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The thief, sinning against the eighth commandment, was to be punished by restitution, Exod. xxii. 1, 15, &c. The false witness, sinning against the ninth commandment, was to be dealt withal as he would have had his brother dealt with, by the law of retaliation, Deut. xix. 16, to the end of the chapter, &c.
If the Bible itself is not a fraud, writing was constantly in use in the time of Moses. See: Exod. vii. 14: "The Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book." Exod. xxiv. 4: "And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord." Exod. xxxiv. 27: "And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words." Num. v. 23: "And the priest shall write these curses in a book."
Their warrants are taken out, Exod. iv. 30, 31; Exod. xii. 27; 2 Chron. xx. 18; Matt. xvii. 6. From the first three places no more can be inferred but that these hearers bowed their heads and worshipped, after that they heard the word of the Lord; neither shall they ever warrant bowing and worshipping in the act of hearing.
Therefore, all these were their sins, and we are bound, even by this divine threatening, to avoid the like by a divine warrant. By remunerating or rewarding; whether he reward with blessings or with judgments. With blessings God rewarded the Hebrew midwives, because they preserved the male children of Israel, contrary to Pharaoh's bloody command; God made them houses, Exod. i. 17, 20, 21.
Of such commands, the apostle saith, "I command, yet not I, but the Lord," 1 Cor. vii. 10. Now these immediate commands of God, in regard of their manner of publishing and propounding, are either explicit or implicit. Explicit: which are expressly and in plain terms laid down, as the letter of the commandments of the decalogue, Exod. xx.
"That is very good," Edwin's wife remarked. Drawing a chair beside his own for her, Edwin said: "Never mind the supper. Sit down, and we will eat later." Then he read: "In Exod. 19:5 God says that his people will be a peculiar treasure unto him above all people. This great favor is bestowed upon all those who obey his voice.
Here a question arises of sufficient importance for a separate dissertation; but must for the present be disposed of in a few paragraphs. The leading directions as to the disposal of the Canaanites, are mainly in the following passages, Exod. xxiii. 23-33, and 33-51, and 34, 11 Deut. vii. 16-25, and ix. 3, and xxxi. 3, 1, 2.
Exod. 8:16: "The dust became lice throughout all Egypt;" again, Exod. 8:17: "Smote dust... it became lice in man and beast." Now the louse that infests the human body and hair has no connection whatever with "dust," and if subject to a few hours' exposure to the dry heat of the burning sand, it would shrivel and die.
Famous are those two texts; Exod. xix. 5, 6; Jer. xxxii. 40, 41 texts that hold forth strong consolation. By virtue of the covenant, heaven is not only made possible, but certain to all believers, and certain by way of oath. It is by virtue of the covenant that we call Him Father, and may lay claim to all the power, wisdom, goodness and mercy, that are in God.
Exod. viii. 16, "The dust became lice throughout all Egypt;" again, Exod. viii. 17, "Smote dust . . . it became lice in man and beast."
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