Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 13:5
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
5. And it shall be, &c.] so v. 11; cf. Deu 6:10; Deu 7:1; Deu 11:29.
the Canaanite, &c., flowing with milk and honey ] See on Exo 3:8.
which he sware, &c.] See Gen 24:7 (cf. Exo 15:18); and comp. the references in Gen 50:24, Exo 13:11; Exo 32:13; Exo 33:1, and constantly a Dt., as Exo 1:8, Exo 6:10; Exo 6:18, &c.
this service ] as prescribed in vv. 6, 7.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
5 7. How Maoth is to be kept, after the Israelites have entered Canaan.
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The Canaanites – Five nations only are named in this passage, whereas six are named in Exo 3:8, and ten in the original promise to Abraham, Gen 15:19-21. The first word Canaanite is generic, and includes all the Hamite races of Palestine.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Exo 13:5-7
Keep this service.
The ordinances of the Lord
I. That the ordinances of the Lord must be observed in the times of prosperity (Exo 13:5).
II. That the ordinances of the Lord must be observed with true intelligence (Exo 13:8-9).
III. That the ordinances of the Lord must be observed with parental solicitude. God has appointed the family the moral nursery of the young. Lessons:
1. To attend to all the ordinances of the Lord.
2. To attend to them at the most appropriate time.
3. To attend to them in right spirit and temper. (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 5. When the Lord shall bring thee into the land] Hence it is pretty evident that the Israelites were not obliged to celebrate the Passover, or keep the feast of unleavened bread, till they were brought into the promised land.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
This service; which is spoken of before, and in the following verses. From this place it is evident the Israelites were not obliged to this service in the wilderness without a particular command from God. See Deu 12:1,9.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
5-7. when the Lord shall bringtheeThe passover is here instituted as a permanent festival ofthe Israelites. It was, however, only a prospective observance; weread of only one celebration of the passover during the protractedsojourn in the wilderness [Nu 9:5];but on their settlement in the promised land, the season was hallowedas a sacred anniversary [Jos 5:10],in conformity with the directions here given.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites,…. Though the whole land was called the land of Canaan, yet there was one tribe or nation of them particularly so called as here, distinct from those that follow:
and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; there were seven nations in all, but two are here omitted, the Girgashites and Perizzites, but they are added in the Septuagint version, see De 7:1
which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee; to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; so that they might be assured they would be brought into it, since they had both the word and oath of God for it; and which is the rather mentioned now for their encouragement, since they were at this time set forward in their journey thitherwards:
a land flowing with milk and honey; [See comments on Ex 3:8],
that thou shalt keep this service in this month; the month of Abib; that is, the following service concerning unleavened bread; it is concluded from hence by some, that those laws concerning the passover, and eating unleavened bread, and sanctifying the firstborn, did not oblige the Israelites, while in the wilderness, only when they came into the land of Canaan; and it seems pretty clear that this was the case with respect to the two latter, but not the former, since it is certain they did keep the passover in the wilderness, and were obliged to it, Nu 9:1 but then it may be observed, that there is no mention there of their keeping the feast of unleavened bread, only of the passover, as here no mention is made of the feast of the passover, which, though they followed one another, were, two distinct feasts.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 5-7:
Compare v. 5 with 3:8, 17, which lists six nations in the Land of Canaan. The present list omits the Perizzites, perhaps because they were less important than the others.
The command to “keep this service” is a repetition of Ex 12:25.
The future observance of the Passover was to cover seven days, see Ex 12:15, 16; Le 23:6-8. The first and last days of this week, were to be especially holy.
Repetition is a favorite method of teaching. Doubtless this made a lasting impression as to the importance of the Passover rite.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(5) The Canaanites, and the Hittites . . . The full number of the Canaanitish nations was seven, five of which are here enumerated. The other two were the Perizzites and the Girgashites, which seem to have been the least important. The most important were the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites; and these are consequently almost always placed first. At the time of the Exodus, and for many centuries afterwards, the actually most powerful nation would seem to have been that of the Hittites. (See Jos. 1:4; 1Ki. 10:29; 2Ki. 7:6; and compare the Egyptian and Assyrian remains passim.)
A land flowing with milk and honey.See Note on Exo. 3:8.
Thou shalt keep this service.Kalisch concludes from this verse, and from Exo. 12:25, that there was no obligation upon the Israelites to keep the Passover until they obtained possession of Canaan. He holds that two Passovers only were celebrated before that eventone by Moses in the wilderness of Sinai (Num. 9:1-5), and the other by Joshua at Gilgal, in the plain of Jericho (Jos. 5:10-11).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 13:5. It shall be when the Lord shall bring thee, &c. that thou shalt keep this service in this month Many commentators observe, that the words of this verse prove that the Israelites were under no necessity to observe the passover, and consecrate their first-born, till they entered into the land of Canaan.
REFLECTIONS. 1. God demands of his people a return for his mercies in their first-born. He claims, from his preservation of them, a right in them. Note; (1.) The life which God has rescued from imminent danger is doubly bound to be devoted to his service. (2.) They who truly love God will serve him with the best.
2. He bids them remember the day of their deliverance in the feast of unleavened bread, and instruct their children after them in the meaning of the ordinance; and very careful are they to this day to observe the letter of the precept in searching their houses for leaven: may we be as careful to enter into the spirit of the command, and search every corner of our hearts, that sin may be put away from us. Note; It is a chief duty with parents to acquaint their children from earliest infancy with the Scriptures; and Scripture histories may be made matter of as pleasing entertainment to them as of profitable instruction.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Exo 13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
Ver. 5. A land flowing with milk and honey. ] Where fulness may breed forgetfulness, saturity, security.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the LORD. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and Septuagint, add “thy God”.
Canaanites. The Perizzites and Girgashites not included in this list.
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in this verse. (App-6.)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
shall bring: Exo 3:8, Exo 34:11, Gen 15:18-21, Deu 7:1, Deu 12:29, Deu 19:1, Deu 26:1, Jos 24:11
sware: Exo 6:8, Exo 33:1, Gen 17:7, Gen 17:8, Gen 22:16-18, Gen 26:3, Gen 50:24, Num 14:16, Num 14:30, Num 32:11
a land: Exo 3:17
thou shalt keep: Exo 12:25, Exo 12:26
Reciprocal: Gen 24:7 – which spake Exo 13:11 – as he sware Exo 33:3 – a land Num 11:12 – the land Num 13:27 – General Deu 6:23 – General Deu 9:27 – Remember 1Ch 1:15 – Hivite Jer 32:22 – which Eze 20:6 – flowing
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 13:5. When the Lord shall bring you into the land, thou shalt keep this service Until then they were not obliged to keep the passover, without a particular command from God. There shall no leavened bread be seen in all thy quarters Accordingly the Jews usage was, before the feast of the passover, to cast all the leavened bread out of their houses; either they burned it, or buried it, or broke it small, and threw it into the wind; they searched diligently with lighted candles in all the corners of their houses, lest any leaven should remain. The strictness enjoined in this matter was designed, 1st, To make the feast the more solemn, and consequently the more taken notice of by the children, who would ask, Why is so much ado made? 2d, To teach us how solicitous we should be to put away from us all sin.