_IF ONE BE FOUND SLAIN IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE
TO POSSESS IT, LYING IN THE FIELD, AND IT BE NOT KNOWN WHO HATH SLAIN
HIM:_
If one be found slain ... lying in the field. The ceremonies here
ordained to be observed on the discovery of a slaughtered corpse show
the ideas of sanc... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THY ELDERS AND THY JUDGES SHALL COME FORTH, AND THEY SHALL
MEASURE UNTO THE CITIES WHICH ARE ROUND ABOUT HIM THAT IS SLAIN:_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THOU GOEST FORTH TO WAR AGAINST THINE ENEMIES, AND THE LORD THY
GOD HATH DELIVERED THEM INTO THINE HANDS, AND THOU HAST TAKEN THEM
CAPTIVE,_
When thou goest forth to war ... and seest among the captives a
beautiful woman (cf. Numbers 31:18). According to the war customs of
all ancient nations... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES, ONE BELOVED, AND ANOTHER HATED, AND THEY
HAVE BORN HIM CHILDREN, BOTH THE BELOVED AND THE HATED; AND IF THE
FIRSTBORN SON BE HERS THAT WAS HATED:_ IF A MAN HAVE TWO WIVES, ONE
BELOVED, AND ANOTHER HATED. In the original, and in all translations
but ours, the words are rende... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF A MAN HAVE A STUBBORN AND REBELLIOUS SON, WHICH WILL NOT OBEY THE
VOICE OF HIS FATHER, OR THE VOICE OF HIS MOTHER, AND THAT, WHEN THEY
HAVE CHASTENED HIM, WILL NOT HEARKEN UNTO THEM:_
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son. A severe law was enacted
in this case. Hebrew parents were not, as... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A MAN HAVE COMMITTED A SIN WORTHY OF DEATH, AND HE BE TO BE
PUT TO DEATH, AND THOU HANG HIM ON A TREE:_
If a man have committed a sin ... and thou hang him on a tree. Hanging
was not a Hebrew form of execution-gibbeting is meant; but the body
was not to be left to rot, or be a prey to raven... [ Continue Reading ]
_HIS BODY SHALL NOT REMAIN ALL NIGHT UPON THE TREE, BUT THOU SHALT IN
ANY WISE BURY HIM THAT DAY; (FOR HE THAT IS HANGED IS ACCURSED OF
GOD;) THAT THY LAND BE NOT DEFILED, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE
FOR AN INHERITANCE._
(For he that is hanged is accursed of God), х_ TAALUWY_ (H8518)] -
susp... [ Continue Reading ]