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 verses contain some twelve laws, of which not more than two that
are consecutive can be said to be on... [ Continue Reading ]
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 their gods_." Thou
shalt not even suffer them to dwell side by side with thee in the
land, on peaceable... [ Continue Reading ]