Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Exodus 23:26
The number of thy days I will fulfill — And they shall not be cut off in the midst by untimely deaths. Thus hath godliness the promise of the life that now is.
The number of thy days I will fulfill — And they shall not be cut off in the midst by untimely deaths. Thus hath godliness the promise of the life that now is.
Verse Exodus 23:26. _THERE SHALL NOTHING CAST THEIR YOUNG, NOR BE BARREN_] Hence there must be a very great increase both of _men_ and _cattle_. _THE NUMBER OF THY DAYS I WILL FULFIL._] Ye shall all...
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 -...
25A. The positive complement of _v._24: Jehovah is to be the object of Israel's worship. 25B, 26. The blessings which will follow upon Israel's obedience: abundance of food, freedom from sickness, fe...
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...
AND YE SHALL SERVE THE LORD YOUR GOD— In consequence of their utter extirpation of idols and idolatry, and their obedience to God, he promises every sort of temporal blessings: Plenty of meat and drin...
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...
_THERE SHALL NOTHING CAST THEIR YOUNG, NOR BE BARREN, IN THY LAND: THE NUMBER OF THY DAYS I WILL FULFIL._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
23:26 nothing (e-3) i.e. man nor beast....
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...
THERE SHALL NOTHING CAST THEIR YOUNG, NOR BE BARREN. — Abortions, untimely births, and barrenness, when they exceeded a certain average amount, were always reckoned in the ancient world among the sign...
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...
לֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֛ה מְשַׁכֵּלָ֥ה וַ עֲקָרָ֖ה בְּ אַ
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...
_Fruitless. Hebrew may also be, "miscarrying." --- Days. An untimely death was a judgment of God on the wicked, though sometimes he chooses to draw his elect quickly out of this dangerous world, Wisdo...
Deuteronomy 28:1....
"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...
THERE SHALL NOTHING CAST THEIR YOUNG, NOR BE BARREN IN THE LAND,.... There shall be no abortions or miscarriages, nor sterility or barrenness, either among the Israelites, or their cattle of every kin...
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. Ver. 26. _The number of thy days._] Thou shalt die, as Abraham did, with a good hoary head; be...
_He shall bless thy bread and thy water_ And God's blessing will make bread and water more refreshing and nourishing than a feast of fat things, and wines on the lees, without that blessing. _And I wi...
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...
There shall nothing cast their young nor be barren in thy land; the population of men as well as of domestic animals was not to be diminished by epidemics of miscarriages and by barrenness. THE NUMBER...
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...
Here was a double mercy. God gave them strength both to conceive, and to retain the conception till the natural and proper time of bringing forth came. THE NUMBER OF THY DAYS I WILL FULFIL; I will pre...
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 23:26 miscarriage H7921 (H8764) barren H6135 land H776 fulfill H4390 (H8762) number H4557 days H3117...
YAHWEH'S PROMISE THAT HE WILL SEND HIS ANGEL WITH THEM (EXODUS 23:20). Yahweh now confirms that He will go with His people into Canaan. This section may be analysed as follows: a Yahweh will send H...
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...
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...
shall nothing Deuteronomy 7:14 Deuteronomy 28:4 Job 21:10 Psalms 107:38...