Bible Commentaries

Genesis 43:1 — go again to Egypt and buy some food, 1, 2. Judah shows the necessity of Benjamin's accompanying them, without whom it would be useless to return to Egypt, 3-5. Jacob expostulates with him, 6. Judah replies, and offers to become surety for Benjamin, 7-10. Jacob at last consenting and desires them to take a present with them for the governor of Egypt; and double money, that which they had brought back in their sacks' mouth, and the price of the load they were now to bring; and, having prayed for them,

Genesis 49:15 — is generally attributed to this tribe certainly does not agree with the view in which they are exhibited in Scripture. In the song of Deborah this tribe is praised for the powerful assistance which it then afforded, Judges 5:15. And in 1 Chronicles 7:1-5, they are expressly said to have been valiant men of might in all their families, and in all their generations; i. e., through every period of their history. It appears they were a laborious, hardy, valiant tribe, patient in labour and invincible

Genesis 49:26 — cuatro madres, Sara, Rebeca, Raquel y Lea, que son semejantes a los montes: todas estas bendiciones serán una corona de magnificencia sobre la cabeza de José, y sobre la corona de la cabeza del que fue príncipe y gobernador en la tierra de Egipto. " 27. Benjamín es un lobo rapaz: por la mañana devorará la presa, y al anochecer él repartirá despojos. Esta tribu se compara muy adecuadamente con un lobo hambriento, debido al valor rudo y la ferocidad que invariablemente han mostrado, particularmente

Genesis 49:7 — Verse Genesis 49:7. Cursed was their anger — The first motions of their violence were savage; and their excessive or overflowing wrath, עברה ebrah, for it was inflexible - neither the supplications of the males, nor the entreaties, tears, cries, and shrieks of the

Exodus 17:1 — Rephidim, 1, where they murmur for lack of water, 2, 3. Moses asks counsel of God, 4, who commands him to take his rod and smite the rock, 5, and promises that water should proceed from it for the people to drink, 6. The place is called Massah and Meribah, 7. The Amalekites attack Israel in Rephidim, 8. Joshua is commanded to fight with them, 9. Moses, Aaron, and Hur go to the top of a hill, and while Moses holds up his hands, the Israelites prevail; when he lets them down, Amalek prevails, 10, 11. Moses,

Exodus 22:7 — Verse Exodus 22:7. Deliver unto his neighbour — This is called pledging in the law of bailments; it is a deposit of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to be kept till the debt be discharged. Whatever goods were thus left in the hands of another person, that person,

Exodus 23:14 — hacía una expiación general por todos los pecados, negligencias, e ignorancias, durante todo el año. 6. La fiesta de Lotes o Purim , para conmemorar la preservación de los judíos de la masacre general proyectada por Amán. Vea el libro de Esther . 7. La fiesta de la Dedicación , o más bien la Restauración del templo, que había sido profanado por Antiochus Epiphanes . A esto también se le llamó la fiesta de Luces . Además de estas, los judíos han tenido varias otras fiestas, como la fiesta

Exodus 30:1 — CHAPTER XXX The altar of burnt incense, 1. Dimensions, 2. Golden crown, 3. Rings and staves, 4, 5. Where placed, 6, 7. Use, 8-10. The ransom price of half a shekel, 11-13. Who were to pay it, 14. The rich and the poor to pay alike, 15. The use to which it was applied, 16. The brazen laver, and its uses, 17-21. The holy anointing oil, and its component parts, 22-25.

Exodus 35:1 — CHAPTER XXXV Moses assembles the congregation to deliver to them the commandments of God, 1. Directions concerning the Sabbath, 2, 3. Free-will offerings of gold, silver, brass, c., for the tabernacle, 4-7. Of oil and spices, 8. Of precious stones, 9. Proper artists to be employed, 10. The tabernacle and its tent, 11. The ark, 12. Table of the shew-bread, 13. Candlestick, 14. Altar of incense, 15. Altar of burnt-offering, 16. Hangings, pins, &c.,

Psalms 34:1 — SALMO XXXIV David alaba a Dios y exhorta a otros a hacer lo mismo , 1-3; muestra cómo buscó al Señor y cómo fue hallado por él , 4-6. Se exhorta a todos a gustar y ver la bondad de Dios; con la seguridad de apoyo y comodidad , 7-10. Muestra el camino para alcanzar la felicidad y la longevidad, 11-16; los privilegios de los justos y de todos los que sinceramente buscan Dios , 17-22. NOTAS SOBRE EL SALMO XXXIV El título dice que se trata de "Un salmo de David, cuando cambió su

Leviticus 18:6 — Verse Leviticus 18:6. Any that is near of kin — כל שאר בשרו col shear besaro, any remnant of his flesh, i. e., to any particularly allied to his own family, the prohibited degrees in which are specified from Leviticus 18:7-17 inclusive. Notwithstanding the prohibitions here, it must be evident that in the infancy of the world, persons very near of kin must have been joined in matrimonial alliances; and that even brothers must have matched with their own sisters. This

Leviticus 26:34 — Then shall the land enjoy her Sabbaths — This Houbigant observes to be a historical truth. - "From Saul to the Babylonish captivity are numbered about four hundred and ninety years, during which period there were seventy Sabbaths of years; for 7, multiplied by 70, make 490. Now the Babylonish captivity lasted seventy years, and during that time the land of Israel rested. Therefore the land rested just as many years in the Babylonish captivity, as it should have rested Sabbaths if the Jews had

Habakkuk 3:1 — the tents of Cushan in affliction," 4-6. After having touched on the principal circumstances of that deliverance which he celebrates, he returns to what passed before them in Egypt his enthusiasm having led him to begin in the midst of his subject, 7-15. And at last he ends the hymn as he began it, with expressing his awe of the Divine judgments, and his firm trust in the mercy and goodness of God while under them; and that in terms of such singular beauty, elegance, and sublimity, as to form a

Habakkuk 3:1 — describe. "Contemplé las tiendas de Cusán en aflicción", 4-6. Después de referirse a las principales circunstancias de la la liberación que celebra, vuelve a lo que pasó ante ellos  en Egipto, pues su entusiasmo le había llevado a comenzar en medio de su tema, 7-15. Y por fin termina el himno como lo empezó, expresando los juicios divinos, y su firme confianza en la misericordia y bondad de Dios; y lo hace con tan singular belleza,  elegancia y sublimidad, que forman una conclusión  apropiada a esta admirable

Matthew 1:8 — no era el hijo inmediato de Joram : hubo tres reyes entre ellos, Ocozías, Joás y Amasías , que aumentan las catorce generaciones a diecisiete : pero se observa que las omisiones de este tipo no son infrecuentes en las genealogías judías. En Esdras 7:3 , Azarías es llamado hijo de Meraiot , aunque es evidente, de 1 Crónicas 6:7 , que hubo seis descendientes entre ellos. Esta circunstancia probablemente la conocía el evangelista, pero no vio adecuado intentar corregir lo que encontró en las tablas

John 10:22 — he sacrificed a great sow on the altar of burnt offerings; and, broth being made by his command of some of the flesh, he sprinkled it all over the temple, that he might defile it to the uttermost. See Prideaux's Connection, vol. iii. p. 236, edit. 1725. After this, the whole of the temple service seems to have been suspended for three years, great dilapidations having taken place also in various parts of the buildings: see 1 Macc. 4:36, c. As Judas Maccabaeus not only restored the temple service,

Acts 22:3 — seats, or on the ground, whilst the rabbin himself occupied a lofty chair. But we rather learn, from Jewish authority, that the disciples of the rabbins stood before their teachers, as Vitringa has proved in his treatise De Synag. Vet. lib. i. p. 1, cap. 7. Kypke, therefore, contends that παρα τους ποδας, at the feet, means the same as πλησιον, near, or before, which is not an unfrequent mode of speech among both sacred and profane writers. Thus, in Acts 4:35; Acts 4:37; Acts 5:2, ετιθουν παρα τους ποδας

Joshua 24:1 — CAPÍTULO XXIV Josué reúne a todas las tribus en Siquem , 1; y les da una historia del trato misericordioso de Dios con Abrahán, 2, 3; Isaac, Jacob y Esaú, 4; Moisés y Aarón, y sus padres en Egipto , 5, 6. Sus juicios sobre los egipcios , 7. Sobre los amorreos , 8. Su liberación de Balac y Balaam , 9, 10. Sus conquistas en la tierra prometida y su establecimiento en posesión de ella , 11-13. Los exhorta a abolir la idolatría, y les informa de su resolución y de su familia en servir a Jehová

1 John 2:20 — word χρισμα signifies not an unction, but an ointment, the very thing itself by which anointing is effected; and so it was properly rendered in our former translations. Probably this is an allusion to the holy anointing oil of the law, and to Psalms 14:7: God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness-he hath given thee the plenitude of the Spirit, which none of thy fellows-none of the prophets, ever received in such abundance. By this it is evident that not only the gifts of the Spirit, but the Holy

1 John 2:20 — no significa una unción , sino un ungüento , la misma cosa por la cual se efectúa la unción ; y así se tradujo correctamente en nuestras traducciones anteriores. Probablemente esto es una alusión al aceite de la santa unción de la ley, y al Salmo 14:7 : Dios te ha ungido con aceite de alegría - te ha dado la plenitud del Espíritu , que ninguno de tus compañeros - ninguno de los profetas, jamás recibió en tanta abundancia. Con esto es evidente que no sólo se trata de los dones del Espíritu, sino del