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Verse Exodus 23:24. _BREAK DOWN THEIR IMAGES._] מצבתיהם
_matstsebotheyhem_, from נצב _natsab_, to _stand up; pillars,
anointed stones_, c., such as the _baitulia_. Genesis 28:18....
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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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IMAGES. sacred pillars or statues. Exodus 24:4; Exodus 34:13. See note
on Exodus 26....
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_Thou shalt not bow down to …, nor serve them_ as Exodus 20:5.
_nor do after their works_ Cf. Leviticus 18:3.
_overthrow_ properly, _tear down_(viz. their images).
_pillars_ so RV. always, AV. somet...
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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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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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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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NOR DO AFTER THEIR WORKS. — The Canaanitish nations were not merely
idolaters, they were corrupt, profligate, and depraved. All the
abominations mentioned in Leviticus 18:6 were practised widely among...
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לֹֽא ־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֤ה לֵ אלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙
וְ לֹ֣א ת
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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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Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after
their works: but thou shalt (n) utterly overthrow them, and quite
break down their images.
(n) God commands his own to not only not...
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Deu_12:2-3; Deu_12:31-32....
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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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Exodus 23:24._Thou shalt utterly overthrow them. _I allow indeed that
these supplements would partly agree with, and be applicable to, the
First Commandment; but since express mention is everywhere ma...
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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 BOW DOWN TO THEIR GODS,.... In a way of honour to them,
doing them reverence, expressing thereby an high esteem of them, trust
in them, and expectation of good things from them;
NOR SE...
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Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after
their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break
down their images.
Ver. 24. _Thou shalt utterly overthrow them....
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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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Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after
their works, in no manner become guilty of false worship, of idolatry;
BUT THOU SHALT UTTERLY OVERTHROW THEM, the destruction of the...
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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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_ Thou shalt not bow down nor serve them_, i.e. give them neither
outward worship with thy body, nor inward with thy mind, nor follow
their example in the worship of idols. _Them shalt overthrow them_...
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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 23:24 down H7812 (H8691) gods H430 serve H5647 (H8714) do H6213
(H8799) works H4639 utterly...
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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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shalt not Exodus 20:5 do after Leviticus 18:3 Leviticus 18:26
Deuteronomy 12:30...