III. ISRAEL AT SINAI ( XIX.- XL.).
The division Num 19- 40 presents difficulties due to its very
importance, _see_ introduction to Ex. (last paragraph). But Num 25-
31, 35- 40 readily fall apart from...
_LAWS RESPECTING SLANDER AND FALSE-WITNESS; THE POOR; THE SABBATH OF
THE LAND; IDOLATRY; THE YEARLY FEASTS. BLESSINGS PROMISED TO
OBEDIENCE._
_Before Christ 1491._...
INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 23
This chapter contains several laws, chiefly judicial, relating to the
civil polity of Israel, as concerning witness borne and judgment made
of cases in courts of judicature,...
_A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491._
This chapter concludes the acts that passed in the first session (if
it may be so called) upon mount Sinai. Here are,
(1,) Some laws of universal obligation, relating especial...
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 s...
* Laws against falsehood and injustice. (1-9) The year of rest, The
sabbath, The three festivals. (10-19) God promises to conduct the
Israelites to Canaan. (20-33)...