SUMMARY OF CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE _If a man be found slain in a field, and the cause of his death be unknown, the murder shall be expiated by the sacrifice of a heifer in an uncultivated valley, 1-4. The rites to be used on the occasion,_ 5-9. _The ordinance concerning marriage with a captive, 10-14. T... [ Continue Reading ]
(b) Expiation for an Unknown Murderer's Crime (Deuteronomy 21:1-9) If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; 2 then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the citie... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) MARRYING WOMEN CAPTIVES (Deuteronomy 21:10-14) 10 When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive, 11 and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take... [ Continue Reading ]
LESSON SEVENTEEN DEUTERONOMY 21:15 TO DEUTERONOMY 23:14 h. FAMILY REGULATIONS (Deuteronomy 21:15-21) (1) THE RIGHT OF THE FIRST-BORN (Deuteronomy 21:15-17) 15 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) THE TREATMENT OF STUBBORN SONS (Deuteronomy 21:18-21) 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; 19 then shall his father and mother lay hold on him, and bring h... [ Continue Reading ]
i. THE SANCTITY OF THE LAND: MAN HANGED ON A TREE (Deuteronomy 21:22-23) 22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; 23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hange... [ Continue Reading ]