Bible Commentaries

Genesis 27:29 — Verso Génesis 27:29. Deja que la gente te sirva... "Sin embargo, sus ventajas temporales eran similares entre sí", dice Bp. Newton, "en todos los dones y gracias espirituales, el hermano menor debía tener la superioridad, debía ser el feliz instrumento de trasmitir la

Genesis 42:9 — Verse Genesis 42:9. Ye are spies — מרגלים אתם meraggelim attem, ye are footmen, trampers about, footpads, vagabonds, lying in wait for the property of others; persons who, under the pretence of wishing to buy corn, desire only to find out whether the land be so

Exodus 21:9 — Verse Exodus 21:9. Betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her — He shall give her the same dowry he would give to one of his own daughters. From these laws we learn, that if a man's son married his servant, by his father's consent, the father was obliged

Exodus 25:8 — este santuario, como el templo de Salomón después, era el lugar de oración y del servicio público de Dios, Levítico 17:4-3; Mateo 21:13; y significaba la Iglesia que es la habitación de Dios a través del Espíritu, 2 Corintios 6:16; Efesios 2:19; Apocalipsis 21:2 ; y era un signo visible de la presencia y protección , Levítico 26:11, Levítico 26:12; Ezequiel 37:27-26; 1 Reyes 6:12-11; y de conducirlos a su gloria celestial. Porque como el sumo sacerdote entraba en el tabernáculo, y

Exodus 26:31 — Crónicas 3:14), que rompía, interrumpía o dividía entre el lugar santo y el santísimo; el Espíritu Santo significa con esto que el camino hacia el santísimo no se había manifestado todavía, mientras el primer tabernáculo estaba en pie.  Compare Hebreos 9:8. La Septuaginta lo traduce constantemente por καταπετασμα. El nombre hebreo פרכת parocheth, ¿no intima además la correspondencia típica de este velo con el cuerpo o carne de Cristo? Porque este καταπετασμα o velo era su carne, ( Hebreos 10:20),  la

1 Kings 13:9 — Verse 1 Kings 13:9. For so it was charged me - Eat no bread, c. — That is, Have no kind of communication with those idolaters. He was charged also not to return by the way that he came probably lest the account of what was done should have reached the ears of any

1 Kings 5:18 — Verse 1 Kings 5:18. And the stone-squarers — Instead of stone-squarers the margin very properly reads Giblites, הגבלים haggiblim; and refers to Ezekiel 27:9, where we find the inhabitants of Gebal celebrated for their knowledge in ship-building. Some suppose that these Giblites were the inhabitants of Biblos, at the foot of Mount Libanus, northward of Sidon, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea; famous

2 Kings 18:4 — Versículo 2 Reyes 18:4 . Rompe en pedazos a la serpiente de bronce.  La historia de esto puede verse en Números 21:8; Números 21:9 ; ver las notas allí. Encontramos que esta serpiente de bronce se había convertido en objeto de idolatría, y sin duda se suponía que poseía, como un telesma o amuleto , virtudes extraordinarias, y que se quemaba ante ella el incienso que debería haber

2 Kings 9:37 — Verse 2 Kings 9:37. And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung — As it was not buried under the earth, but was eaten by the dogs, this saying was also literally fulfilled.They shall not say, This is Jezebel. — As she could not be buried, she could have

2 Chronicles 17:9 — Versículo 2 Crónicas 17:9 . 2 Crónicas 17:7 . versión 2 Crónicas 17:9 . Tenían el libro de la ley del Señor con ellos. Este era su libro de texto : era el libro de Dios ; lo enseñaron como tal , y como tal lo recibió el pueblo. Sus leyes eran las leyes de Dios , y el pueblo

Job 42:17 — término de sus pruebas, que no deja lugar a dudas de que él había visto su historia, como aquí se dice, en el libro que lleva su nombre. San Pablo parece citarlo también. Compare Romanos 2:11 , "Porque para Dios no hay acepción de personas", con Job 34:19 , "Dios no acepta la persona de los príncipes, ni tiene en consideración al rico más que al pobre, porque todos son obra de su las manos."  1 Timoteo 6:7 : "Porque nada trajimos a este mundo, y ciertamente nada podremos sacar". Job 1:21 : "Desnudo

Numbers 14:4 — Verse Numbers 14:4. Let us make a captain — Here was a formal renunciation of the authority of Moses, and flat rebellion against God. And it seems from Nehemiah 9:17 that they had actually appointed another leader, under whose direction they were about to return to Egypt. How astonishing is this! Their lives were made bitter, because of the rigour with which they were made to serve in the land of Egypt; and yet

Numbers 35:31 — man could live but a short time; and though it is not called the punishment of death, yet, from its inevitable consequences, it only differed from it by being a little longer respite than was usual where the punishment of death was awarded. Genesis 9:6.

Deuteronomy 6:9 — Verse Deuteronomy 6:9. Write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. — The Jews, forgetting the spirit and design of this precept, used these things as superstitious people do amulets and charms, and supposed, if they had these passages of Scripture written

Luke 16:9 — Verso Lucas 16:9. El mammon de la injusticia μαμωνα της αδικιας - literalmente, el mamón, o las riquezas, de la injusticia. Las riquezas prometen MUCHO, y no realizan NADA: excitan la esperanza y la confianza, y engañan a ambas: al hacer que el hombre dependa de ellas

Joshua 5:9 — Verse Joshua 5:9. The reproach of Egypt — Their being uncircumcised made them like the uncircumcised Egyptians; and the Hebrews ever considered all those who were uncircumcised as being in a state of the grossest impurity. Being now circumcised, the reproach of

Joshua 6:9 — Verse Joshua 6:9. The rereward came after the ark — The word מאסף measseph, from אסף asaph, to collect or gather up, may signify either the rereward, as our translation understands it, or the people who carried the baggage of the army; for on the seventh day this

Joshua 9:23 — Versículo Josué 9:23 . Ahora pues, malditos sois.  ¿No se refiere esto a lo que pronunció Noé, Génesis 9:26 , contra Cam y su posteridad? ¿No implicaba la maldición de Cam la esclavitud, y nada más? Maldito sea Canaán, siervo de los siervos será; y ¿no parece suficientemente

Judges 9:5 — Verse Judges 9:5. Slew his brethren — His brothers by the father's side, Judges 8:30. This was a usual way of securing an ill-gotten throne; the person who had no right destroying all those that had right, that he might have no competitors.Yet Jotham - was left

1 Samuel 9:7 — Verse 1 Samuel 9:7. There is not a present to bring to the man of God — We are not to suppose from this that the prophets took money to predict future events: Saul only refers to an invariable custom, that no man approached a superior without a present of some