Exo. 22:11| steals
| In vv. 1-6 there are many details related to the eighth commandment, forbidding stealing (20:15). Stealing signifies that fallen man, like Satan, is not satisfied with God’s sovereign arrangement but tries to make base gain by transgressing God’s regulation (Isa. 14:12-14; cf. 1|Cor. 7:17, 20-24; 1|Tim. 6:6-10).
Exo. 22:1a| four| 2|Sam. 12:6;| Luke 19:8;| cf. Prov. 6:31
Exo. 22:81a| God| Exo. 21:6
| Or, the judges; Heb. elohim. So also in v. 9.
Exo. 22:82| neighbor’s
| In vv. 7-15 the details related to the tenth commandment, forbidding coveting (20:17), indicate that coveting is a matter of greed and signify that Satan’s lusting nature has become the indwelling sin within fallen man to deaden his body (Rom. 7:8, 17, 20, 24).
Exo. 22:11a| oath| cf. Heb. 6:16
Exo. 22:151| only
| Lit., it came for its hire.
Exo. 22:161| seduces
| The ordinances in vv. 16-17, 19 are related to the seventh commandment, which forbids adultery (20:14). These ordinances signify that Satan’s sinful nature works in man to corrupt him by confusing him in his breaking of God’s regulations concerning the relationships man should have with God, with people, and with other things (cf. James 4:4; Rev. 17:1-5).
Exo. 22:16a| virgin| Deut. 22:28-29
Exo. 22:181| You
| The ordinances in vv. 18, 20, and 23:13 give details to the first and second commandments (20:2-6).
Exo. 22:182a| sorceress| Lev. 20:27;| Deut. 18:10-11;| cf. 1|Sam. 28:3, 9
| Sorcery involves contact with demons.
Exo. 22:19a| animal| Lev. 18:23;| 20:15;| Deut. 27:21
Exo. 22:20a| god| cf. Num. 25:2;| Deut. 13:6-15;| 17:2-5;| Josh. 23:16
Exo. 22:211a| sojourner| Exo. 23:9;| Deut. 10:19;| Jer. 7:6;| Zech. 7:10;| Mal. 3:5
| The ordinance concerning sojourners, widows, orphans, and the poor (vv. 21-27; 23:9) signify that God is a God who cares for fallen man, who has become a stranger to God’s blessing, a widow without Christ as the husband, an orphan without God as the Father, and the poor deprived of the riches of God (cf. Eph. 2:12, 19; Matt. 11:5 and note 6).
Exo. 22:22a| widow| Deut. 24:17;| 27:19;| Psa. 94:6;| Isa. 1:17, 23;| 10:2;| Ezek. 22:7;| Zech. 7:10;| James 1:27
Exo. 22:23a| hear| Psa. 18:6;| 145:19;| Job 34:28
Exo. 22:25a| interest| Lev. 25:35-37;| Deut. 23:19-20;| Neh. 5:7
Exo. 22:26a| pledge| Deut. 24:13, 17
Exo. 22:27a| gracious| Psa. 106:4;| 111:4
Exo. 22:281| God
| Submission to God and His authority signifies the subduing of the rebellious nature of Satan within man.
Exo. 22:28a| curse| Acts 23:5;| Jude 8
Exo. 22:291| outflow
| The fullness of the harvest signifies the produce, the reaping of the rich experiences of Christ, gained from growing Christ by laboring on Him as the good land (see note 71 in Deut. 8), and the tears, the outflow of the wine and oil from the presses (see note 361 in Matt. 26), signify the overflow from our experience of Christ through the suffering of the cross, which produces wine to cheer God and man and oil to please God (cf. 2|Cor. 4:7-12; Phil. 2:17; 2|Tim. 4:6). These should be offered to God for His enjoyment without delay.
Exo. 22:292a| firstborn| Exo. 13:2
| The firstborn of the sons and the cattle (v. 30) were to be given to God (to be separated to God and to become holy to Him) because the firstborn had been redeemed, purchased, by the passover lamb and belonged to God (12:12-13; 13:2 and note; cf. 1|Cor. 6:19).
Exo. 22:301a| eighth| Lev. 22:27;| Luke 2:21
| The eighth day is the first day of a new week. Hence, on the eighth day signifies in resurrection (Matt. 28:1).
Exo. 22:311a| holy| Exo. 19:6;| Lev. 11:44-45
| To be holy men to God, according to the Bible as a whole, especially the New Testament, indicates that God’s chosen people should be saturated by Christ and with Christ as their holiness before God (1|Cor. 1:30; Rom. 6:19 and note 2).
Exo. 22:312| eat
| Flesh torn by beasts signifies things that bear the nature of death, and dogs signify unclean persons (Matt. 7:6 and note 2; Phil. 3:2 and note 2). This ordinance signifies that we should eat only Christ as our life supply, not anything of death. Cf. notes 71 in Gen. 8 and 311 in Lev. 11.
Exo. 22:31b| torn| Lev. 7:24;| 22:8;| Ezek. 4:14;| 44:31