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Verse Exodus 23:25. _SHALL BLESS THY BREAD AND THY WATER_] That is,
all thy provisions, no matter of what sort; the meanest fare shall be
sufficiently nutritive when God's blessing is in it....
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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 23:20 E. CLOSING DISCOURSE (Exodus 23:23 a, Exodus 23:27, and
Exodus 23:31 b -...
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BREAD, and thy water. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species),
App-6, put for all kinds of food and drink....
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Hortatory epilogue. The laws which Israel is to observe have been
defined: and now Jehovah declares what He will do for His people if it
is obedient to His voice (_v._22): He will give it prosperity,...
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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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25A. The positive complement of _v._24: Jehovah is to be the object of
Israel's worship.
25B, 26. The blessings which will follow upon Israel's obedience:
abundance of food, freedom from sickness, fe...
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AND YE SHALL SERVE THE LORD YOUR GOD— In consequence of their utter
extirpation of idols and idolatry, and their obedience to God, he
promises every sort of temporal blessings: Plenty of meat and drin...
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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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_BEHOLD, I SEND AN ANGEL BEFORE THEE, TO KEEP THEE IN THE WAY, AND TO
BRING THEE INTO THE PLACE WHICH I HAVE PREPARED._
Behold, I send an Angel before thee. The word "Behold" introduces a
new paragra...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED)
1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
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See on Exodus 20:12....
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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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THE PROMISES OF GOD TO ISRAEL, IF THE COVENANT IS KEPT.
(20-33) The Book of the Covenant terminates, very appropriately, with
a series of promises. God is “the rewarder of them that diligently
seek hi...
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HE SHALL BLESS THY BREAD, AND THY WATER — i.e., all the food,
whether meat or drink, on which they subsisted. It is God’s blessing
which makes food healthful to us.
TAKE SICKNESS AWAY. — Half the sick...
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וַ עֲבַדְתֶּ֗ם אֵ֚ת יְהוָ֣ה
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וּ ב
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PART V.--ITS SANCTIONS.
Exodus 23:20.
This summary of Judaism being now complete, the people have to learn
what mighty issues are at stake upon their obedience. And the
transition is very striking fr...
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PROMISE OF ENTRANCE INTO CANAAN
Exodus 23:18
This Angel must have been the Lord himself, for Stephen said expressly
that the Angel was with Moses at the burning bush, where Jehovah
revealed Himself,...
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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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And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy (o)
bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of
thee.
(o) That is, all things necessary for this present life....
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_Waters, or all things necessary for your sustenance._...
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Deuteronomy 28:1....
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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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25._And ye shall serve the Lord your God. _It is true that this
promise is very similar to others, to which I have assigned a peculiar
place, but it has this difference, that, in inviting the people t...
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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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AND YE SHALL SERVE THE LORD YOUR GOD,.... And him only, who had
brought them out of Egypt, and done so many great and good things for
them at the Red sea, and now in the wilderness; by which he appear...
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_He shall bless thy bread and thy water_ And God's blessing will make
bread and water more refreshing and nourishing than a feast of fat
things, and wines on the lees, without that blessing. _And I wi...
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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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And ye shall serve the Lord, your God, and He shall bless thy bread
and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Bread and water are symbols of welfare, and well-being and heal...
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CONCERNING THE CONTINUATION OF THE JOURNEY...
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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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20-33 It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in
their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I
send an angel before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this...
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THY BREAD AND THY WATER, i.e. thy meat and thy drink, that they shall
be able to nourish thee, and give thee comfort, which without my
blessing they will never be able to do....
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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 23:25 serve H5647 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 bless H1288
(H8765) bread H3899 water H4325 take...
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YAHWEH'S PROMISE THAT HE WILL SEND HIS ANGEL WITH THEM (EXODUS 23:20).
Yahweh now confirms that He will go with His people into Canaan.
This section may be analysed as follows:
a Yahweh will send H...
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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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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 23:20_
DIVINE GUIDANCE
I. THERE IS A DIVINE WAY. There is a divine way for individuals.
Joseph, Abraham, Daniel, and David were led in the right way. The
sa...
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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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and ye Deuteronomy 6:13 Deuteronomy 10:12 Deuteronomy 10:20
Deuteronomy 11:13...
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He shall bless thy bread and thy water — And God's blessing will
make bread and water more refreshing and nourishing, than a feast of
fat things, and wines on the lees, without that blessing. And I wi...