DELAYED. put them to shame by his not coming down. Compare Psalms 44:7; Psalms 53:5; Psalms 119:3. OUT OF. from. MAKE US GODS. The great sin of to-day (1 Corinthians 10:7; 1 Corinthians 10:11). Made now not of materials; but made by imagination; and worshipped by the senses. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_,... [ Continue Reading ]
CALF. The chief Egyptian god, with which they were familiar in Egypt. THESE BE THY GODS. Expounded in Nehemiah 9:18 as meaning "This is thy god". Compare Psalms 106:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
A FEAST TO THE LORD. All done under cover of "religion". THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERED. Hebrew. _'alah._ See App-43. BURNT OFFERINGS. Hebrew, plural of 'alah. See App-43. eat and to drink. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), i.e. to eat [the sacrifices] and to drink [the libations]. TO PLAY. to make sport. Compare Exodus 32:19. So 1 Corinthians 10:7. to dance: i, e. lascivi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD [HEBREW. _ JEHOVAH._ SAID. See note on Exodus 3:7, and cep. note on Exodus 6:10. THY... THOU. As though disowning them. Compare Moses' grand faith, in his reply, Exodus 32:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
SACRIFICED. Hebrew. _zaback_ App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew "the face of Jehovah": i.e. before, or in the presence of Jehovah. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. THY... THOU. This is the reply of Moses. He knows they were not "cast off" (Romans 11:2), but only "cast aside" (Romans 11:11) for. little moment. See notes on Romans 11:2; Romans 11:1... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6). MISCHIEF, or wrong-doing. Hebrew. _r'a'a._ App-44. repent. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6). EVIL. Hebrew. _r'a'a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL. Not Jacob, because this is the language of highest faith. SWAREST. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6). Compare Hebrews 6:13; Hebrews 6:17; Genesis 22:16. AS THE STARS. Figure of speech _Paroemia_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGHT TO DO. Hebrew which He spake of doing.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT DOWN. Moses' fourth descent. See note on Exodus 19:3 (the fifth ascent was in Exodus 24:9), THE TWO TABLES. See on Exodus 31:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TABLES... THE TABLES. Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), emphasising the importance of the statement. THE WRITING.. THE WRITING. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. The two figures together greatly emphasising the verse as. whole; and, combined. another Figure of speech _Anadiplosis_ (A... [ Continue Reading ]
SHOUT... CRY... SINGULAR. The same word in Hebrew.... [ Continue Reading ]
DANCING. Compare Exodus 32:6. As in the worship of _Apis._... [ Continue Reading ]
BURNT.. secret known to the Egyptians. WATER. Compare Deuteronomy 9:2.Deuteronomy 17:6. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE SET: or, supply the Ellipsis "are ready for ... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. _Hebrew 'ish,_ App-14. WOT. know.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO... ? &c. Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6). ALL. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6, i.e. all who had not joined in the idolatry. Compare Deuteronomy 33:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIDE. thigh.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. THREE THOUSAND MEN. These 3,000 were the "men" slain by "the sons of Levi. "The 23,000 of 1 Corinthians 10:8 includes those who died of the "plague" which followed. See verse Exodus 32:35, below.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONSECRATE. See note on Exodus 28:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
RETURNED. Moses' fifth ascent. See note on Exodus 19:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN. Figure of speech _Aposiopesis_ (App-6), to emphasise the unspeakableness of the sin. THY BOOK. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6). Compare Psalms 69:28; Isaiah 4:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM. Under the Law, the sinner blotted out: under grace, sin blotted out.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. A special reading (Severna Codex, App-34) has "and behold". See App-34. MINE ANGEL. Probably an inferior angel, not that of Exodus 23:20; Exodus 23:21. WHEN. VISIT. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). Literally "when. visit. will visit". See note on Genesis 26:28 with Gen 60:24, Gen 60:2... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAGUED. See note on Exodus 32:28 above.... [ Continue Reading ]