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Verse Exodus 23:9. _YE KNOW THE HEART OF A STRANGER_] Having been
strangers yourselves, under severe, long continued, and cruel
oppression, ye know the fears, cares, anxieties, and dismal
forebodings...
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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...
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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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HEART. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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The _gêr_, or foreigner -sojourning" in Israel, not to be -crushed."
Identical, in great measure verbally, with Exodus 22:21: here, no
doubt, directed specially against unfair judgement (cf. Deuterono...
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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...
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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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_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...
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23:9 spirit (a-12) Lit. 'soul.'...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED)
1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
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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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THOU SHALT NOT OPPRESS A STRANGER. — See Note on Exodus 22:21. The
repetition of the law indicates the strong inclination of the Hebrew
people to ill-use strangers, and the anxiety of the legislator t...
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וְ גֵ֖ר לֹ֣א תִלְחָ֑ץ וְ אַתֶּ֗ם
יְדַעְתֶּם֙
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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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Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the (e) heart of a
stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
(e) For since he is a stranger, his heart is sorrowful enough....
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_The hearts. You have experienced what sorrow and misery they feel.
(Menochius)_...
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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....
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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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ALSO THOU SHALL NOT OPPRESS A STRANGER,.... As these were not to be
vexed and oppressed in a private manner and by private men, see
Exodus 22:21 so neither in a public manner, and in a public court o...
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Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a
stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Ver. 9. _Thou shalt not oppress, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 22:21 _"_...
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_Thou shalt not oppress the stranger_ Though aliens might not inherit
lands among them; yet, they must have justice done them. It is an
instance of the equity of our law, that if an alien be tried for...
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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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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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HEART:
_ Heb._ soul...
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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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Ver. 9: THE HEART OF A STRANGER, i.e. the disposition, dejection, and
distress of his heart, which makes him an object of pity, not of
malice or mischief....
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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 23:9 oppress H3905 (H8799) stranger H1616 know H3045 (H8804)
heart H5315 stranger H1616 because H3588 strangers
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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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_Thou shalt not oppress a stranger, for ye knew the heart of a
stranger._
THE LOGIC OF LAW
The argument is that our conduct is to spring out of our experience;
we are to go back upon our own history...
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THE RIGHT KIND OF MEMORY
Ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land
of Egypt. Exodus 23:9.
Today I want to speak about the right kind of memory, because although
the memo...
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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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thou shalt not Exodus 21:21 Deuteronomy 10:19 Deuteronomy 24:14
Deuteronomy 27:19...
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Thou shalt not oppress the stranger — Though aliens might not
inherit lands among them; yet they must have justice done them. It was
an instance of the equity of our law, that if an alien be tried for...