Exodus 23

Exodus 23:4,5

EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:4 Israelites are called to show love for an ENEMY or for ONE WHO HATES them. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 23:6

EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:6 To PERVERT... JUSTICE could involve taking advantage of the POOR in a LAWSUIT. It could also mean showing partiality to them by altering testimony (v. Exodus 23:3). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 23:10-19

EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:10 See note on 20:22–26. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 23:14-17

EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:14 This section introduces the feasts of HARVEST and INGATHERING, which are explained in further detail later (see Leviticus 23:9). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 23:19

EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:19 The reason for this rule is not explained. Boiling a YOUNG GOAT IN ITS MOTHER’S MILK may have been a pagan religious ceremony practiced to induce fertility. Or it may be seen as a violation of the natural order: the young goat should drink its mother’s milk and gain life... [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 23:20-22

EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:20 The ANGEL who will go before Israel is closely identified with God himself: MY NAME IS IN HIM implies God’s nature and character; to OBEY HIS VOICE is to DO ALL THAT I SAY. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 23:24

EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:24 YOU SHALL NOT BOW DOWN TO THEIR GODS. See note on 20:3. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]