Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and the righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked. This is said to the selfish, unrighteous judge, whose perversion of justice may, under circumstances, bring death to an innocent, righteous man. The form of the threat is particularly effective in setting forth the certain condemnation of the wicked judge.
Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges: (a) To do justice to the poor. ComparingExodus 23:6 with Exodus 23:3, it was the part of the judge to defend the poor against the op...
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...
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...
WICKED. a wicked one. Hebrew. _rash. a.App-44._...
Justice to be administered impartially: bribes not to be taken; the poor and the _gêr_not to be oppressed. The verses form the continuation of _vv._1 3, _vv._1 3 dealing with fairness in bearing _witn...
_a false matter_ i.e., as the context shews, a case that can only be carried through with the help of false statements, and false witnesses. _slay thou not_ by false accusations, false witness, or an...
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...
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...
_THOU SHALT NOT WREST THE JUDGMENT OF THY POOR IN HIS CAUSE._ Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. These verses contain a series of cautions to rulers and magistrates to take c...
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
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...
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...
KEEP THEE FAR FROM A FALSE MATTER. — A false _accusation_ seems to be intended. If we make one it may result in an innocent man’s death, and we shall be murderers; God will then assuredly hold us guil...
מִ דְּבַר ־שֶׁ֖קֶר תִּרְחָ֑ק וְ נָקִ֤י וְ
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...
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...
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the (d) innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. (d) Whether you are the magistrate or are commanded by the magistrate....
All these are so many repeated commands of one and the same rule of equity, and which the Lord Jesus hath given a full commentary of. Matthew 7:12....
"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...
7._Keep thee far from a false matter_. Since he seems to speak of perjury, which brings about the death of the innocent, some might perhaps prefer that this passage should be annexed to the Sixth Comm...
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...
KEEP THEE FAR FROM A FALSE MATTER,.... Or "word" z; from receiving a false testimony, or taking the false or wrong side of a cause, or engaging in a bad one; keep aloof off from it, as much at a dista...
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Ver. 7. _Keep thee far from a false matter._] Stand aloof off; keep at a distance....
_Keep thee far from a false matter_ From assisting or abetting all ill thing. Yea, keep thee _far_ from it, dread it as a dangerous snare. I will not _just_ i _fy the wicked_ That is, I will condemn h...
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...
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...
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...
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...
KEEP THEE FAR, i.e. abstain from all occasions, degrees, or appearances of it. Compare JOB 22:23 PROVERBS 4:14,15. A FALSE MATTER, i.e. an unrighteous judgment; for he is speaking to the judges, as ap...
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...
Exodus 23:7 far H7368 (H8799) false H8267 matter H1697 kill H2026 (H8799) innocent H5355 righteous H6662 justify...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
_Thou shalt not wrest the judgment._ DUTIES OF JUDGES I. That judges should be impartial. 1. In particular towards the poor (Exodus 23:6). (1) Because the poor are most open to the oppression of t...
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...
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...
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...
far from Exodus 23:1 Leviticus 19:11 Deuteronomy 19:16 Job 22:23...
Keep thee far from a false matter — From assisting or abetting an ill thing. Yea, keep thee far from it, dread it as a dangerous snare. I will not justify the wicked — That is, I will condemn him that...