Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Exodus 22:29
Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the (k) first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
(k) Your abundance of your corn.
Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the (k) first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
(k) Your abundance of your corn.
Verse Exodus 22:29. _THE FIRST OF THY RIPE FRUITS_] This offering was a public acknowledgment of the bounty and goodness of God, who had given them their proper _seed time_, the _first_ and the _latte...
The offering of firstfruits appears to have been a custom of primitive antiquity and was connected with the earliest acts of sacrifice. See Genesis 4:3. The references to it here and in Exodus 23:19 h...
CHAPTER 22 FURTHER JUDGMENTS _ 1. Concerning theft (Exodus 22:1)_ 2. Concerning neglect in case of fire (Exodus 22:6) 3. Concerning dishonesty (Exodus 22:7) 4. Concerning immoralities and forbidde...
EXODUS 22:18 E. VARIOUS ORDINANCES. From this point up to Exodus 23:9 we have to do with miscellaneous laws, differing in the main both in form and substance from the Judgments, and therefore here reg...
RIPE FRUITS, AND... LIQUORS. thy corn and wine and oil. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species). App-6. GIVE. On the eighth day....
A group of fundamental ceremonial injunctions. Jehovah's customary due from the first annual produce of the threshing-floor and the wine-press to be promptly paid: firstborn males, both of men and ani...
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...
THOU SHALT NOT DELAY TO OFFER THE FIRST OF THY RIPE FRUITS, &C.— The Hebrew here is, _thy fulness,_ and _thy tears,_ or _liquors,_ which distil in drops like tears from the press; as _wine_ and _oil._...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) If the thief be found breaking in,...
_THOU SHALT NOT DELAY TO OFFER THE FIRST OF THY RIPE FRUITS, AND OF THY LIQUORS: THE FIRSTBORN OF THY SONS SHALT THOU GIVE UNTO ME._ Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of...
22:29 outflow (b-13) Lit. 'tears.'...
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED) 1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and of proportionately hig...
THE FIRST OF THY RIPE FRUITS] RV 'the abundance of thy fruits,' etc.: see on Exodus 13:1....
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 22 LAWS ABOUT PROPERTY – VERSES 1-15 V1 The *LORD continued to spe...
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS. (16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which can, therefore, only be regarded as miscellaneous. Mo...
THE FIRST OF THY RIPE FRUITS. — Heb., _of thy fulness._ “Firstfruits” were the spontaneous tribute of natural piety among almost all nations. They were called by the Greeks ἀπαρχαί, by the Romans _pri...
_[Exodus 22:28]_ מְלֵאָתְךָ֥ וְ דִמְעֲךָ֖ לֹ֣א תְאַחֵ֑ר...
CHAPTER XXII. _ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._ PART IV. Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19. The Fourth section of this law within the law consists of enactments, curiously disconnected, many of them without...
The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo 21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that...
_Tithes. Hebrew, "thy plentitude, (first-fruits and tithes) and thy tears;" (or liquors distilled form odoriferous trees) in a word, all that is most excellent. Censorinus (de die nat.) says, excellen...
Was not this typical of the Lord Jesus Christ? Luke 2:21....
"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...
29._Thou shalt not delay. _We may gather from this passage that the first-fruits were offered, to the end that the Israelites should devote themselves and their possessions to God; for Moses enjoins t...
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...
THOU SHALL NOT DELAY TO OFFER THE FIRST OF THY RIPE FRUITS,.... Which, according to Maimonides k, were of seven kinds only; for he says, "they do not bring the firstfruits, but of the seven kinds, sa...
Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Ver. 29. _Theft shalt not delay._] True obedience is prompt and pr...
_The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me_ And much more reason have we to give ourselves and all we have to God, who _spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all._ The first ripe...
1 Of theft. 5 Of dammage. 7 Of trespasses. 14.Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft. 19 Of bestialitie. 20 Of idolatrie. 21 Of strangers, widowes, and fatherlesse. 25 Of vsurie. 2...
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits and of thy liquors, literally, "of thy fullness or plenty and of thy drop [of oil and wine] thou shalt not delay"; for. the Lord wanted the f...
REGARDING VARIOUS SOCIAL RELATIONS...
C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33 _a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_ 1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY (vs.1-15) While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on his own property, and leave...
FIRST: _ Heb._ thy fullness LIQUORS: _ Heb._ Teare...
THOU SHALT NOT DELAY beyond the times appointed, lest this delay grow to a total neglect. And _delay_ may here be put for _neglect_, as that word is used, Deuteronomy 7:10, Deuteronomy 23:21 Habakkuk...
The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character of...
Exodus 22:29 delay H309 (H8762) produce H4395 juices H1831 firstborn H1060 sons H1121 give H5414 (H8799)...
REGULATIONS ABOUT DUTY TO GOD (EXODUS 22:28). Again we might discern a pattern as follows: a Not to revile God or ruler (Exodus 22:28). b Not to delay offering firstfruits of corn and vintage (Exodu...
EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS 23:33). In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
CONTENTS: Judgments on rights of property; crimes against humanity. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Man's attitude to his fellow man will be based on his attitude to God and His law. KEY WORD:...
Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...
_The firstborn._ FIRST FRUITS TO GOD God asks for nothing that we have not to give. He asks that we will give to Him of what He has given to us, that we will put to its true and highest use what He...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 22:31. And ye shall be holy men.] This seemingly abrupt clause is to be taken in a relation of strict _sequence_ with all that has gone before. As much as to say: “And so—namel...
EXPOSITION MISCELLANEOUS LAWS (Exodus 22:16-2) EXODUS 22:16, EXODUS 22:17 _Laws against seduction_. It has been
EXPOSITION II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the consideration of injuries to the person, the legislator proceeds to treat of injuries to property, and, as he has been sp...
If a man shall steal an ox, and kill it, [The rustlers] and sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, four sheep for a sheep (Exodus 22:1). You see in those days they were interested in taking ca...
shalt not delay Exodus 23:16 Exodus 23:19 Deuteronomy 26:2 2 Kings 4:42...
The first — born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me — And much more reason have we to give ourselves and all we have to God, who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all. The first rip...