Adam Clarke Commentary - Exodus 5:17

Adam Clarke Commentary - Exodus 5:17 - 5:17

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Exodus 5:17 - 5:17

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5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:4 - 5:4
5:5 - 5:5
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:8 - 5:8
5:14 - 5:14
5:16 - 5:16
5:17 - 5:17
5:19 - 5:19
5:21 - 5:21
5:22 - 5:22
5:23 - 5:23

Ye are idle - therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice - It is common for those who feel unconcerned about their own souls to attribute the religious earnestness of others, who feel the importance of eternal things, to idleness or a disregard of their secular concerns. Strange that they cannot see there is a medium! He who has commanded them to be diligent in business, has also commanded them to be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. He whose diligence in business is not connected with a true religious fervor of spirit, is a lover of the world; and whatever form he may have he has not the power of godliness, and therefore is completely out of the road to salvation.