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Verse Exodus 22:18. _THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER A WITCH TO LIVE._] If
there had been no _witches_, such a law as this had never been made.
The existence of the _law_, given under the direction of the Spir...
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THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER A WITCH TO LIVE - See the marginal references.
and Leviticus 20:27. The witch is here named to represent the class.
This is the earliest denunciation of witchcraft in the law. In...
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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 22:18 E. VARIOUS ORDINANCES. From this point up to Exodus 23:9
we have to do with miscellaneous laws, differing in the main both in
form and substance from the Judgments, and therefore here reg...
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WITCH OR SPIRITIST. Medium to or from, from root to _mutter,_ as to
some demon. Compare Leviticus 19:26; Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:27;...
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Magic and divination were practised extensively in the ancient world,
as indeed they are still among uncivilised peoples and among the
uneducated even in civilised countries: we have particularly abun...
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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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THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER A WITCH TO LIVE— What is here translated
_witch,_ is rendered _sorcerer,_ ch. Exodus 7:11 where see an account
of the word. In various passages of the law, some of which are poin...
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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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_THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER A WITCH TO LIVE._
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live, х_ MªKASHEEPAAH_ (H3784)] -
a practitioner in magic and incantations; a juggler, who pretended by
skill in occult scien...
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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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A WITCH] RV 'sorceress.' The word is the same as that in Exodus 7:11.
Sorcery, or the pretended holding communication with evil spirits, is
a form of idolatry or rebellion against Jehovah, and punishe...
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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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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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THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER A WITCH TO LIVE. — The word translated
“witch” in this passage is the feminine singular of that rendered
by “sorcerers” in Exodus 7:11, and means “a mutterer of
charms.” The use...
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_[Exodus 22:17]_ מְכַשֵּׁפָ֖ה לֹ֥א
תְחַיֶּֽה׃ ס...
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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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_Wizards. Hebrew, "a witch." Women are more given to such delusions,
which imply an apostacy from God to serve the devil, and disturb the
republic._...
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Lev_19:31; Lev_20:6; Lev_20:27....
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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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18._Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. _In these passages the
punishment of those is appointed who should in any respect violate the
worship of God. We have lately seen how severely God avenged ap...
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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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THOU SHALL NOT SUFFER A WITCH TO LIVE. Such that had familiar spirits,
and conversed with them, and by means thereof got knowledge of many
things relating to persons, at least pretending they did; and...
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Witchcraft not only gives that honour to the devil which is due to God
alone, but bids defiance to the divine providence, wages war with
God's government, puts his work into the devil's hand, expectin...
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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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Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live; every one, man or woman,
actually guilty of witchcraft, was to be put to death. The sorceress
is merely named because women were more addicted to this practice t...
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REGARDING VARIOUS SOCIAL RELATIONS...
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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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i.e. Any person that is in league with the devil, and by his help
either doth any mischief, or discovers and practices things above the
reach of other men or women. Of which see Exodus 7:11 Leviticus...
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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 22:18 sorceress H3784 (H8764) live H2421 (H8762)
Leviticus 19:26,...
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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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SUNDRY REGULATIONS (EXODUS 22:18 TO EXODUS 23:9).
The regulations that follow are mainly apodictic, direct commands made
specifically by God requiring total obedience. As such they are not
paralleled...
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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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_Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live._
SPIRITUALISM-MODERN WITCHCRAFT
The Bible regards witchcraft--
1. As a stern and diabolical reality (Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy
18:9).
2. As unlawful traff...
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_SUGGESTIVE COMMENTS ON THE VERSES_
WITCHCRAFT.—_Exodus 22:18_
The term is here used to represent the whole class of wizards,
necromancers, and diviners with which the world has been infested from
a...
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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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Leviticus 19:26 Leviticus 19:31 Leviticus 20:6 Leviticus 20:27...
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Witchcraft not only gives that honour to the devil which is due to God
alone, but bids defiance to the divine providence, wages war with
God's government, puts his work into the devil's hand expecting...