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Verse Exodus 23:4. _IF THOU MEET THINE ENEMY'S OX - GOING ASTRAY_]
From the humane and heavenly maxim in this and the following verse,
our blessed Lord has formed the following precept: "_Love_ your
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So far was the spirit of the law from encouraging personal revenge
that it would not allow a man to neglect an opportunity of saving his
enemy from loss.
Exodus 23:5
The sense appears to be: “If tho...
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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 23:1 R. JUSTICE. Form and substance also separate _this_ group
from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the
Covenant Book. Circulating groundless reports (Exodus 23:1_ a_),
co...
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OX OR HIS ASS. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, put
for any kind of beast of burden....
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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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IF THOU MEET THINE ENEMY'S OX, &C.— Here the noble precept of doing
good for evil, of assisting enemies, _those who hate us,_ Exodus 23:5
is strongly inculcated. Nothing can excuse us from discharging...
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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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_IF THOU MEET THINE ENEMY'S OX OR HIS ASS GOING ASTRAY, THOU SHALT
SURELY BRING IT BACK TO HIM AGAIN._
If thou meet thine enemy's ox ... going astray. The ox and the donkey
are specified as samples o...
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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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XXIII.
(1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus
23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced;
from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of Exodus 23:19 there i...
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כִּ֣י תִפְגַּ֞ע שֹׁ֧ור אֹֽיִבְךָ֛
אֹ֥ו חֲמֹרֹ֖ו תֹּעֶ֑ה הָשֵׁ֥ב
תְּשִׁיבֶ֖נּוּ לֹֽו׃ ס...
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THE LESSER LAW.
Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33.
With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we
approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral
interest, confe...
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LAWS OF CONDUCT AND WORSHIP
Exodus 23:1
We may apply these various precepts to our own hearts. Many of them
breathe the very spirit of Christ. We must watch our speech, so that
no man's character may...
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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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If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt
surely (b) bring it back to him again.
(b) If we are bound to do good to our enemies beast, how much more to
our enemy himself, (Matt...
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All these are so many repeated commands of one and the same rule of
equity, and which the Lord Jesus hath given a full commentary of.
Matthew 7:12....
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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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Exodus 23:4._If thou meet thine enemy’s ox_. From these two passages
it is very clear that he who abstains from evil doing, is not
therefore guiltless before God, unless he also studies to do good. Fo...
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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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IF THOU MEET THINE ENEMY'S OX OR HIS ASS GOING ASTRAY,.... Or any
other beast, as the Samaritan version adds; for these are only
mentioned for instances, as being more common, and creatures subject
to...
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If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt
surely bring it back to him again.
Ver. 4. _Ox or his ass going astray._] How much more his soul. _See
Trapp on "_ Jam 5:20 _"_ _See...
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_Thou shalt surely bring it back to him_ So far shalt thou be from
revenging his injuries, that thou shalt render good to him for them,
whereby if thou dost not reconcile him, thou wilt at least procu...
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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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FURTHER ORDINANCES REGARDING SOCIAL RELATIONS...
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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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1-9 In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling,
and of true political wisdom. Every thing in it is suited to the
desired and avowed object, the worship of one only God, and the
se...
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So far shalt thou be from revenging his injuries, that thou shalt
render good to him for them, whereby if thou dost not reconcile him,
thou wilt procure peace to thyself, and honour to religion....
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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 23:4 meet H6293 (H8799) enemys H341 (H8802) ox H7794 donkey
H2543 astray H8582 (H8802) surely H7725 (H8687) again H7725 (H8686)
Deuteronomy 22:1-4; Job 31:29-30; Prove
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING BEHAVIOUR TO ONE'S NEIGHBOUR (EXODUS 23:1).
There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare
Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7; Exodus 23:2 with Exodus 23:6; Exodus...
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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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_Thine enemy’s ox._
ON DUTIES TO ENEMIES
I. That duties to enemies are enjoined (Proverbs 24:17; 1
Thessalonians 5:15).
1. It is our duty to protect the interests of our enemy.
(1) If they are dam...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:4 Israelites are called to show love for an
ENEMY or for ONE WHO HATES them.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise] = _TISSA_, FROM THE INF. _NAPA_, IN
ITS SIMPLE SENSE, “to carry,” and in its ethical, “to bear about
in the heart.” Hence _tissa_ is a pregnant word...
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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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Deuteronomy 22:1 Job 31:29 Job 31:30 Proverbs 24:17 Proverbs 24:18
Proverbs 25:21 Matthew 5:44 Luke 6:27 Luke 6:28 Romans 12:17...