any. a soul. Hebrew. neph es h. App-13. Compare Exodus 21:16.
him.. special various reading called Sev ir (App-34), reads "her", fem, to agree with nephesh; or else. female in contrast with the "him" in next sentence.
put evil away. See note on Deuteronomy 13:5.
Compare Deuteronomy 21:14; and Exodus 21:16....
20. CONCERNING DIVORCE AND LAWS OF MERCY CHAPTER 24 _ 1. Concerning divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1)_ 2. Concerning pledge and slavery (Deuteronomy 24:6) 3. Concerning leprosy (Deuteronom
XXIV. 6_ F_., 10- 13, which stood perhaps originally together, belong to the many humanitarian laws of D (Deuteronomy 15:12 *). Corn is still ground in the home in Palestine; this is done by the rotat...
Deuteronomy 24:5 to Deuteronomy 25:4. Thirteen Laws of Equity and Humanity Besides the humane temper common to most of them, and a few cue-words, there are no apparent reasons for their being grouped...
Against Manstealing. If a man be found (see Deuteronomy 21:1; Deuteronomy 22:22) stealing a _brother_(see on Deuteronomy 15:2) Israelite, _and playing the owner_(see...
(9) KIDNAPPING A FELLOW-ISRAELITE (Deuteronomy 24:7) 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall di...
_IF A MAN BE FOUND STEALING ANY OF HIS BRETHREN OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND MAKETH MERCHANDISE OF HIM, OR SELLETH HIM; THEN THAT THIEF SHALL DIE; AND THOU SHALT PUT EVIL AWAY FROM AMONG YOU._ If a...
24:7 one (d-9) Lit. 'a soul.'...
See Exodus 21:16. 8, 9. See Leviticus 13:14 Numbers 12. Miriam, though she was the sister of Moses, had to comply strictly with the laws regulating the separation and purification of lepers....
LAWS REGARDING DIVORCE, PLEDGES, MAN-STEALING, LEPROSY, JUSTICE, AND GLEANING 1-4. The Law of Divorce. The right of the husband to divorce his wife is here acknowledged but is guarded against abuse....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 24 V1 ‘Suppose that a man marries a woman. Later, he decides that She does not please him. He f...
IF A MAN BE FOUND STEALING (A SOUL) ANY OF HIS BRETHREN... — See Exodus 21:16. (8,9) TAKE HEED IN THE PLAGUE OF LEPROSY.... REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD THY GOD DID TO MIRIAM. — The point here seems to be t...
כִּי ־יִמָּצֵ֣א אִ֗ישׁ גֹּנֵ֨ב נֶ֤פֶשׁ מֵ אֶח
LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, elude...
_Soliciting. Hebrew, "stealing a soul;" (Menochius) or decoying one to a distance from home, where he may have an opportunity of selling him for a slave. (Haydock) (Exodus xxi. 16.)_...
Beside the cruelty to the body, in selling a child or youth from his friends, there was yet greater cruelty to the soul, in causing an Israelite to be sent out of his land, whereby he was in danger of...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
The same punishment is here deservedly denounced against man-stealers as against murderers; for, so wretched was the condition of slaves, that liberty was more than half of life; and hence to deprive...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
IF A MAN BE FOUND STEALING ANY OF HIS BRETHREN OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Whether grown up or little, male or female, an Israelite or a proselyte, or a freed servant; all, as Maimonides f says, ar...
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. Ver. 7...
_That thief shall die_ Thus the crime of man-stealing was to be punished with death, though stealing of beasts, or other things, was not....
1 Of diuorce. 5 A new maried man goeth not to warre. 6.10 Of pledges. 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosie. 14 The hire is to be giuen. 16 Of Iustice. 19 Of Charitie. 1 WHEN [NOTE: Matthew 5:31; Matt...
CHIEFLY OF DIVORCE, PLEDGES, AND LEPROSY...
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him, namely, into slavery, THEN THAT THIEF SHALL DIE, AND THOU SHALT PUT EVIL AWAY F...
DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE (vs.1-4) Under law there were cases such as often arise similarly at any time. A man may marry a woman and afterwards be thoroughly dissatisfied with her. This is a warning to...
5-13 It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife; that they carefully avoid every thing which might make them strange one to another. Man-stealing was a capital crime, wh...
SEE POOLE ON "EXODUS 21:16"....
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 24:7 man H376 found H4672 (H8735) kidnapping H1589 (H8802) any H5315 brethren H251 children H1121 I
A KIDNAPPER SHALL DIE (DEUTERONOMY 24:7). Here we have a contrary example of unfair dealing and lack of consideration which must be punished by death. The kidnapper violates the household of his vict...
CONTENTS: Law concerning divorce; miscellaneous regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is of great consequence that love be kept up between husband and wife and that everything be caref...
Deuteronomy 24:1. _Some uncleanness;_ not adultery, but leprosy, secret infirmities, or insupportable wickedness. Moses, says our Saviour; because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put a...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:7 THAT THIEF SHALL DIE. Kidnapping is regarded as theft. It is the only kind of theft that is punishable by death. PURGE THE EVIL. See...
CRITICAL _Notes_.—In this chapter certain duties social and domestic are chosen to illustrate the general application of the law. DEUTERONOMY 24:1. Relation of man and wife. Divorce. The verses are hy...
EXPOSITION LAWS RESPECTING DIVORCE, AGAINST MAN-STEALING AND INJUSTICE. DEUTERONOMY 24:1 _Of divorce_._ _If a man put away his wife because she did not any longer please him, and she became the wife...
Now, When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she finds no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorceme...
1 Timothy 1:10; Deuteronomy 19:19; Exodus 21:16; Exodus 22:1;...