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The rendering in the margin is better. Cf. Deuteronomy 20:4....
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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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Obedience to God's commands will be, as ever, the guarantee of His
effectual help.
_all that I speak_ viz. through the angel. His speech is identical
with Jehovah's.
23 25A. Generally regarded as an...
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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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DISCOURSE: 94
THE DANGER OF WILFUL AND OBSTINATE DISOBEDIENCE
Exodus 23:20. Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee in the
way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware...
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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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23:22 enemies, (d-25) adversaries. (d-31) See Note Psalms 8:2 , re.
enemy and adversary....
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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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AN ADVERSARY UNTO THINE ADVERSARIES. — Rather, _an afflictor of thy
afflictors._...
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כִּ֣י אִם ־שָׁמֹ֤עַ תִּשְׁמַע֙ בְּ
קֹלֹ֔ו וְ
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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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This was the original covenant promise. See Genesis 12:2....
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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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22._But if thou shalt indeed obey. _He moderates the terror with which
He had inspired them for two reasons, — _first, _that He may rather
gently attract them than force them by the fear of punishment...
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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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BUT, IF THOU SHALL INDEED OBEY HIS VOICE,.... Or "hearkening hearken",
n to it attentively, listen to it, and diligently and constantly
observe and obey in whatever he shall direct and order:
AND DO...
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But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then
I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine
adversaries.
Ver. 22. _An enemy unto thine enemies._] There i...
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Exo. 23:20-23. God says of this angel, "My name is in Him." God had a
little before, from this same Mount Sinai, declared to Moses with very
great solemnity that He might thereby make Him known to 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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But if thou shalt indeed obey His voice, and do all that I speak, as
the Lord's word and His word would be identical, THEN I WILL BE AN
ENEMY UNTO THINE ENEMIES AND AN ADVERSARY UNTO THINE ADVERSARIES...
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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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ALL THAT I SPEAK; all that I have already commanded, and shall further
prescribe by him unto Moses....
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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 23:22 indeed H8085 (H8800) obey H8085 (H8799) voice H6963 do
H6213 (H8804) speak H1696 ...
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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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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 t
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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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an enemy Genesis 12:3 Numbers 24:9 Deuteronomy 30:7 Jeremiah 30:20...