'c: {\moke thereof aſcended as the ſmoke of a furnace, and * the whole mount quaked greatly k,
7 For further terrour to obſtinate Sinners, Hence this Law is called a fiery law, Deut:+33: 2. k By an Earthquake, as appears from Pſalm 60: 2: and 104. 32. : £
19 And when the voice of the trumpet iounded long, and waxed louder and louder }, Moſes ſpake, and . - * God anſwered him by a voice m2
I Heb. We:nt en, or races” Ah grew very ſtrong, or vehement, or hud. This is oppoſed to the ſounding long, Verſe 13. m( 4. e. ) By Plain, diſtia&, and audible words, as Pſalm 81: 7: John 12: 29: ſo as the People alſo might hear, as appears from Yerſe 9. See Deut: 5: 24: x Kings 19: 12, 13: Heb: 12:19. _ Es
20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinaz, on the top of the mounts: : and the LORD called Moſes up to the top of the mount, and Moſes wentup.
2 So here are three parts of the Mount manifeſtly diſtinguiſhed ; the top where the Cioud was, the middle part where Moſes now ſtood, and about which the bounds ſeem to have, been put, and the nether or lower part where the people were.
21 And the LORD ſaid unto Moſes, Go down, F charge the people, leſt they break through unto the LORD to gaze o, and many of them periſh.
2 Through curioſity to know in what form. or manner I appear to ee. | 22 And let the prieſts p alſo which come near to the
D U S. Chap, XX. offor them, which were either the firſft-born, who were conſecrated to God, and did execute the Office of Prieſts, as may be gathered from Exod +3: 2: and 24: «: Numb: 3: 12: and: 8:26: or ſome other perſons appninred by God for doing that work till the Office was ſettled in Aaron's Family. q Not at this time, for both Prieſts and People are nw kepr at equal diſtance, Yerſe 22. but uſually, 9. #. wno'e dury and privitedgeit is to approach unto God, an4 to pretent the P-oples Prayers and Sacrifices to him, and therefore are here particulzcly admoniſhed, becauſe they above all others are obliged to this care, 2n] becauſe they might ſeem to claim this priviledge by their FunCtion,
23 And Moſes faid unto the LORD, The people cannot come up r to mount Sinai, for thou chargedſt us ſaying, Set b-unds about the mount, and ſandtifie
It; : r The Peopleare ſufficiently admoniſhed in that particuler, becauſe as thou didſt command this ſame thing before. Yerſe 1:» fo T have informed and warned them of it; ſo that it may ſeem ſuperfluous for me to godown again to acquaint them herewith. Bur God, who berrer knew the dulneſ> and hardneſs of their Hearts than Moſes did, ſaw it neceſſary to repeat the ſame. command again and again. Some read rhe words interrogatively, Zo for halo, as it is 2 Sam: 13: 26: 2 Kings 5* 26: Job 2. 10, Mal: 2: 15. May net the people ( i. e. ſome of the People, rhe Prieſts at leaſt, which, as thou baſt now ſaid, may come near to the Lord ) go up ? Is this an univerſal prohibition ? To this Anſwer is given by a diſtin&ion in the next Verlte, that he and 4aron might come up, but no other.
24 And the LORD faid unto him, Away, pet thee down, and thou ſhalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: bur let not the prieſts and the people break through, to come up unto the LORD, leſt he break forth upon
them. 25 So Moſes went down unto the people, and ſpake unto them.
GCHHAP. XX. |
The obje of man's worſhip, 1, 2. The Decalogue, 3 ==119, The people fear, 18. They deſire Moſes to ſpeak to them, and not God, 19. Moſes encourages them, 20, Moſes draweth near the darkneſs, God ſpeaks to him, 21, 22, God's charge about making ns other gods, 23. God's comman to build an altar, and of what they ſhould make it, 24, 25. And in what manner they ſhould approach ants it, 26.
N D # God ſpake 6 all theſe words c, ſay- ing, .
a Or, Then, to wit, when Moſ*s was returned into the Mount. 6 Immediately, and not by an Angel. For though an Ambaſſadour or Meſſenger may a& in the name of his M after, yer it is againſt the uſe of all Ages and Places for ſuch to call rhemſelves by his name. As well might an Ambaſſadour of France ſay, I am the King of France; which all men would account abſurd, arrogant, and ridiculous, as an Angel might ſay, 1am rhe Lord. c (4. FY, Commands, for ſo the word 1s uſed Dewt: 17: 10: Efth: 1: 12. .
2 * I am the LORD thy God 4d, which have brought thee, out of the land of Egypr e, * out of the 10. Ho houſe f of + bondage : 2
a The only true God, and thy God by ſpecial Title, having entred * Chap. into Covenant with thee, and choſen thee for my peculiar People, to 13-3. protect, and rule, and bleſs thee above all others. God's Authority + Heb. and Right over them is ficly pur in the front, as the Foundation of ſervants: all God's Commands, and their Duries. e And ſo by Right of Redemption thou art mine. f (#.e. ) The p'ace ; for ſo the word houfe is tomertimes uſed, as Judges 16. 21. |
3 Thou ſhalt have no other gods g before me þ.
g Heb. There ſhall not be ro thee another god, or other gods, to wit,
Idols, which others have, eſteem and worſhip as gods, and there-
fore Scripture ſo calls them by way of ſuppoſition, Deut: 32: 21:
1 Sam: 12. 21; 1 Cor: 8: 4, 5. but thou ſhalt not have them in any
ſuch Reputarion or Veneration, bur ſhalt forſake and abhor rhem;
and cleave unto mealone. þ( z.e. ) In my Preſence, in my Houſe
or Church, which you are, where I am eſpecially preſent; and therefore for you to worſhip any ocher god 1s moſt impudent Idolas
try, even as when a Woman commits Adultery before her Husband's
Face. He may alfo intimate; that all the Idolatry which any of
ctiem ſhall hereafter commir, though never ſo cunningly and ſecretly managed, is manifeſt to his eyes, Pſal: 44: 20, 21. ' Others tranſlate
it with me, or beſides me, as itis rendred Matth: 12. 30. He forbids
the worſhip of all others, not only in oppoſition to him, bur alſo in conjunttior. with him, or ſubordination co him. See 2 Kings 17: 33:
Exod: 32: As 7: 41* Rev. 19: 10: and 22:8, 9. ; : 4 * Thou ſhalt not make # unto thee & any graven * Ty: 1g; image 7, or any likeneſs of any thing that is in heaven » 1. Pl. above, or that is in the earth » beneath, or that is in 97* 7*
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