Exodus 13:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake._] God hath a saying to such as he hath saved: and what it is, see Exodus 13:2 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake._] God hath a saying to such as he hath saved: and what it is, see Exodus 13:2 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, [both] of man and of beast: it [is] mine. Ver. 2. _It is mine._] By right of redemption also. He that is saved is "not his own"; 1Co 6:19 but his that saved him. _Servati sumus ut serviamus._ Luk 1:74 God... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. Ver. 3. _Remember._] Heb., To remember, indefinitely; q.d., Remember perpetual... [ Continue Reading ]
This day came ye out in the month Abib. Ver. 4. _In the month Abib._] The flowery month, as Micarius calls it. _See Trapp on "_ Exo 12:2 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. Ver. 5. _A land... [ Continue Reading ]
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day [shall be] a feast to the LORD. Ver. 6. _Seven days._] Figuring our whole life.... [ Continue Reading ]
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. Ver. 7. _See Trapp on "_ Exo 12:19 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Exo 12:20 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. Ver. 8. _And thou shalt show._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 12:26 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. Ver. 9. _And for a memorial_] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 23:5 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. Ver. 10. _From year to year._] The Chaldee hath it, From time to time. We have the Lord's Supper, that sweet ordinance wherein Christ "kisseth us with the kisses of his lips," and giveth us a privy seal of his love, much ofte... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, Ver. 11. _Land of the Canaanites._] A general name to all those seven accursed nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males [shall be] the LORD'S. Ver. 12. The males shall be the Lord's.] This God did, that with the firstborn son, commonly best beloved, he might draw all the love to... [ Continue Reading ]
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. Ver. 13. _And every firstling of an ass._] This God would not have paid him in kind, _eo quod asinus tardum... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [is] this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: Ver. 14. _That thou shalt say unto him._] _Plantas tenellas frequentius adaguare proderit,_ young plants... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. Ver.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt._ Ver. 16. _Frontlets._] Phylacteries. See on Matthew 23:5,6. The right use of them was memorative: the superstitious use, preservative against the powe... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although that [was] near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: Ver. 17. _That God led them not._] He carefully c... [ Continue Reading ]
But God led the people about, [through] the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. Ver. 18. _God led the people about._] Philo writeth, that it was not much above three days' journey from Egypt to Canaan the other way: _Sed Dei v... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. Ver. 19. _And Moses took the bones of Joseph._] And with those, as it is likely, the bones of the other patriarchs to... [ Continue Reading ]
And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. Ver. 20. _From Succoth._] Their first rendezvous. Exo 12:37... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: Ver. 21. _And the Lord, &c._] See Psa 105:39 Isaiah 4:5,6. God protects, directs, and every way suits the necessities of his people.... [ Continue Reading ]
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, [from] before the people. Ver. 22. _He took not away._] This is reckoned, as well it might, for a great mercy, by those holy Levites in Nehemiah 9:19. The Romans' _Vibilia_ was but an imaginary deity; and her help in... [ Continue Reading ]