Exodus 22:29-31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 22:25-31

Here is, I. A law against extortion in lending. 1. They must not receive use for money from any that borrowed for necessity (Exod. 22:25), as in that case, Neh. 5:5, 7. And such provision the law made for the preservation of estates to their families by the year of jubilee that a people who had little concern in trade could not be supposed to borrow money but for necessity, and therefore it is generally forbidden among themselves; but to a stranger, whom yet they might not oppress, they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 22:29

Thou shall not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits ,.... Which, according to Maimonides F11 Hilchot Biccurim, c. 2. sect. 2. , were of seven kinds only; for he says,"they do not bring the firstfruits, but of the seven kinds, said in the praise of the land, (the land of Canaan), Deuteronomy 8:8 and they are wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates;'and how much of these were to be offered is not fixed by the law, but were left to the generosity of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 22:30

Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep ,.... That is, with the firstborn, which were to be set apart to the Lord; and so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it,"the firstborn of thine oxen, and of thy sheep;'for having spoken of the firstborn of men, the Scripture proceeds to speak of the firstborn of cattle, great and small, the separation of which was enjoined in one and the same precept, Exodus 13:2 , seven days it shall be with his dam ; whether it be a calf or a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 22:31

And ye shall be holy men unto me ,.... They were so by God's act of election, not special and particular, but general and national; choosing and separating them to be an holy people to him, above all the people on the face of the earth, and in a ceremonial sense they observing laws and appointments of God of this kind; which is the sense here intended, as appears by what follows: all men, and so these Israelites, ought to be holy in a moral sense, and some are holy in a spiritual and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 22:29

The first of thy ripe fruits - This offering was a public acknowledgment of the bounty and goodness of God, who had given them their proper seed time, the first and the latter rain, and the appointed weeks of harvest. From the practice of the people of God the heathens borrowed a similar one, founded on the same reason. The following passage from Censorinus, De Die Natali, is beautiful, and worthy of the deepest attention: - Illi enim (majores nostri) qui alimenta, patriam, lucem, se... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 22:30

Seven days it shall be with his dam - For the mother's health it was necessary that the young one should suck so long; and prior to this time the process of nutrition in a young animal can scarcely be considered as completely formed. Among the Romans lambs were not considered as pure or clean before the eighth day; nor calves before the thirtieth: Pecoris faetus die octavo purus est, bovis trigesimo - Plin. Hist. Nat., lib. viii. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 22:31

Neither shall ye eat - flesh - torn of beasts in the field - This has been supposed to be an ordinance against eating flesh cut off the animal while alive, and so the Syriac seems to have understood it. If we can credit Mr. Bruce, this is a frequent custom in Abyssinia; but human nature revolts from it. The reason of the prohibition against eating the flesh of animals that had been torn, or as we term it worried in the field, appears to have been simply this: That the people might not eat... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 22:29

Verse 29 29.Thou shalt not delay. We may gather from this passage that the first-fruits were offered, to the end that the Israelites should devote themselves and their possessions to God; for Moses enjoins these two things in conjunction, that they should not delay to consecrate to God of the abundance of their fresh fruits, and their first-born. But we know that, in offering the first-born, the recollection of their deliverance was revived, by the acknowledgment of the preservation of their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 22:1-31

Exodus 21:33 If a man shall open a pit. Rather, "If a man shall uncover a cistern." Cisterns, very necessary in Palestine, were usually closed by a flat-stone, or a number of planks. To obtain water from them, they had to be uncovered; but it was the duty of the man who uncovered them, to replace the covering when his wants were satisfied. Or dig a pit and not cover it . A man who was making a cistern might neglect to cover it while it was in course of construction, or even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 22:25-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 22:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 22:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 22:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 22:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 22:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 22:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 22:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 22:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 22:16-31

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