Bible Commentary

Thou shalt not steal. 15. The eighth commandment. The rights of private property to be respected. Cf. in H Lev 19:11. For penalties for stealing, see Exo 21:16, Exo 22:1. It is hardly necessary to quote from the prophets passages illustrative of these duties: but Hos 4:2, Jer 7:9 are particularly worth referring to. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:15”

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 14. The seventh commandment. The purity of the married state to be maintained (cf. Gen 2:24 J). Cf. Lev 18:20 (H), Job 31:9-12, and Mat 5:27-32. For the penalty for adultery, see Lev 20:10 (H), Deu 22:22. In LXX. (B, and several cursives, both here and in Dt.), and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:14”

Thou shalt not kill. 13. The sixth commandment. The sanctity of human life to be upheld (cf. Gen 9:5-6 P). Here the duty is laid down simply as a Divine command: the human penalty for infringing it is prescribed elsewhere (see on Exo 21:12). shalt do no murder ] AV. had shalt not kill: but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:13”

Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 12. The fifth commandment. Honour to be paid to parents. Cf. in H Lev 19:3. The position accorded to parents is a high one: they are mentioned in the first table of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:12”

For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 11. Why the sabbath is to be observed. The reason is based upon Gen 2:3, cf. Exo 31:17 b (both P). The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:11”

But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: 10. The rest is to be a general one: no work is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:10”

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 9. work ] more precisely, business, the word regularly used of the ‘work’ or ‘business’ forbidden on the sabbath (Exo 31:14-15, Jer 17:22; Jer 17:24 al.: cf. Gen 2:2), or other sacred day (Exo 12:16). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 9, 10. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:9”

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 8. Remember ] ‘Think of it always, so as never to forget it, as a day to be distinguished from ordinary days, and held sacred: remember, as Exo 13:3 ’ (Di.). Deu 5:12 substitutes the more ordinary ‘Observe.’ sabbath ] Heb. shabbth. The derivation is uncertain. As … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:8”

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 7. The third commandment. The name of God to be treated with reverence. take in vain ] properly, take up (viz. upon the lips, as Exo 23:1, Psa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:7”

And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 6. unto thousands, of them, &c.] i.e. not thousands consisting of them that love me, but (notice the comma added in RV.) thousands belonging to them that love me (Heb. l e, just as in v. 5, properly ‘ belonging to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:6”