Bible Commentaries

Exodus 11:1 — let the Israelites go, 1. They are commanded to ask gold and silver from the Egyptians, 2. The estimation in which Moses was held among the Egyptians, 3. Moses predicts the destruction of the first-born of the Egyptians, 4-6, and Israel's protection, 7. On seeing which, Pharaoh and his servants should entreat the Hebrews to depart, 8. The prediction of his previous obstinacy, 9, 10. NOTES ON CHAP. XIVerse Exodus 11:1. The Lord said unto Moses — Calmet contends that this should be read in the

Exodus 12:3 — indifferently translated either lamb or kid. See Exodus 12:5.A lamb for a house — The whole host of Israel was divided into twelve tribes, these tribes into families, the families into houses, and the houses into particular persons Num. i., Joshua 7:14. -Ainsworth.

Exodus 15:20 — exposed on the Nile, she was a young girl capable of managing the stratagem used for the preservation of his life; and then Aaron was only three years and three months old, for he was fourscore and three years old when Moses was but fourscore, (see Exodus 7:7;) so that Aaron was older than Moses, and Miriam considerably older than either, not less probably than nine or ten years of age. Exodus 2:2.There is great diversity of opinion on the origin of the name of Miriam, which is the same with the Greek

Exodus 7:9 — Verse Exodus 7:9. Show a miracle for you — A miracle, מופת mopheth, signifies an effect produced in nature which is opposed to its laws, or such as its powers are inadequate to produce. As Moses and Aaron professed to have a Divine mission, and to come to Pharaoh

2 Kings 5:27 — Versículo 2 Reyes 5:27 . La lepra de Naamán - se te pegará. Tienes mucho dinero, y tendrás mucho que ver con él. La plata de Naamán tendrás, y la lepra de Naamán tendrás. Giezi no es el último que ha obtenido dinero de manera ilícita, y tiene la maldición de Dios con él. Un

Leviticus 18:1 — to avoid the doings of the Egyptians and Canaanites, 1-3. They are to do God's judgments, and to keep his ordinances, that they may live, 4, 5. Marriages with those who are near of kin are prohibited, 6. None to marry with his mother or step-mother, 7, 8; with his sister or step-sister, 9; with his grand-daughter, 10; nor with the daughter of his step-mother, 11; nor with his aunt, by father or mother, 12, 13; nor with his uncle's wife, 14; nor with his daughter-in-law, 15; nor sister-in-law, 16;

Ecclesiastes overview — as appear principally in the books of Ezra and Daniel.Calovius has on the other hand, not with so much success as he imagined, argued against Grotius for the purity of the language.Mr. G. Zirkel of Wurtzburgh published an examination of this book in 1792, in which he endeavors to prove: -1. That the style of Ecclesiastes is that of the later Hebrew writers, as appears by the Chaldaisms, Syriasms, and Hellenisms that occur in it.2. That it may have been written between the years 380 and 130 before

Deuteronomy 31:1 — CHAPTER XXXI Moses, being one hundred and twenty years old and about to die, calls the people together, and exhorts them to courage and obedience, 1-6. Delivers a charge to Joshua, 7, 8. Delivers the law which he hod written to the priests, with a solemn charge that they should read it every seventh year, publicly to all the people, 9-13. The Lord calls Moses and Joshua to the tabernacle, 14. He appears to them, informs Moses of

Deuteronomy 6:1 — in giving his laws is, that the people may fear and obey him, that they may continue in peace and prosperity, and be mightily increased, 1-3. The great commandment of the law, 4, 5, which shall be laid up in their hearts, 6; taught to their children, 7; and affixed as a sign to their hands, heads, doors, and gates, 8, 9. How they are to act when they shall come into the promised land, 10-19. How they shall instruct their children, and relate the history to them of God's wonderful acts, 29-25. NOTES

Romans 9:3 — consagrada a Dios, para ser destruida: responde al hebreo חרם cherem, que la Septuaginta traduce por él, y significa una cosa o persona separada de su estado o condición anterior, y consagrada a la destrucción. En este sentido se utiliza,  Deuteronomio 7:25 , Deuteronomio 7:26 ; Josué 6:17 , Josué 6:18 ; Josué 7:12 . Es cierto que la palabra, tanto entre los hebreos como entre los griegos, se usaba para expresar una persona dedicada a la destrucción por la seguridad pública . En Midrash hanneelam

Joshua 10:3 — supposed to have been about eighteen miles distant from Jerusalem.Japhia king of Lachish — This city is celebrated in Scripture; in that city Amaziah was slain by conspirators, 2 Kings 14:19. It was besieged by Sennacherib, 2 Kings 18:14; 2 Kings 18:17; and without effect by the king of Assyria, as we learn from Isaiah 37:8: it was also besieged by the army of Nebuchadnezzar, see Jeremiah 34:7; it also fell to the lot of Judah, Joshua 15:39.Debir king of Eglon — Where this city was situated

Joshua 4:1 — IV When the people are passed over, Joshua commands twelve men, one taken out of each tribe, to take up a stone on his shoulder out of the midst of the river, and carry it to the other side, to be set up as a memorial of this miraculous passage, 1-7. They do so, and set up the stones in the place where they encamp the first night, 8, 9. The priests stand in the river, till all the people are passed over, 10, 11. Of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 40,000 fighting men

Joshua 8:29 — called arbor infelix, and lignum infelix, the unfortunate, ill-fated, or accursed tree.Raise thereon a great heap of stones — This was a common custom through all antiquity in every country, as we have already seen in the case of Achan, Joshua 7:20.

Hebrews 12:22 — CIUDAD. 2. Que la gran asamblea de creyentes en Cristo se opone aquí a la congregación de los israelitas reunidos en el monte Sinaí. 3. Que aquí se opone a la innumerable compañía de ángeles , aquellos ángeles por quienes se introdujo la ley, Hechos 7:53 ; Gálatas 3:19 . 4. Que los primogénitos del Evangelio , cuyos nombres están escritos en los cielos , se oponen aquí a los primogénitos inscritos entre los israelitas, Éxodo 24:5 ; Éxodo 19:22 . 5. Que el mediador del nuevo pacto, el Señor Jesús

Hebrews 3:2 — Verso Hebreos 3:2 _ ¿Quién le fue fiel?  En Números 12:7 , Dios da este testimonio a Moisés: Mi siervo Moisés - es fiel en toda mi casa; y a este testimonio alude el apóstol. Casa no sólo significa el lugar donde habita una familia, sino también la familia misma. Toda la congregación de Israel era la casa

1 Peter 3:4 — Verso 1 Pedro 3:4 . El hombre oculto del corazón. Ὁ κρυπτος της καρδιας ανθρωπος. Esta frase tiene el mismo significado que la de San Pablo, Romanos 7:22 , οεσωανθρωπος, el hombre interior ; es decir, el alma , con todo el sistema de afectos y pasiones. Cada parte de la Escritura trata al hombre como un ser compuesto: el cuerpo es el hombre exterior o visible ; el alma , el hombre interior, oculto

Judges 3:1 — CHAPTER III An account of the nations that we left to prove Israel, 1-4. How the people provoked the Lord, 5-7. They are delivered into the power of the king of Mesopotamia, by whom they are enslaved eight years, 8. Othniel is raised up as their deliverer; he discomfits the king of Mesopotamia, delivers Israel, and the land enjoys peace for forty years, 9-11.

Judges 3:7 — Verse Judges 3:7. Served Baalim and the groves — No groves were ever worshipped, but the deities who were supposed to be resident in them; and in many cases temples and altars were built in groves, and the superstition of consecrating groves and woods to the honour

Jude 1:9 — this archangel, and head of all the angelic orders; the devil, great dragon, or Satan, is head of all the diabolic orders. When these two hosts are opposed to each other they are said to act under these two chiefs, as leaders; hence in Revelation 12:7, it is said: MICHAEL and his angels fought against the DRAGON and his angels. The word Michael מיכאל, seems to be compounded of מי mi, who, כ ke, like, and אל El, God; he who is like God; hence by this personage, in the Apocalypse, many understand the

Jude 1:9 — cabeza de todas las órdenes angélicas; el diablo, gran dragón o Satanás, es la cabeza de todas las órdenes diabólicas. Cuando estas dos huestes se oponen entre sí, se dice que actúan bajo estos dos jefes, como líderes; de ahí que en  Apocalipsis 12:7 se dice: MIGUEL y sus ángeles lucharon contra el DRAGÓN y sus ángeles . La palabra Michael מיכאל, parece estar compuesta de מי mi , quien, כ ke , gustar, y אל El , Dios; el que es como Dios ; de ahí que por este personaje, en el Apocalipsis, muchos