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Verse Exodus 23:2. _THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO_ DO _EVIL_]
Be _singular_. Singularity, if in the right, can never be criminal. So
completely disgraceful is the way of sin, that if there wer...
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These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of
the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence
in legal causes. Compare 1 Kings 21:10; Acts 6:11.
Exodus 2...
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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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EVIL-INJURY. Hebrew. _r_. _a. a._ See App-44.
SPEAK. testify.
DECLINE. "turn away [and follow]". Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6.
a)....
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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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Not to follow a majority blindly for evil purposes, or, in particular
to pervert justice.
_to do evil_ lit. _into evil things_.
_speak_ ANSWER (in a court of law), i.e. BEAR WITNESS (RVm.), as
Exodu...
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THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL— As the former verse,
no less than the latter part of this and the third, refers to
testimony and judgment, one would imagine, that this also must have a
m...
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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 FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL; NEITHER SHALT THOU
SPEAK IN A CAUSE TO DECLINE AFTER MANY TO WREST JUDGMENT:_
Thou shalt not follow a multitude, х_ RABIYM_ (H7227)] - many. This
makes...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED)
1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
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TO DECLINE AFTER] RV 'to turn aside after.'...
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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 FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL... — It is perhaps true
that the offence especially condemned is joining with a majority in an
unrighteous judgment; but the words of the precept extend mu...
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לֹֽא ־תִהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרֵֽי ־רַבִּ֖ים לְ
רָעֹ֑ת ו
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THE LESSER LAW.
Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33.
With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we
approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral
interest, confes...
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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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Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou
speak in a cause (a) to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:
(a) Do that which is godly, though few favour it....
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For the propriety of this, see the gospel. Matthew 7:13....
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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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THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL,.... The Targums of
Jerusalem and Jonathan add, but to do good. As in private life, the
examples of the many, who are generally the most wicked, are not to...
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_Thou shalt not follow a multitude_ Either their counsel or their
example; _to do evil_ General usage will never excuse us in any ill
practice; nor is the broad way ever the safer for its being _crowd...
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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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FURTHER ORDINANCES REGARDING SOCIAL RELATIONS...
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Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak
in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment. The thought of the
first half of the sentence is emphasized in the second par...
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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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SPEAK:
_ Heb._ answer...
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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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THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE, either their counsel or example.
But the Hebrew _rabbin_ both here and in the following clause is by
some rendered _great men_, men in power and authority, whom we a...
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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 23:2 follow H310 crowd H7227 evil H7451 testify H6030 (H8799)
dispute H7379 aside H5186 (H8800) after...
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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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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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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 fellow a multitude to do evil._
FOLLOWING THE MULTITUDE PROHIBITED
I. Explain the nature of this precept.
1. It is here assumed that the multitude do evil. This may be
inferred--
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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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follow Exodus 32:1 Genesis 6:12 Genesis 7:1 Genesis 19:4 Genesis 19:7...
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Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil — General usage will
never excuse us in any ill practice; nor is the broad way ever the
safer for its being crowded. We must inquire what we ought to do, n...