Exodus 23
1 Of slander, false witness, and partiality.
4 Of charitableness.
6 Of justice in judgment.
8 Of taking bribes.
9 Of oppressing a stranger.
10 Of the year of rest.
12 Of the sabbath.
13 Of idolatry.
14 Of the three feasts.
18 Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice.
20 An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him.
give <05375> [shalt not.]
give <05375> [raise. or, receive. an unrighteous witness.]
follow ................. agrees <0310> [follow.]
testimony <06030> [speak. or, answer. to decline.]
see <07200> [If thou see.]
not ignore ... but ... sure ... help <02308 05800> [and wouldest forbear to help him. or, Wilt thou cease to help him? or, wouldest cease to leave thy business for him; thou shalt surely leave it to join with him.]
distance .... false <07368 08267> [far from.]
innocent <05355> [the innocent.]
justify <06663> [for I will not.]
accept <03947> [thou shalt take.]
see <06493> [the wise. Heb. the seeing.]
oppress <03905> [thou shalt not.]
know <03045> [ye know.]
life <05315> [heart. Heb. soul.]
seventh <07637> [the seventh.]
olive grove <02132> [olive-yard. or, olive-trees.]
six days ............ day <08337 03117> [Six days.]
son <01121> [and the son.]
attention <08104> [be circumspect.]
mention <02142> [make no mention.]
Feast <02282> [the feast.]
appear <07200> [and none.]
Feast ... Harvest ................ Feast <07105 02282> [feast of harvest.]
Ingathering <0614> [in-gathering.]
blood <01818> [blood.]
festal sacrifice <02077 02282> [sacrifice. or, feast. remain.]
first .... firstfruits <07225 01061> [first of the.]
cook ... young goat <01310 01423> [Thou shalt not seethe a kid.]
The true sense of this passage seems to be that assigned by Dr. Cudworth, from a MS. comment of a Kara‹te Jew. "It was a custom with the ancient heathens, when they had gathered in all their fruits, to take a kid, and boil it in the dam's milk; and then in a magical way, to go about and sprinkle all their trees, and fields, and gardens, and orchards with it, thinking by these means, that they should make them fruitful, and bring forth more abundantly in the following year. Wherefore, God forbad his people, the Jews, at the time of their in-gathering, to use any such superstitious or idolatrous rite."
angel <04397> [Angel.]
prepared <03559> [prepared.]
heed because <08104 06440> [Beware of him.]
rebel ........ pardon <04843 05375> [provoke him not.]
pardon <05375> [he will not.]
name <08034> [my name.]
enemies <0340> [an enemy.]
adversary .... adversaries <06696 06887> [an adversary unto thine adversaries. or, I will afflict them that afflict thee.]
angel <04397> [mine Angel.]
Amorites <0567> [thee in.]
Hivites <02340> [the Hivites.]
The LXX., Samaritan, Coptic, and one Hebrew MS. add, "and the Girgashite;" thus making the seven nations.
bow <07812> [shalt not.]
do ..... practices <06213 04639> [do after.]
according ......... overthrow <02040> [overthrow.]
serve <05647> [And ye.]
bless <01288> [he shall.]
remove <05493> [I will take.]
miscarry ........ your <07921> [shall nothing.]
number <04557> [the number.]
terror <0367> [my fear.]
destroy <02000> [destroy.]
backs <06203> [backs. Heb. neck.]
hornets <06880> [hornets.]
{TzirÆ’h,} The hornet, may be so called from the Arabic {zaraÆ’,} to lay prostrate, strike down, because of the destruction occasioned by the violence of its sting. The hornet, in natural history, belongs to the species Crabro, of the genus Vespa or Wasp. It is a most voracious insect, and exceedingly strong for its size, which is generally an inch in length.
one year <08141 0259> [in one year.]
set <07896> [I will set.]
I will deliver ... inhabitants <05414 03427> [deliver the.]
make <03772> [shalt make.]
gods <0430> [nor with.]
sin <02398> [they make.]
snare <04170> [it will surely.]
