_AND HE SAID UNTO MOSES, COME UP UNTO THE LORD, THOU, AND AARON, NADAB, AND ABIHU, AND SEVENTY OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL; AND WORSHIP YE AFAR OFF._ And he said unto Moses. When and where were these words spoken? It was after the delivery of the Ten commandments, when the people, overwhelmed with awe... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES ALONE SHALL COME NEAR THE LORD: BUT THEY SHALL NOT COME NIGH; NEITHER SHALL THE PEOPLE GO UP WITH HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES CAME AND TOLD THE PEOPLE ALL THE WORDS OF THE LORD, AND ALL THE JUDGMENTS: AND ALL THE PEOPLE ANSWERED WITH ONE VOICE, AND SAID, ALL THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD HATH SAID WILL WE DO._ Moses came and told the people. The rehearsal of the Ten commandments and foregoing laws (Exodus 20:2; also... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES WROTE ALL THE WORDS OF THE LORD, AND ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND BUILDED AN ALTAR UNDER THE HILL, AND TWELVE PILLARS, ACCORDING TO THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL._ Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. It is not said where he wrote them, the public register having been mentioned alre... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SENT YOUNG MEN OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHICH OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS, AND SACRIFICED PEACE_ _ OFFERINGS OF OXEN UNTO THE LORD._ And he sent young men. Whether these young men were oldest sons of particular families, to whom belonged, among other privileges of primogeniture in patriarchal... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES TOOK HALF OF THE BLOOD, AND PUT IT IN BASONS; AND HALF OF THE BLOOD HE SPRINKLED ON THE ALTAR._ Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins. At a later period. after the ritual under the law had been long established, and was in full operation, the chief ruler, the civil head of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE TOOK THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT, AND READ IN THE AUDIENCE OF THE PEOPLE: AND THEY SAID, ALL THAT THE LORD HATH SAID WILL WE DO, AND BE OBEDIENT._ He took the book of the covenant - namely, the writing in which, as stated in Exodus 24:4, were inscribed the conditions of the national covenant a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES TOOK THE BLOOD, AND SPRINKLED IT ON THE PEOPLE, AND SAID, BEHOLD THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT, WHICH THE LORD HATH MADE WITH YOU CONCERNING ALL THESE WORDS._ Sprinkled it on the people - probably on the twelve pillars, as representing the people (also the book, Hebrews 9:18), and the act wa... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN WENT UP MOSES, AND AARON, NADAB, AND ABIHU, AND SEVENTY OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL:_ Then went up Moses, and Aaron ... - in obedience to a command given (Exodus 24:1; also Exodus 19:24) previous to the religious engagement of the people, described above. NADAB, AND ABIHU - the two oldest sons... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SAW THE GOD OF ISRAEL: AND THERE WAS UNDER HIS FEET AS IT WERE A PAVED WORK OF A SAPPHIRE STONE, AND AS IT WERE THE BODY OF HEAVEN IN HIS CLEARNESS._ Saw the God of Israel. (The Samaritan text has, 'they worshipped the God of Israel.') It cannot be supposed that the invisible God Himself... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UPON THE NOBLES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HE LAID NOT HIS HAND: ALSO THEY SAW GOD, AND DID EAT AND DRINK._ Upon the nobles of the children of Israel, х_ 'ATSIYLEEY_ (H678)] - deep-rooted: hence, metaphorically, sprung from an ancient and noble stock. LAID NOT HIS HAND. This phrase is used to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, COME UP TO ME INTO THE MOUNT, AND BE THERE: AND I WILL GIVE THEE TABLES OF STONE, AND A LAW, AND COMMANDMENTS WHICH I HAVE WRITTEN; THAT THOU MAYEST TEACH THEM._ The Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there - i:e., remain there, as the verb "be... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES ROSE UP, AND HIS MINISTER JOSHUA: AND MOSES WENT UP INTO THE MOUNT OF GOD._ Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua. The leader prepared, in obedience to the divine call, to re-ascend the mount, and he was attended on by his minister or assistant, Joshua. It would be a great comfort to hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO THE ELDERS, TARRY YE HERE FOR US, UNTIL WE COME AGAIN UNTO YOU: AND, BEHOLD, AARON AND HUR ARE WITH YOU: IF ANY MAN HAVE ANY MATTERS TO DO, LET HIM COME UNTO THEM._ He said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, х_ BAAZEH_ (H2088)] - in this place (Genesis 28:16); i:e., the camp,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES WENT UP INTO THE MOUNT, AND A CLOUD COVERED THE MOUNT._ Moses went up into the mount. The summit of the mount was covered by a dark cloud, which, with the resplendent glory, the shechinah, in the midst of it, symbolized the divine presence on the summit of the mount, as afterward in the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD ABODE UPON MOUNT SINAI, AND THE CLOUD COVERED IT SIX DAYS: AND THE SEVENTH DAY HE CALLED UNTO MOSES OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE CLOUD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SIGHT OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD WAS LIKE DEVOURING FIRE ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNT IN THE EYES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ The sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire. Though it had such an appearance to the spectators in the plain, Moses sojourned near to it, during a prolonged... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES WENT INTO THE MIDST OF THE CLOUD, AND GAT HIM UP INTO THE MOUNT: AND MOSES WAS IN THE MOUNT FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS._ Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount. The Hebrew legislator remained all the time he was occupied in compiling the law in that sublim... [ Continue Reading ]