“ Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. ”
Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges: (a) To do justice to the poor. Comparing Exodus 23:6 Exodus 23:6 with Exodus 23:3 , it was the part of the judge to defen...
Exodus 23:1-9 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...
6. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor. Since laws are enacted to repress the vices which are of frequent occurrence, no wonder that God should put forward the case of the poor, to...
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor - Thou shalt neither countenance him in his crimes, nor condemn him in his righteousness. See...
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause— The poor, is emphatic; and designed to enforce the observation of this law, which enjoins the impartial administration of justice to th...
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. These verses contain a series of cautions to rulers and magistrates to...
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:...
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...
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...
All these are so many repeated commands of one and the same rule of equity, and which the Lord Jesus hath given a full commentary of. Matthew 7:12 .
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. As the poor man was not to be favoured when his cause was bad through an affected pity for him as a poor man, so his judgment was not to...
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Ver. 6. The judgment of thy poor. ] I have seen, saith one, a the king of Persia many times to alight from his horse, only to do jus...
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor As a judge should beware, lest through motives of compassion, or an affectation of popularity, he be biassed in favour of the poor; so, on the other ha...
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...
Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491. 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand wit...
i.e. Of the poor which is among thee, not of the poor Jews only, as some peradventure may conceive; for common right must be done even to the Gentiles. Compare Deuteronomy 27:19 .
Regulations Concerning Behaviour to One's Neighbour ( Exodus 23:1-9 ). There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7 ; Exodus 23:2 with Exodu...
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 pregna...
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...
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment. Duties of judges I. That judges should be impartial. 1. In particular towards the poor ( Exodus 23:6 ). (1) Because the poor are most open to the oppres...
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...
Further Ordinances Regarding Social Relations
Exodus 23:2 Exodus 23:3 Deuteronomy 16:19 Deuteronomy 27:19 2 Chronicles 19:7 Job 31:13 Job 31:21 Job 31:22 Psalms 82:3 Psalms 82:4 Ecclesiastes 5:8 Isaiah 10:1 Isaiah 10:2...