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Themes in Exodus 23

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Themes in Exodus 23

Exodus 23:1 (show verse)

“You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Conspiracy » Law against
Evidence » Laws concerning
Slander » Forbidden
Slander » Includes » Raising false reports
Witness » Not bearing false witness

Exodus 23:2 (show verse)

You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice;

Conspiracy » Law against
Court » Justice required of
Following » What not to follow after
Imitation » Of worldly people and customs condemned » In committing popular sins
Injustice » A bad example leads to
Judgment » How not to judge
Popular sins » Laws against
Sinful » The whole imitation of worldly people and customs condemned » In committing popular sins
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » In committing popular sins

Exodus 23:3 (show verse)

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his dispute.

Court » Justice required of
Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge without respect of persons
Judgment » How not to judge

Exodus 23:4 (show verse)

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.

Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be brought back to its owners
Duty » To brethren » To enemies
Enemies » Duty to enemies
Enemies » How to treat your enemies
Enemies » The goods of, to be taken care of
Help » Helping others
Love » Maternal » Of enemies
Love to man » Should be exhibited, toward » Enemies
Oxen » Laws respecting » Straying to be brought back to its owner
Social duties » Compassion » Duty to enemies
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty to enemies
Stray » Straying animals to be returned

Exodus 23:5 (show verse)

If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.

Animals » Laws concerning
Animals » Humaneness to (toward animals and other creatures)
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Fallen under a burden, to be assisted
Enemies » How to treat your enemies
Enemies » The goods of, to be taken care of
Good for evil » Examples of returning » Encouraged
Hatred » Saints should » Return good for
Help » Helping others
Love » Good for evil examples of returning » Encouraged
Love to man » Should be exhibited, toward » Enemies
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of returning good for evil, encouraged

Exodus 23:6 (show verse)

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

Court » Justice required of
Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge without respect of persons
Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » The poor
Magistrates » Should » Be impartial
The poor » Wrong not, in judgment

Exodus 23:7 (show verse)

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Court » Justice required of
Evidence » Laws concerning
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Justification » Who shall not be justified
Justification before God » The wicked shall not attain to

Exodus 23:8 (show verse)

“You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

Blindness » What blinds people
Bribery » Condemned
Bribery » What gifts (bribes) do
Bribery » Not taking gifts (bribes)
Court » Justice required of
Courts of justice » Judges of » Not to take bribes
Justice » Gifts impede
Magistrates » Should » Not take bribes
Perversion » What perverts
Sacrifices » Fat of, not to remain until morning
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned

Exodus 23:9 (show verse)

“You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Aliens » To be treated with justice
Experience (knowledge experimental) » Prepares men for the duties of life » Fitted israel to sympathize with strangers
Knowledge » Prepares men for the duties of life » Fitted israel to sympathize with strangers
experimental Knowledge » Prepares men for the duties of life » Fitted israel to sympathize with strangers
Oppression » Not oppressing others
Sabbatic year » Ordinances concerning
Strangers » How not to treat strangers
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to be vexed or oppressed
Strangers in israel » Motives urged on the jews for being kind to

Exodus 23:10 (show verse)

“You shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,

Agriculture » Operations in » Harvest
Agriculture or husbandry » Not to be engaged in during the sabbatical year
Harvest » Natural
Sabbath » The requirements of the sabbath
Sabbatic year » Ordinances concerning

but on the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the beast of the field may eat. You are to do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

Agriculture or husbandry » Not to be engaged in during the sabbatical year
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » The fruits of the earth to be common property
Feast of sabbatical year » Kept every seventh year
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » To rest
Land » To rest every seventh year for the benefit of the poor people
Olive » Common to the land of canaan
Olive Trees » Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c
The poor » Should » Provided for under the law
Sabbath » The requirements of the sabbath
Sabbatic year » Ordinances concerning
Vineyards » Laws respecting » Not to be cultivated in the sabbatical year
Year » Sabbatic

Exodus 23:12 (show verse)

“Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves.

Animals » Laws concerning
Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Rest on the sabbath
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Rest for
Oxen » Laws respecting » To rest on the sabbath
Rest » Days of
Sabbath » The requirements of the sabbath
The sabbath » God » Shows considerate kindness in appointing
Servant » Bond » Must have rest on the sabbath
Strangers » Required to observe the sabbath day
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to work on the sabbath

Exodus 23:13 (show verse)

Now concerning everything which I have said to you, be on your guard; and do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.

Heedfulness » Commanded
Idolatry » Consists in » Swearing by other gods

Exodus 23:14 (show verse)

“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.

the anniversary Feasts » Instituted by God
Hebrew » Festivals

Exodus 23:15 (show verse)

You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And

none shall appear before Me empty-handed.

Abib » Passover instituted » israelites » depart » from egypt
the anniversary Feasts » Enumerated
Month » Abib (april) » Passover instituted and celebrated in
Passover » Observed with unleavened bread (no yeast)
Passover » Institution of

Exodus 23:16 (show verse)

Also you shall observe the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.

Feast » Of pentecost » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Feast of pentecost » All males to attend
Feast of pentecost » Called the » Feast of harvest
Feast of Tabernacles » All males obliged to appear at
Feasts » Jewish » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
the anniversary Feasts » Enumerated
First fruits » Different kinds of » Wheat harvest
Hebrew » Feasts » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Passover » Institution of
Pentecost » Institution of
Pentecost » Called » Feast of harvest
Day of pentecost » Feast of » Of pentecost, or weeks, held at the end of wheat harvest, 6th of sivan (june) to commemorate the giving of the law
Feast of Tabernacles » Instituted

Exodus 23:17 (show verse)

Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.

Church of israel » Members of » Required to attend its worship
Feast of pentecost » All males to attend
Feast of Tabernacles » All males obliged to appear at
Feast of the passover » All males to appear at
Feasts » Instituted by moses » All males were required to attend
the anniversary Feasts » All males to attend
Passover » Institution of
Tabernacle » All males required to appear before, three times each year

Exodus 23:18 (show verse)

“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor is the fat of My feast to remain overnight until morning.

Blood » Of legal sacrifices » Not offered with leaven
Fat » Offered in sacrifice
Leaven (yeast) » Leavened bread forbidden » With meat offerings
Leaven (yeast) » Leavened bread forbidden » At the passover meal
Leaven (yeast) » Leavened bread forbidden » With blood
Offerings » Must be » Without leaven (yeast)
Passover » Institution of
Sacrifices » No leaven » Offered

Exodus 23:19 (show verse)

“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.“You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.

First fruits » Presented at the tabernacle
Goat » Nor seethed in its mother's milk
Goat » The young of » Not to be seethed in milk of mother
Lamb » Not to be seethed (boiled) in its own mother's milk
Milk » Kid (a baby goat) not to be seethed (boiled) in its own mother's
Milk » Young animals not to be seethed in that of the mother

Exodus 23:20 (show verse)

“Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

Jesus Christ » Names of » Angel
Protection » Is vouchsafed to saints in » Keeping them in the way
Rebellion against God » Provokes Christ

Exodus 23:21 (show verse)

Be on your guard before him and obey his voice; do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your transgression, since My name is in him.

Jesus Christ » Names of » Angel
Obedience to God » Includes » Obeying Christ
Rebellion against God » Provokes Christ
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Sea of joppa or sea of the philistines

Exodus 23:22 (show verse)

But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

God » To believers » To the obedient
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the obedient
Obedience to God » Promises to

Exodus 23:23 (show verse)

For My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them.

Canaanites » Given to the israelites
Canaanites » To be destroyed
Hivites » Their land given to the israelites
Hivites » Land of, promised to israel
Holy land » Inhabitants of, expelled for wickedness
Jebusites » Land of, given to abraham and his descendants
Perizzites » Territory of, given to abraham

Exodus 23:24 (show verse)

You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces.

Amorites » Judgments denounced against
Awakenings and religious reforms » Iconoclasm accompanying reforms » Idols to be destroyed
Bowing » What not to bow down before
Canaanites » To be destroyed
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » To destroy all vestiges of their idolatry
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to follow idols of
Iconoclasm » Idols to be destroyed
Idolatry » What should be done to idols
Idolatry » The jews » Forbidden to practice
Jebusites » Land of, given to abraham and his descendants
Service » What not to serve

Canaan » Land of » Extent of » According to the promise
Canaanites » Territory of
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Deserts » Notable
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Arabian or great desert
Euphrates » The eastern limit of the kingdom of israel
Euphrates, the » Called » The river
Land » Original title to, from God
Mediterranean sea » Sea of the philistines
Philistines » Territory of
Red sea » The boundary of the promised land
the Sea » Seas mentioned in scripture » Red sea
Snares » What is a snare

Exodus 23:32 (show verse)

You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Forbidden
Alliances » Political » With idolaters forbidden
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Covenants » The jews » Forbidden to make, with the nations of canaan
Jews, the » Prohibited from » Covenanting with others
Snares » What is a snare

Exodus 23:33 (show verse)

They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Are ensnaring
Alliances » Political » With idolaters forbidden
Snares » What is a snare
worldly Snares » False gods
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » False gods

Thematic Bible

Themes in Exodus 23

Exodus 23:1 (show verse)

Exodus 23:2 (show verse)

Exodus 23:3 (show verse)

Exodus 23:4 (show verse)

Exodus 23:5 (show verse)

Exodus 23:6 (show verse)

Exodus 23:7 (show verse)

Exodus 23:8 (show verse)

Exodus 23:9 (show verse)

Exodus 23:10 (show verse)

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Exodus 23:12 (show verse)

Exodus 23:13 (show verse)

Exodus 23:14 (show verse)

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Exodus 23:16 (show verse)

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Exodus 23:18 (show verse)

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Exodus 23:31 (show verse)

Exodus 23:32 (show verse)

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