Deuteronomy 22:1-12

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 dresses (see references in Driver).

Deuteronomy 22:6 f. Respect for parenthood, so prominent in Dt. (Deuteronomy 21:18, 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 *) 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. Leviticus 19:19 * (H).

Deuteronomy 22:12. See Numbers 15:37 *. 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.