DEUTERONOMY 12-26, 28. A code of laws (Deuteronomy 1-26) followed by
promises to the obedient and threats of punishment for the rest
(Deuteronomy 28): see Introd., p. 231. The great Deuteronomic law of
one sanctuary is taught or implied in Deuteronomy 12:1 to Deuteronomy
19:13 and hardly in any othe... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY 25:1. Another of Dt.'s humanitarian laws. Punishment by
the bastinado among the ancient Hebrews and Egyptians was common (see
Wilkinson- Birch, _Ancient Egyptians_, i. pp. 305, 308). The present
writer saw it in Egypt in 1888; see Exodus 21:20 (showing that a slave
was sometimes beaten t... [ Continue Reading ]