Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 23:4
So far shalt thou be from revenging his injuries, that thou shalt render good to him for them, whereby if thou dost not reconcile him, thou wilt procure peace to thyself, and honour to religion.
So far shalt thou be from revenging his injuries, that thou shalt render good to him for them, whereby if thou dost not reconcile him, thou wilt procure peace to thyself, and honour to religion.
Verse Exodus 23:4. _IF THOU MEET THINE ENEMY'S OX - GOING ASTRAY_] From the humane and heavenly maxim in this and the following verse, our blessed Lord has formed the following precept: "_Love_ your...
So far was the spirit of the law from encouraging personal revenge that it would not allow a man to neglect an opportunity of saving his enemy from loss. Exodus 23:5 The sense appears to be: “If thou...
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 23:1 R. JUSTICE. Form and substance also separate _this_ group from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the Covenant Book. Circulating groundless reports (Exodus 23:1_ a_), co...
OX OR HIS ASS. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, put for any kind of beast of burden....
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...
_thine enemy's ox_ that such a service would be rendered to a _friend_, is taken for granted. In Dt. the comprehensive term -brother," i.e. fellow-countryman, is employed, in accordance with the preva...
An _enemy's_beast to be preserved from harm. These two injunctions breathe a spirit unusual in the OT. (cf., however, Leviticus 19:17-18), and reminding one of Matthew 5:44. They are repeated in Deute...
IF THOU MEET THINE ENEMY'S OX, &C.— Here the noble precept of doing good for evil, of assisting enemies, _those who hate us,_ Exodus 23:5 is strongly inculcated. Nothing can excuse us from discharging...
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...
_IF THOU MEET THINE ENEMY'S OX OR HIS ASS GOING ASTRAY, THOU SHALT SURELY BRING IT BACK TO HIM AGAIN._ If thou meet thine enemy's ox ... going astray. The ox and the donkey are specified as samples o...
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...
THINE ENEMY’S OX. — The general duty of stopping stray animals and restoring them to friendly owners, expressly taught in Deuteronomy 22:1, is here implied as if admitted on all hands. The legislator...
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...
כִּ֣י תִפְגַּ֞ע שֹׁ֧ור אֹֽיִבְךָ֛ אֹ֥ו חֲמֹרֹ֖ו...
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, confes...
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...
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely (b) bring it back to him again. (b) If we are bound to do good to our enemies beast, how much more to our enemy himself, (Matt...
All these are so many repeated commands of one and the same rule of equity, and which the Lord Jesus hath given a full commentary of. Matthew 7:12....
"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...
Exodus 23:4._If thou meet thine enemy’s ox_. From these two passages it is very clear that he who abstains from evil doing, is not therefore guiltless before God, unless he also studies to do good. Fo...
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...
IF THOU MEET THINE ENEMY'S OX OR HIS ASS GOING ASTRAY,.... Or any other beast, as the Samaritan version adds; for these are only mentioned for instances, as being more common, and creatures subject to...
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Ver. 4. _Ox or his ass going astray._] How much more his soul. _See Trapp on "_ Jam 5:20 _"_ _See...
_Thou shalt surely bring it back to him_ So far shalt thou be from revenging his injuries, that thou shalt render good to him for them, whereby if thou dost not reconcile him, thou wilt at least procu...
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...
FURTHER ORDINANCES REGARDING SOCIAL RELATIONS...
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again; for difficulties and differences with any person should not set aside the love for him as a neighbo...
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...
1-9 In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling, and of true political wisdom. Every thing in it is suited to the desired and avowed object, the worship of one only God, and the se...
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 23:4 meet H6293 (H8799) enemys H341 (H8802) ox H7794 donkey H2543 astray H8582 (H8802) surely...
REGULATIONS CONCERNING BEHAVIOUR TO ONE'S NEIGHBOUR (EXODUS 23:1). There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7;...
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...
_Thine enemy’s ox._ ON DUTIES TO ENEMIES I. That duties to enemies are enjoined (Proverbs 24:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:15). 1. It is our duty to protect the interests of our enemy. (1) If they are dam...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:4 Israelites are called to show love for an ENEMY or for ONE WHO HATES them. ⇐
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise] = _TISSA_, FROM THE INF. _NAPA_, IN ITS SIMPLE SENSE, “to carry,” and in its ethical, “to bear about in the heart.” Hence _tissa_ is a pregnant word...
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...
Deuteronomy 22:1 Job 31:29 Job 31:30 Proverbs 24:17 Proverbs 24:18