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. Ver. 1. _Thou shalt not see thy brothers._] No not thine enemies; Exo 23:4 for, have we not all one father? Mal 2:10 _See Trapp on "_ Mat 5:44 _"_... [ 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. Ver. 5. _The woman shall not wear._] Because it is against both natural and civil honesty. _ Neither shall a man put on_] That is, sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Deuteronomy 22:7 [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. Ver. 7. _And that thou mayest prolong, &c._] They were commanded to spare the dam, because she represented the parents in bringing up o... [ 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. Ver. 9. _And the fruit of thy vineyard be defiled._] Heb., Be sanctified, _per antiphrasin,_ as, _auri sacra fames; _ and Anthony's fire is _ignis sacer._ S... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. Ver. 10. _Thou shalt not plough._] These laws were made to set forth how God abhorreth all mixtures in religion, and how carefully men should keep their minds from being "corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." 2Co 11:3... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself]. Ver. 12. _Wherewith thou coverest thyself._] _Ne in motu aliquid indecorum appareat; _ Lust and malice are sharp sighted. 2 Samuel 11:2 _; _ 2Sa 6:20... [ Continue Reading ]
And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: Ver. 14. _I found her not a maid._] _Silvester Petra-sancta Iesuita calumniatur puellas plerunque corruptas nuptui dari in Reformato Evangelio: Q... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth [the tokens of] the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: Ver. 15. _Then shall the father of the damsel._] Whose house hereby was dishonested, and by whom his daughter's honour was to be defended, especi... [ Continue Reading ]
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; Ver. 16. _And he hateth her._] Which is a monster in nature. Eph 5:28-29... [ Continue Reading ]
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech [against her], saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these [are the tokens of] my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. Ver. 17. _These are the tokens._] Which in those countries seldom or never fai... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. Ver. 19. _He hath brought up an evil name._] Which is a kind... [ Continue Reading ]
But if this thing be true, [and the tokens of] virginity be not found for the damsel: Ver. 20. _And the tokens._] Nor any natural impediment can be proved, as the Hebrews explain it.... [ Continue Reading ]
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, [both] the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. Ver. 22. _With a woman married._] Adultery was punished with death; because society and the purity of posteri... [ Continue Reading ]
Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. Ver. 24. Humbled his neighb... [ 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: Ver. 25. _And the man force her, and lie with her._] It was a speech of Charles V, emperor, If that impure fellow, Farnesius, who being the Pope's general, had... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days._ Ver. 29. _She shall be his wife._] Howbeit he must be humbled before the Lord, for entering into his ordinanc... [ Continue Reading ]