“ Thou shalt not revile the gods,c nor curse the ruler of thy people. ”
The gods - Heb. אלהים 'ělôhı̂ym . See Exodus 21:6 note. Many take it as the name of God (as in Genesis 1:1 ), and this certainly seems best to represent the Hebrew, and to suit the contex...
Exodus 22:18-31 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 theref...
curse . Compare Ecclesiastes 10:20 ; Acts 23:5 ; 2 Peter 2:10 ; Jude 1:8 .
Exodus 22:28 . Thou shalt not revile the gods. These four passages confirm what I have said, that in the: Fifth Commandment are comprised, by synecdoche all superiors in aut...
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Thou shalt not revile the gods - Most commentators believe that the word gods here means magistrates. The original is אלהים Elohim,...
Thou shalt not revile the gods— The magistrates. See note on ch. Exodus 21:6 and Romans 13:1-2 . The ruler of thy people means here any one elevated (according to the original) in dignity...
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Thou shalt not revile the gods. Josephus, who endeavours so often to accommodate his religion to pagan tastes and prejudices...
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...
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....
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 the...
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 tha...
Acts 23:5 .
SUNDRY LAWS FOR ISRAEL ‘If thou … Thou shalt not … Ye shall.’ Exodus 22:23 ; Exodus 22:28 ; Exodus 22:31 I. Restitution is one of the prime thoughts in this Lesson. —Alas that this is far...
Thou shalt not revile the gods ,.... Meaning not the idols of the Gentiles, which they reckon gods, and worship as such; which is the sense of Philo, and some others, particularly Josephus i, who, t...
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Ver. 28. Thou shalt not revile the gods. ] Blaspheme dignities. Jdg 1:8 This is blasphemy is the second table.
Thou shalt not revile the gods That is, the judges and magistrates. Princes and magistrates are our fathers, whom the fifth commandment obligeth us to honour, and forbids us to revile. St. Paul a...
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 le...
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raim...
Gods; not gods falsely so called, as some would have it, as appears by 1 Kings 18:27 Jeremiah 10:11 ; but magistrates and governors, whether civil or ecclesiastical, as it is evident both from...
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 th...
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...
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...
The ruler of thy people. The Divine right of magistrates to respect I. That the powers that be are ordained of God ( Romans 13:1-5 ; 1 Peter 2:13-15 ). II. That magistrates must re treated...
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, an...
Regarding Various Social Relations
the gods. or judges Exodus 22:8 Exodus 22:9 Psalms 32:6 Psalms 82:1-7 Psalms 138:1 John 10:34 John 10:35 nor curse Exodus 21:17 1 Samuel 24:6 1 Samuel 24:10 1 Samuel 26:9 Eccle...
Thou shalt not revile the gods — That is, the judges and magistrates. Princes and magistrates are our fathers, whom the fifth commandment obligeth us to honour, and forbids us to revile. St. Paul a...