College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
Deuteronomy 22 - Introduction
SUMMARY OF CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Ordinances relative to strayed cattle and lost goods, 1-3. Humanity to oppressed cattle, 4. Men and women shall not wear other's apparel, 5. No bird shall be taken with her nest of eggs or young ones, 6, 7. Battlements must be made on the roofs of houses, 8. Improper mixtures to be avoided, 9-11. Fringes on the garments, 12. Case of the hated wife, and the tokens of virginity, and the proceedings thereon, 13-21. The adulterer and adulteress to be put to death, 22. Case of the betrothed damsel corrupted in the city, 25, 24. Cases of rape and the punishment, 25-27; of fornication, 28, 29. No man shall take his father's wife, 30.
QUESTIONS, LESSON SEVENTEEN (Deuteronomy 21:15 to Deuteronomy 23:14)
1.
How much of the inheritance was the first-born son to receive?
2.
If such a son was born of a wife that was hated, could this law be changed?
3.
What was the proper treatment of stubborn sons under the Mosaic law?
4.
Was Moses describing a single infraction on the part of this son?
5.
What purpose did this have besides punishing the offender?
6.
What purpose would be served by hanging a dead man on a tree?
7.
Why not let him hang all night?
8.
How did this Jewish law differ from the crucifixion of the Romans?
9.
What was an Israelite to do when he found a lost article or animal?
10.
Why not wear the clothing of the opposite sex?
11.
What could not be taken from the bird's nest?
12.
What safety feature was required on their new homes?
13.
Give a possible reason for not mixing kinds of seed, cloth, etc.
14.
Why have fringed (tasseled) garments?
15.
How did the Pharisees exploit and pervert this purpose?
16.
Who was to prove the virginity of his married daughter when it was challenged? How? Before whom?
17.
How was adultery punished?
18.
What distinction was made between the defilement of a betrothed maiden who lived in the country and one who lived in the city?
19.
Why were the Ammonites and Moabites excluded from the assembly?
20.
The Edomites and Egyptians were both excluded for only three generations, but for different reasons. What reasons?