And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites--the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey--you shall keep this service in this month. And when the LORD brings youThis phrase emphasizes the sovereignty and faithfulness of God. The Hebrew root for "brings" is "בּוֹא" (bo), which means to come or to bring. It signifies God's active role in fulfilling His promises. Historically, this reflects the Israelites' reliance on divine intervention for deliverance and guidance. The LORD, Yahweh, is the covenant-keeping God who initiates and completes His plans. into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites
These names represent the inhabitants of the Promised Land. Each group had its own culture and religious practices, often contrary to the worship of Yahweh. Archaeological findings have provided insights into these ancient civilizations, revealing their advanced societies and the challenges Israel would face. The mention of these nations underscores the magnitude of God's promise and the miraculous nature of Israel's future conquest. the land He swore to your fathers
This phrase highlights the covenantal promise God made to the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Hebrew word for "swore" is "שָׁבַע" (shaba), meaning to swear or make an oath. It reflects the unbreakable nature of God's promises. Historically, this promise was a cornerstone of Israelite identity, reminding them of their unique relationship with God and His faithfulness across generations. that He would give you
The act of giving is central to God's character, emphasizing His grace and generosity. The Hebrew root "נָתַן" (natan) means to give or bestow. This gift of land was not earned by Israel but was a divine inheritance. It serves as a reminder of God's provision and the importance of trusting in His timing and methods. a land flowing with milk and honey
This phrase paints a picture of abundance and prosperity. "Flowing" suggests an overflowing, continuous supply, indicating fertility and richness. Milk and honey symbolize sustenance and sweetness, representing the ideal living conditions God prepared for His people. Historically, this description would have been incredibly appealing to a people who had endured slavery and desert wanderings. you are to keep this service in this month
The word "keep" comes from the Hebrew "שָׁמַר" (shamar), meaning to guard or observe. It implies diligence and intentionality in maintaining the practices God commanded. "This service" refers to the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which commemorate God's deliverance from Egypt. Observing these rituals was crucial for Israel's spiritual identity and continuity, serving as a perpetual reminder of God's salvation and their covenantal obligations. Persons / Places / Events 1. The LORDThe covenant-keeping God of Israel, who promises to bring His people into the Promised Land. 2. The Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and JebusitesThe inhabitants of the land promised to the Israelites, representing the challenges and opposition they would face. 3. The Promised LandA land described as "flowing with milk and honey," symbolizing abundance and God's provision. 4. The FathersRefers to the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to whom God originally made the promise of the land. 5. The ServiceThe observance of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which commemorates God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Teaching Points God's FaithfulnessTrust in God's promises, as He is faithful to fulfill what He has sworn to His people. Spiritual InheritanceReflect on the spiritual inheritance we have in Christ, which parallels the physical inheritance of the Promised Land. Obedience and RemembranceEmphasize the importance of obedience to God's commands and the remembrance of His past deliverance. Facing OppositionRecognize that entering into God's promises may involve facing challenges and opposition, just as the Israelites faced the inhabitants of the land. Generational FaithfulnessEncourage the teaching of God's faithfulness and commands to the next generation, ensuring the continuity of faith. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the promise of the land in Exodus 13:5 reflect God's faithfulness to His covenant with the patriarchs? 2. In what ways can we see the concept of a "land flowing with milk and honey" as a metaphor for spiritual blessings in Christ? 3. How can the observance of the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread serve as a model for remembering God's deliverance in our own lives? 4. What challenges or "inhabitants" might we face today as we seek to enter into the promises God has for us? 5. How can we effectively teach and pass on the accounts of God's faithfulness to the next generation, as seen in the context of Exodus 13:5? Connections to Other Scriptures Genesis 15God's covenant with Abraham, promising the land to his descendants, establishing the foundation for the promise reiterated in Exodus 13:5. Deuteronomy 6The call to remember God's commandments and the importance of teaching them to future generations, which ties into the observance of the service mentioned in Exodus 13:5. Hebrews 11The faith of the patriarchs, who looked forward to the fulfillment of God's promises, including the land. Joshua 1The fulfillment of the promise as Joshua leads the Israelites into the Promised Land, demonstrating God's faithfulness. Psalm 105A recounting of God's faithfulness to His covenant, including the giving of the land to Israel. People Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Hivite, Hivites, Israelites, Jebusites, Joseph, Moses, PharaohPlaces Etham, Red Sea, SuccothTopics Act, Amorite, Amorites, Bring, Bringeth, Brings, Canaanite, Canaanites, Ceremony, Fathers, Flowing, Forefathers, Hast, Hittite, Hittites, Hivite, Hivites, Honey, Jebusite, Jebusites, Jeb'usites, Milk, Month, Oath, Observe, Rite, Service, Sware, Swore, Sworn, Takes, WorshipDictionary of Bible Themes Exodus 13:5 4207 land, divine gift
4209 land, spiritual aspects
4404 food Exodus 13:1-10 8644 commemoration Exodus 13:1-16 7410 phylactery Exodus 13:3-7 4418 bread Exodus 13:3-10 8467 reminders Library Thought, Deed, Word
'It shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth.'--EXODUS xiii. 9. The question may be asked, whether this command is to be taken metaphorically or literally. No doubt the remembrance of the great deliverance was intrusted to acts. Besides the annual Passover feasts, inscriptions on the door-posts and fringes on the dress were appointed for this purpose. And the Jews from a very early period, certainly before our Lord's …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureFifth Day. Holiness and Redemption.
Sanctify unto me all the first-born.'--Ex. xiii. 2. 'All the first-born are mine; for on the day I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified unto me all the first-born in Israel: mine they shall be: I am the Lord.'--Num. iii. 13, viii. 17. 'For I am the Lord your God that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.'--Lev. xi. 45. 'I have redeemed thee; thou art mine.'--Isa. xliii. 1. At Horeb we saw how the …
Andrew Murray—Holy in Christ June the Tenth Pillars of Cloud and Fire
"The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud." --EXODUS xiii. 17--xiv. 4. I need His leadership in the daytime. Sometimes the daylight is my foe. It tempts me into carelessness. I become the victim of distraction. The "garish day" can entice me into ways of trespass, and I am robbed of my spiritual health. Many a man has been faithful in the twilight and night who has lost himself in the sunshine. He went astray in his prosperity: success was his ruin. And so in the daytime I need the …
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year The Personality of Power.
A Personally Conducted Journey. Everyone enjoys the pleasure of travel; but nearly all shrink back from its tiresomeness and drudgery. The transportation companies are constantly scheming to overcome this disagreeable side for both pleasure and business travel. One of the popular ways of pleasure travel of late is by means of personally conducted tours. A party is formed, often by the railroad company, and is accompanied by a special agent to attend to all the business matters of the trip. A variation …
S.D. Gordon—Quiet Talks on Power "The Lord Hath Need of Him. " Mark xi, 3
What! of an Ass? Yes, "God hath chosen the foolish things of the world." He gets renown to Himself by "using things which are despised." Let us never despair of the most foolish of men, if he become the servant of Jesus. It is said of the great John Hunt, that when a young man, he gave no promise of the talents he shewed in the work of the Ministry. We have spoken with one who knew him before his conversion, who made us smile as he described his gait and style of life. Yet this ungainly ploughboy …
Thomas Champness—Broken Bread Entangled in the Land
"For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in."--Exodus 14:3. ISRAEL WAS CLEAN escaped from Egypt. Not a hoof of their cattle was left behind; nor foot of child or aged man remained in the house of bondage. But though they were gone, they were not forgotten by the tyrant who had enslaved them. They had been a very useful body of workers; for they had built treasure cities and storehouses for Pharaoh. Compelled to work without wages, …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891 Letter xxxvi. To Pope Damasus.
Jerome's reply to the foregoing. For the second and fourth questions he refers Damasus to the writings of Tertullian, Novatian, and Origen. The remaining three he deals with in detail. Gen. iv. 15, he understands to mean "the slayer of Cain shall complete the sevenfold vengeance which is to be wreaked upon him." Exodus xiii. 18, he proposes to reconcile with Gen. xv. 16, by supposing that in the one place the tribe of Levi is referred to, in the other the tribe of Judah. He suggests, however, that …
St. Jerome—The Principal Works of St. Jerome Letter xxxv. From Pope Damasus.
Damasus addresses five questions to Jerome with a request for information concerning them. They are: 1. What is the meaning of the words "Whosoever slayeth Cain vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold"? (Gen. iv. 5.) 2. If God has made all things good, how comes it that He gives charge to Noah concerning unclean animals, and says to Peter, "What God hath cleansed that call not thou common"? (Acts x. 15.) 3. How is Gen. xv. 16, "in the fourth generation they shall come hither again," to be reconciled …
St. Jerome—The Principal Works of St. Jerome Epistle xxviii. To Augustine, Bishop of the Angli .
To Augustine, Bishop of the Angli [136] . Gregory to Augustine, &c. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will (Luke ii. 14); because a grain of wheat, falling into the earth, has died, that it might not reign in heaven alone; even He by whose death we live, by whose weakness we are made strong, by whose suffering we are rescued from suffering, through whose love we seek in Britain for brethren whom we knew not, by whose gift we find those whom without knowing them we sought. …
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great Jesus Living at Nazareth and visiting Jerusalem in his Twelfth Year.
(Nazareth and Jerusalem, a.d. 7 or 8.) ^C Luke II. 40-52. ^c 40 And the child grew [This verse contains the history of thirty years. It describes the growth of our Lord as a natural, human growth (compare Luke i. 80); for, though Jesus was truly divine, he was also perfectly man. To try to distinguish between the divine and human in Jesus, is to waste time upon an impracticable mystery which is too subtle for our dull and finite minds], and waxed strong [His life expanded like other human lives. …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Healing of the Woman - Christ's Personal Appearance - the Raising of Jairus' Daughter
THERE seems remarkable correspondence between the two miracles which Jesus had wrought on leaving Capernaum and those which He did on His return. In one sense they are complementary to each other. The stilling of the storm and the healing of the demonised were manifestations of the absolute power inherent in Christ; the recovery of the woman and the raising of Jairus' daughter, evidence of the absolute efficacy of faith. The unlikeliness of dominion over the storm, and of command over a legion of …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Jesus' Last Public Discourse. Denunciation of Scribes and Pharisees.
(in the Court of the Temple. Tuesday, April 4, a.d. 30.) ^A Matt. XXIII. 1-39; ^B Mark XII. 38-40; ^C Luke XX. 45-47. ^a 1 Then spake Jesus ^b 38 And in his teaching ^c in the hearing of all the people he said unto ^a the multitudes, and to his disciples [he spoke in the most public manner], 2 saying, ^c 46 Beware of the scribes, ^a The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat: 3 all things whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Old Testament Canon from Its Beginning to Its Close.
The first important part of the Old Testament put together as a whole was the Pentateuch, or rather, the five books of Moses and Joshua. This was preceded by smaller documents, which one or more redactors embodied in it. The earliest things committed to writing were probably the ten words proceeding from Moses himself, afterwards enlarged into the ten commandments which exist at present in two recensions (Exod. xx., Deut. v.) It is true that we have the oldest form of the decalogue from the Jehovist …
Samuel Davidson—The Canon of the Bible Circumcision, Temple Service, and Naming of Jesus.
(the Temple at Jerusalem, b.c. 4) ^C Luke II. 21-39. ^c 21 And when eight days [Gen. xvii. 12] were fulfilled for circumcising him [The rite was doubtless performed by Joseph. By this rite Jesus was "made like unto his brethren" (Heb. ii. 16, 17); that is, he became a member of the covenant nation, and became a debtor to the law--Gal. v. 3] , his name was called JESUS [see Luke i. 59], which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. [Luke i. 31.] 22 And when the days of their …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Cavils of the Pharisees Concerning Purification, and the Teaching of the Lord Concerning Purity - the Traditions Concerning Hand-Washing' and Vows. '
As we follow the narrative, confirmatory evidence of what had preceded springs up at almost every step. It is quite in accordance with the abrupt departure of Jesus from Capernaum, and its motives, that when, so far from finding rest and privacy at Bethsaida (east of the Jordan), a greater multitude than ever had there gathered around Him, which would fain have proclaimed Him King, He resolved on immediate return to the western shore, with the view of seeking a quieter retreat, even though it were …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Among the People, and with the Pharisees
It would have been difficult to proceed far either in Galilee or in Judaea without coming into contact with an altogether peculiar and striking individuality, differing from all around, and which would at once arrest attention. This was the Pharisee. Courted or feared, shunned or flattered, reverently looked up to or laughed at, he was equally a power everywhere, both ecclesiastically and politically, as belonging to the most influential, the most zealous, and the most closely-connected religions …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Concerning the Communion, or Participation of the Body and Blood of Christ.
Concerning the Communion, or Participation of the Body and Blood of Christ. The communion of the body and blood of Christ is [1104] inward and spiritual, which is the participation of his flesh and blood, by which the inward man is daily nourished in the hearts of those in whom Christ dwells. Of which things the breaking of bread by Christ with his disciples was a figure, which even they who had received the substance used in the church for a time, for the sake of the weak; even as abstaining from …
Robert Barclay—Theses Theologicae and An Apology for the True Christian Divinity The Third Day in Passion-Week - the Last Controversies and Discourses - the Sadducees and the Resurrection - the Scribe and the Great Commandment - Question
THE last day in the Temple was not to pass without other temptations' than that of the Priests when they questioned His authority, or of the Pharisees when they cunningly sought to entangle Him in His speech. Indeed, Christ had on this occasion taken a different position; He had claimed supreme authority, and thus challenged the leaders of Israel. For this reason, and because at the last we expect assaults from all His enemies, we are prepared for the controversies of that day. We remember that, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Third Withdrawal from Herod's Territory.
Subdivision D. The Transfiguration. Concerning Elijah. (a Spur of Hermon, Near Cæsarea Philippi.) ^A Matt. XVII. 1-13; ^B Mark IX. 2-13; ^C Luke IX. 28-36. ^c 28 And it came to pass about eight days { ^a six days} ^c after these sayings [Mark agrees with Matthew in saying six days. Luke qualifies his estimate by saying "about." But if we regard him as including the day of the "sayings" and also the day of the transfiguration, and the other two as excluding these days, then the three statements …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Exodus
The book of Exodus--so named in the Greek version from the march of Israel out of Egypt--opens upon a scene of oppression very different from the prosperity and triumph in which Genesis had closed. Israel is being cruelly crushed by the new dynasty which has arisen in Egypt (i.) and the story of the book is the story of her redemption. Ultimately it is Israel's God that is her redeemer, but He operates largely by human means; and the first step is the preparation of a deliverer, Moses, whose parentage, …
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