“ And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; ”
Sins against Pure Marriages. Deuteronomy 22:14 . tokens of virginity: their absence is now known not to be necessarily a proof of pre-nuptial unchastity, though the ancient peoples held the contr...
18. And the elders of that city shall take that man. Calumny in this case received a threefold punishment; first, that he, who had invented the false accusation, should be beaten with stripes...
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
Ver. 18, 19. The elders—shall—chastise—him, &c.— That is, say the Talmudists, condemn him to receive forty stripes, save one; and they add, that the woman was sent back with a solemn benedi...
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, If any man take a wife ... The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet...
Laws regarding Lost Property, Distinction of Sex in Apparel, and Chastity 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note.
Deuteronomy 22:13-30 . LAWS OF CONJUGAL FIDELITY. (13-21) Virginity. — The law in these verses will be best appreciated by considering its effects. The maidens in Israel would be compelled to...
LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE) IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of religious and moral truth were to some extent inadequat...
Here we have the record of the laws conditioning life in love and neighborliness. Every man was enjoined to take care of his brother's lost things if he found them; and he was also to help the hurt a...
It is interesting to behold, how great provision the LORD was pleased to make, in order that the Israel of GOD, should be as distinguished among the unclean nations around them, as the LORD had disti...
And the elders of that city shall take the man, and chastise him. Not with words, but blows. Jarchi interprets it of beating, and so does the Talmud x; and both the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan...
LAWS THAT TEST TRUE DISCERNMENT (vs.1-12) The laws in this section require a proper consideration of God's creation, whether of humans, animals, birds or even inanimate things. This involves our...
The Punishment of Fornication. B. C. 1451. 13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto h...
Either, 1. By the following mulct. Or, 2. By severe reproofs, which that word oft signifies. Or, 3. By stripes, as is expressed, Deuteronomy 25:2,3 . Which is not strange, considering how pr...
Various Sexual Crimes ( Deuteronomy 22:13-30 ). The Protection Of A Woman's Reputation ( Deuteronomy 22:13-21 ). The rather sad message behind this regulation was that all parents should retain...
CRITICAL NOTES .—The cases stated and provided for in Deuteronomy 22:1-12 seem selected by way of example, and belong, according to our notions, rather to ethics than to law. It in noteworthy that...
Deuteronomy 22:5 . All that do so are abomination to the Lord. The note of Maimonides here is, that men presenting themselves before Venus, appeared partially in female attire; and women presentin...
EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST , THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES , THE TAKING OF BIRDS , AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES . CONFUSIO...
Various Sins Against the Sanctity of Holy Wedlock