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ESV Global Study Bible :: Footnotes for Exodus 23

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Ex. 23:4–5 Israelites are called to show love for an enemy or for one who hates them.

Ex. 23:6 To pervert . . . justice could involve taking advantage of the poor in a lawsuit. It could also mean showing partiality to them by altering testimony (v. 3).

Ex. 23:10–19 See note on 20:22–26.

Ex. 23:10–11 See Lev. 25:2–7.

Ex. 23:14–17 This section introduces the feasts of Harvest and Ingathering, which are explained in further detail later (see Lev. 23:9–22).

Ex. 23:19 The reason for this rule is not explained. Boiling a young goat in its mother’s milk may have been a pagan religious ceremony practiced to induce fertility. Or it may be seen as a violation of the natural order: the young goat should drink its mother’s milk and gain life from it, not be cooked in it.

Ex. 23:20–22 The angel who will go before Israel is closely identified with God himself: my name is in him implies God’s nature and character; to obey his voice is to do all that I say.

Ex. 23:24 you shall not bow down to their gods. See note on 20:3.

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