1 Corinthians 13:7
Sins against Pure Marriages. Deuteronomy 22:14 . tokens of virginity: their absence is now known not to be necessarily a proof of pre-nuptial unc...
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
Laws regarding Lost Property, Distinction of Sex in Apparel, and Chastity 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note.
Deuteronomy 22:23-27 . PURITY OF THE BETROTHED. (24) His neighbour’s wife. — It is evident from the language of this precept that a betrothed v...
LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE) IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of relig...
LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspirati...
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...
Some of the laws in this book of Leviticus, were before given: Leviticus 20:10 . The repetition in this place, only serves to intimate their importa...
For he found her in the field ,.... Which is a circumstance in her favour, from which it might he presumed that she was forced, and did not consent;...
She cried not And therefore is justly presumed to have consented to it. As when a man riseth against his neighbour, even so is this matter Not an...
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,...
The Punishment of Fornication. B. C. 1451....
The damsel cried; which is in that case to be presumed; charity obliging us to believe the best till the contrary be manifest.
Dealing With Sexual Misbehaviour ( Deuteronomy 22:22-30 ). Various aspect of sexual misbehaviour are dealt with in this passage with the most hei...
Dealing With The Rape of a Betrothed Woman ( Deuteronomy 22:25-27 ). Deuteronomy 22:25-27 ‘ But if the man find the young woman who is betro...
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, r...
Deuteronomy 22:5 . All that do so are abomination to the Lord. The note of Maimonides here is, that men presenting themselves before Venus, appear...
EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST , THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES , THE TAKING OF BIRDS ,...
Various Sins Against the Sanctity of Holy Wedlock
for he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, called for help, and there was none to save her. It was a plain case of rape.
The damsel cried — Which is in that case to be presumed; charity obliging us to believe the best, 'till the contrary be manifest.
27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.