Deuteronomy 22:1-12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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See Exodus 23:4 f.* (JE) and Leviticus 6:1-7 * (P), and cf. CH. §§ 9- 13.

Deuteronomy 22:5. Peculiar to Dt. In one of the rites of Canaanite, Phœ nician, and Syrian heathenism the sexes changed dresses (see references in Driver).

Deuteronomy 22:6 f. Respect for parenthood, so prominent in Dt. (Deuteronomy 21:18-21, cf. Deuteronomy 5:16) is the probable source of this law (peculiar to Dt.).

Deuteronomy 22:8. Another example of the hunianitarianism (Deuteronomy 15:12-18 *) so characteiistic of Dt. In the East people spend much of their evenings on the flat roof of their houses (Judges 16:27; 1 Samuel 9:25; 2 Samuel 11:2, etc.). They were used for religious ceremonies (Nehemiah 8:16; Jeremiah 19:13; Zephaniah 1:5) and for private prayer (Acts 10:9). Without such a parapet as is here prescribed, accidents would be common. The present writer has spent many a social evening in Palestine on such a house-top, always protected by a parapet or surrounding wall. blood: Deuteronomy 19:10.

Deuteronomy 22:9-11. Leviticus 19:19 * (H).

Deuteronomy 22:12. See Numbers 15:37-41 *. fringes: an inaccurate rendering due to LXX (cf. Matthew 9:20, hem) [RV, border]. What is meant is a kind of tassel found still attached to the Jewish talith or prayer-shawl.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 22:1

Deuteronomy 22:1-12

1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seeda which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.

10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quartersb of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.