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BEAST OF THE FIELD - i. e. destructive animals....
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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 - Exodus 23:33 Rd). This passage is highly complex. The
verses just noted bear marks of the school of D; they condem...
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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: 95
THE VICTORIES OF ISRAEL GRADUAL AND PROGRESSIVE
Exodus 23:29. _I will not drive them out from before thee in one year,
lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply...
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I WILL NOT DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE IN ONE YEAR— The reasons
for this are subjoined: to which may be added others, deduced from
Judges 3:1....
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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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_I WILL NOT DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE IN ONE YEAR; LEST THE LAND
BECOME DESOLATE, AND THE BEAST OF THE FIELD MULTIPLY AGAINST THEE._
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, ......
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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 The...
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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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לֹ֧א אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ מִ פָּנֶ֖יךָ בְּ
שָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת פֶּן ־תִּהְיֶ֤ה הָ
אָ֨רֶץ֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה וְ רַבָּ֥ה...
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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 f...
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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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_Beasts. Herod the great killed many in hunting. (Josephus, Jewish
Wars i. 16.) Two bears rushed upon the children, 4 Kings ii. 24. How
much would they have increased in all the countries from the Eup...
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Deuteronomy 7:22. Is there not also a spiritual sense with respect to
the attainments of the believer? Proverbs 4:18....
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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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I WILL NOT DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE IN ONE YEAR,.... This is
observed before hand, lest the Israelites should be discouraged, and
fear they should never be rid of them; and it was so ordered in...
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I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land
become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Ver. 29. _In one year._] God's time is best: and to prescribe...
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_Lest the land be desolate_ The Israelites were not numerous enough to
people all the land immediately. Providence had likewise another end
in view in suffering some of the Canaanites to remain in 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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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...
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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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DESOLATE, void of inhabitants in a great measure, because thy present
number is not sufficient to occupy and manage their whole land....
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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 23:29 out H1644 (H8762) before H6440 one H259 year H8141 land
H776 desolate H8077 beast H2416 field H7704 numerous H7227
in one year - Deuteronomy 7:22; Joshua 15:63, Joshua 16:10,...
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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 23:27_
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. Muc...
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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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in one year Deuteronomy 7:22 Joshua 15:63 Joshua 16:10 Joshua 17:12
Joshua 17:13 Judges 3:1...