George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Exodus 20:19
Die. The Samaritan copy inserts here what we read [in] Deuteronomy v. 24, 25, 26, 27.
Die. The Samaritan copy inserts here what we read [in] Deuteronomy v. 24, 25, 26, 27.
Compare Deuteronomy 5:22. Aaron Exodus 19:24 on this occasion accompanied Moses in drawing near to the thick darkness. Exodus 20:22 to...
CHAPTER 20 THE COVENANT REVEALED _ 1. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1)_ 2. Jehovah's gracious provision (Exodus 20:18) This law covenant is now stated. It was given three times. First orally here,...
EXODUS 20:18 E. ALARM OF THE PEOPLE. This resumes Exodus 19:17 or Exodus 19:19), and describes how the frightened people (read in Exodus 20:18 b
THEY SAID UNTO MOSES. This, it appears from Deuteronomy 5:23, was done through the medium of the elders and heads of the congregation, who came from the people to Moses, while he remained in his plac...
SPEAK THOU, &c. From Deuteronomy 5:28 with Deuteronomy 18:7 we learn that on that very day God promised to send "Him that speaketh from heaven" (Exodus 18:15)....
The people, alarmed by the terrible accompaniments of the theophany, express a desire that in future Moses may speak to them instead of God. Their wish is implicitly granted. Cf. Deuteronomy 5:22-31....
_Speak_ THOU (emph.), … _and we will hear_ i.e. it is implied, listen and obey (see Deuteronomy 5:27 _end_). _lest we die_ cf. Deuteronomy 5:25 f....
DISCOURSE: 92 THE GIVING OF THE LAW Exodus 20:18. _And all the people saw the thunderings and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they...
AND THEY SAID UNTO MOSES, &C.— _They,_ that is, the heads of the tribes, the elders of the people. See ch. Exodus 19:7 and Deuteronomy 5:23 where this event is related more at large....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 20 AND GOD SPAKE ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING, (2) I am Je-ho-vah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of E-gypt, out of the house of bondage. (3) Thou shalt have no ot...
_AND THEY SAID UNTO MOSES, SPEAK THOU WITH US, AND WE WILL HEAR: BUT LET NOT GOD SPEAK WITH US, LEST WE DIE._ And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us ... but let not God speak with us. It was th...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (VV. 1-21) Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or 'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and social life of the people, and call...
The Decalogue was given in the hearing of the people. The following commandments were given to them through their mediator Moses: see Exodus 20:21, chapter Exodus 21:1....
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 20 GOD’S TEN *COMMANDMENTS – VERSES 1-17 V1 God spoke all these wor...
AT THE PEOPLE’S REQUEST, MOSES BECOMES THEIR INTERMEDIARY. (18-21) The delivery of the Ten Commandments by A voice manifestly superhuman impressed the people with an awful fear. They felt the near con...
SPEAK THOU WITH US. — Comp. Deuteronomy 5:24, where the words of the people are reported at greater length : — “Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard h...
וַ יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֔ה דַּבֵּר ־אַתָּ֥ה...
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, confess...
THE PEOPLE FEAR; IDOLS AND ALTARS Exodus 20:18 When our Lord was on earth He was so attractive and winsome that the publicans and sinners drew near to hear Him, penitents wept at His feet, children n...
Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
Reader! pause over this verse, and consider your happy privilege in having Jesus to speak for you to God, and to you from God. 1 John 2:1. The apostle observes upon this, Hebrews 12:19....
"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...
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 THEY SAID UNTO MOSES,.... Who was now come down from the mountain, and to whom the heads of the tribes and elders of the people came from the camp, and out of their tents, by whom the people said...
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. Ver. 19. _Speak thou with us._] See here what a mercy it is to have the mind of God made kn...
_They removed, and stood afar off_ Before God began to speak, they were thrusting forward _to gaze_, but now they were effectually cured of their presumption, and taught to _keep their distance. Speak...
1 The ten Commandements. 18 The people are afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them. 22 Idolatrie is forbidden. 24 Of what sort the Altar should be. 1 AND God spake all these words, saying, 2 [NOTE: Deut...
THE TERROR OF THE PEOPLE...
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear, but let not God speak with us, lest we die. The consciousness of their own sinfulness, their freshly fear and terror, caused them to pro...
SECOND SECTION The Threefold Law of the Covenant for the Covenant People on the Basis of the Prophetic, Ethico-religious Divine Law of the Ten Commandments. Historical Prophecy Exodus 20-31 A. THE T...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-17) Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous grace toward them in delivering...
18-21 This law, which is so extensive that we cannot measure it, so spiritual that we cannot evade it, and so reasonable that we cannot find fault with it, will be the rule of the future judgment of...
This they speak from a sense of their own guilt, and of the greatness and holiness of the Divine Majesty, to whom they durst not approach but by a mediator. See DEUTERONOMY 5:27, DEUTERONOMY 18:16 GAL...
It is of the utmost importance to understand the true character and object of the moral law, as set forth in this chapter. There is a tendency in the mind to confound the principles of law and grace,...
Exodus 20:19 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 speak H1696 (H8761) hear H8085 (H8799) God H430 speak...
THE AFTERMATH (EXODUS 20:18). This passage immediately follows the glorious and awesome experience that has been theirs in the proclamation of Yahweh's covenant. The people are trembling in fear, and...
CONTENTS: Ten commandments delivered to Moses at Sinai. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: A holy and righteous God has holy and righteous standards. Those who love God will constantly endeavor to...
Exodus 20:1. _God spake all these words._ In compassion to man, and the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation at...
_They removed, and stood afar off._ ISRAEL AND SINAI I. That all men as sinners must be brought into conscious contact with moral law. The guarantees of this conscious contact are found-- 1. In the...
EXODUS 20:1 Covenant Words and Rules. This section records what will later be referred to as the “Book of the Covenant” (Exodus 24:7) and includes: the Ten Commandments ...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 20:19. We will hear.] Kalisch happily remarks that “in the word _v‘nishma_‘AH, with the _he_ paragogicum, lies the readiness and willingness: ‘we will eagerly and gladly hear....
EXPOSITION WITHDRAWAL OF THE PEOPLE, AND NEARER APPROACH OF MOSES TO GOD. The effect produced upon the people by the accumulated terrors of Sinai—"the thunderings and the lightnings, the noise of the...
And God spake these words, saying (Exodus 20:1), Now the people said, "All that the Lord commands, we will do." All right this is what the Lord has spoken. Now these are the commandments of God. I am...
speak thou Deuteronomy 18:16 Acts 7:38 let not Exodus 33:20 Genesis 32:30...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Exodus 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to this study we wish to answer some statements relative to the Christian and the Law. 1. SAINTS ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW FOR SALVA...
Speak thou with us — Hereby they obliged themselves to acquiesce in the mediation of Moses, they themselves nominating him as a fit person to deal between them and God, and promising to hearken to him...