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Verse Exodus 23:17. _ALL THY MALES_] _Old_ men, _sick_ men, _male
idiots_, and _male children_ under _thirteen_ years of age, excepted;
for so the Jewish doctors understand this command....
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This is the first mention of the three great Yearly Festivals. The
feast of Unleavened bread, in its connection with the Paschal Lamb, is
spoken of in Exodus 12; Exodus 13: but the two others are here...
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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 23:10 E. CALENDAR AND RULES FOR WORSHIP. This passage may
originally have followed Exodus 23-26 in the Covenant Book. It has
been expanded, Exodus 23:13 being a conclusion (perhaps displaced fr...
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BEFORE. Hebrew "before the face _of"._
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _ha-'adon Jehovah._ See App-4....
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Every male to appear before (see on _v._15) Jehovah three times in the
year. The substantial identity with _v._14, coupled with the different
word for -times," makes it probable that the verse has bee...
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Further ceremonial regulations (cf. Exodus 20:24-26; Exodus 22:29-31)....
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The three annual pilgrimages, at which every male was to appear before
God at a sanctuary. These pilgrimages were festivals which marked
originally stages in the agricultural operations of the year: t...
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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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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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_THREE TIMES IN THE YEAR ALL THY MALES SHALL APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD
GOD._
All thy males shall appear before the Lord God. All the males who
were purified, including indigenous or home-born servants ...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED)
1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
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THREE TIMES IN THE YEAR] These annual pilgrimages served to maintain a
conscious unity of race and worship....
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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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THREE TIMES IN THE YEAR. — The terms of this verse, as compared with
Exodus 23:14, limit the observance of the three festivals to the
males, but add the important requirement of personal attendance at...
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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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(14-17) The first great festival — the Passover festival — had
been already instituted (Exodus 12:3; Exodus 13:3). It pleased the
Divine Legislator at this time to add to that festival two others, and...
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שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִ֖ים בַּ † שָּׁנָ֑ה
יֵרָאֶה֙ כָּל...
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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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Those seasons were - in the spring, summer, and autumn, namely, the
feast of the Passover, that of Pentecost, and that of Tabernacles. It
is worthy observation, that in after ages, under the gospel st...
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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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THREE TIMES IN THE YEAR ALL THY MALES SHALL APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD THY
GOD. In the city of Jerusalem, when they were come into the land of
Canaan, and the temple was there built: here they were to sho...
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Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord
GOD.
Ver. 17. _All thy males._] The females are not required to appear,
because they were weak, and not so fit for travel. They were...
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_All thy males_ All that were of competent years, and health, and
strength, and at their own disposal. It is probable, servants were
exempt: for none was to appear without an offering: but most of the...
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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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Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord
God. So it was specifically ordered that on the above-mentioned feasts
the men of the congregation were obliged to appear before the...
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THE HOLY PERIODS AND FEASTS...
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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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10-19 Every seventh year the land was to rest. They must not plough
or sow it; what the earth produced of itself, should be eaten, and not
laid up. This law seems to have been intended to teach depen...
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To wit, such as are of competent years, and health, and strength, and
such as were at their own dispose; for that servants were not bound to
this may seem probable, because none of these concerned wer...
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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 23:17 Three H7969 times H6471 year H8141 males H2138 appear
H7200 (H8735) before H6440 Lord H113 GOD...
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE ANNUAL FEASTS (EXODUS 23:14).
The people have arrived at Mount Sinai and are preparing for what lies
ahead. These laws are therefore providing them with a blueprint of
that...
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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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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:10 See note on 20:22–26.
⇐ ⇔...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:14 This section introduces the feasts of
HARVEST and INGATHERING, which are explained in further detail later
(see...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 23:19. Thou shalt not seethe, &c.]—This command, taken in
connection with the preceding one, justifies the explanation of
ancient commentators that it was given to banish a pag...
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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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Exodus 34:23 Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 16:16 Deuteronomy 31:11...