Psalms 82:2 Psalms 82:3 James 3:17
These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence in lega...
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 B...
countenance . prefer, or favour.
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause - The word דל dal, which we translate...
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause, х lo' ( H3808 ) tehdar...
The Book of the Covenant (concluded) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.
Countenance ] Give undue favour to. As judgment is to be without fear ( Exodus 23:2 ), so is it to be without favour, whether of rich or poor: cp....
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...
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. — We must not “pervert judgment” either in favour of the rich or of the poor. Justice must...
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...
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 Chris...
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...
This is a beautiful precept. Hence in our courts of judicature, the figure of justice is painted blind, as if to show, that strict justice respects n...
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. Because he is a poor man, and for that reason endeavour to carry his cause for him, right o...
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. Ver. 3. Neither shalt thou countenance. ] Spare not the great for their might, nor the mea...
Neither shalt thou countenance Hebrew, honour or favour; a poor man in his cause. Thus we are properly cautioned against an opposite error which...
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, em...
Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491. 1 Thou shal...
Heb. honour , i.e. respect, or prefer his cause when the richer man's cause is more just: the meaning of this and the former verse is, there shall b...
Regulations Concerning Behaviour to One's Neighbour ( Exodus 23:1-9 ). There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare Exodus 2...
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...
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 b...
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 BOOK OF THE COVENANT .— Continued . EXPOSITION Exodus 23:1-2 MISCELLANEOUS LAWS — continued . The same want of logical ar...
Further Ordinances Regarding Social Relations
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. To pretend to be moved by sympathy for the poor in favoring them in each and every suit is an...
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.