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Verse Exodus 22:28. _THOU SHALT NOT REVILE THE GODS_] Most
commentators believe that the word _gods_ here means _magistrates_.
The original is אלהים _Elohim_, and should be understood of the
true God...
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THE GODS - Heb. אלהים _'ělôhı̂ym_. See Exodus 21:6 note.
Many take it as the name of God (as in Genesis 1:1), and this
certainly seems best to represent the Hebrew, and to suit the context.
CURSE TH...
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CHAPTER 22 FURTHER JUDGMENTS
_ 1. Concerning theft (Exodus 22:1)_
2. Concerning neglect in case of fire (Exodus 22:6)
3. Concerning dishonesty (Exodus 22:7)
4. Concerning immoralities and forbidde...
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EXODUS 22:18 E. VARIOUS ORDINANCES. From this point up to Exodus 23:9
we have to do with miscellaneous laws, differing in the main both in
form and substance from the Judgments, and therefore here reg...
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CURSE. Compare Ecclesiastes 10:20; Acts 23:5; 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 1:8....
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Reverence to be shewn to God, and to those in authority.
_revile_ the word (_ḳâlal_) usually rendered _curse_(e.g. Exodus
21:17): here represented by _revile_, because of the syn. (_"ârar_)
in _v._28...
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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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THOU SHALT NOT REVILE THE GODS— _The magistrates._ See note on ch.
Exodus 21:6 and Romans 13:1. _The ruler of thy people_ means here any
one _elevated_ (according to the original) in dignity and autho...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) If the
thief be found breaking in,...
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_THOU SHALT NOT REVILE THE GODS, NOR CURSE THE RULER OF THY PEOPLE._
Thou shalt not revile the gods. Josephus, who endeavours so often to
accommodate his religion to pagan tastes and prejudices, inte...
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22:28 judges, (a-6) Or 'God' lit. _ Elohim_ . see Note c, ch. 21.6....
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THE GODS] RV 'God.' RM 'judges' is also possible: see on Exodus 21:6.
But cp. St. Peter's injunction (1 Peter 2:17)....
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED)
1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox
is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and
of proportionately hig...
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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 22
LAWS ABOUT PROPERTY – VERSES 1-15
V1 The *LORD continued to spe...
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MISCELLANEOUS LAWS.
(16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is
impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which can,
therefore, only be regarded as miscellaneous. Mo...
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THOU SHALT NOT REVILE THE GODS. — The LXX. And Vulgate give the
passage this sense; and so it was understood, or at any rate
expounded, by Philo (_De Vit. Mos._ ii. 26) and Josephus (_Ant. Jud._
iv. 8...
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_[Exodus 22:27]_ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֹ֣א תְקַלֵּ֑ל וְ
נָשִׂ֥יא...
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CHAPTER XXII.
_ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._
PART IV.
Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19.
The Fourth section of this law within the law consists of enactments,
curiously disconnected, many of them without...
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The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo
21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying
emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that...
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_Gods. Judges, priests, &c. Josephus and Philo say, we must not speak
ill of strange gods, lest the Gentiles should take occasion to
blaspheme the true God, and that we may be farther removed from the...
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Acts 23:5....
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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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_SUNDRY LAWS FOR ISRAEL_
‘If thou … Thou shalt not … Ye shall.’
Exodus 22:23; Exodus 22:28; Exodus 22:31
I. RESTITUTION IS ONE OF THE PRIME THOUGHTS IN THIS LESSON.—Alas
that this is far from being...
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Exodus 22:28._Thou shalt not revile the gods_. These four passages
confirm what I have said, that in the: Fifth Commandment are
comprised, by _synecdoche _all superiors in authority.: For it was not
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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THOU SHALT NOT REVILE THE GODS,.... Meaning not the idols of the
Gentiles, which they reckon gods, and worship as such; which is the
sense of Philo, and some others, particularly Josephus i, who, to
c...
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Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Ver. 28. _Thou shalt not revile the gods._] Blaspheme dignities. Jdg
1:8 This is blasphemy is the second table....
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_Thou shalt not revile the gods_ That is, the judges and magistrates.
Princes and magistrates are our fathers, whom the fifth commandment
obligeth us to honour, and forbids us to _revile._ St. Paul ap...
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1 Of theft.
5 Of dammage.
7 Of trespasses. 14.Of borrowing.
16 Of fornication.
18 Of witchcraft.
19 Of bestialitie.
20 Of idolatrie.
21 Of strangers, widowes, and fatherlesse.
25 Of vsurie.
2...
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Thou shalt not revile the gods, that is, Elohim, the one true God,
they shall not blaspheme, NOR CURSE THE RULER OF THY PEOPLE, who is a
representative of the Lord on earth....
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REGARDING VARIOUS SOCIAL RELATIONS...
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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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LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY
(vs.1-15)
While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also
responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on
his own property, and leave...
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GODS:
Or, judges...
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GODS; not gods falsely so called, as some would have it, as appears by
1 KINGS 18:27 JEREMIAH 10:11; but magistrates and governors, whether
civil or ecclesiastical, as it is evident both from ACTS 23:...
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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 22:28 revile H7043 (H8762) God H430 curse H779 (H8799) ruler
H5387 people H5971
the gods - or, judges,...
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REGULATIONS ABOUT DUTY TO GOD (EXODUS 22:28).
Again we might discern a pattern as follows:
a Not to revile God or ruler (Exodus 22:28).
b Not to delay offering firstfruits of corn and vintage (Exodu...
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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 rights of property; crimes against humanity.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: Man's attitude to his fellow man will be based on his
attitude to God and His law.
KEY WORD:...
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Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there
shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his
own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...
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_The ruler of thy people._
THE DIVINE RIGHT OF MAGISTRATES TO RESPECT
I. That the powers that be are ordained of God (Romans 13:1; 1 Peter
2:13).
II. That magistrates must re treated with respect, b...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 22:31. And ye shall be holy men.] This seemingly abrupt clause
is to be taken in a relation of strict _sequence_ with all that has
gone before. As much as to say: “And so—namel...
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EXPOSITION
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS (Exodus 22:16-2)
EXODUS 22:16, EXODUS 22:17
_Laws against seduction_. It has been
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EXPOSITION
II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the
consideration of injuries to the person, the legislator proceeds to
treat of injuries to property, and, as he has been sp...
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If a man shall steal an ox, and kill it, [The rustlers] and sell it;
he shall restore five oxen for an ox, four sheep for a sheep (Exodus
22:1).
You see in those days they were interested in taking ca...
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Thou shalt not revile the gods — That is, the judges and
magistrates. Princes and magistrates are our fathers, whom the fifth
commandment obligeth us to honour, and forbids us to revile. St. Paul
appl...