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Nothing could be more appropriate as the commencement of the book of
the covenant than these regulations for public worship. The rules for
the building of altars must have been old and accepted, and a...
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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,...
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EXODUS 20:22 E. LAWS OF WORSHIP. This begins the Book of the Covenant,
a small collection of religious and moral laws. The reference to God
as talking with the people from heaven (Exodus 20:22_ b)_ wa...
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Cf. Exodus 20:3-4 f.; and in the other codes Exodus 34:17 (J),
Leviticus 19:4 (H), Deuteronomy 4:15-18;...
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Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33
_The Book of the Covenant_
The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the
name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The
laws co...
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The collection opens with directions respecting the manner which God
is to be worshipped (other directions about religious observances
follow in Exodus 22:20; Exodus 22:29-31; Exodus 23:10-19)....
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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...
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_YE SHALL NOT MAKE WITH ME GODS OF SILVER, NEITHER SHALL YE MAKE UNTO
YOU GODS OF GOLD._
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver. It appears from Deuteronomy
4:14 that this injunction was a conclusi...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT
This section comprises a number of laws designed to regulate the life
of an agricultural community living under comparatively simple
conditions. The laws are mainly of a civil...
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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...
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RV is preferable, 'Ye shall not make _other gods_ with me; gods of
silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you.' This is a
repetition of the first and second commandments....
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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 20
GOD’S TEN *COMMANDMENTS – VERSES 1-17
V1 God spoke all these wor...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.
(22-26) In the remainder of Exodus 20, and in the three Chapter s
which follow, we have a series of laws delivered by God to Moses,
immediately after the delivery of the Deca...
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YE SHALL NOT MAKE WITH ME GODS OF SILVER. — The expression “make
with me” is unusual, but does not seem to have any peculiar force.
Gods of silver and gods of gold are specially forbidden, because it...
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לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּן אִתִּ֑י אֱלֹ֤הֵי
כֶ֨סֶף֙ וֵ א
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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, confess...
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PART I.--THE LAW OF WORSHIP.
Exodus 20:22.
It is no vain repetition that this code begins by reasserting the
supremacy of the one God. That principle underlies all the law, and
must be carried into e...
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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...
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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,...
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_Make. Hebrew adds, "with me," ver. 3. This people was prone to
idolatry, and stood in need of having the first commandment often
inculcated. (Menochius)_...
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Reader! observe how earnest the Lord is to guard the people from every
species of idolatry. Deuteronomy 4:15....
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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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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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YE SHALL NOT MAKE WITH ME,.... This is a proposition of itself, as
appears by the accent Athnach placed at the end of it, which divides
it from the following, and therefore "gods of silver" belong to...
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Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto
you gods of gold.
Ver. 23. _Ye shall not male with me gods._] Say we of such petty
deities as that heathen did, _Contemno minutulo...
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While the people continued to stand _afar off_ Afraid of God's wrath,
Moses drew near unto _the thick darkness_ He was _made to draw near;_
so the word is: Of himself he durst not have ventured into t...
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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...
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Ye shall not make with Me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto
you gods of gold. The children of Israel were not to make and place on
a level with Jehovah, for purposes of worship, idols of any...
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THE PRECEPT CONCERNING THE ALTAR...
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B. THE FIRST COMPENDIOUS LAW OF SACRIFICE
Exodus 20:22-26
22And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children
of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23Ye
sh...
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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...
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22-26 Moses having entered into the thick darkness, God there spake
in his hearing all that follows from hence to the end of chap. 23,
which is mostly an exposition of the ten commandments. The laws...
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WITH ME, i.e. to worship together with me; I will allow _no
companion_; or, _to me_, as it follows, _unto you_; and EXODUS 20:24,
unto me; and the particle _eth_ is sometimes used for _el_, or
_lamed_...
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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,...
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Exodus 20:23 make H6213 (H8799) Megods H430 silver H3701 gods H430
gold H2091 make H6213 (H8799)...
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YAHWEH'S INSTRUCTION CONCERNING FUTURE WORSHIP (EXODUS 20:22).
In view of their fears, and the commands that He has given in Exodus
20:3, Yahweh now makes provision for their worship. They are to
reco...
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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...
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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...
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_Ye shall not make Me gods of silver._
GOD’S VOICE, BUT NOT A FORM
God’s voice. Indicative of the Divine personality.
II. God’s abhorrence of idolatry. Our loftiest conceptions, embodied
in the mos...
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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 ...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 20:22 These verses introduce the first section
of laws following the Ten Commandments (Exodus 21:1), and...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 20:23. Ye shall not make with Me gods of silver, neither, &c.]
We prefer the Massoretic punctuation of this verse, which reveals a
delicate appreciation of the meaning, althoug...
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EXPOSITION
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT, (Exodus 20:1. Exodus 20:22, to Exodus 22:1.
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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...
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Exodus 20:3 Exodus 32:1 1 Samuel 5:4 1 Samuel 5:5 2 Kings 17:33...