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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 23:3

Exodus 23:3. Neither shalt thou countenance Hebrew, honour or favour; a poor man in his cause. Thus we are properly cautioned against an opposite error which we may be also in danger of falling into, that of respecting the poor man’s cause, out of pity and compassion, when the cause of the richer man is more just. For however great the compassion of God may be for the poor, and how much soever he may recommend them to our care and protection, he would not have our tenderness for them... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 23:1-19

Miscellaneous matters (22:18-23:19)Israelite law prohibited pagan customs and religious practices that threatened the nation’s spiritual life. The penalty for such offences was usually death (18-20). The Israelite people were to remember their own bitter experiences in Egypt and show mercy to the disadvantaged. The law against charging interest on a loan was designed to encourage the rich to help the poor instead of exploiting them (21-27). (For the contrast between lending that is greedy... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 23:3

countenance = prefer, or favour. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 23:1-3

"Thou shalt not take up a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice: neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause."The scene here focuses upon a time when judicial decisions were still resolved by the citizens in assembly, before the judiciary was formally established, and the aim of these regulations was that of protecting... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 23:3

3. countenance—adorn, embellish—thou shalt not varnish the cause even of a poor man to give it a better coloring than it merits. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 23:1-9

Justice and neighborliness 23:1-9This section appeals for justice toward all people. The subject of the legislation now shifts from love for all to justice for all. The Israelites should treat all people justly, not only the rich but also the poor (Exodus 23:3), the enemy as well as the friend (Exodus 23:4). Jezebel later did to Naboth what Exodus 23:7 warns against (cf. 1 Kings 21:9-14). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 23:1-12

The fundamental rights of the Israelites 21:1-23:12It is very important to note that various law codes already existed in the ancient Near East before the giving of the Mosaic Covenant. These included laws in the Akkadian civilization located in Mesopotamia in the twentieth century B.C. (e.g., the Laws of Esnunna). [Note: Pritchard, pp. 161-63.] There were also the laws in the Sumerian civilization in the nineteenth century (e.g., the Code of Lipit-Istar). [Note: Ibid., pp. 159-61.] Moreover... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 23:1-33

The Book of the Covenant (concluded)1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.1. Raise] RV ’take up,’ i.e. give ear to. This is an extension of the ninth commandment: cp. the Arabic proverb, ’In wickedness the listener is the ally of the speaker.’2. To decline after] RV ’to turn aside after.’ 3. Countenance] Give undue favour to. As judgment is to be without fear (Exodus 23:2), so is it to be without favour, whether of rich or poor: cp. Exodus 23:6.4, 5. Thine enemy’s ox] The Mosaic Law inculcates the duty of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 23:1-19

XXIII.(1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of Exodus 23:19 there is, on the contrary, a certain connection, since the laws enunciated are concerned with ceremonial observance. The closing law, however, is not ceremonial, but the prohibition of a practice considered to be cruel. On the whole, it may be said that The Book of the Covenant maintains its unsystematic... read more