CONTENTS For the better apprehension of the moral law before given in the second table of it, Moses enlargeth in this Chapter upon the particular precepts, in relation to the duty to be shown to servants, and the regulation of conduct, in many circumstances of social life. Exodus 21:1 We shall fi... [ Continue Reading ]
Oh! that this precept was duly considered in its whole extent, by those who deal in human traffic. Observe, how the Lord himself interposeth by it to induce mercy. Deu_15:12; Deu_15:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Is there not in this verse an allusion to the offspring of believers? See Psa_86:16; Psa_116:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
Beside the sense of those verses in reference to the servitude among the houses of Israel, is there not somewhat strikingly typical of the Lord Jesus here represented? Did he not say, by the mouth of the prophet, from the love he had to his Father and his Father's house, I delight to do thy will, O... [ Continue Reading ]
Here again, beside the moral lesson taught of doing what is just and right, here is a spiritual intimation of the betrothing of the heart to the Lord intended from it. The humblest of the Lord's freemen cannot be sold for bondage to a strange nation. John 8:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
In these verses here is a distinction made between willful murder and unintentional manslaughter. Genesis 9:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe the uplifted hand in smiting the parent is made capital, like the sin of murder. Proverbs 30:17; Deuteronomy 21:21; Deuteronomy 21:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe, that among the Israelites, the very idea of stealing man, woman, or child, must have been with a view to sell them to the heathen nations; because no Hebrew could, by the law, become the purchaser. Hence the greatness of the crime was increased, The apostle classes this sin among the most h... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 20:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle hath the best comment upon these precepts. Ephesians 6:9; Ephesians 6:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
The gospel sums up these things in a comprehensive manner. Colossians 3:25. And our dear Lord folds up the sense of those relative duties, in his unequalled language, Matthew 5:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe, from those laws, how offensive in the sight of God blood-shedding is, even when committed by the unconscious brute, as well as by rational creatures.... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS WHAT a holy, pure, and undefiled religion is that which carries with it evidences of its divine origin and authority, in attending to the most minute circumstances of what is right and just. And what a gracious, merciful, compassionate, and ever-attentive God to the happiness of his cre... [ Continue Reading ]