Bible Commentaries

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

Exodus 17:1 — CHAPTER XVII The Israelites journey from the wilderness of Sin to 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

Exodus 20:13 — All actions by which the lives of our fellow creatures may be abridged.2. All wars for extending empire, commerce, c.3. All sanguinary laws, by the operation of which the lives of men may be taken away for offences of comparatively trifling demerit.4. All bad dispositions which lead men to wish evil to, or meditate mischief against, one another for, says the Scripture, He that hateth his brother in his heart is a murderer.5. All want of charity to the helpless and distressed; for he who has it in

Exodus 24:4 — Verse Exodus 24:4. Moses wrote all the words of the Lord — After the people had promised obedience, (Exodus 24:3), and so entered into the bonds of the covenant, "it was necessary," says Calmet, "to draw up an act by which the memory of these transactions might

Exodus 25:15 — taken from it. — Because it should ever be considered as in readiness to be removed, God not having told them at what hour he should command them to strike their tents. If the staves were never to be taken out, how can it be said, as in Numbers 4:6, that when the camp should set forward, they should put in the staves thereof, which intimates that when they encamped, they took out the staves, which appears to be contrary to what is here said? To reconcile these two places, it has been supposed,

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

Exodus 30:23 — Cassia, קדה kildah, (cassia lignea,) brought also from Arabia. 500 shekels. Olive oil, שמן זית shemen sayith, one hin, about... 5 quarts. lbs. oz. dwts. grs. lbs. oz. dwts. grs. 500 shekels of the first and last, make 48 4 12 21 21/31 250 of the cinnamon and calamus 24 2 6 10 26/31 Olive oil is supposed to be the best preservative of odours. As the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit are termed the anointing of the Holy Ghost, therefore this holy

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 16:4 — Versículo Salmo 16:4 . Se multiplicarán sus dolores de los que se apresuran en pos de otro dios. El caldeo tiene: "Multiplican sus ídolos, y después se apresuran a ofrecer sus regalos". En el texto hebreo no aparece la palabra Dios, por lo que podría sustituirse por Mesías

Psalms 23:4 — Versículo Salmo 23:4 . Sí, aunque ande en valle de sombra de muerte. La referencia sigue siendo al pastor . Aunque yo, como uno del rebaño , camine por el valle más lúgubre, en la oscuridad de la noche, expuesto a trampas, precipicios, bestias devoradoras, etc., No debo

Psalms 61:8 — expectativa del Mesías; los judíos de hoy han perdido la esperanza . ANÁLISIS DEL SALMO SESENTA Y PRIMERO El autor de este Salmo ora y hace voto de servicio perpetuo a Dios. Se compone de dos partes: - I. Su oración, Salmo 61:1 . II. Su voto, Salmo 61:4 . Comienza con una oración, en la que ruega, - 1. Audiencia: "Oye, oh Dios, mi clamor; atiende a mi oración", Salmo 61:1 . 2. La razón para hacerla cumplir. 1. Estaba en el destierro, en la parte más lejana de la tierra de Judá: "Desde el fin de la

Leviticus 27:1 — CHAPTER XXVII Laws concerning vows, 1, 2. Of males and females from twenty to sixty years of age, and their valuation, 3, 4. Of the same from five to twenty years, 5. Of the same from a month to five years of age, 6. Of males and females from sixty years old and upwards, and their valuation, 7. The priest shall value the poor according to his ability, 8. Concerning beasts

Hosea overview — II., king of Israel. If he prophesied in the reign of all these princes, he must have lived a very long time; for there are a hundred and twelve years from the beginning of Uzziah's reign to the end of Hezekiah's reign. Uzziah began to reign A.M. 3194, and Hezekiah's reign ended in 3306. Add, if you please, twenty or five and twenty years, which might be the age of Hosea when he began to prophesy; and this will make one hundred and thirty-two, or one hundred and thirty-seven years. And if we were

Numbers 13:2 — Verse Numbers 13:2. Send thou men, that they may search — It appears from Deuteronomy 1:19-24 that this was done in consequence of the request of the people, after the following address of Moses: "And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness - and we came unto Kadesh-Barnea; and I said unto you, Ye

Numbers 6:5 — During the time of his separation, or nazarate, he drank no wine nor strong drink; nor used any vinegar formed from any inebriating liquor, nor ate the flesh or dried grapes, nor tasted even the kernels or husks of any thing that had grown upon the vine.4. He never shaved his head, but let his hair grow, as the proof of his being in this separated state, and under vows of peculiar austerity.5. He never touched any dead body, nor did any of the last offices, even to his nearest kin; but was considered

Deuteronomy 24:1 — CHAPTER XXIV The case of a divorced wife, 1-4. No man shall be obliged to undertake any public service for the first year of his marriage, 5. The mill-stones shall not be taken as a pledge, 6. The man-stealer shall be put to death, 7. Concerning cases of leprosy, 8, 9. Of receiving pledges, and

Deuteronomy 25:1 — CHAPTER XXV Punishment by whipping not to exceed forty stripes, 1-3. The ox that treads out the corn is not to be muzzled, 4. The ordinance concerning marrying the wife of that brother who has died childless, 5-10. Of the woman who acts indecently in succouring her husband, 11, 12. Of false weights and measures, 13-16. Amalek is to be destroyed, 17-19. NOTES ON CHAP. XXVVerse

Deuteronomy 28:2 — his mouth. He who does not hearken will not obey.3. He who hearkens to the words of God must set out for the kingdom of heaven. The curse must fall on him who stands in the way of sinners, and will overtake them who loiter in the way of righteousness.4. Those who run in the way of God's testimonies shall have an abundance of blessing. Blessings shall come upon them, and blessings shall overtake them - in every part of their march through life they shall continue to receive the fulfilment of the various

Joshua 5:1 — CHAPTER V The effect produced on the minds of the Canaanites by the late miracle, 1. Joshua is commanded to circumcise the Israelites, 2. He obeys, 3. Who they were that were circumcised, and why it was now done, 4-7. They abide in the camp till they are whole, 8. The place is called Gilgal, and why, 9. They keep the passover in the same place, 10. They eat unleavened cakes and parched corn, on the morrow after the passover, 11. The manna ceases, 12. The captain

1 Samuel 17:34 — Verse 1 Samuel 17:34. Thy servant kept his father's sheep — He found it necessary to give Saul the reasons why he undertook this combat; and why he expected to be victorious.1. I have courage to undertake it, and strength to perform it.2. Both have been tried in a