_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._ Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox ... "Brother" is a term of extensive application, comprehending persons of every description-not a relative, neighb... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man. Disguises were assumed at certain times in pagan temples. Maimonides ('More... [ Continue Reading ]
_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:_ If a bird's nest chance to be before thee. This is a beautiful instance of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof. The tops of houses in ancient Judea, as in the East still, were flat, being composed of branches or t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT SOW THY VINEYARD WITH DIVERS SEEDS: LEST THE FRUIT OF THY SEED WHICH THOU HAST SOWN, AND THE FRUIT OF THY VINEYARD, BE DEFILED._ Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds - (see the note at Leviticus 19:19.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT PLOW WITH AN OX AND AN ASS TOGETHER._ Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. Whether this association, like the mixture of seeds, had been dictated by superstitious motives, and the prohibition was symbolical, designed to teach a moral lesson (2 Corinthians 6:14), may o... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT WEAR A GARMENT OF DIVERS SORTS, AS OF WOOLLEN AND LINEN TOGETHER._ Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts. The essence of the crime (Zephaniah 1:8) consisted, not in wearing a woolen and a linen robe, nor in the two stuffs being woven together-for some portions of the high pr... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT MAKE THEE FRINGES UPON THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THY VESTURE, WHEREWITH THOU COVEREST THYSELF._ Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters - tassels on the corners of the outer coat; or, according to some eminent Biblical interpreters, tassels on the coverlet of the bed. The precept... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into usages unknown to the languag... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT IF A MAN FIND A BETROTHED DAMSEL IN THE FIELD, AND THE MAN FORCE HER, AND LIE WITH HER: THEN THE MAN ONLY THAT LAY WITH HER SHALL DIE:_ If a man find a betrothed damsel. If a young woman was seduced after betrothal, and before the consummation of her marriage, both she and her seducer were to... [ Continue Reading ]