Exodus 23:1-19 - Exposition

THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT .— Continued .

MISCELLANEOUS LAWS — continued . The same want of logical arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preceding one. The first nine verses contain some twelve laws, of which not more than two that are consecutive can be said to be on the same subject. There is perhaps in the section a predominant idea of warning against sins and errors connected with the trial of causes before a court, but Exodus 23:4 and Exodus 23:5 , at any rate, lie quite outside this idea. From Exodus 23:10 to Exodus 23:19 the laws are connected with ceremonial observance and include