George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Deuteronomy 24:17
Pervert. Thou shalt not pass an unjust sentence upon any one, particularly (Haydock) upon those who are least able to defend themselves. (Menochius)
Pervert. Thou shalt not pass an unjust sentence upon any one, particularly (Haydock) upon those who are least able to defend themselves. (Menochius)
Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same Deuteronomy 24:18, Deuteronomy 24:22....
20. CONCERNING DIVORCE AND LAWS OF MERCY CHAPTER 24 _ 1. Concerning divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1)_ 2. Concerning pledge and slavery (Deuteronomy 24:6) 3. Concerning leprosy (Deuteronom
Laws in the interest of the sojourner (see Deuteronomy 1:16 *), the orphan (EV, fatherless because the motherless orphan would be seen to by the father), and the widow (Deuteronomy 10:18 *), classes f...
FATHERLESS. Some codices, with The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and Septuagint, read "or the widow". PLEDGE. Not Hebrew. _'abot_ as Deuteronomy 24:10, but _kabal,_ as in Deuteronomy 24:6....
Against Injustice to the _Gçr_, the Orphan and the Widow, the three classes so earnestly cared for by D, Deuteronomy 24:19; Deuteronomy 10:18, _q.v._, Deuteronomy 14:29;...
NOR _of the fatherless_ So LXX, Syr., etc. Heb. omits _nor_. Add (with LXX B) NOR OF THE WIDOW....
Deuteronomy 24:5 to Deuteronomy 25:4. Thirteen Laws of Equity and Humanity Besides the humane temper common to most of them, and a few cue-words, there are no apparent reasons for their being grouped...
_VER._ 17. _THOU SHALT NOT PERVERT THE JUDGMENT OF THE STRANGER,_ &C.— Concerning this humane and tender provision for strangers, the fatherless, and widows, we refer to the places in the Margin of ou...
(14) JUSTICE TO THE INDIGENT (Deuteronomy 24:17-18) 17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice _due_ to the sojourner, _or_ to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge; 18 but thou shalt remem...
_THOU SHALT NOT PERVERT THE JUDGMENT OF THE STRANGER, NOR OF THE FATHERLESS; NOR TAKE A WIDOW'S RAIMENT TO PLEDGE:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
LAWS REGARDING DIVORCE, PLEDGES, MAN-STEALING, LEPROSY, JUSTICE, AND GLEANING 1-4. The Law of Divorce. The right of the husband to divorce his wife is here acknowledged but is guarded against abuse....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 24 V1 ‘Suppose that a man marries a woman. Later, he decides that She does not please him. He f...
(17-22) THE STRANGER, THE FATHERLESS, AND THE WIDOW — are the subject of all the laws in these verses. For the first two (Deuteronomy 24:17), see Exodus 22:22. As to the harvest, see Leviticus 23:22....
לֹ֣א תַטֶּ֔ה מִשְׁפַּ֖ט גֵּ֣ר יָתֹ֑ום וְ לֹ֣א
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...
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the (g) stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: (g) Because the world valued these people least, therefore God has most care ov...
The consciousness of our past ruined state, when in the awakened condition of a poor sinner, a stranger to GOD and to CHRIST, is the best of all possible arguments, to induce compassion to the souls o...
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...
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...
THOU SHALT NOT PERVERT THE JUDGMENT OF THE STRANGER, [NOR] OF THE FATHERLESS,.... Who are unable to defend themselves, and have but few, if any, to take their part; and therefore particular care shoul...
_Raiment_ Not such as he hath daily and necessary use of, as being poor. But this concerns not rich persons, nor superfluous raiment....
1 Of diuorce. 5 A new maried man goeth not to warre. 6.10 Of pledges. 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosie. 14 The hire is to be giuen. 16 Of Iustice. 19 Of Charitie. 1 WHEN [NOTE: Matthew 5:31; Matt...
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, Exodus 22:20; Exodus 23:9; NOR TAKE A WIDOW'S RAIMENT TO PLEDGE. Cf Leviticus 19:33....
KINDNESS TOWARD THE POOR AND NEEDY...
DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE (vs.1-4) Under law there were cases such as often arise similarly at any time. A man may marry a woman and afterwards be thoroughly dissatisfied with her. This is a warning to...
14-22 It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosity of spirit, are pleasing to God, and becoming...
NOR OF THE FATHERLESS; nor of the _widow_, which is to be supplied out of the last member; nor indeed of any other person; but he particularly mentions these, partly because men are most apt to wrong...
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 24:17 pervert H5186 (H8686) justice H4941 stranger H1616 fatherless H3490 widows H490 garment H899 pledge...
JUSTICE MUST BE DONE TO THE WEAK (DEUTERONOMY 24:17). Consideration and fair play must be extended to the very weakest in society. They most of all depend on it. Deuteronomy 24:17 ‘ You shall not di...
CONTENTS: Law concerning divorce; miscellaneous regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife and that everything be caref...
Deuteronomy 24:1. _Some uncleanness;_ not adultery, but leprosy, secret infirmities, or insupportable wickedness. Moses, says our Saviour; because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put a...
CRITICAL _Notes_.—In this chapter certain duties social and domestic are chosen to illustrate the general application of the law. DEUTERONOMY 24:1. Relation of man and wife. Divorce. The verses are hy...
EXPOSITION LAWS RESPECTING DIVORCE, AGAINST MAN-STEALING AND INJUSTICE. DEUTERONOMY 24:1 _Of divorce_._ _If a man put away his wife because she did not any longer please him, and she became the wife...
Now, When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she finds no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorceme...
1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 12:4; Amos 5:7; Deuteronomy 16:19; D
Raiment — Not such as she hath daily and necessary use of, as being poor. But this concerns not rich persons, nor superfluous raiment....