_At the end of every seven years. .. a release._ ECONOMICAL LAWS One of the things that strikes a reader of Deuteronomy, and indeed of the Old Testament in general, is the way in which all kinds of subjects are brought under the scope of religion. The modern mind is ready with distinctions, and cla... [ Continue Reading ]
_The beasts which ye shall eat._ GOD’S PROVISION FOR MAN’S TABLE I. Provision, Divine in its source. Israel could not have procured it and would not have known without Divine teaching what was good for them. Recognise that power which can “furnish a table in the wilderness” (Psalms 78:19). II. Pr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk._ CULTIVATION OF THE FEELINGS A CHRISTIAN DUTY I. That which commentators upon Scripture have found intricate and uncertain, writers of a more secular character have seized upon and read rightly. Some of you may remember the use made of it in one of... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tithe all the increase of thy seed._ SYSTEMATIC PROVISION FOR BENEFICENT WORK I. The duty of God’s people. In Jewish law God claimed tithes and gifts for the worship of the sanctuary and the necessities of the poor. Conspicuous features of these demands are--the priority of God’s claim--that provi... [ Continue Reading ]