Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Exodus 34:24
Neither shalt any man desire thy land — Not only they shall not invade it, but they shall not so much as think of invading it. What a standing Miracle was this, for so many Generations?
Neither shalt any man desire thy land — Not only they shall not invade it, but they shall not so much as think of invading it. What a standing Miracle was this, for so many Generations?
Verse Exodus 34:24. _NEITHER SHALL ANY MAN DESIRE THY LAND_] What a manifest proof was this of the power and particular providence of God! How easy would it have been for the surrounding nations to h...
The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo. 20–23; s...
CHAPTER 34 THE RESULT: THE SECOND COVENANT AND THE GLORY _ 1. The command to hew two tables of stone (Exodus 34:1)_ 2. The proclamation of Jehovah (Exodus 34:5) 3. Moses' worship and prayer (Exodus...
EXODUS 34:1 J. THE COVENANT WORDS. After removing Exodus 34:5, the sublime account of the revelation of Yahweh's nature as mercy and truth in their unity, which follows on Exodus 33:23, the remainder...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
An ideal picture. The Israelites may feel quite secure in observing these pilgrimages; _for_their enemies will be dispossessed, and their territory enlarged, so that, even though their men are absent...
The conditions of the covenant, i.e. the laws upon the acceptance of which its establishment depends. The laws themselves seem to have received parenetic additions from the compiler....
The (re-)establishment of the covenant, with the laws upon which it is based. The passage belongs in the main to E; but it has probably been enlarged in parts with hortatory additions by the compiler....
DISCOURSE: 114 THE THREE YEARLY FEASTS AT JERUSALEM Exodus 34:23. _Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. For I will cast out the nations before...
NEITHER SHALL ANY MAN DESIRE THY LAND— Almost every thing in the Jewish policy tends to prove the immediate interposition of God with them. But nothing can prove it more strongly, than that restraint...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 34 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou...
_THRICE IN THE YEAR SHALL ALL YOUR MEN CHILDREN APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD GOD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL._ Thrice in the year shall all your men-children appear before the Lord God - i:e., in the central place...
THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT In token that the people are forgiven, God renews His covenant relation with them. The conditions are the same as before. The Decalogue is inscribed on two fresh tables, a...
DESIRE THY LAND, WHEN THOU SHALT GO UP] i.e. take advantage of your absence to despoil your homes. God will protect their property while they are worshipping Him. 28-35. Moses descends from the Mount...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 34 THE NEW FLAT STONES WITH GOD’S *COMMANDMENTS ON THEM – VERSES 1-9...
I WILL... ENLARGE THY BORDERS. — The promise of “a land” for his posterity made by God to Abraham was twofold. At first it was the “land of Canaan” alone which they were to receive (Genesis 12:5); but...
כִּֽי ־אֹורִ֤ישׁ גֹּויִם֙ מִ פָּנֶ֔יךָ וְ הִר
CHAPTER XXXIV. _ THE VISION OF GOD._ Exodus 34:1 It was when God had most graciously assured Moses of His affection, that he ventured, in so brief a cry that it is almost a gasp of longing, to ask,...
MOSES BRINGS THE RENEWED TABLES OF THE LAW Exodus 34:18 For forty days, with no sustenance from bread or water, Moses abode on the Mount-absorbed with a passion of love and awe-not counting the hours...
Moses was called again into the mount and the promised unveiling was made to him. It consisted of a declaration by God of the truth concerning Himself, first, as to His nature and second, as to His me...
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man (h) desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. (h) God pr...
_In wait. Hebrew and Septuagint, "shall desire." (Calmet) --- God engages to protect their land. (Menochius)_...
Observe the over-ruling power of God in this promise, that during the people's religious observance of those feasts, none should come up to invade their land. Genesis 35:5....
"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...
_RELIGION NO LOSS_ ‘Neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.’ Exodus 34:24 I. THE BRAVERY EXPECTED—‘_ Thrice in the year sh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. We have now to examine a little what was taking place among the people, and on Moses's part, the faithful and zealous witness, as a servant of God...
FOR I WILL CAST OUT THE NATIONS BEFORE THEE,.... Who are particularly mentioned, Exodus 34:11 and therefore they need not be in any fear of them, when they should go up to the appointed place, and app...
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. Ver. 24. _Neit...
_Thrice in the year shall all the men-children appear_ But it might be suggested, when all the males from every part were gone up to worship in the place that God should choose, the country would be l...
1 The Tables are renued. 5 The Name of the Lord proclaimed. 8 Moses intreateth God to go with them. 10 God maketh a couenant with them, repeating certaine dueties of the first Table. 28 Moses afte...
THE SECOND FESTIVALS...
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders, Cf Exodus 23:31; NEITHER SHALL ANY MAN DESIRE THY LAND WHEN THOU SHALT GO UP TO APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD, THY GOD, THRICE IN THE YEA...
THIRD SECTION The New Tables of the Law for the People prone to a Hierarchy. Clearer Revelation of God’s Grace. Sterner Prohibition of Idolatry. Stricter Commands concerning the Passover, the First-b...
THE SECOND GIVING OF THE LAW (vs.1-28) Though the first tables of the law had been given to Moses, they never came into the camp. Thus Israel never was under absolute law. This would have meant death...
18-27 Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance...
I WILL CAST OUT THE NATIONS; so thou shalt have no intestine enemy to do time or thine mischief. This God promised to do, but upon condition of Israel's discharge of their duty in following God in thi...
Jehovah refuses to accompany Israel to the land of promise. "I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiff-necked people; lest I consume thee in the way." At the opening of this book, wh...
Exodus 34:24 out H3423 (H8686) nations H1471 before H6440 enlarge H7337 (H8689) borders H1366 man H376 covet...
A COVENANT CODICIL CONTAINING TEN RITUAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH WILL CONFIRM THEIR FAITHFULNESS TO THEIR OVERLORD AS SELECTED FROM CHAPTER S 20-23 (EXODUS 34:17). In counteracting the temptation to idolat...
CONTENTS: Second tables of the law. The new vision and commission. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: (Exodus 34:12-17). We cannot expect the benefit of God's promises unless we make conscie...
Exodus 34:1. _I will write upon these tables. Deuteronomy 10:4_. The Lord wrote on these tables according to the first writing. In the last clause of Exodus 34:28, the pronoun _he_ refers, not to Mose...
_Thou shalt rest._ SABBATH REST IN HARVEST “Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest”; that is, you shall not violate the Sabbat...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 34:10_ THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT The engagements which man had made with God being broken, the covenant had to be commenced _de novo_. All the ground must...
EXPOSITION THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. Dazed, as it would seem, by the splendour of the vision which he had beheld, Moses forgot that God had already pledged himself to renew the covenant, and lead...
And the Lord said unto Moses, Cut out two tables of stone, hew them out like the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you broke. And be ready in the...
I will Exodus 34:11 Exodus 23:27 Exodus 33:2 Leviticus 18:24 Deute