Bible Commentaries

Exodus 12:15 — the rights and privileges of an Israelite; so that after this excision the person was considered as a mere stranger, who had neither lot nor part in Israel, nor any right to the blessings of the covenant. This is probably what St. Paul means, Romans 9:3. But we naturally suppose this punishment was not inflicted but on those who had showed a marked and obstinate contempt for the Divine authority. This punishment appears to have been nearly the same with excommunication among the Christians; and from

Exodus 12:34 — Verse Exodus 12:34. The people took their dough before it was leavened, c.] There was no time now to make any regular preparation for their departure, such was the universal hurry and confusion. The Israelites could carry but little of their household utensils with them

Exodus 24:11 — Verse Exodus 24:11. Upon the nobles of - Israel he laid not his hand — This laying on of the hand has been variously explained.1. He did not conceal himself from the nobles of Israel by covering them with his hand, as he did Moses, Exodus 33:22.2. He did not endue any of the nobles, i.e., the seventy elders, with the gift of prophecy; for so laying on of the hand has been understood.3. He did not slay any of them; none of them received any injury; which is certainly one meaning of the

Exodus 25:1 — CHAPTER XXV The Lord addresses Moses out of the Divine glory, and commands him to speak unto the Israelites, that they may give him free-will offerings, 1, 2. The different kinds of offerings, gold, silver, and brass, 3. Purple, scarlet, fine linen, and goats' hair, 4. Rams' skins, badgers' skins, (rather violet-coloured skins,) and shittim wood, 5. Oil and spices, 6. Onyx stones, and stones for the ephod and breastplate, 7. A sanctuary is to be made after the pattern

Exodus 27:2 — Verse Exodus 27:2. Thou shalt make the horns of it — The horns might have three uses:1. For ornament.2. To prevent carcasses, c., from falling off.3. To tie the victim to, previously to its being sacrificed.So David: Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar Psalms 118:27. Horns were much used in all ancient altars among the heathen, and some of them were entirely constructed of the

Exodus 29:1 — CHAPTER XXIX Ceremonies to be used in consecrating Aaron and his sons, 1-3. They are to be washed, 4. Aaron is to be clothed with the holy vestments, 5, 6; to be anointed, 7. His sons to be clothed and girded, 8, 9. They are to offer a bullock for a sin-offering, 10-14; and a ram for a burnt-offering, 15-18; and a second ram

Exodus 7:1 — to Pharaoh-the one to be as God, the other as a prophet of the Most High, 1, 2. The prediction that Pharaoh's heart should be hardened, that God might multiply his signs and wonders in Egypt, that the inhabitants might know he alone was the true God, 3-4. The age of Moses and Aaron, 7. God gives them directions how they should act before Pharaoh, 5, 9. Moses turns his rod into a serpent, 10. The magicians imitate this miracle, and Pharaoh's heart is hardened, 11-13. Moses is commanded to wait upon

Exodus 7:17 — Exodus 8:2.The third, the plague of LICE, on the 27th day of the sixth month; Exodus 8:16.The fourth, grievous SWARMS of FLIES, on the 29th day of the sixth month; Exodus 8:24.The fifth, the grievous MURRAIN, on the 2d day of the seventh month; Exodus 9:3.The sixth, the plague of BOILS and BLAINS, on the 3d day of the seventh month; Exodus 9:10.The seventh, the grievous HAIL, on the 5th day of the seventh month; Exodus 9:18.The eighth, the plague of LOCUSTS, on the 8th day of the seventh month; Exodus

Exodus 8:3 — Verse Exodus 8:3. The river shall bring forth frogs abundantly — The river Nile, which was an object of their adoration, was here one of the instruments of their punishment. The expression, bring forth abundantly, not only shows the vast numbers of those animals,

1 Kings 11:1 — CHAPTER XI Solomon's attachment to strange women, and consequent idolatry, 1, 2. Number of his wives and concubines, 3. In his old age they turn away his heart from God, 4. He builds temples to idols, burns incense and sacrifices to them, 5-8. The Lord is angry with him, and threatens to deprive him of the kingdom, but will leave one tribe for David's sake, 9-13. The

2 Chronicles 13:3 — Versículo 2 Crónicas 13:3 . Abías dispuso la batalla en orden. Las cifras de este versículo y del decimoséptimo parecen casi increíbles. El ejército de Abías constaba de cuatrocientos mil hombres efectivos; el de Jeroboam constaba de ochocientos mil; y los muertos del ejército

2 Chronicles 28:3 — Verse 2 Chronicles 28:3. Burnt his children in the fire — There is a most remarkable addition here in the Chaldee which I shall give at length: "Ahaz burnt his children in the fire; but the WORD of the Lord snatched Hezekiah from among them; for it was manifest before

Psalms 90:17 — whole service of the Church for each day of the year as it occurred, with all the Lessons, Psalms, c. She had been from its commencement a member of the Methodist Society heard Mr. John Wesley the first sermon he preached when he visited Bristol in 1739; and was so struck with his clear manner of preaching the doctrine of justification through faith, that, for the benefit of hearing one more sermon from this apostolic man, she followed him on foot to Portsmouth, a journey of one hundred and twenty-five

Psalms 90:17 — servicio de la Iglesia para cada día del año cuando ocurría, con todas las Lecciones, Salmos, etc. Ella había sido desde su comienzo un miembro de la Sociedad Metodista, escuchó a Mr. John Wesley el primer sermón que predicó cuando visitó Bristol en 1739; y quedó tan impresionada por su manera clara de predicar la doctrina de la justificación por medio de la fe, que, por el beneficio de escuchar un sermón más de este hombre apostólico, lo siguió a pie hasta Portsmouth, ¡un viaje de ciento veinticinco

Numbers 20:12 — seems Moses did not think speaking would be sufficient, therefore he smote the rock without any command so to do.2. He did this twice, which certainly in this case indicated a great perturbation of spirit, and want of attention to the presence of God.3. He permitted his spirit to be carried away by a sense of the people's disobedience, and thus, being provoked, he was led to speak unadvisedly with his lips: Hear now, ye REBELS, Numbers 20:10.4. He did not acknowledge GOD in the miracle which was about

Deuteronomy 22:1 — CHAPTER XXII Ordinances relative to strayed cattle and lost goods, 1-3. Humanity to oppressed cattle, 4. Men and women shall not wear each other's apparel, 5. No bird shall be taken with her nest of eggs or young ones, 6, 7. Battlements must be made on the roofs of houses, 8. Improper mixtures to be avoided, 9-11. Fringes

Deuteronomy 4:1 — CHAPTER IV Exhortations to obedience, 1. Nothing to be added to or taken from the testimonies of God, 2. The people are exhorted to recollect how God had destroyed the ungodly among them, 3; and preserved those who were faithful, 4. The excellence of the Divine law, 5, 6. No nation in the world could boast of any such statutes, judgments, c., 7, 8. They are exhorted to obedience by the wonderful manifestations of God in their behalf, 9-13.

Judges 19:1 — CHAPTER XIX A Levite and his concubine disagree; and she leaves him and goes to her father's house, 1, 2. He follows to bring her back, and is kindly entertained by her father five days, 3-8. He returns; and lodges the first night at Gibeah, in the tribe of Benjamin, 9-21. The men of Gibeah attack the house, and insist on abusing the body of the Levite; who, to save himself, delivers to them his concubine, whose life falls a victim to

Ruth 3:15 — Verse Ruth 3:15. Bring the veil — המט פחת hammit pachath; this seems to have been a cloak, plaid, or what the Arabs call hayk, which has been largely explained elsewhere. See Judges 14:12.Six measures of barley — We supply the word measures, for the

2 Samuel 5:1 — Jebusites, and takes the strong hold of Zion, and afterwards the city itself; which is called the city of David, 6-9. David's prosperity, and friendship with Hiram, king of Tyre, 10-12. He takes more concubines, and begets several sons and daughters, 13-16. The Philistines gather together against him in the valley of Rephaim; he defeats them; they abandon their idols, and David and his men burn them, 17-21. They assemble once more in the valley of Rephaim, and David smites them from Geba to Gazer,