“ Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. ”
This is the first mention of the three great Yearly Festivals. The feast of Unleavened bread, in its connection with the Paschal Lamb, is spoken of in Exodus 12 ; Exodus 13 : but the two others a...
Exodus 23:10-19 E. Calendar and Rules for Worship. This passage may originally have followed Exodus 23-26 in the Covenant Book. It has been expanded, Exodus 23:13 being a conclusion (perhaps...
before . Hebrew "before the face of". THE Lord God . Hebrew. ha-'adon Jehovah. See App-4.
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. All thy males - Old men, sick men, male idiots, and male children under thirteen years of age, excepted; for so the Jewish doct...
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. All thy males shall appear before the Lord God. All the males who were purified, including indigenous or home-born serv...
The Book of the Covenant (concluded) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.
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 Exodus 23:...
Laws of Conduct and Worship Exodus 23:1-17 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 char...
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 d...
Those seasons were - in the spring, summer, and autumn, namely, the feast of the Passover, that of Pentecost, and that of Tabernacles. It is worthy observation, that in after ages, under the gospel s...
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord thy God. In the city of Jerusalem, when they were come into the land of Canaan, and the temple was there built: here they were to...
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. Ver. 17. All thy males. ] The females are not required to appear, because they were weak, and not so fit for travel. They we...
All thy males All that were of competent years, and health, and strength, and at their own disposal. It is probable, servants were exempt: for none was to appear without an offering: but most of th...
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 m...
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and wh...
To wit, such as are of competent years, and health, and strength, and such as were at their own dispose; for that servants were not bound to this may seem probable, because none of these concerned we...
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 23:19 . Thou shalt not seethe, &c.]—This command, taken in connection with the preceding one, justifies the explanation of ancient commentators that it was given to ba...
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, ther...
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT .— Continued . EXPOSITION Exodus 23:1-2 MISCELLANEOUS LAWS — continued . The same want of logical arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preced...
The Holy Periods and Feasts
Exodus 34:23 Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 16:16 Deuteronomy 31:11 Psalms 84:7 Luke 2:42
All thy males — All that were of competent years, and health and strength, and at their own disposal. 'Tis probable, servants were exempt: for none was to appear without an offering: but most of th...