Psalms 16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places] The allusion is to the measuring of land by lines, and appropriating each part to the pr...
Psalms 123:3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us Merit is not pleaded; for, though servants, they knew they were unprofitable ones: but mer...
The Pentateuch The five books ascribed to Moses have a peculiar place in the structure of the Bible, and an order which is undeniably the order of the...
Numbers 3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation The charge of Aaron and of all the people of Israel, which was to...
Exodus 28:12 And thou shall put the stones upon the shoulders of the ephod, &c.] That is, the shoulder pieces of it; these stones were put there, the ...
Leviticus 26:13 I [am] the Lord your Lord, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt Who, having done that, was able to fulfil the above promis...
Numbers 25:12 Wherefore say Moses is bid to tell what follows to Phinehas himself, for his comfort and encouragement, and to the people of Israel, tha...
Jeremiah 17:22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day Not of dirt and soil only, as some restrain the sense; but of any wa...
Psalms 145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord Not all his works or creatures in general; though these do objectively praise him, or are the ca...
Psalms 47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us Either a portion in this life; God knows what is best for his people, and therefore they should lea...
\\INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 63\\ This chapter contains a prophecy of the vengeance of Christ upon the enemies of his church in the latter day, whereby c...
Daniel 9:15 And now, O Lord our God The Lord of the whole earth in general, the sovereign Ruler of the universe, and the God of Israel in a special an...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 59. When God heard this, he was wroth. The mere report of it filled him with indignation; he could not bear it, he was incensed to th...
2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? &c.] That is, what association, confederation, or covenant agreement can the ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 2. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him. Here is that new creation which calls for the new song. It was Jehovah who made Israel t...
Titles and names of saints Believers Acts 5:14 ; 1?Timothy 4:12 Beloved of God Romans 1:7 Beloved brethren 1?Corinthians 15:58 ; James 2...
Samaritans. [E]Strictly speaking, a Samaritan would be an inhabitant of the city of Samaria, but the term was applied to all the people of the kingdo...
Psalms 96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein Not the field of the world, but of the church, separated from others by distinguishing g...
Isaiah 36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? &c.] What is become of them? where are they to be found? where's their power to protect and defe...
Psalms 89:18 For the Lord is our defence From all their enemies, being all around them, as a wall of fire to protect them, and as the mountains were r...