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Verse Exodus 23:33. _THEY SHALL NOT DWELL IN THY LAND_] They must be
utterly expelled. The land was the Lord's, and he had given it to the
progenitors of this people, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Th...
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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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The expulsion of the Canaanites will however be gradual: it will not
be completed till the Israelites are numerous enough to fill
effectually the territory vacated by them. Hence, with verbal
variatio...
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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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THEY SHALL NOT DWELL IN THY LAND— i.e. "They shall on no account be
suffered to dwell within thy land, while continuing in the practice of
idolatry;" the reason of which is subjoined; and it is added,...
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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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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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THEY SHALL not DWELL IN THY LAND. — Individuals might remain if they
became proselytes, as Urijah the Hittite, Araunah the Jebusite, &c.;
and the Gibeonites remained _en masse,_ but in a servile condi...
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לֹ֤א יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּ אַרְצְךָ֔ פֶּן
־יַחֲטִ֥יאוּ...
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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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_Scandal. If you have any society with these nations, it will turn to
your ruin, which was but too literally manifested afterwards._...
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Are not many things in these precepts of a spiritual tendency? There
can be no amity between the works of the flesh and the fruits of the
Spirit. See 2 Corinthians 6:15....
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REFLECTIONS
Though, through the merciful bounty of a covenant God in Christ, I
dare not seek justification before God, by the deeds of the law, yet
as the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, hath...
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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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THEY SHALL NOT DWELL IN THY LAND,.... The land of Canaan, given by God
for an inheritance, and now would be in the possession of the
Israelites; and therefore were not to suffer the old inhabitants to...
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They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me:
for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Ver. 33. _A snare._] See Deu 7:16 Joshua 23:13 Judges 2:3 ....
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_Thou shalt make no covenant with them_ Thou shalt give no toleration
to idol-worship, nor suffer it to be introduced into thy territories.
Thou shalt make no league with them, either civil or religio...
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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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CONCERNING THE CONTINUATION OF THE JOURNEY...
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They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against Me;
if they would remain in the land, their presence and their idolatrous
customs would be a continual temptation to Israel, as the Lo...
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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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FOR IF THOU SERVE; or, _for thou wilt serve_; this will be the fruit
of thy cohabitation with them, thou wilt thereby be drawn to idolatry.
IT WILL SURELY, or, and _assuredly this will be a snare_; an...
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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 23:33 dwell H3427 (H8799) land H776 sin H2398 (H8686) serve
H5647 (H8799) gods H430 snare...
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Yahweh's Promises and Warnings For The Future (Exodus 23:29).
a The Canaanites to be driven out little by little so as to preserve
the land until the Israelites are numerous enough to possess it all...
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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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_They shall not dwell in thy land._
LESSONS
1. God is the sovereign boundmaker to all nations on the earth.
2. Among all God hath promised to set the bounds of His Church on
earth.
3. God’s suppre...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 23:27_
THE POWER OF MORAL FORCES
In our estimation of the powers of the world we do not always give
sufficient prominence to the power of moral forces. Much...
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EXPOSITION
FINAL WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRY. The "Book of the Covenant" ends as it
began, with a solemn warning against idolatry. (See Exodus 20:23.)
"Thou shalt make no covenant with them _nor with the...
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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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they make 1 Kings 14:16 2 Chronicles 33:9 it will surely Exodus 34:13
Deuteronomy 7:16...