Fear not That is, Think not that this thunder and fire are designed to consume you. God is come to prove you To try how they would like dealing with God immediately, without a mediator, and so to convince them how admirably well God had chosen for them in putting Moses into that office. Ever since Adam fled, upon hearing God's voice in the garden, sinful man has not been able to bear either to speak to God, or hear from him immediately.
Verse Exodus 20:20. _AND MOSES SAID - FEAR NOT: FOR GOD IS COME TO PROVE YOU,_ _AND THAT HIS FEAR MAY BE BEFORE YOUR FACES_] The maxim contained in this verse is, _Fear not, that he may fear _- do no...
Compare Deuteronomy 5:22. Aaron Exodus 19:24 on this occasion accompanied Moses in drawing near to the thick darkness. Exodus 20:22 to...
CHAPTER 20 THE COVENANT REVEALED _ 1. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1)_ 2. Jehovah's gracious provision (Exodus 20:18) This law covenant is now stated. It was given three times. First orally here,...
EXODUS 20:18 E. ALARM OF THE PEOPLE. This resumes Exodus 19:17 or Exodus 19:19), and describes how the frightened people (read in Exodus 20:18 b
FEAR NOT... HIS FEAR MANY BE BEFORE YOUR FACES. Moses encourages and comforts them against that fear of immediate death which they appear to have entertained, and at the same time assures them that fr...
TO PROVE: i.e. for the purpose of proving. THAT. in order that. SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a._ See App-44....
The people, alarmed by the terrible accompaniments of the theophany, express a desire that in future Moses may speak to them instead of God. Their wish is implicitly granted. Cf. Deuteronomy 5:22-31....
_to prove you_ to put you to the proof (Exodus 16:4; cf. on Exodus 17:2), to the whether (Deuteronomy 8:2), as you have just said (_v._19), you will really obey Him, and in order to inspire you with t...
FOR GOD IS COME TO PROVE YOU— See ch. Exodus 16:4 and Deuteronomy 8:16....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 20 AND GOD SPAKE ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING, (2) I am Je-ho-vah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of E-gypt, out of the house of bondage. (3) Thou shalt have no ot...
_AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE, FEAR NOT: FOR GOD IS COME TO PROVE YOU, AND THAT HIS FEAR MAY BE BEFORE YOUR FACES, THAT YE SIN NOT._ And Moses said unto the people, Fear not. The leader himself, wi...
20:20 you, (d-23) Lit. 'before your faces.'...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (VV. 1-21) Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or 'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and social life of the people, and call...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 20 GOD’S TEN *COMMANDMENTS – VERSES 1-17 V1 God spoke all these wor...
AT THE PEOPLE’S REQUEST, MOSES BECOMES THEIR INTERMEDIARY. (18-21) The delivery of the Ten Commandments by A voice manifestly superhuman impressed the people with an awful fear. They felt the near con...
MOSES SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE, FEAR NOT. — God approved the people’s proposal, and directed that they should withdraw to their tents (Deuteronomy 5:28). Moses then “drew near” to Him, and entered into “t...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶל ־הָ עָם֮ אַל
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, confess...
THE PEOPLE FEAR; IDOLS AND ALTARS Exodus 20:18 When our Lord was on earth He was so attractive and winsome that the publicans and sinners drew near to hear Him, penitents wept at His feet, children n...
Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to (o) prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. (o) Whether you will obey his precepts as you promised in (Exo...
Deuteronomy 8:2...
"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...
AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE,.... By representatives and messengers, the heads of the tribes and elders: FEAR NOT; be not afraid of God with a slavish fear; be not afraid of the thunders and lightn...
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. Ver. 20. _Fear not._] And yet fear. Fear not this glorious appeara...
1 The ten Commandements. 18 The people are afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them. 22 Idolatrie is forbidden. 24 Of what sort the Altar should be. 1 AND God spake all these words, saying, 2 [NOTE: Deut...
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not; for God is come to prove you, His intention was to test the disposition of their hearts, to try them out with this terrifying aspect, THAT HIS FEAR MAY BE BEF...
THE TERROR OF THE PEOPLE...
SECOND SECTION The Threefold Law of the Covenant for the Covenant People on the Basis of the Prophetic, Ethico-religious Divine Law of the Ten Commandments. Historical Prophecy Exodus 20-31 A. THE T...
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-17) Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous grace toward them in delivering...
18-21 This law, which is so extensive that we cannot measure it, so spiritual that we cannot evade it, and so reasonable that we cannot find fault with it, will be the rule of the future judgment of...
_ To prove you, or try, or search you_, whether you are innocent, and such as delight in my presence; or conscious of your guilt, and therefore afraid of my appearance; whether you have such a righteo...
It is of the utmost importance to understand the true character and object of the moral law, as set forth in this chapter. There is a tendency in the mind to confound the principles of law and grace,...
Exodus 20:20 Moses H4872 said H559 (H8799) people H5971 fear H3372 (H8799) God H430 come H935 ...
THE AFTERMATH (EXODUS 20:18). This passage immediately follows the glorious and awesome experience that has been theirs in the proclamation of Yahweh's covenant. The people are trembling in fear, and...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
CONTENTS: Ten commandments delivered to Moses at Sinai. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: A holy and righteous God has holy and righteous standards. Those who love God will constantly endeavor to...
Exodus 20:1. _God spake all these words._ In compassion to man, and the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation at...
_They removed, and stood afar off._ ISRAEL AND SINAI I. That all men as sinners must be brought into conscious contact with moral law. The guarantees of this conscious contact are found-- 1. In the...
EXODUS 20:1 Covenant Words and Rules. This section records what will later be referred to as the “Book of the Covenant” (Exodus 24:7) and includes: the Ten Commandments ...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 20:19. We will hear.] Kalisch happily remarks that “in the word _v‘nishma_‘AH, with the _he_ paragogicum, lies the readiness and willingness: ‘we will eagerly and gladly hear....
EXPOSITION WITHDRAWAL OF THE PEOPLE, AND NEARER APPROACH OF MOSES TO GOD. The effect produced upon the people by the accumulated terrors of Sinai—"the thunderings and the lightnings, the noise of the...
And God spake these words, saying (Exodus 20:1), Now the people said, "All that the Lord commands, we will do." All right this is what the Lord has spoken. Now these are the commandments of God. I am...
fear not 1 Samuel 12:20 Isaiah 41:10 prove Exodus 15:25 Exodus 15:26 Gen
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Exodus 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to this study we wish to answer some statements relative to the Christian and the Law. 1. SAINTS ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW FOR SALVA...
Fear not — That is, Think not that this thunder and fire is, designed to consume you. No; it was intended, To prove them, to try how they could like dealing with God immediately, without a mediator, a...