_OBSERVE THE MONTH OF ABIB, AND KEEP THE PASSOVER UNTO THE LORD THY GOD: FOR IN THE MONTH OF ABIB THE LORD THY GOD BROUGHT THEE FORTH OUT OF EGYPT BY NIGHT._ Observe the month of Abib - or first-fruits. It comprehended the latter part of our March and the beginning of April. Green ears of the barle... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT THEREFORE SACRIFICE THE PASSOVER UNTO THE LORD THY GOD, OF THE FLOCK AND THE HERD, IN THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD SHALL CHOOSE TO PLACE HIS NAME THERE._ Thou shalt ... sacrifice the Passover, х_ PECACH_ (H6453) ... _ TSO'N_ (H6629) _ UWBAAQAAR_ (H1241); Septuagint, thuseis to pascha kurioo... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT EAT NO LEAVENED BREAD WITH IT; SEVEN DAYS SHALT THOU EAT UNLEAVENED BREAD THEREWITH, EVEN THE BREAD OF AFFLICTION; FOR THOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT IN HASTE: THAT THOU MAYEST REMEMBER THE_ _ DAY WHEN THOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE._ Unl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE SHALL BE NO LEAVENED BREAD SEEN WITH THEE IN ALL THY COAST SEVEN DAYS; NEITHER SHALL THERE ANYTHING OF THE FLESH, WHICH THOU SACRIFICEDST THE FIRST DAY AT EVEN, REMAIN ALL NIGHT UNTIL THE MORNING._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU MAYEST NOT SACRIFICE THE PASSOVER WITHIN ANY OF THY GATES, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE:_ Thou mayest not sacrifice ... within any of thy gates, х_ ZEBACH_ (H2077), a sacrifice]. This word, which is applied (Jeremiah 7:22) to a great and solemn sacrifice, is used by Moses himself for th... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT AT THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD THY GOD SHALL CHOOSE TO PLACE HIS NAME IN, THERE THOU SHALT SACRIFICE THE PASSOVER AT EVEN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AT THE SEASON THAT THOU CAMEST FORTH OUT OF EGYPT._ At the going down of the sun - literally between the evenings The first of the two evenings... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT ROAST AND EAT IT IN THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD THY GOD SHALL CHOOSE: AND THOU SHALT TURN IN THE MORNING, AND GO UNTO THY TENTS._ Thou shalt roast - (see the note at Exodus 12:8: cf. 2 Chronicles 35:13.) THOU SHALT TURN IN THE MORNING, AND GO UNTO THY TENTS. The sense of this passage,... [ Continue Reading ]
_SIX DAYS THOU SHALT EAT UNLEAVENED BREAD: AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY SHALL BE A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY TO THE LORD THY GOD: THOU SHALT DO NO WORK THEREIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SEVEN WEEKS SHALT THOU NUMBER UNTO THEE: BEGIN TO NUMBER THE SEVEN WEEKS FROM SUCH TIME AS THOU BEGINNEST TO PUT THE SICKLE TO THE CORN._ Seven weeks shalt thou number - the feast of weeks, or a WEEK OF WEEKS; the feast of Pentecost (see the notes at Exodus 34:22; Leviticus 23:10; Acts 2:1). As on... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT REJOICE BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD, THOU, AND THY SON, AND THY DAUGHTER, AND THY MANSERVANT, AND THY MAIDSERVANT, AND THE LEVITE THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES, AND THE STRANGER, AND THE FATHERLESS, AND THE WIDOW, THAT ARE AMONG YOU, IN THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATH CHOSEN TO PLACE HI... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT REMEMBER THAT THOU WAST A BONDMAN IN EGYPT: AND THOU SHALT OBSERVE AND DO THESE STATUTES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT OBSERVE THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES SEVEN DAYS, AFTER THAT THOU HAST GATHERED IN THY CORN AND THY WINE:_ Thou shalt observe the feast ... - (see the notes at Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23:34; Numbers 29:12.) Various conjectures have been formed to account for the appointment of this feast at... [ Continue Reading ]
_THREE TIMES IN A YEAR SHALL ALL THY MALES APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD IN THE PLACE WHICH HE SHALL CHOOSE; IN THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, AND IN THE FEAST OF WEEKS, AND IN THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES: AND THEY SHALL NOT APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD EMPTY:_ All thy males. No command was laid on women t... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVERY MAN SHALL GIVE AS HE IS ABLE, ACCORDING TO THE BLESSING OF THE LORD THY GOD WHICH HE HATH GIVEN THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_JUDGES AND OFFICERS SHALT THOU MAKE THEE IN ALL THY GATES, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, THROUGHOUT_ _ THY TRIBES: AND THEY SHALL JUDGE THE PEOPLE WITH JUST JUDGMENT._ Judges and officers. These last meant heralds or bailiffs, employed in executing the sentence of their superiors. IN ALL T... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT PLANT THEE A GROVE OF ANY TREES NEAR UNTO THE ALTAR OF THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH THOU SHALT MAKE THEE._ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove. A grove has in Scripture a variety of significations-a group of overshadowing trees, or a grove adorned with altars dedicated to a particular deit... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEITHER SHALT THOU SET THEE UP ANY IMAGE; WHICH THE LORD THY GOD HATETH._ Neither shalt thou set thee up any image, х_ MATSEEBAAH_ (H4676)] - erroneously rendered so for 'pillar.' Pillars of various kinds, and materials of wood or stone, were erected in the neighbourhood of altars. Sometimes they... [ Continue Reading ]