Thematic Bible
Exodus 23:1 (show verse)
" 'You will not {spread} a false report. Do not lift your hand with [the] wicked to be a malicious witness.
Exodus 23:2 (show verse)
You will not {follow} a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority 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
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)
You will not be partial to a powerless [person] in his legal dispute.
Exodus 23:4 (show verse)
" 'If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back 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
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 your enemy lying down under its burden, you will refrain from abandoning him. You will surely arrange [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
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 will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.
Exodus 23:7 (show verse)
You will stay far from a {false charge}, and do not kill [the] innocent and [the] righteous, because I will not declare [the] wicked righteous.
Exodus 23:8 (show verse)
And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.
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
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)
And you will not oppress an alien; you yourselves know the feelings of the alien, because you were aliens 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
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)
" 'And six years you will sow your land and gather its yield.
Exodus 23:11 (show verse)
But the seventh you will let it rest and leave it fallow, and the poor of your people will eat, and their remainder the animals of the field will eat. You will do likewise for your vineyard and for your olive trees.
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
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 will do your work, but on the seventh day you will stop so that your ox and your donkey will rest and the son of your slave woman and the alien will be refreshed.
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
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)
" 'And you will be attentive to all that I have said to you, and you will not {profess} the name of other gods; it will not be heard in your mouth.
Exodus 23:14 (show verse)
" 'Three times in the year you will hold a festival for me
Exodus 23:15 (show verse)
You will keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you will eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you at [the] appointed time, the month of Abib, because in it you came out from Egypt, and {no one will} appear before me empty-handed.
Exodus 23:16 (show verse)
And [you will keep] the Feast of Harvest, [with] the firstfruits of your work, what you sow in the field. And [you will keep] the Feast of Harvest Gathering when the year goes out, when you gather your work 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
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 in the year all your men will appear before the Lord Yahweh.
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
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 will not sacrifice the blood of my sacrifice together with [food with] yeast, and you will not leave the fat of my feast 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
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)
" 'The best of the firstfruits of your land you will bring to the house of Yahweh your God. " 'You will not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
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
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)
" 'Look, I [am about to] send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
Exodus 23:21 (show verse)
Be attentive to him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, because he will not forgive your transgression, for my name is in him
Exodus 23:22 (show verse)
But if you listen attentively to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
Exodus 23:23 (show verse)
When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, I will wipe them out.
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
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 will not bow to their gods, and you will not serve them, and you will not act according to their actions, because you will utterly demolish them, and you will utterly break their stone pillars.
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
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
Exodus 23:25 (show verse)
And you will serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from among you.
Exodus 23:26 (show verse)
There will be no one suffering miscarriage or infertile in your land. I will make full the number of your days.
Exodus 23:27 (show verse)
" 'I will release my terror before you, and I will throw into confusion all the people against whom you come, and I will {make all your enemies turn their back to you}.
Exodus 23:28 (show verse)
And I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.
Exodus 23:29 (show verse)
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become a desolation and {the wild animals} multiply against you.
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Exodus 23:30 (show verse)
Little by little I will drive them out from before you until you are fruitful and take possession of the land.
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Exodus 23:31 (show verse)
" 'And I will set your boundary from the {Red Sea} and up to the sea of the Philistines and from [the] desert up to the river, because I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out from before you.
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
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 will not make a covenant with them and with their gods.
Exodus 23:33 (show verse)
They will not live in your land, lest they cause you to sin against me when you serve their gods, for it will be a snare to you.'"