For if thou serve; or, for thou wilt serve; this will be the fruit of thy cohabitation with them, thou wilt thereby be drawn to idolatry. It will surely, or, and assuredly this will be a snare; an occasion of further sin and utter ruin.
Verse Exodus 23:33. _THEY SHALL NOT DWELL IN THY LAND_] They must be utterly expelled. The land was the Lord's, and he had given it to the progenitors of this people, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Th...
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 23:20 E. CLOSING DISCOURSE (Exodus 23:23 a, Exodus 23:27, and Exodus 23:31 b -...
SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a._ See App-44....
The expulsion of the Canaanites will however be gradual: it will not be completed till the Israelites are numerous enough to fill effectually the territory vacated by them. Hence, with verbal variatio...
Hortatory epilogue. The laws which Israel is to observe have been defined: and now Jehovah declares what He will do for His people if it is obedient to His voice (_v._22): He will give it prosperity,...
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...
THEY SHALL NOT DWELL IN THY LAND— i.e. "They shall on no account be suffered to dwell within thy land, while continuing in the practice of idolatry;" the reason of which is subjoined; and it is added,...
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...
THE PROMISES OF GOD TO ISRAEL, IF THE COVENANT IS KEPT. (20-33) The Book of the Covenant terminates, very appropriately, with a series of promises. God is “the rewarder of them that diligently seek hi...
THEY SHALL not DWELL IN THY LAND. — Individuals might remain if they became proselytes, as Urijah the Hittite, Araunah the Jebusite, &c.; and the Gibeonites remained _en masse,_ but in a servile condi...
לֹ֤א יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּ אַרְצְךָ֔ פֶּן ־יַחֲטִ֥יאוּ...
PART V.--ITS SANCTIONS. Exodus 23:20. This summary of Judaism being now complete, the people have to learn what mighty issues are at stake upon their obedience. And the transition is very striking fr...
PROMISE OF ENTRANCE INTO CANAAN Exodus 23:18 This Angel must have been the Lord himself, for Stephen said expressly that the Angel was with Moses at the burning bush, where Jehovah revealed Himself,...
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...
_Scandal. If you have any society with these nations, it will turn to your ruin, which was but too literally manifested afterwards._...
Are not many things in these precepts of a spiritual tendency? There can be no amity between the works of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit. See 2 Corinthians 6:15....
REFLECTIONS Though, through the merciful bounty of a covenant God in Christ, I dare not seek justification before God, by the deeds of the law, yet as the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, hath...
"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...
THEY SHALL NOT DWELL IN THY LAND,.... The land of Canaan, given by God for an inheritance, and now would be in the possession of the Israelites; and therefore were not to suffer the old inhabitants to...
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. Ver. 33. _A snare._] See Deu 7:16 Joshua 23:13 Judges 2:3 ....
_Thou shalt make no covenant with them_ Thou shalt give no toleration to idol-worship, nor suffer it to be introduced into thy territories. Thou shalt make no league with them, either civil or religio...
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...
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against Me; if they would remain in the land, their presence and their idolatrous customs would be a continual temptation to Israel, as the Lo...
CONCERNING THE CONTINUATION OF THE JOURNEY...
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...
20-33 It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise, Behold, I send an angel before thee, mine angel. The precept joined with this...
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 23:33 dwell H3427 (H8799) land H776 sin H2398 (H8686) serve H5647 (H8799) gods H430 snare...
Yahweh's Promises and Warnings For The Future (Exodus 23:29). a The Canaanites to be driven out little by little so as to preserve the land until the Israelites are numerous enough to possess it all...
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...
_They shall not dwell in thy land._ LESSONS 1. God is the sovereign boundmaker to all nations on the earth. 2. Among all God hath promised to set the bounds of His Church on earth. 3. God’s suppre...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 23:27_ THE POWER OF MORAL FORCES In our estimation of the powers of the world we do not always give sufficient prominence to the power of moral forces. Much...
EXPOSITION FINAL WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRY. The "Book of the Covenant" ends as it began, with a solemn warning against idolatry. (See Exodus 20:23.) "Thou shalt make no covenant with them _nor with the...
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...
they make 1 Kings 14:16 2 Chronicles 33:9 it will surely Exodus 34:13 Deuteronomy 7:16...