If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Ver. 17. He shall pay.] No fine is laid upon her, because she had nothing of her own; and she had lost her honour in losing her virginity. 1Th 4:4 See Trapp on " 1Th 4:4 "
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CHAPTER 22 FURTHER JUDGMENTS _ 1. Concerning theft (Exodus 22:1)_ 2. Concerning neglect in case of fire (Exodus 22:6) 3. Concerning dishonesty (Exodus 22:7) 4. Concerning immoralities and forbidde...
EXODUS 22:7 E. BREACH OF TRUST. A man going on a journey would make his neighbour his banker. If the money or valuables were stolen, the thief, if found, was to pay double (Exodus 22:7); otherwise the...
DOWRY. 50 shekels. Deuteronomy 22:29. See App-51....
Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33 _The Book of the Covenant_ The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The laws co...
If, however, the father will not give her in marriage to her seducer, he must still pay him the usual MARRIAGE-PRICE that would be expected for a daughter. In Deuteronomy 22:28 the penalty for rape Is...
Compensation for the seduction of an unbetrothed maiden The unmarried and unbetrothed daughter counts as part of her father's property; by the loss of her virginity her value is diminished; her father...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) If the thief be found breaking in,...
_IF HER FATHER UTTERLY REFUSE TO GIVE HER UNTO HIM, HE SHALL PAY MONEY ACCORDING TO THE DOWRY OF VIRGINS._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED) 1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and of proportionately hig...
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 22 LAWS ABOUT PROPERTY – VERSES 1-15 V1 The *LORD continued to spe...
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS. (16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which can, therefore, only be regarded as miscellaneous. Mo...
HE SHALL PAY MONEY ACCORDING TO THE DOWRY OF VIRGINS. — It is not stated what the amount was to be in this case; but probably it was more than in the other....
_[Exodus 22:16]_ אִם ־מָאֵ֧ן יְמָאֵ֛ן אָבִ֖יהָ לְ...
CHAPTER XXII. _ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._ PART IV. Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19. The Fourth section of this law within the law consists of enactments, curiously disconnected, many of them without...
The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo 21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that...
_Money. Fifty sicles, as it is expressed, Deuteronomy xxi. 29. If the maid were of high birth, the magistrates might inflict other punishments on the seducer._...
Genesis 34:12; Deuteronomy 22:29....
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as He had...
IF HER FATHER UTTERLY REFUSE TO GIVE HER UNTO HIM,.... For wife, either because of his character, family, or circumstances; or, however, being disagreeable to him on one account or another, and theref...
_If the father refuse, he shall pay money_ This shows how ill a thing it is, and by no means to be allowed, that children should marry without their parents' consent: even here, where the divine law a...
1 Of theft. 5 Of dammage. 7 Of trespasses. 14.Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft. 19 Of bestialitie. 20 Of idolatrie. 21 Of strangers, widowes, and fatherlesse. 25 Of vsurie. 2...
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay, weigh out, MONEY ACCORDING TO THE DOWRY OF VIRGINS. This procedure, in a way, reinstated the girl as a virgin, and she was afterwards n...
REGARDING VARIOUS SOCIAL RELATIONS...
C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33 _a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_ 1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY (vs.1-15) While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on his own property, and leave...
PAY: _ Heb._ weigh...
This shows the necessity of parents consent in marriage. ACCORDING TO THE DOWRY OF VIRGINS, i.e. in such proportion as the virgin's quality requires; for there was no certain and equal dowry appointed...
The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character of...
Exodus 22:17 father H1 utterly H3985 (H8763) refuses H3985 (H8762) give H5414 (H8800) pay H8254 ...
TWO FURTHER COMMANDMENTS (EXODUS 22:14). Both these verses begin with ‘and if', differentiating them from the previous section. They deal with borrowing and enticement and stand on their own. BORROW...
EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS 23:33). In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
CONTENTS: Judgments on rights of property; crimes against humanity. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Man's attitude to his fellow man will be based on his attitude to God and His law. KEY WORD:...
Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...
_If a man entice a maid._ LESSONS 1. Providence may suffer men through strength of lust to entice and defile virgins. 2. Such enticing and polluting is grievous sin against God and man abhorred of...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 22:16 Although SEDUCES probably implies mutual consent, the man must provide for the woman he has seduced, both by marrying her (unless the father UTTERLY REFUSES) and by paying...
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 i...
EXPOSITION MISCELLANEOUS LAWS (Exodus 22:16-2) EXODUS 22:16, EXODUS 22:17 _Laws against seduction_. It has been
EXPOSITION II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the consideration of injuries to the person, the legislator proceeds to treat of injuries to property, and, as he has been sp...
If a man shall steal an ox, and kill it, [The rustlers] and sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, four sheep for a sheep (Exodus 22:1). You see in those days they were interested in taking ca...
utterly Deuteronomy 7:3 Deuteronomy 7:4 pay. Heb. weigh Genesis 23:16 dowry of virgins Genesis 34:12...
If the father refused, he shall pay money — This shews how ill a thing it is, and by no means to be allowed, that children should marry without their parents consent: even here where the divine law ap...