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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
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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...
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THE SUN GO DOWN. Compare James 5:4.
AND SETTETH. and he lifteth up.
HIS HEART. his soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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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...
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Payment of the Wage-earner. Whether Israelite or _gçr_, if he be
poor, his wage is to be paid the day he earns it; if he has to appeal
to God it will be sin to thee. Sg. with _brother_(not _neighbour_...
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_his day_ Cp. Job 14:6; Matthew 20:2.
_setteth his heart_ Lit. _lifteth up his desire_(_nephesh_). The Heb.
term with its several meanings suggests how his life depends on his
wage. Being poor he can...
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_VER._ 15. _AT HIS DAY THOU SHALT GIVE HIM HIS HIRE_— This
particularly concerns those who live by their daily labour: they ought
to be paid before the sun goes down; all ought to receive their wages,...
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(12) PAYING THE POOR HIRED SERVANT (Deuteronomy 24:14-15)
14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy,
whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy
land wit...
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_THOU SHALT NOT OPPRESS AN HIRED SERVANT THAT IS POOR AND NEEDY,
WHETHER HE BE OF THY BRETHREN, OR OF THY STRANGERS THAT ARE IN THY
LAND WITHIN THY GATES:_
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant tha...
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24:15 poor, (e-21) Or 'afflicted,' as ch. 15.11. it; (g-27) Lit. 'he
lifteth his soul to it.' in (h-40) Or 'there be sin upon.'...
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Another humane principle of far reaching application....
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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....
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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...
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THOU SHALT NOT OPPRESS AN HIRED SERVANT. — So Leviticus 19:13.
“The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night
until the morning.” (Comp. also Jeremiah 22:13; Malachi 3:5;...
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בְּ יֹומֹו֩ תִתֵּ֨ן שְׂכָרֹ֜ו וְֽ לֹא
־תָבֹ֧ו
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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...
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_Maintaineth: encourageth him. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "in it he
placeth his hope." (Haydock) --- Day labourers are obliged to support
themselves and families with their wages; (Menochius) so that if...
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The justice, to say nothing of the mercy, of this precept, is too
obvious. The LORD grant, that no cry of my poor brother, or of a
stranger, may ever go up to my GOD against me. Reader! think only wha...
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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...
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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...
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AT HIS DAY THOU SHALT GIVE [HIM] HIS HIRE,.... At the close of the
day, when his work is done, the hire agreed for must be paid him; and,
by the same rule, all such that were hired by the week, month,...
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_Not oppress a hired servant_ By detaining his wages from him when
due, which is the meaning of oppression here, as appears from the next
verse. _At his day thou shalt give him his hire_ That is, at t...
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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...
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at his day, that is, day by day, THOU SHALT GIVE HIM HIS HIRE, NEITHER
SHALL THE SUN GO DOWN UPON IT, Jeremiah 22:13; James 5:4; FOR HE IS
POOR, AND SETTETH HIS HEART UPON IT, he desires to have his w...
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KINDNESS TOWARD THE POOR AND NEEDY...
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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...
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SETTETH HIS HEART UPON IT:
_ Heb._ lifteth his soul unto it...
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14-22 It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair
conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them,
and generosity of spirit, are pleasing to God, and becoming...
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AT HIS DAY; at the time appointed, weekly or daily. NEITHER SHALL THE
SUN GO DOWN UPON IT, to wit, after the day upon which it is due, and
desired or demanded by him; for justice must not be denied or...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 24:15 day H3117 give H5414 (H8799) wages H7939 sun H8121
down H935 (H8799) poor H6041 set...
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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...
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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...
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_Thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, measure._
THE CHRISTIAN IN COMMERCE
I. Endeavour to point out what Christianity requires of a man in his
dealings in business with his fellow men.
1. The...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 15:9; Exodus 22:23; Exodus 22:24; Isaiah 5:7; James 5:4;...
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At this day — At the time appointed, weekly or daily....