Bible Commentary

And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. Verse 30. They were afraid to come nigh him.] A sight of his face alarmed them; their consciences were still guilty from their late transgression, and they had not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:30”

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 29. the two tables of the testimony ] as Exo 31:18 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:29”

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. He wrote – i. e. Yahweh wrote Exo 34:1. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Verse 28. Forty days and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:28”

And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 27. These words, i.e. the commands of vv. 11 26, are to be written down by Moses; for they constitute the conditions upon which Jehovah establishes His covenant … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:27”

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. 26. See on Exo 23:19. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 26. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.] See … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:26”

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 25. See on Exo 23:18. In cl. b what in Exo 23:18 is prescribed apparently for all festal sacrifices is here referred specifically to the passover, ‘fat,’ which is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:25”

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. 24. An ideal picture. The Israelites may feel quite secure in observing these pilgrimages; for their enemies will be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:24”

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. 23. appear before ] read probably see the face of. See on Exo 23:17. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God,…. At … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:23”

And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end. 22. See on Exo 23:16. Feast of weeks is a name derived (see Deu 16:9) from the ‘seven weeks’ the average duration of harvest-time by which this feast followed the commencement of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:22”

Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 21. in plowing time, &c.] i.e. even at times when the need of working continuously might seem most urgent. For clause a, see on Exo 23:12. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:21”