Battlement. This precaution was necessary, because all their houses had flat tops; and it was usual to walk and to converse together upon them. (Challoner) --- King Ochozias had the misfortune to fall from the top of his house, (4 Kings i. 2,) and David saw Bethsabee when he was walking on the roof of his palace, 2 Kings xi. 2. Saul slept at the top of Samuel's house, 1 Kings ix. 25. See Josue ii. 6., and Matthew x. 27. (Haydock)
Verse Deuteronomy 22:8. _A BATTLEMENT FOR THY ROOF_] Houses in the East are in general built with flat roofs, and on them men walk to enjoy the fresh air, converse together, sleep, c. it was therefor...
These precepts are designed to cultivate a spirit of humanity. Compare Deuteronomy 25:4; Leviticus 22:28; and 1 Corinthians 9:9....
18. AGAINST INHUMANITY AND DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS, False Testimony and Sins of Adultery CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Laws against inhumanity (Deuteronomy 22:1)_ 2. Concerning false testimony (Deuteronomy 22:13)...
See Exodus 23:4 f.* (JE) and Leviticus 6:1 * (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 dresse...
BATTLEMENT: i.e.. low wall about three feet high running round the flat roof....
Of Protecting Roofs. Only in D. E, Exodus 21:33 f., exacts from him who leaves a pit open the price of a beast fallen into it, but says nothing as to houses. D's frequent reference to building is anot...
_VER._ 8. _THOU SHALT MAKE A BATTLEMENT FOR THY ROOF_— The Jewish houses were flat-roofed, for the convenience of taking the air and discoursing together, or for meditation and prayer in little closet...
(4) BATTLEMENTS FOR NEW BUILDINGS (Deuteronomy 22:8) 8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from t...
_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. T...
LAWS REGARDING LOST PROPERTY, DISTINCTION OF SEX IN APPAREL, AND CHASTITY 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note....
The roofs of Eastern houses were flat, and used not only for drying grain (Joshua 2:6), but as an open-air parlour when coolness or privacy was sought: see e.g. 1 Samuel 9:25; 2 Samuel 11:2;...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 22 V1 ‘You may see that your neighbour’s *ox or sheep is loose. If you do, you must not avoid i...
WHEN THOU BUILDEST A NEW HOUSE. — Obviously the Law refers to houses with flat roofs, upon which it was customary to walk (1 Samuel 9:25; 2 Samuel 11:2)....
כִּ֤י תִבְנֶה֙ בַּ֣יִת חָדָ֔שׁ וְ עָשִׂ֥יתָ מ
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 inadequate as...
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 aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, elude...
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 an...
So sacred in the sight of GOD was the shedding of blood. No doubt, in all these precepts, the grand object was, to keep in view the blood of atonement by the LORD JESUS....
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
This precept also has reference to the preservation of human life. We know that the roofs of the Jewish houses were fiat, so that they might freely walk upon them. If there were no railings round them...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
WHEN THOU BUILDEST A NEW HOUSE,.... Which is to be understood of a house to dwell in, not of a granary, barn, or stable, or such like, and every house that is not four cubits square, as Maimonides obs...
_Thou shalt make a battlement_ A fence or breast-work, because the roofs of their houses were made flat, that men might walk on them. _Blood_ The guilt of blood, by a man's fall from the top of thy ho...
1 Of humanitie toward brethren. 5 The sexe is to bee distinguished by apparell. 6 The dam is not to be taken with her yong ones. 8 The house must haue battlements. 9 Confusion is to be auoyded. 1...
VARIOUS MINOR REGULATIONS...
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, a parapet, or railing, along the edge of the flat roof, as they are customary in the Orient, THAT THOU BRING NOT BLOOD U...
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 disc...
5-12 God's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye and care. Yet the tendency of these...
A BATTLEMENT, i.e. a fence or breastwork, because the roofs of their houses were made flat or plain, that men might walk on them. See Judges 16:27 1 Samuel 9:25 2 Samuel 11:2...
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 22:8 build H1129 (H8799) new H2319 house H1004 make H6213 (H8804) parapet H4624 roof H1406 bring
ISRAEL MUST AVOID ALL THAT IS UNSEEMLY (DEUTERONOMY 22:5) Israel was to avoid all that was unseemly. That had applied with regard to what living things could be eaten (Deuteronomy 14:3). Now it applie...
ANY ROOF MUST HAVE A PROTECTING PARAPET TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING (DEUTERONOMY 22:8). Here the idea was of thoughtfulness of the dangers we can put others in by carelessness with regard to safety...
CONTENTS: Law of brotherhood, separation, unchaste wives and husbands. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Christianity teaches us to be neighborly and to be ready to do all good offices as we have...
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 presenting t...
_Make a battlement for thy roof._ PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE A careful study of the tone and teaching of Deuteronomy can hardly fail to impress the reader with its profound ethical and religious spirit. Wh...
BATTLEMENTS When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof. Deuteronomy 22:8. I suppose not more than two or three of you have actually seen an Eastern house. But all...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 22:8 Builders and homeowners must take adequate safety measures. Flat roofs were used for various household activities, including sleeping in hot weather....
CRITICAL NOTES.—The cases stated and provided for in Deuteronomy 22:1 seem selected by way of example, and belong, according to our notions, rather to ethics than to law. It in noteworthy that no pena...
EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST, THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES, THE TAKING OF BIRDS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF
Now in chapter twenty-two, now in those days they punished people for none involvement. If you saw your brother's ox or his sheep going astray, and you just try to ignore it: [you don't go out and get...
1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; 2 Samuel 11:2; Acts 10:9;...
A battlement — A fence or breastwork, because the roofs of their houses were made flat, that men might walk on them. Blood — The guilt of blood, by a man's fall from the top of thy house, thro' thy ne...