Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause (a) to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:
(a) Do that which is godly, though few favour it.
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause (a) to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:
(a) Do that which is godly, though few favour it.
Verse Exodus 23:2. _THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO_ DO _EVIL_] Be _singular_. Singularity, if in the right, can never be criminal. So completely disgraceful is the way of sin, that if there wer...
These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence in legal causes. Compare 1 Kings 21:10; Acts 6:11. Exodus 2...
CHAPTER 23 FURTHER JUDGMENTS AND DIRECTIONS _ 1. Concerning unrighteous dealings of various kinds (Exodus 23:1)_ 2. Concerning the seventh year (Exodus 23:10) 3. Concerning the three feasts (Exodus...
EXODUS 23:1 R. JUSTICE. Form and substance also separate _this_ group from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the Covenant Book. Circulating groundless reports (Exodus 23:1_ a_), co...
EVIL-INJURY. Hebrew. _r_. _a. a._ See App-44. SPEAK. testify. DECLINE. "turn away [and follow]". Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6. a)....
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...
Not to follow a majority blindly for evil purposes, or, in particular to pervert justice. _to do evil_ lit. _into evil things_. _speak_ ANSWER (in a court of law), i.e. BEAR WITNESS (RVm.), as Exodu...
THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL— As the former verse, no less than the latter part of this and the third, refers to testimony and judgment, one would imagine, that this also must have a m...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 23 THOU SHALT NOT TAKE UP A FALSE REPORT: PUT NOT THY HAND WITH THE WICKED TO BE AN UNRIGHTEOUS WITNESS. (2) THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL; NEITHER SHALT...
_THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL; NEITHER SHALT THOU SPEAK IN A CAUSE TO DECLINE AFTER MANY TO WREST JUDGMENT:_ Thou shalt not follow a multitude, х_ RABIYM_ (H7227)] - many. This makes...
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONCLUDED) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws....
TO DECLINE AFTER] RV 'to turn aside after.'...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 23 LAWS ABOUT HOW TO BE FAIR AND HOW TO BE KIND – VERSES 1-9 V1 Th...
XXIII. (1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of...
THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL... — It is perhaps true that the offence especially condemned is joining with a majority in an unrighteous judgment; but the words of the precept extend mu...
לֹֽא ־תִהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרֵֽי ־רַבִּ֖ים לְ רָעֹ֑ת ו
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, confes...
LAWS OF CONDUCT AND WORSHIP Exodus 23:1 We may apply these various precepts to our own hearts. Many of them breathe the very spirit of Christ. We must watch our speech, so that no man's character may...
The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful and yet makes sterner demand than any moral code of laws. The di...
For the propriety of this, see the gospel. Matthew 7:13....
"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...
THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE TO DO EVIL,.... The Targums of Jerusalem and Jonathan add, but to do good. As in private life, the examples of the many, who are generally the most wicked, are not to...
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]: Ver. 2. _Thou shalt not follow a multitude._] The way to hell is broad a...
_Thou shalt not follow a multitude_ Either their counsel or their example; _to do evil_ General usage will never excuse us in any ill practice; nor is the broad way ever the safer for its being _crowd...
1 Of slander and false witnesse. 3.6 Of iustice. 4 Of charitablenesse. 10 Of the yeere of rest. 12 Of the Sabbath. 13 Of idolatrie. 14 Of the three feasts. 18 Of the blood and the fat of the sac...
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment. The thought of the first half of the sentence is emphasized in the second par...
FURTHER ORDINANCES REGARDING 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...
INSISTENCE ON HONESTY (vs.1-9) Consistently with the language of law, the question of honesty is looked at from a negative viewpoint, that is, emphasizing what one should not do. How easily one may c...
SPEAK: _ Heb._ answer...
1-9 In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling, and of true political wisdom. Every thing in it is suited to the desired and avowed object, the worship of one only God, and the se...
THOU SHALT NOT FOLLOW A MULTITUDE, either their counsel or example. But the Hebrew _rabbin_ both here and in the following clause is by some rendered _great men_, men in power and authority, whom we a...
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 23:2 follow H310 crowd H7227 evil H7451 testify H6030 (H8799) dispute H7379 aside H5186 (H8800) after...
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...
REGULATIONS CONCERNING BEHAVIOUR TO ONE'S NEIGHBOUR (EXODUS 23:1). There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7;...
CONTENTS: Judgments on the national feasts. Instructions concerning the conquest of Canaan. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God's angels will keep the believer in the way, though it lay through...
Exodus 23:1. _Put not thine hand with the wicked,_ do not conspire or agree with them. Exodus 23:3. _Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man._ The meaning of this and the former verse is, there sha...
_Thou shalt not fellow a multitude to do evil._ FOLLOWING THE MULTITUDE PROHIBITED I. Explain the nature of this precept. 1. It is here assumed that the multitude do evil. This may be inferred-- ...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise] = _TISSA_, FROM THE INF. _NAPA_, IN ITS SIMPLE SENSE, “to carry,” and in its ethical, “to bear about in the heart.” Hence _tissa_ is a pregnant word...
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.—_Continued_. EXPOSITION EXODUS 23:1 MISCELLANEOUS LAWS—_continued_. The same want of logical arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preceding one. The first nine ve...
Thou shalt not raise a false report: [perjury] to put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. [In other words, conspiracy in perjury.] Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; [Yo...
follow Exodus 32:1 Genesis 6:12 Genesis 7:1 Genesis 19:4 Genesis 19:7...
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil — General usage will never excuse us in any ill practice; nor is the broad way ever the safer for its being crowded. We must inquire what we ought to do, n...