Ye shall be holy, i.e. separated from all filthiness, both moral and ceremonial. Neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts; partly, because the blood was not taken out of it; partly, because the clean beast was ceremonially defiled by the touch of the unclean; and partly, to beget in them a detestation of cruelty, even in the beasts, and much more in men.
Verse Exodus 22:31. _NEITHER SHALL YE EAT - FLESH - TORN OF BEASTS IN THE_ _FIELD_] This has been supposed to be an ordinance against eating flesh cut off the animal while alive, and so the Syriac se...
The sanctification of the nation was emphatically symbolized by strictness of diet as regards both the kind of animal, and the mode of slaughtering. See Leviticus 11; Leviticus 17....
CHAPTER 22 FURTHER JUDGMENTS _ 1. Concerning theft (Exodus 22:1)_ 2. Concerning neglect in case of fire (Exodus 22:6) 3. Concerning dishonesty (Exodus 22:7) 4. Concerning immoralities and forbidde...
EXODUS 22:18 E. VARIOUS ORDINANCES. From this point up to Exodus 23:9 we have to do with miscellaneous laws, differing in the main both in form and substance from the Judgments, and therefore here reg...
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'ish_ or _'enosh._ App-14....
A group of fundamental ceremonial injunctions. Jehovah's customary due from the first annual produce of the threshing-floor and the wine-press to be promptly paid: firstborn males, both of men and ani...
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...
AND YE SHALL BE HOLY MEN UNTO ME— See note on ch. Exodus 19:6. As the prohibition of eating flesh torn by beasts, is immediately subjoined to these words, Le Clerc's conjecture seems extremely probabl...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) If the thief be found breaking in,...
_AND YE SHALL BE HOLY MEN UNTO ME: NEITHER SHALL YE EAT ANY FLESH THAT IS TORN OF BEASTS IN THE FIELD; YE SHALL CAST IT TO THE DOGS._ Ye shall be holy men unto me. Since you are a people separated to...
HOLY MEN] See on Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:10. The numerous regulations with regard to outward purity, of which one example is given here, were intended to be a symbol and a reminder of that purity of he...
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED) 1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and of proportionately hig...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 22 LAWS ABOUT PROPERTY – VERSES 1-15 V1 The *LORD continued to spe...
YE SHALL BE HOLY MEN UNTO ME. — Compare Exodus 19:6. The holiness really desired was holiness of heart and spirit. Outward ordinances could not effect this; but, to keep the thought perpetually before...
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS. (16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which can, therefore, only be regarded as miscellaneous. Mo...
_[Exodus 22:30]_ וְ אַנְשֵׁי ־קֹ֖דֶשׁ תִּהְי֣וּן לִ֑י...
CHAPTER XXII. _ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._ PART IV. Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19. The Fourth section of this law within the law consists of enactments, curiously disconnected, many of them without...
The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo 21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that...
And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it (l) to the dogs. (l) And so have nothing to do with it....
_Beasts. "Wild beasts," Septuagint. --- This was to encourage humanity. (Theodoret)_...
1 Peter 1:15 REFLECTIONS Let the perusal of those scriptures lead my soul to those devout reflections, that if the grace of God hath indeed appeared unto me, then hath it taught me, and by divine aid...
"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...
_SUNDRY LAWS FOR ISRAEL_ ‘If thou … Thou shalt not … Ye shall.’ Exodus 22:23; Exodus 22:28; Exodus 22:31 I. RESTITUTION IS ONE OF THE PRIME THOUGHTS IN THIS LESSON.—Alas that this is far from being...
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...
AND YE SHALL BE HOLY MEN UNTO ME,.... They were so by God's act of election, not special and particular, but general and national; choosing and separating them to be an holy people to him, above all t...
And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. Ver. 31. _Holy men._] Heb., Men of holiness, which should run t...
_Ye shall be holy unto me_ And one mark of that honourable distinction is appointed in their diet, which was, that they should not _eat any flesh that was torn of beasts_ Both because the blood was no...
1 Of theft. 5 Of dammage. 7 Of trespasses. 14.Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft. 19 Of bestialitie. 20 Of idolatrie. 21 Of strangers, widowes, and fatherlesse. 25 Of vsurie. 2...
REGARDING VARIOUS SOCIAL RELATIONS...
And ye shall be holy men unto Me, set apart as a peculiar nation; NEITHER SHALL YE EAT ANY FLESH THAT IS TORN OF BEASTS IN THE FIELD; YE SHALL CAST IT TO THE DOGS. As a people that was consecrated to...
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...
LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY (vs.1-15) While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on his own property, and leave...
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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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 ABOUT DUTY TO GOD (EXODUS 22:28). Again we might discern a pattern as follows: a Not to revile God or ruler (Exodus 22:28). b Not to delay offering firstfruits of corn and vintage (Exodu...
CONTENTS: Judgments on rights of property; crimes against humanity. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Man's attitude to his fellow man will be based on his attitude to God and His law. KEY WORD:...
Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 22:31. And ye shall be holy men.] This seemingly abrupt clause is to be taken in a relation of strict _sequence_ with all that has gone before. As much as to say: “And so—namel...
EXPOSITION MISCELLANEOUS LAWS (Exodus 22:16-2) EXODUS 22:16, EXODUS 22:17 _Laws against seduction_. It has been
EXPOSITION II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the consideration of injuries to the person, the legislator proceeds to treat of injuries to property, and, as he has been sp...
If a man shall steal an ox, and kill it, [The rustlers] and sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, four sheep for a sheep (Exodus 22:1). You see in those days they were interested in taking ca...
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Ye shall be holy unto me — And one mark of that honourable distinction is appointed in their diet, which was, that they should not eat any flesh that was torn of beasts — Both because the blood was no...