Bible Commentaries

Exodus 22:1-31 — estado desecado del pasto y las largas sequías de verano, hacen que el acto de prender fuego sea una operación frecuentemente peligrosa, y que siempre requiere cuidado debido a la probabilidad de que se extienda. montón—parvas de grano o pasto ( Jueces 15:5; Job 5:26), o manojos de grano sobre el campo. 26, 27. Si tomares en prenda el vestido de tu prójimo, etc.—Por la misma naturaleza del caso, esto trata de un hombre pobre. Los orientales no se quitan la ropa para dormir, mas meramente quitando sus

Exodus 31:6 — to the tribe of Dan, one of the least influential and honorable in Israel; and here, too, we can trace the evidence of wise and paternal design, in choosing the colleague or assistant of Bezaleel from an inferior tribe (compare 1 Corinthians 12:14-25; Mark 6:7). all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom—At that period, when one spirit pervaded all Israel, it was not the man full of heavenly genius who presided over the work; but all who contributed their skill, experience, and labor, in rendering

2 Kings 16:3 — passed through between them, which was considered a form of lustration. There is reason to believe that, in certain circumstances, the children were burnt to death (2 Kings 23:10- :). This was strongly prohibited in the law (Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:2-5; Deuteronomy 18:10), although there is no evidence that it was practised in Israel till the time of Ahaz.

1 Chronicles 25:5 — 5. Heman the king's seer—The title of "seer" or "prophet of David" is also given to Gad (1 Chronicles 21:9), and to Jeduthun (2 Chronicles 29:14; 2 Chronicles 29:15), in the words (Margin, "matters") of God. to lift up the horn—that is, to blow loudly

1 Chronicles 28:2 — 2. Hear me, my brethren, and my people—This was the style of address becoming a constitutional king of Israel (Deuteronomy 17:20; 1 Samuel 30:23; 2 Samuel 5:1). I had in mine heart—I proposed, or designed. to build an house of rest—a solid and permanent temple. for the footstool of our God—God seated between the cherubim, at the two extremities of the ark, might be said to be enthroned in His glory,

2 Chronicles 25:5 — 5. Amaziah . . . made captains, c.—As all who were capable of bearing arms were liable to serve, it was quite natural in making up the muster-roll to class them according to their respective families and to appoint the officers of each corps from the

Psalms 23:1-6 — que prodiga el refrigerio, la dirección, protección, y abundancia, y que da así base para la confianza en su favor perpetuo. 1. La relación de Cristo con su pueblo a menudo se presenta en la figura de pastor ( Juan 10:14; Hebreos 13:20; 1 Pedro 2:25; 1 Pedro 5:4), lo que motiva la opinión de que él es el Señor, así descrito aquí, y en Génesis 48:15; Salmo 80:1; Isaías 40:11, opinión que no carece de cierta dosis de buena razón. 2. pastos—no mencionados con respecto al alimento, sino como lugar

Psalms 5:1-12 — Salmo 5 Sobre Nehiloth—en flautas o instrumentos de viento. El escritor ruega ser escuchado tomando como el respeto que tiene Dios por el pueblo de su pacto y por los verdaderos adoradores, en contraste con su aborrecimiento de los malos. Pide la dirección

Leviticus 18:5 — 5. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them—A special blessing was promised to the Israelites on condition of their obedience to the divine law; and this promise was remarkably verified at particular

Numbers 9:6 — of supplying their want were liable to a total privation of all their privileges, laid their case before Moses. Jewish writers assert that these men were the persons who had carried out the dead bodies of Nadab and Abihu [Leviticus 10:4; Leviticus 10:5].

Matthew 5:37 — 37. But let your communication—"your word," in ordinary intercourse, be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay—Let a simple Yes and No suffice in affirming the truth or the untruth of anything. (See James 5:12; 2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 1:18). for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil—not "of the evil one"; though an equally correct rendering of the words, and one which some expositors prefer. It is true that all evil in our world is originally

Luke 2:20 — 20. glorifying and praising God, c.—The latter word, used of the song of the angels ( :-), and in Luke 19:37 Luke 24:53, leads us to suppose that theirs was a song too, probably some canticle from the Psalter—meet vehicle for the swelling emotions of their simple hearts at what "they had heard and seen." Luke 24:53- :. CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. Here only recorded,

1 Corinthians 2:6 — only from worldly and natural men, but also from babes, who though "in Christ" retain much that is "carnal" (1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:2), and cannot therefore understand the deeper truths of Christianity (1 Corinthians 14:20; Philippians 3:15; Hebrews 5:14). Paul does not mean by the "mystery" or "hidden wisdom" (1 Corinthians 2:7) some hidden tradition distinct from the Gospel (like the Church of Rome's disciplina arcani and doctrine of reserve), but the unfolding of the treasures of knowledge,

1 Corinthians 5:7 — professors' normal state as realized (Romans 6:3; Romans 6:4) [ALFORD]. Regarding the Corinthian Church as the Passover "unleavened lump" or mass, he entreats them to correspond in fact with this their normal state. "For Christ our Passover (Exodus 12:5-11; Exodus 12:21-23; John 1:29) has been (English Version, "is") sacrificed for us"; that is, as the Jews began the days of unleavened bread with the slaying of the Passover lamb, so, Christ our Passover having been already slain, let there be no leaven of

Joshua 2:5 — 5. the time of shutting of the gates—The gates of all Oriental cities are closed at sunset, after which there is no possibility either of admission or egress. the men went out—This was a palpable deception. But, as lying is a common vice among heathen

Joshua 23:5 — 5-11. the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, as the Lord your God hath promised you, c.—The actual possessions which God had given were a pledge of the complete fulfilment of His promise in giving them the parts of the country still unconquered.

Hebrews 1:2 — 2. in these last days—In the oldest manuscripts the Greek is. "At the last part of these days." The Rabbins divided the whole of time into "this age," or "world," and "the age to come" (Hebrews 2:5; Hebrews 6:5). The days of Messiah were the transition period or "last part of these days" (in contrast to "in times past"), the close of the existing dispensation, and beginning of the final dispensation of which Christ's second coming shall be the

Judges 9:5 — 5. went unto . . . Ophrah, and slew his brethren i. e., upon one stone—This is the first mention of a barbarous atrocity which has, with appalling frequency, been perpetrated in the despotic countries of the East—that of one son of the deceased monarch

1 Samuel 21:5 — 5. these three days—as required by law (Exodus 19:15). David and his attendants seem to have been lurking in some of the adjoining caves, to elude pursuit, and to have been, consequently, reduced to great extremities of hunger. the bread is in a manner common—that

1 Samuel 7:1 — 1. the men of Kirjath-jearim—"the city of woods," also Kirjath-baal (Joshua 15:60; Joshua 18:14; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 1 Chronicles 13:6). It was the nearest town to Beth-shemesh and stood on a hill. This was the reason of the message (1 Samuel 6:21), and why this was chosen for the convenience of people turning their faces to the ark