And the LORD passed by before him, and (a) proclaimed, The LORD, The
LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in
goodness and truth,
(a) This refers to the Lord, and not to Moses proclaiming: as (Exodus
33:19).... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my
Lord, I pray thee, go among us; (b) for it [is] a stiffnecked people;
and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine
inheritance.
(b) Seeing the people are of this nature, the rulers need to call on
God that he would al... [ Continue Reading ]
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants
of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a (c) snare in the
midst of thee:
(c) If you follow their wickedness, and pollute yourself with their
idolatry.... [ Continue Reading ]
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down
their (d) groves:
(d) Which pleasant places they chose for their idols.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt make thee no (e) molten gods.
(e) As gold, silver, brass, or anything that is molten: in this is
condemned all types idols, no matter what they are made of.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou
redeem [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of
thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me (f) empty.
(f) Without offering something.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat
harvest, and the feast of ingathering (g) at the year's end.
(g) Which was in September, when the days got shorter, that is, the
end of their calendar year.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders:
neither shall any man (h) desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to
appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
(h) God promises to defend them and theirs, who obey his commandment.... [ Continue Reading ]
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the
house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not (i) seethe a kid in his
mother's milk.
(i) See (Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 14:21).... [ Continue Reading ]
And he was there with the LORD (k) forty days and forty nights; he did
neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the
words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
(k) This miracle was to confirm the authority of the law, and should
not be followed any more than other miracles.... [ Continue Reading ]
But when Moses went in (m) before the LORD to speak with him, he took
the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the
children of Israel [that] which he was commanded.
(m) Which was in the tabernacle of the congregation.... [ Continue Reading ]