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An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me--a regulation applicable to special or temporary occasions.
And God spake unto Moses--For his further encouragement, there was made to him an emphatic repetition of the promise (Ex 3:20).
Thou shalt have no other gods before me--in My presence, beside, or except Me.
by steps--a precaution taken for the sake of decency, in consequence of the loose, wide, flowing garments of the priests.
thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, &c.--that is, carved with figures and ornaments that might lead to superstition.
The great thing the apostles were to attest to the world, was, Christ's resurrection; for that was the great proof of his being the Messiah, and the foundation of our hope in him. The apostles...
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot--Aaron cuts a poor figure, making a shuffling excuse and betraying more dread of the anger of Moses than of the Lord (compare De 9:20).
So the people were scattered--It was an immense grievance to the laborers individually, but there would be no hindrance from the husbandmen whose fields they entered, as almost all the lands of...
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest--This law is repeated [Ex 20:9] lest any might suppose there was a relaxation of its observance during the sabbatical year.
the Lord said unto Moses--It appears from De 4:14-16, that this injunction was a conclusion drawn from the scene on Sinai--that as no similitude of God was displayed then, they should not attempt...
Moses took ashes from the furnace--Hebrew, "brick-kiln." The magicians, being sufferers in their own persons, could do nothing, though they had been called; and as the brick-kiln was one of the...
young men--priests (Ex 19:22), probably the oldest sons of particular families, who acted under the direction of Moses. oxen--Other animals, though not mentioned, were offered in sacrifice (Heb...
I am the Lord thy God--This is a preface to the ten commandments--the latter clause being specially applicable to the case of the Israelites, while the former brings it home to all mankind; showing...
Thou shalt not make...any graven image...thou shalt not bow down thyself to them--that is, "make in order to bow." Under the auspices of Moses himself, figures of cherubim, brazen serpents, oxen,...
Remember the sabbath day--implying it was already known, and recognized as a season of sacred rest. The first four commandments [Ex 20:3-11] comprise our duties to God--the other six [Ex 20:12-17]...
On the first day of the first month--From a careful consideration of the incidents recorded to have happened after the exodus (Ex 12:2;13:4; 19:1; 20:18; 34:28, &c.), it has been computed that the...
made an hanging for the...door--Curtains of elaborately wrought needlework are often suspended over the entrance to tents of the great nomad sheiks, and throughout Persia, at the entrance of summer...
the sight--the vision of God's majesty. quake--Greek, "I am in trembling"; "fear" affected his mind: "trembling," his body. Moses is not recorded in Exodus to have used these words. But Paul, by...