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Verse Exodus 22:16. _IF A MAN ENTICE A MAID_] This was an exceedingly
wise and humane law, and must have operated powerfully against
seduction and fornication; because the person who might feel incli...
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See the marginal references....
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CHAPTER 22 FURTHER JUDGMENTS
_ 1. Concerning theft (Exodus 22:1)_
2. Concerning neglect in case of fire (Exodus 22:6)
3. Concerning dishonesty (Exodus 22:7)
4. Concerning immoralities and forbidde...
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EXODUS 22:7 E. BREACH OF TRUST. A man going on a journey would make
his neighbour his banker. If the money or valuables were stolen, the
thief, if found, was to pay double (Exodus 22:7); otherwise the...
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_a_ MARRIAGE-PRICE] Heb. _môhar_, Arab, _mahr_; i.e. not a -dowry,"
but the price paid for the wife to her parents or family, according to
ancient Hebrew custom (cf. Genesis 34:12; 1 Samuel 18:25). Th...
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Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33
_The Book of the Covenant_
The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the
name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The
laws co...
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Compensation for the seduction of an unbetrothed maiden The unmarried
and unbetrothed daughter counts as part of her father's property; by
the loss of her virginity her value is diminished; her father...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) If the
thief be found breaking in,...
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_AND IF A MAN ENTICE A MAID THAT IS NOT BETROTHED, AND LIE WITH HER,
HE SHALL SURELY ENDOW HER TO BE HIS WIFE._
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed. The insertion of
this case in a serie...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED)
1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox
is probably due to the fact that it is an animal used for labour, and
of proportionately hig...
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 22
LAWS ABOUT PROPERTY – VERSES 1-15
V1 The *LORD continued to spe...
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IF A MAN ENTICE A MAID. — The seduction of a maiden is regarded more
seriously in primitive than in more advanced communities. The father
looked to receive a handsome sum (ἕδνα) from the man to whom h...
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MISCELLANEOUS LAWS.
(16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is
impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which can,
therefore, only be regarded as miscellaneous. Mo...
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_[Exodus 22:15]_ וְ כִֽי ־יְפַתֶּ֣ה אִ֗ישׁ
בְּתוּלָ֛ה...
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CHAPTER XXII.
_ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._
PART IV.
Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19.
The Fourth section of this law within the law consists of enactments,
curiously disconnected, many of them without...
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The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo
21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying
emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that...
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Deuteronomy 22:25....
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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Hence, also, it is manifest that, although God remits the judicial
penalty, fornication is displeasing to Him. As to the spiritual
judgment of the conscience, there were expiations to propitiate Him;...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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AND IF A MAN ENTICE A MAID, THAT IS NOT BETROTHED,.... For one might
be betrothed according to the custom of those times, and not be
married, or the nuptials consummated, and so be yet a maid or virgi...
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1 Of theft.
5 Of dammage.
7 Of trespasses. 14.Of borrowing.
16 Of fornication.
18 Of witchcraft.
19 Of bestialitie.
20 Of idolatrie.
21 Of strangers, widowes, and fatherlesse.
25 Of vsurie.
2...
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REGARDING VARIOUS SOCIAL RELATIONS...
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And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her,
thus seducing her and robbing her of her honor and virginity, HE SHALL
SURELY ENDOW HER TO BE HIS WIFE. The crime could be expiated...
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C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH
Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33
_a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_
1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
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LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY
(vs.1-15)
While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also
responsible as to how he uses it. If one were to dig a pit, even on
his own property, and leave...
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IF A MAN ENTICE A MAID, by persuasions, promise of marriage,
allurements, or rewards. But if she were betrothed, it was punished
with death, DEUTERONOMY 22:23,24....
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The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to
impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and
infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character
of...
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Exodus 22:16 man H376 entices H6601 (H8762) virgin H1330 betrothed
H781 (H8795) lies H7901 (H8804) shall...
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TWO FURTHER COMMANDMENTS (EXODUS 22:14).
Both these verses begin with ‘and if', differentiating them from the
previous section. They deal with borrowing and enticement and stand on
their own.
BORROW...
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EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS
23:33).
In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in
chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
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CONTENTS: Judgments on rights of property; crimes against humanity.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: Man's attitude to his fellow man will be based on his
attitude to God and His law.
KEY WORD:...
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Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there
shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his
own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...
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_If a man entice a maid._
LESSONS
1. Providence may suffer men through strength of lust to entice and
defile virgins.
2. Such enticing and polluting is grievous sin against God and man
abhorred of...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 22:16 Although SEDUCES probably implies mutual
consent, the man must provide for the woman he has seduced, both by
marrying her (unless the father UTTERLY REFUSES) and by paying...
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CONCERNING BORROWING.—_Exodus 22:14_
This is an extension of the preceding principles. Borrowing might be
for the purpose of—1, obligation; or 2, trade.
I. If that which was borrowed received hurt i...
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EXPOSITION
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS (Exodus 22:16-2)
EXODUS 22:16, EXODUS 22:17
_Laws against seduction_. It has been
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EXPOSITION
II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the
consideration of injuries to the person, the legislator proceeds to
treat of injuries to property, and, as he has been sp...
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If a man shall steal an ox, and kill it, [The rustlers] and sell it;
he shall restore five oxen for an ox, four sheep for a sheep (Exodus
22:1).
You see in those days they were interested in taking ca...
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a man entice Genesis 34:2 Deuteronomy 22:28 Deuteronomy 22:29...