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Verse Exodus 34:13. _YE SHALL DESTROY THEIR IMAGES_] See the subjects
of this and all the following verses, to Exodus 34:28, treated at
large in the notes on _"_Exodus 23:24_"_....
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The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part,
identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten
Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo.
20–23; s...
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CHAPTER 34 THE RESULT: THE SECOND COVENANT AND THE GLORY
_ 1. The command to hew two tables of stone (Exodus 34:1)_
2. The proclamation of Jehovah (Exodus 34:5)
3. Moses' worship and prayer (Exodus...
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EXODUS 34:1 J. THE COVENANT WORDS. After removing Exodus 34:5, the
sublime account of the revelation of Yahweh's nature as mercy and
truth in their unity, which follows on Exodus 33:23, the remainder...
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IMAGES. sacred pillars. Compare Exodus 23:24; Exodus 24:4, and note on
Leviticus 26:1.
GROVES. Hebrew. _'asherah._ First occurrence out of forty: always
rendered "groves", but denotes. phallic image,...
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The altars and religious emblems of the Canaanites to be utterly
destroyed. Cf. Exodus 23:24, with the references; and the almost
verbal repetitions in Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3.
_pillars_ or...
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The conditions of the covenant, i.e. the laws upon the acceptance of
which its establishment depends. The laws themselves seem to have
received parenetic additions from the compiler....
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No alliance to be entered into with the Canaanites, lest intercourse
with them seduce Israel into idolatry (comp. Exodus 23:24; Exodus
23:32 f., Deuteronomy 7:2-5)....
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The (re-)establishment of the covenant, with the laws upon which it is
based. The passage belongs in the main to E; but it has probably been
enlarged in parts with hortatory additions by the compiler....
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THEIR IMAGES— I should imagine that the original word מצבתם
_matzebotam,_ signifies _pillars_ or something of that kind, dedicated
to the צבא _zaba_ or _hosts of heaven._...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
34 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Hew thee two tables of stone like
unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were
on the first tables, which thou...
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_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 wit...
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34:13 Asherahs. (b-14) Images of the goddess Asherah. possibly the
same as Ashtoreth (Astarte). see Genesis 38:21 ....
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THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT
In token that the people are forgiven, God renews His covenant
relation with them. The conditions are the same as before. The
Decalogue is inscribed on two fresh tables, a...
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IMAGES] RV 'pillars,' or 'Obelisks': see Exodus 24:4. GROVES] i.e.
'things graven', RV 'Asherim.' The Canaanitish shrine contained an
altar, near which stood a stone pillar and an _Asherah_ (plur.
_As...
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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 34
THE NEW FLAT STONES WITH GOD’S *COMMANDMENTS ON THEM – VERSES 1-9...
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(12-16) This passage may be compared with Exodus 23:24; Exodus 23:32.
It repeats, with some enlargements, the enactments there made, and
traces in detail the evil consequences which would follow from...
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YE SHALL DESTROY THEIR ALTARS, BREAK THEIR IMAGES, AND CUT DOWN THEIR
GROVES. — In the “Book of the Covenant” the command had been
simply to “quite break down their images” (Exodus 23:24). Now,
after...
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כִּ֤י אֶת ־מִזְבְּחֹתָם֙ תִּתֹּצ֔וּן
וְ אֶת ־
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
_ THE VISION OF GOD._
Exodus 34:1
It was when God had most graciously assured Moses of His affection,
that he ventured, in so brief a cry that it is almost a gasp of
longing, to ask,...
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THE COVENANT OF THE LAW RENEWED
Exodus 34:1
Before we can behold the vision of Eternal Love we must be willing to
fulfill three conditions: (1) _Earliness_: “My soul, be ready in the
morning.” (2) _S...
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Moses was called again into the mount and the promised unveiling was
made to him. It consisted of a declaration by God of the truth
concerning Himself, first, as to His nature and second, as to His
me...
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But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down
their (d) groves:
(d) Which pleasant places they chose for their idols....
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_Statues. Septuagint have, "pillars," and subjoin after groves,
(unless it be another translation, as Grabe insinuates) "you shall
burn with fire the graven things of their gods."_...
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The same precepts are of everlasting obligation, in all ages of the
Church, 2 Corinthians 6:14....
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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 33 AND 34.
We have now to examine a little what was taking place among the
people, and on Moses's part, the faithful and zealous witness, as a
servant of God...
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BUT YE SHALL DESTROY THEIR ALTARS,.... On which they had sacrificed to
their idols; since, if they were allowed to continue, they might be
temptations to offer sacrifice thereon, contrary to the comma...
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But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down
their groves:
Ver. 13. _Break their images._] The Popish historians have blurred
and blasted those zealous emperors, Zeno and other...
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1 The Tables are renued.
5 The Name of the Lord proclaimed.
8 Moses intreateth God to go with them.
10 God maketh a couenant with them, repeating certaine dueties of the
first Table.
28 Moses afte...
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But ye shall destroy their altars, which were devoted to the worship
of false gods, BREAK THEIR IMAGES, the statues or pillars erected in
honor of their idols, AND CUT DOWN THEIR GROVES, the pillarlik...
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THE GRACIOUS PROMISE...
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THIRD SECTION
The New Tables of the Law for the People prone to a Hierarchy. Clearer
Revelation of God’s Grace. Sterner Prohibition of Idolatry. Stricter
Commands concerning the Passover, the First-b...
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THE SECOND GIVING OF THE LAW
(vs.1-28)
Though the first tables of the law had been given to Moses, they never
came into the camp. Thus Israel never was under absolute law. This
would have meant death...
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IMAGES:
_ Heb._ statues...
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10-17 The Israelites are commanded to destroy every monument of
idolatry, however curious or costly; to refuse all alliance,
friendship, or marriage with idolaters, and all idolatrous feasts; and
the...
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Jehovah refuses to accompany Israel to the land of promise. "I will
not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiff-necked people;
lest I consume thee in the way." At the opening of this book, wh...
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Exodus 34:13 destroy H5422 (H8799) altars H4196 break H7665 (H8762)
pillars H4676 down H3772 (H8799) images...
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A WARNING AGAINST MAKING ANY COVENANT WITH THE CANAANITES AND THE NEED
TO DESTROY THEIR IDOLS BECAUSE OF THE AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF IDOLATRY
AND BECAUSE YAHWEH IS NAMED ‘JEALOUS' AND IS A JEALOUS GOD ...
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CONTENTS: Second tables of the law. The new vision and commission.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron.
CONCLUSION: (Exodus 34:12-17). We cannot expect the benefit of God's
promises unless we make conscie...
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Exodus 34:1. _I will write upon these tables. Deuteronomy 10:4_. The
Lord wrote on these tables according to the first writing. In the last
clause of Exodus 34:28, the pronoun _he_ refers, not to Mose...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 34:11 These instructions about THE INHABITANTS
OF THE LAND reinforce the command in Exodus 23:23....
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 34:10_
THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT
The engagements which man had made with God being broken, the covenant
had to be commenced _de novo_. All the ground must...
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EXPOSITION
THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. Dazed, as it would seem, by the splendour
of the vision which he had beheld, Moses forgot that God had already
pledged himself to renew the covenant, and lead...
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them
out like the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that
were in the first tables, which you broke. And be ready in the...
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ye shall Exodus 23:24 Deuteronomy 7:5 Deuteronomy 7:25 Deuteronomy
7:26...