And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Make no mention ... - i:e., in common conversation, for a familiar use of them would tend to lessen the horror of idolatry (cf. Hos. 11:14-17; Zechariah 13:2).
Compare Deuteronomy 4:9; Joshua 22:5; Ephesians 5:15....
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...
EXODUS 23:10 E. CALENDAR AND RULES FOR WORSHIP. This passage may originally have followed Exodus 23-26 in the Covenant Book. It has been expanded, Exodus 23:13 being a conclusion (perhaps displaced fr...
BE CIRCUMSPECT. take heed. MAKE NO MENTION, &c.. command often disobeyed, especially in house _of_ Saul. Compare "Baal", 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39. 1Ch 12:5. 1 Chronicles 14:7
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...
God's commands to be honoured; and -other gods" not even to be mentioned, still less invoked in worship. The verse can hardly be in place in the midst of laws relating to sacred seasons. It reads like...
DISCOURSE: 93 ON CIRCUMSPECTION Exodus 23:13. _In all things that I have said unto you, be circumspect_. IF we were about to prosecute a journey through an extensive forest, where the path was exceed...
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...
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
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 Th...
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...
BE CIRCUMSPECT. — Rather, _take heed._ The verb used is a very common one. MAKE NO MENTION OF THE NAME OF OTHER GODS. — The Jewish commentators understand _swearing_ by the name of other gods to be th...
וּ בְ כֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר ־אָמַ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם תִּש
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...
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...
And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make (f) no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. (f) Neither by swearing by them, nor speakin...
_Name. Hence it is supposed, the Jews had given abusive titles to the idols; as they call Beelzebub the god-fly, &c. No respect was to be shewn to them. (Calmet)_...
These verses contain a precept, in which there is much signification. The seventh year, like the seventh day of the week, was sacred, and therefore was to be a sabbath of rest. And it had several very...
"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...
13._Make no mention of the name of other gods. _There is no sort of doubt but that this declaration should be connected with the Third Commandment. Moses explains that God’s name is taken in vain and...
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...
AND IN ALL [THINGS] THAT I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU, BE CIRCUMSPECT,.... Or observe them, be careful to keep them punctually and constantly, even all that are delivered in this and the preceding Chapter s:...
And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. Ver. 13. _Be circumspect._] Or wary; keep you cl...
_In all things be circumspect_ We are in danger of missing our way on the right hand and on the left, and it is at our peril if we do, therefore we have need to look _about us._ A man may ruin himself...
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...
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect, be on your guard, watch most carefully; AND MAKE NO MENTION OF THE NAME OF OTHER GODS, the very reference to them being prohibited, NEITHER...
THE HOLY PERIODS AND FEASTS...
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...
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 c...
10-19 Every seventh year the land was to rest. They must not plough or sow it; what the earth produced of itself, should be eaten, and not laid up. This law seems to have been intended to teach depen...
MAKE NO MENTION, to wit, with honour or delight, or without detestation; as _fornication is not to be named among saints_, EPHESIANS 5:3. Or, _not mention_ them in your worship, or in oaths, or in com...
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...
Exodus 23:13 said H559 (H8804) circumspect H8104 (H8735) mention H2142 (H8686) name H8034 other H312 gods...
REGULATIONS CONCERNING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF YAHWEH'S LORDSHIP (EXODUS 23:10). Here we have two sets of regulations which refer to work and rest. A SEVEN-YEAR REST (EXODUS 23:10). Exodus 23:10 “An
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...
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...
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...
_Be circumspect._ CIRCUMSPECTION I. In general. “In all things.” Moses is drawing to the close of these precepts, and looking back upon them, he says--“Be circumspect.” The original suggests-- 1. T...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:10 See note on 20:22–26. ⇐ ⇔...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 23:13_ THE NEED OF CIRCUMSPECTION The man who makes a wise use of his eyes is in so far circumspect. Words that primarily set forth bodily actions are secon...
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...
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...
be circumspect Deuteronomy 4:9 Deuteronomy 4:15 Joshua 22:5 Joshua 23:11...
In all things that I have said unto you be circumspect — We are in danger of missing our way on the right hand and on the left, and it is at our peril if we do, therefore we have need to look about us...