses, in the
overflowing benevolenc... [ Continue Reading ]
_OBSERVE THOU THAT WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY: BEHOLD, I DRIVE OUT
BEFORE THEE THE AMORITE, AND THE CANAANITE, AND THE HITTITE, AND THE
PERIZZITE, AND THE HIVITE, AND THE JEBUSITE._
Behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite ... (As to the absolute
right of God, as the Creator and Proprietor of... [ Continue Reading ]
_TAKE HEED TO THYSELF, LEST THOU MAKE A COVENANT WITH THE INHABITANTS
OF THE LAND WHITHER THOU GOEST, LEST IT BE FOR A SNARE IN THE MIDST OF
THEE:_
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants
of the land. Since the Canaanites were gross idolaters, and their
rites were infam... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU SHALT WORSHIP NO OTHER GOD: FOR THE LORD, WHOSE NAME IS
JEALOUS, IS A JEALOUS GOD:_
Thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous,
is a jealous god. The first commandment is frequently taken as a test
of adherence to the national covenant. While the breach of any pr... [ Continue Reading ]
_LEST THOU MAKE A COVENANT WITH THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, AND THEY
GO A WHORING AFTER THEIR GODS, AND DO SACRIFICE UNTO THEIR GODS, AND
ONE CALL THEE, AND THOU EAT OF HIS SACRIFICE;_
They go a whoring after their gods. This is the first instance of the
use of a phrase which occurs very frequentl... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT MAKE THEE NO MOLTEN GODS._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT OBSERVE THE FEAST OF WEEKS, OF THE FIRSTFRUITS OF
WHEAT HARVEST, AND THE FEAST OF INGATHERING AT THE YEAR'S END._
The feast of ingathering - (see the note at Exodus 23:16, and further
at Leviticus 23:24; Deuteronomy 16:13.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_THRICE IN THE YEAR SHALL ALL YOUR MEN CHILDREN APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD
GOD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL._
Thrice in the year shall all your men-children appear before the Lord
God - i:e., in the central place of national worship. While the males
faithfully obeyed this injunction; in celebrating the national... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT OFFER THE BLOOD OF MY SACRIFICE WITH LEAVEN; NEITHER
SHALL THE SACRIFICE OF THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER BE LEFT UNTO THE
MORNING._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, WRITE THOU THESE WORDS: FOR AFTER THE
TENOR OF THESE WORDS I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH THEE AND WITH
ISRAEL._
Write thou these words - i:e., the ceremonial and judicial injunctions
comprehended above (Exodus 34:11); while the re-writing of the ten
commandments on the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN MOSES CAME DOWN FROM MOUNT SINAI WITH THE
TWO TABLES OF TESTIMONY IN MOSES' HAND, WHEN HE CAME DOWN FROM THE
MOUNT, THAT MOSES WIST NOT THAT THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE WHILE HE
TALKED WITH HIM._
Moses came down ... with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand -
probabl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN AARON AND ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAW MOSES, BEHOLD, THE
SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE; AND THEY WERE AFRAID TO COME NIGH HIM._
Afraid to come nigh him. Their fear arose from a sense of guilt; the
beaming radiance of his countenance made him appear to their
awe-struck consciences a flaming mi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES CALLED UNTO THEM; AND AARON AND ALL THE RULERS OF THE
CONGREGATION RETURNED UNTO HIM: AND MOSES TALKED WITH THEM._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TILL MOSES HAD DONE SPEAKING WITH THEM, HE PUT A VAIL ON HIS
FACE._
And till Moses had done speaking ... he put a veil on his face, х_
MACWEH_ (H4533)] - a face covering, a veil worn in Arabia, different
from х_ HATSAA`IYP_ (H6809)] the word used in the Pentateuch for this
article of attire as... [ Continue Reading ]