Bible Commentary

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me; 5. The command of v. 4 developed and emphasized. bow down serve ] The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:5”

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth: 4. a graven image ] an image of carved wood (sometimes enclosed in a metal casing, Isa 30:22) or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:4”

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 3. The Covenant: esp., and probably first, in Dt. and Deuteronomic writers (cf. above, p. 175): Exo 34:28 (?; see the note); Deu 4:13 ‘his covenant’ (cf. 23, Exo 5:2-3); and in the expressions, ‘the tables of the covenant,’ Deu 9:9; Deu 9:11; Deu 9:15, 1Ki 8:9 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:3”

I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 2. The Testimony (or attestation, averment, viz. of God’s will; see on Exo 25:16): 36 times in P (cf. ibid.). Elsewhere in this sense only 2Ki 11:12 (but doubtfully: see Skinner in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:2”

And God spoke all these words, saying, 1. The Ten Words: Deu 4:13; Deu 10:4; and probably (see the note Exo 34:28. The Greek equivalent, ‘Decalogue’ ( ), is used first be Clem. Al. [ Paedag. iii. 89 al.). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1. And God spake, &c.] the sequel in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 20:1”

So Moses went down unto the people, and spoke unto them. 25. and said unto them ] The paraphrase ‘told’ is illegitimate. The word always means to ‘say’; and is followed regularly by the words said. The narrative is here broken off in the middle. What originally followed must have been the substance of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:25”

And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. 24. thou, and Aaron with thee, &c.] This command is nowhere stated to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:24”

And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 23. thou ] the pron. is emphatic, thou thyself. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 23. The people cannot come up] Either because they had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:23”

And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. 22. Even the priests, whose duty it is to come near (Lev 21:21) to Jehovah, must sanctify themselves like the rest ( vv. 10, 14), lest He make a breach in them (2Sa 6:8 AV., … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:22”

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. 21. break through ] viz. the barriers that had been erected ( v. 12). Lit. pull or tear down (Jdg 6:25 al.). So v. 24. perish ] lit. fall, i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:21”