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Exodus 23:1 open_in_new
raise. utter, or take up. Same as Exodus 20:7.
the wicked. a wicked one. Hebrew. rash. a. App-44.
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Exodus 23:2 open_in_new
evil-injury. Hebrew. r. a. a. See App-44.
speak. testify.
decline. "turn away [and follow]". Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6. a).
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Exodus 23:3 open_in_new
countenance. prefer, or favour.
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Exodus 23:4 open_in_new
ox or his ass. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, put for any kind of beast of burden.
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Exodus 23:5 open_in_new
help. Hebrew. Homonym. 'azab two words (1) 'azab = to leave, or forsake. (2) 'azab. to help, or restore (hence strengthen, or fortify). No.. in Genesis 2:24; Genesis 39:6; Nehemiah 5:10; Psalms 49:10; Malachi 4. But here it should be No.. (as in Nehemiah 3:8; Deuteronomy 32:36. 1Ki 14:10. 2 Kings 14:26; Jeremiah 49:25).
surely help with him. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6), "helping shalt help him", or, supplying the Ellipsis, " surely help him [to unload]".
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Exodus 23:7 open_in_new
wicked. a wicked one. Hebrew. rash. a.App-44.
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Exodus 23:8 open_in_new
blindeth... perverteth: i.e. causeth these acts, or sins. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6.
wise. Hebrew seeing the most clear-sighted.
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Exodus 23:9 open_in_new
heart. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Exodus 23:10 open_in_new
fruits. Hebrew harvest.
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Exodus 23:11 open_in_new
and. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, have this in text; it need not, therefore, be in italics.
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Exodus 23:12 open_in_new
refreshed. Hebrew verbal form of nephesh (soul) = quickened, have new life put in, renewed, or revived.
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Exodus 23:13 open_in_new
be circumspect. take heed.
make no mention, &c.. command often disobeyed, especially in house of Saul. Compare "Baal", 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39. 1Ch 12:5. 1 Chronicles 14:7; 1 Chronicles 27:28. Hence the importance of the prophecy as to the future in Hosea 2:16; Hosea 2:17.
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Exodus 23:14 open_in_new
Three times. No. of Divine perfection. App-10.
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Exodus 23:15 open_in_new
as. according as.
month Abib. See App-51.
appear before Me. This is the current Hebrew text: but this, and ten other passages were altered by the Sopherim (only in the pointing). App-33. The primitive text read (and ought to be) "see My face". They did not know that "face" was used by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for the person "Me", and they thought it too anthropomorphitic. See note on Exodus 34:20.
empty. empty-handed.
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Exodus 23:17 open_in_new
before. Hebrew "before the face of".
THE Lord God. Hebrew. ha-'adon Jehovah. See App-4.
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Exodus 23:18 open_in_new
offer. Hebrew "slay", requiring the supply of the Ellipsis, ii.. (App-8), "slay [and pour out]". See App-43.
sacrifice. Hebrew "feast", put by Metonymy (of Adjunct' for "festal sacrifice" (App-6).
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Exodus 23:19 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
mother's: i.e. in the milk of its dam. Repeated, Exo 84:26 and Deuteronomy 14:21. For similar consideration compare Deuteronomy 22:6; Leviticus 22:28.
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Exodus 23:20 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6) for emphasis. an angel. It is Elohim speaking, therefore, who can it be but Micha-el? Compare Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1.Jude 1:9. and see Malachi 3:1; Isaiah 63:9.
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Exodus 23:21 open_in_new
transgressions. Hebrew. pasha. App-44. My name. Compare Jeremiah 23:26; Colossians 2:9.
the Hivites. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, and one early printed edition, read "and the Hivites".
them. the six nations. See App-10.
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Exodus 23:24 open_in_new
images. sacred pillars or statues. Exodus 24:4; Exodus 34:13. See note on Exodus 26.
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Exodus 23:25 open_in_new
bread, and thy water. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, put for all kinds of food and drink.
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Exodus 23:27 open_in_new
My fear. a terror of me.
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Exodus 23:28 open_in_new
hornets. Compare Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 24:12.
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Exodus 23:31 open_in_new
sea of the Philistines. the Mediterranean or "Great Sea".
from the desert. the desert of Shur.
the river. the Euphrates.
the inhabitants. Some codices, with The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and one early printed edition, read "all the inhabitants".
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Exodus 23:33 open_in_new
sin. Hebrew. chat'a. See App-44.