SUMMARY OF CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO _Ordinances relative to strayed cattle and lost goods, 1-3. Humanity to oppressed cattle, 4. Men and women shall not wear other's apparel, 5. No bird shall be taken with her nest of eggs or young ones, 6, 7. Battlements must be made on the roofs of houses, 8. Improper... [ Continue Reading ]
j. LIFE IN THE NEW LAND: VARIOUS LAWS (Deuteronomy 22:1-12) (1) LOST POSSESSIONS (Deuteronomy 22:1-4) Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou k... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) APPROPRIATE CLOTHING FOR THE SEX (Deuteronomy 22:5) 5 A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 22:5 362. Why such a strong prohibition agai... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) NESTING BIRDS (Deuteronomy 22:6-7) 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7 thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young t... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) BATTLEMENTS FOR NEW BUILDINGS (Deuteronomy 22:8) 8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 22:8 366. God was even interested in the design of the house, or was it... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) FORBIDDEN MIXTURE (Deuteronomy 22:9-11) 9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard. 10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 11 Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wo... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) FRINGED GARMENTS (Deuteronomy 22:12) 12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vestures, wherewith thou coverest thyself. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 22:12 371. Is Numbers 15:37-41 a commentary on this verse? 372. How was the purpose of this practice perverted? Cf. Matthew 23:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
k. SEX OFFENSES (Deuteronomy 22:13-30) (1) VIRGINITY OF A BRIDE (Deuteronomy 22:13-21) 13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in h... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) ADULTERY (Deuteronomy 22:22) 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 22:22 377. So much is left to the imagination in the cir... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) DEFILEMENT OF A MAIDEN BETROTHED (Deuteronomy 22:23-27) 23 If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them to death with stones; the damsel,... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) DEFILEMENT OF A MAIDEN NOT BETROTHED (Deuteronomy 22:28-29) 28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 29 then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty _shekels_ of silver, and she shall... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) IMPURITY TOWARD A FATHER'S WIFE (Deuteronomy 22:30) 30 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 22:30 384. Consider Leviticus 18:8; Leviticus 20:11 and Deuteronomy 27:20 for a complete perspective. 385. Is this a sin of incest? 38... [ Continue Reading ]