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Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges:
(a) To do justice to the poor. ComparingExodus 23:6 with Exodus 23:3,
it was the part of the judge to defend the poor against the op...
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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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WICKED. a wicked one. Hebrew. _rash. a.App-44._...
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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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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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_THOU SHALT NOT WREST THE JUDGMENT OF THY POOR IN HIS CAUSE._
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. These
verses contain a series of cautions to rulers and magistrates to take
c...
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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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מִ דְּבַר ־שֶׁ֖קֶר תִּרְחָ֑ק וְ
נָקִ֤י וְ צַדִּיק֙ אַֽל ־תַּהֲרֹ֔ג
כִּ֥י לֹא ־אַצְדִּ֖יק רָשָֽׁע׃...
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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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Keep thee far from a false matter; and the (d) innocent and righteous
slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
(d) Whether you are the magistrate or are commanded by the magistrate....
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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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7._Keep thee far from a false matter_. Since he seems to speak of
perjury, which brings about the death of the innocent, some might
perhaps prefer that this passage should be annexed to the Sixth
Comm...
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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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KEEP THEE FAR FROM A FALSE MATTER,.... Or "word" z; from receiving a
false testimony, or taking the false or wrong side of a cause, or
engaging in a bad one; keep aloof off from it, as much at a dista...
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Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay
thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Ver. 7. _Keep thee far from a false matter._] Stand aloof off; keep at
a distance....
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_Keep thee far from a false matter_ From assisting or abetting all ill
thing. Yea, keep thee _far_ from it, dread it as a dangerous snare. I
will not _just_ i _fy the wicked_ That is, I will condemn h...
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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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KEEP THEE FAR, i.e. abstain from all occasions, degrees, or
appearances of it. Compare JOB 22:23 PROVERBS 4:14,15. A FALSE MATTER,
i.e. an unrighteous judgment; for he is speaking to the judges, as
ap...
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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 23:7 far H7368 (H8799) false H8267 matter H1697 kill H2026
(H8799) innocent H5355 righteous H6662 justify H6663 (H8686) wicked
H7563
far from - Exodus 23:1; Leviticus 19:11; Deuteronomy 19:16-...
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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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_Thou shalt not wrest the judgment._
DUTIES OF JUDGES
I. That judges should be impartial.
1. In particular towards the poor (Exodus 23:6).
(1) Because the poor are most open to the oppression of t...
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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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far from Exodus 23:1 Leviticus 19:11 Deuteronomy 19:16 Job 22:23
Proverbs 4:14 Proverbs 4:15 Isaiah 33:15 Luke 3:14 Ephesians 4:25...
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Keep thee far from a false matter — From assisting or abetting an
ill thing. Yea, keep thee far from it, dread it as a dangerous snare.
I will not justify the wicked — That is, I will condemn him that...