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Verse Exodus 23:6. _THOU SHALT NOT WREST THE JUDGMENT OF THY POOR_]
Thou shalt neither countenance him in his crimes, nor condemn him in
his righteousness. See Exodus 23:5; Exodus 23:7....
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Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges:
(a) To do justice to the poor. ComparingExodus 23:6 with Exodus 23:3,
it was the part of the judge to defend the poor against the op...
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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 23:1 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...
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THOU SHALT NOT WREST THE JUDGMENT OF THY POOR IN HIS CAUSE— _The
poor,_ is emphatic; and designed to enforce the observation of this
law, which enjoins the impartial administration of justice to the
_...
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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 NOT WREST THE JUDGMENT OF THY POOR IN HIS CAUSE._
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. These
verses contain a series of cautions to rulers and magistrates to take
c...
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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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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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THOU SHALT NOT WREST THE JUDGMENT OF THY POOR. — If we are not to
favour the poor man in a court of justice on account of his poverty
(Exodus 23:3), much less are we to treat him with disfavour. (Comp...
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לֹ֥א תַטֶּ֛ה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖
בְּ רִיבֹֽו׃...
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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...
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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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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....
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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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6._Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor_. Since laws are
enacted to repress the vices which are of frequent occurrence, no
wonder that God should put forward the case of the poor, to whom it...
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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 NOT WREST THE JUDGMENT OF THY POOR IN HIS CAUSE. As the
poor man was not to be favoured when his cause was bad through an
affected pity for him as a poor man, so his judgment was not to be...
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_Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause._
Ver. 6. _The judgment of thy poor._] I have seen, saith one, _a_ the
king of Persia many times to alight from his horse, only to do justi...
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_Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor_ As a judge should
beware, lest through motives of compassion, or an affectation of
popularity, he be biassed in favour of the poor; so, on the other
han...
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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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FURTHER ORDINANCES REGARDING SOCIAL RELATIONS...
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Thou shalt not wrest the Judgment of thy poor, of the poor dependent
upon thee, IN HIS CAUSE. This ordinance supplements v. 3, bidding the
mighty beware of violating their position and the rights of t...
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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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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...
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i.e. Of the poor which is among thee, not of the poor Jews only, as
some peradventure may conceive; for common right must be done even to
the Gentiles. Compare DEUTERONOMY 27:19....
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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 23:6 pervert H5186 (H8686) judgment H4941 poor H34 dispute
H7379
Exodus 23:2-3;...
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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;...
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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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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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_Thou shalt not wrest the judgment._
DUTIES OF JUDGES
I. That judges should be impartial.
1. In particular towards the poor (Exodus 23:6).
(1) Because the poor are most open to the oppression of t...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 23:6 To PERVERT... JUSTICE could involve
taking advantage of the POOR in a LAWSUIT. It could also mean showing
partiality to them by altering testimony (v....
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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...
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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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Exodus 23:2 Exodus 23:3 Deuteronomy 16:19 Deuteronomy 27:19...