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This is the first mention of the three great Yearly Festivals. The
feast of Unleavened bread, in its connection with the Paschal Lamb, is
spoken of in Exodus 12; Exodus 13: but the two others are here...
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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 23:10 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...
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AS. according as.
MONTH ABIB. See App-51.
APPEAR BEFORE ME. This is the current Hebrew text: but this, and ten
other passages were altered by the Sopherim (only in the pointing).
App-33. The primitiv...
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15A. The _first_pilgrimage, the seven days" festival of
_Maẓẓoth_or _Unleavened Cakes_. Cf. the parallel Exodus 34:18; and
the later regulations in Deuteronomy 16:3-4; Deuteronomy 16:8;...
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Further ceremonial regulations (cf. Exodus 20:24-26; Exodus 22:29-31)....
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The three annual pilgrimages, at which every male was to appear before
God at a sanctuary. These pilgrimages were festivals which marked
originally stages in the agricultural operations of the year: t...
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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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THOU SHALT KEEP THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD— Concerning this feast
of passover, see ch. 12: and Deuteronomy 16:1. It is enjoined, at the
close of this verse, that _none should appear empty before Go...
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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 KEEP THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD: (THOU SHALT EAT
UNLEAVENED BREAD SEVEN DAYS, AS I COMMANDED THEE, IN THE TIME
APPOINTED OF THE MONTH ABIB; FOR IN IT THOU CAMEST OUT FROM EGYPT: AND
NON...
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23:15 Abib; (b-28) See ch. 13.4....
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NONE SHALL APPEAR BEFORE ME EMPTY] As these festivals are all
commemorative of God's goodness they are to be celebrated with
thankfulness and rejoicing. And in token of their gratitude the people
are...
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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 Th...
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(14-17) The first great festival — the Passover festival — had
been already instituted (Exodus 12:3; Exodus 13:3). It pleased the
Divine Legislator at this time to add to that festival two others, and...
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THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. — See the Notes on Exodus 12:15.
IN THE TIME APPOINTED OF THE MONTH ABIB. — From the 14th day of the
month Abib (or Nisan) to the 21st day. (See Exo. Xii. 18, 13:4-7.)...
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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...
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אֶת ־חַ֣ג הַ מַּצֹּות֮ תִּשְׁמֹר֒
שִׁבְעַ֣ת י
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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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Thou shalt keep the feast of (g) unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat
unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time
appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and...
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Empty. But shalt offer something in sacrifice, and for the support of
the Levites, freely, Deuteronomy xvi. 10. At the Passover, the
first-fruits of barley were to be offered, as those of wheat would...
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Those seasons were - in the spring, summer, and autumn, namely, the
feast of the Passover, that of Pentecost, and that of Tabernacles. It
is worthy observation, that in after ages, under the gospel st...
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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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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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THOU SHALT KEEP THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD,.... Which began on the
fourteenth of the month Abib or Nisan, and lasted seven days, during
which time no leavened bread was to be eaten by the Israelite...
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Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat
unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time
appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and
none...
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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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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 c...
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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...
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This may be either,
1. A precept, as it is generally understood, that none should ever
come at those times without some offering or other, for the support of
the Levites, and of the worship of God; b...
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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 23:15 keep H8104 (H8799) Feast H2282 Bread H4682 eat H398
(H8799) bread H4682 seven H7651 days...
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE ANNUAL FEASTS (EXODUS 23:14).
The people have arrived at Mount Sinai and are preparing for what lies
ahead. These laws are therefore providing them with a blueprint of
that...
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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...
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ABIB
First month, that is, April....
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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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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:10 See note on 20:22–26.
⇐ ⇔...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:14 This section introduces the feasts of
HARVEST and INGATHERING, which are explained in further detail later
(see...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 23:19. Thou shalt not seethe, &c.]—This command, taken in
connection with the preceding one, justifies the explanation of
ancient commentators that it was given to banish a pag...
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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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the feast Exodus 12:14 Exodus 12:43 Exodus 13:6 Exodus 13:7 Exodus
34:18