At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. Ver. 1. _Like unto the first._] Which Moses had broken; to show how we in our nature had broken the law, and could not be saved by the keeping of i... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. Ver. 2. _Which thou brakest._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 34:1 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And I made an ark [of] shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. Ver. 3. _And I made an ark._] In its use far beyond that Persian casket embroidered with gold and pearl, which Alexander reserved for Homer's Iliad... [ Continue Reading ]
And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. Ver. 4. _Out of the midst of the fire._] The law was given in fire; it is "a law of f... [ Continue Reading ]
And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me. Ver. 5. _And put the tables in the ark._] Which was thenceforth called "the ark of the testimony.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. Ver. 6. _And the children of Israel._] Here are some seeming contradictions betwixt this pla... [ Continue Reading ]
From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. Ver. 7. _A land of rivers of water._] A rare thing in a dry desert. Lysimachus sold his crown for a less matter.... [ Continue Reading ]
At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. Ver. 8. _At that time,_] viz., While they were yet at Mount Sinai; for the two former verses are inserted by a pare... [ Continue Reading ]
_And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,_ Ver. 12. _What doth the Lord thy God require of thee?_] _Beneficium postulat officium; _ mer... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens [is] the LORD'S thy God, the earth [also], with all that therein [is]. Ver. 14. _Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens._] Not the air and sky only, the visible heaven, but the third heaven, whereof no natural knowledge can be had, nor any help by h... [ Continue Reading ]
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you above all people, as [it is] this day. Ver. 15. _To love them._] Because he loved them, as Deuteronomy 7:7,8. _See Trapp on "_ Deu 7:8 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. Ver. 16. _Circumcise therefore._] _Deus iubendo iuvat._ Set about this work in God's strength, and pray that the heaven may answer the earth. Hos 2:21 For it is a work that must be done "without hands." Col 2:11 Beg of God... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD your God [is] God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: Ver. 17. _Is God of gods._] And will be served like himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ver. 19. _Love ye therefore the stranger._] And to show yourselves the friends of God. For _idem velle et idem nolle, ea demum vera amictia est._ _a_ Friends are like-minded. _ a_ Cicero.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. Ver. 20. _To him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name._] Cleaving will call for swearing. Act 11:23 Broken bones must have strong bands to close them fast again. A crazy piece of buildin... [ Continue Reading ]
He [is] thy praise, and he [is] thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. Ver. 21. _He is thy praise._] Thy praised One, Psa 18:3 or, Thy praiseworthy One. He is also thy chief glory and praise amongst all nations, who shall admire thy happiness i... [ Continue Reading ]