CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 22:2. No blood be shed for him.] This is a free translation, which, however, fairly gives the purport of the original words. The Hebrew phrase reads literally: “There is of for him bloods” (’_eyn lo dâmim_), the last word—in the plural—plainly standing for “blood-gulitiness.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 22:8. Judges.] See Critical Note on Exodus 21:6. _SUGGESTIVE COMMENTS ON THE VERSES_ THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN TRUSTS.—_Exodus 22:7_ This paragraph recognises the sanctity of trust reposed on the principles— 1. of neighbourliness; 2. of trade. I. If a man entrusted _propert... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCERNING BORROWING.—_Exodus 22:14_ This is an extension of the preceding principles. Borrowing might be for the purpose of—1, obligation; or 2, trade. I. If that which was borrowed received hurt in the absence of its owner, Exodus 22:14, the owner was to be indemnified. II. But if, as might be... [ Continue Reading ]
_SUGGESTIVE COMMENTS ON THE VERSES_ WITCHCRAFT.—_Exodus 22:18_ The term is here used to represent the whole class of wizards, necromancers, and diviners with which the world has been infested from a very early date, and is in one form or another infested still, who, when not gross impostors, appea... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 22:31. And ye shall be holy men.] This seemingly abrupt clause is to be taken in a relation of strict _sequence_ with all that has gone before. As much as to say: “And so—namely, by your observance of all these instructions—ye shall be (or become) holy men.” It is true that t... [ Continue Reading ]