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Selected Verse: Exodus 20:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 20:22 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Thus thou shalt say [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Ye have seen [07200] that I have talked [01696] with you from heaven [08064]. |
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King James |
And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the Lord said unto Moses--It appears from Deu 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 to make any visible figure or form of Him. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Nothing could be more appropriate as the commencement of the book of the covenant than these regulations for public worship. The rules for the building of altars must have been old and accepted, and are not inconsistent with the directions for the construction of the altar of the court of the tabernacle, Exo 27:1-8 (compare Jos 22:26-28). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The General Form of Divine Worship in Israel. - As Jehovah had spoken to the Israelites from heaven, they were not to make gods of earthly materials, such as silver and gold, by the side of Him, but simply to construct an altar of earth or unhewn stones without steps, for the offering up of His sacrifices at the place where He would reveal Himself. "From heaven" Jehovah came down upon Sinai enveloped in the darkness of a cloud; and thereby He made known to the people that His nature was heavenly, and could not be imitated in any earthly material. "Ye shall not make with Me," place by the side of, or on a par with Me," "gods of silver and gold," - that is to say, idols primarily intended to represent the nature of God, and therefore meant as symbols of Jehovah, but which became false gods from the very fact that they were intended as representations of the purely spiritual God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Moses being gone into the thick darkness where God was, God there spoke in his hearing only, all that follows from hence to the end of chap. 23, which is mostly an exposition of the ten commandments; and he was to transmit it to the people. The laws in these verses relate to God's worship. Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven - Such was his wonderful condescension; ye shall not make gods of silver - This repetition of the second commandment comes in here, because they were more addicted to idolatry than to any other sin. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I have talked with you from heaven - Though God manifested himself by the fire, the lightning, the earthquake, the thick darkness, etc., yet the ten words, or commandments were probably uttered from the higher regions of the air, which would be an additional proof to the people that there was no imposture in this case; for though strange appearances and voices might be counterfeited on earth, as was often, no doubt, done by the magicians of Egypt; yet it would be utterly impossible to represent a voice, in a long continued series of instruction, as proceeding from heaven itself, or the higher regions of the atmosphere. This, with the earthquake and repeated thunders, (see on Exo 20:18 (note)), would put the reality of this whole procedure beyond all doubt; and this enabled Moses, Deu 5:26, to make such an appeal to the people on a fact incontrovertible and of infinite importance, that God had indeed talked with them face to face. |
14 And the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] me at that time [06256] to teach [03925] you statutes [02706] and judgments [04941], that ye might do [06213] them in the land [0776] whither ye go over [05674] to possess [03423] it.
15 Take ye therefore good [03966] heed [08104] unto yourselves [05315]; for ye saw [07200] no manner of similitude [08544] on the day [03117] that the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto you in Horeb [02722] out of the midst [08432] of the fire [0784]:
16 Lest ye corrupt [07843] yourselves, and make [06213] you a graven image [06459], the similitude [08544] of any figure [05566], the likeness [08403] of male [02145] or female [05347],
26 Therefore we said [0559], Let us now prepare [06213] to build [01129] us an altar [04196], not for burnt offering [05930], nor for sacrifice [02077]:
27 But that it may be a witness [05707] between us, and you, and our generations [01755] after [0310] us, that we might do [05647] the service [05656] of the LORD [03068] before [06440] him with our burnt offerings [05930], and with our sacrifices [02077], and with our peace offerings [08002]; that your children [01121] may not say [0559] to our children [01121] in time to come [04279], Ye have no part [02506] in the LORD [03068].
28 Therefore said [0559] we, that it shall be, when they should so say [0559] to us or to our generations [01755] in time to come [04279], that we may say [0559] again, Behold [07200] the pattern [08403] of the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068], which our fathers [01] made [06213], not for burnt offerings [05930], nor for sacrifices [02077]; but it is a witness [05707] between us and you.
1 And thou shalt make [06213] an altar [04196] of shittim [07848] wood [06086], five [02568] cubits [0520] long [0753], and five [02568] cubits [0520] broad [07341]; the altar [04196] shall be foursquare [07251]: and the height [06967] thereof shall be three [07969] cubits [0520].
2 And thou shalt make [06213] the horns [07161] of it upon the four [0702] corners [06438] thereof: his horns [07161] shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay [06823] it with brass [05178].
3 And thou shalt make [06213] his pans [05518] to receive his ashes [01878], and his shovels [03257], and his basons [04219], and his fleshhooks [04207], and his firepans [04289]: all the vessels [03627] thereof thou shalt make [06213] of brass [05178].
4 And thou shalt make [06213] for it a grate [04345] of network [04639] of brass [05178]; and upon the net [07568] shalt thou make [06213] four [0702] brasen [05178] rings [02885] in the four [0702] corners [07098] thereof.
5 And thou shalt put [05414] it under the compass [03749] of the altar [04196] beneath [04295], that the net [07568] may be even to [05704] the midst [02677] of the altar [04196].
6 And thou shalt make [06213] staves [0905] for the altar [04196], staves [0905] of shittim [07848] wood [06086], and overlay [06823] them with brass [05178].
7 And the staves [0905] shall be put [0935] into the rings [02885], and the staves [0905] shall be upon the two [08147] sides [06763] of the altar [04196], to bear [05375] it.
8 Hollow [05014] with boards [03871] shalt thou make [06213] it: as it was shewed [07200] thee in the mount [02022], so shall they make [06213] it.
26 For who is there of all flesh [01320], that hath heard [08085] the voice [06963] of the living [02416] God [0430] speaking [01696] out of the midst [08432] of the fire [0784], as we have, and lived [02421]?
18 And all the people [05971] saw [07200] the thunderings [06963], and the lightnings [03940], and the noise [06963] of the trumpet [07782], and the mountain [02022] smoking [06226]: and when the people [05971] saw [07200] it, they removed [05128], and stood [05975] afar off [07350].