Exodus 13:2

SANCTIFY. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject). App-6. = Declare that. will sanctify (or set apart), which Moses did in verses: Exodus 13:12. CHILDREN. sons. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. THERE ARE two pairs of Phylacteries, so called (in Greek) from their use. a prayer-fillet or band worn to... [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 13:4

ABIB. the month of _green ears._ Jewish tradition says that in this month Abram was called, Isaac was born, Israel delivered from Egypt, and Tabernacle reared up. The Talmud further says: "As in Nisan there had been redemption, so in Nisan there should be redemption" _(Bab._ fol. 11). John's preachi... [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 13:5

THE LORD. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and Septuagint, add "thy God". CANAANITES. The Perizzites and Girgashites not included in this list. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in this verse. (App-6.)... [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 13:13

ASS. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, "ass" put for all animals not offered in sacrifice. REDEEM. ransom. Hebrew. _padah. to_ redeem (from bondage, by power). First occurance. Not _g'aal._ See note on Exodus 6:6.... [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 13:18

RED SEA. Hebrew. _Yam suph_. weedy, or reedy. Eng. "Red" comes from the Greeks reading Edom (whose land it washed) as an appellative instead of. proper name (Esau or Edom. red, Genesis 25:25). Called "red "from Septuagint. Dried up fifty miles north of present shore. Will quite dry up at future Exod... [ Continue Reading ]

Exodus 13:19

THE BONES OF JOSEPH. Another evidence of order. Compare Genesis 50:25. Joseph's faith exhibited 150 years before. Compare also Joshua 24:32 and Acts 7:15; Acts 7:16. SURELY VISIT YOU. See Genesis 50:25, and compare note on Genesis 26:28.... [ Continue Reading ]

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