This and the next two chapters contain enactments designed to protect human life, and to impress its sanctity on Israel. In Deuteronomy 19:1 the directions respecting the preparation of the roads to the cities of refuge, the provision of additional cities in case of an extension of territory, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
As a man’s life is to be held sacred, so are his means of livelihood; and in this connection a prohibition is inserted against removing a neighbor’s landmark: compare the marginal references.... [ Continue Reading ]
TESTIFY AGAINST HIM THAT WHICH IS WRONG - Margin, more literally, “a falling away.” The word is used Deuteronomy 13:5 to signify apostasy or revolt; here it is no doubt to be understood in the wider sense of any departure from the Law.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTH THE MEN, BETWEEN WHOM THE CONTROVERSY IS - Not the accused and the false witness, but the plaintiff and defendant (compare Exodus 23:1) who were summoned before the supreme court held, as provided in Deuteronomy 17, at the sanctuary. The judges acted as God’s representative; to lie to them was... [ Continue Reading ]
See the marginal references.... [ Continue Reading ]