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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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OF EARTH... IN ALL PLACES. Shiloh was the first place, Jeremiah 7:12.
Bethel, 1 Samuel 10:3. then Zion, Psalms 78:68. "Where'er we seek Thee
Thou art found". sacrifice. Hebrew. _zabach._ App-43....
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Altars, their construction, and the places at which they may be
erected....
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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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_altar_ The word in Heb. (_mizbçaḥ_) means a -place of slaughter
_or_sacrifice." Altars of _earth_were also common among the Romans
(Tert. _Apol._25 attributes _temeraria de caespite altaria_to the
ea...
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Altars were to be of the simplest material, of earth, or, if of stone,
of unhewn stone: they might be erected wherever Jehovah gave occasion
for His name to be commemorated; and any Israelite might sa...
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AN ALTAR OF EARTH THOU SHALT MAKE UNTO ME— The service of the
tabernacle being not yet appointed, that there might be no
superstition attached to any altars of a curious or costly sort, God
enjoins th...
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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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_AN ALTAR OF EARTH THOU SHALT MAKE UNTO ME, AND SHALT SACRIFICE
THEREON THY BURNT OFFERINGS, AND THY PEACE OFFERINGS, THY SHEEP, AND
THINE OXEN: IN ALL PLACES WHERE I RECORD MY NAME I WILL COME UNTO
T...
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20:24 peace-offerings, (e-19) Or 'thank-offerings.'...
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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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AN ALTAR OF EARTH] i.e. of the simplest form and material, as a
precaution against idolatrous representations: cp. Exodus 20:25
Deuteronomy 27:5; Deuteronomy 27:6. On the different kinds of
sacrifice...
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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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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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AN ALTAR OF EARTH THOU SHALT MAKE UNTO ME. — The earliest altars
were, naturally, either of earth, or of unhewn stones, gathered into a
heap, since these could be constructed with little labour, and w...
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מִזְבַּ֣ח אֲדָמָה֮ תַּעֲשֶׂה ־לִּי֒
וְ זָבַחְתָּ֣...
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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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CHAPTER XX.
_ Earth, which may be destroyed with ease, to prevent any profanation.
--- Place. Where the tabernacle shall be fixed, you shall offer
sacrifice, and I will hear you. The ark was afterwar...
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Is not this altar of earth intended to shew, that as the earth is the
Lord's, and the fulness thereof, and nothing of creature property is
to be mixed with it, so salvation is all the Lord's; nothing...
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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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24._An altar of earth thou shalt make. _This precept differs from the
other, which I have just explained; because although it refers to the
choice of a place, (111) yet the mention of a place is omitt...
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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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AN ALTAR OF EARTH THOU SHALL MAKE UNTO ME,.... This was a temporary
precept, and only in force until the tabernacle was built, and
respects occasional altars, erected while on their travels, and were...
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An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon
thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine
oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto th...
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Exo. 20:24, 25, 26. "An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me - And
if thou wilt make an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn
stone; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast pollute...
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_An altar of earth_ It is meant of _occasional_ altars, such as they
reared in the wilderness before the tabernacle was erected, and
afterward upon special emergencies, for present use. They are
appoi...
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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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THE PRECEPT CONCERNING THE ALTAR...
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An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon
thy burnt offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep and thine oxen.
Such offerings were a type and figure of the heart of man,...
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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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AN ALTAR THOU SHALT MAKE for thy present use, or whilst thou art in
the wilderness: this he commanded, partly, that they might easily and
readily erect an altar upon all occasions, which it might be h...
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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 20:24 altar H4196 earth H127 make H6213 (H8799) sacrifice H2076
(H8804) offerings H5930 offerings H8002 sheep
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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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_In all places where I record My name, I will come unto thee._
THE GOSPEL IN EXODUS
I. That God demands from His creature man reverent and intelligent
worship.
II. That such worship, to be acceptab...
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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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altar John 4:24 burnt Leviticus 1:1 Leviticus 3:1 in all places
Deuteronomy 12:5...
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An altar of earth — It is meant of occasional altars, such as they
reared in the wilderness before the tabernacle was erected, and
afterwards upon special emergencies, for present use. They are
appoin...
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Was the altar made of earth or of wood?
PROBLEM: Here the altar is constructed of earth, but in Exodus 27:1 it
was constructed of “acacia wood.”
SOLUTION: The altar itself was only a hollow case made...