SUMMARY OF CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR _The case of a divorced wife, 1-4. No man shall be obliged to undertake any public service for the first year of his marriage, 5. The mill-stones shall not be taken as a pledge, 6. The man-stealer shall be put to death, 7. Concerning cases of leprosy, 8, 9. Of receivi... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE (Deuteronomy 24:1-4) When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) BRIDEGROOM EXEMPT FROM WARFARE (Deuteronomy 24:5) 5 When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 24:5 410. Was there any advantag... [ Continue Reading ]
(8) MILLSTONES NOT TO BE TAKEN IN PLEDGE (Deuteronomy 24:6) 6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh _a man'S_ life to pledge. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 24:6 412. What would be a synonym for the word pledge? 413. Why would anyone be willing to give a millstone as a... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) KIDNAPPING A FELLOW-ISRAELITE (Deuteronomy 24:7) 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 24:7 414. What is th... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) LAWS OF LEPROSY TO BE OBSERVED (Deuteronomy 24:8-9) 8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 9 Remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Miriam, by the... [ Continue Reading ]
(11) PLEDGE FOR A LOAN (Deuteronomy 24:10-13) 10 When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou does lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee. 12 And if he be a poor man, tho... [ Continue Reading ]
(12) PAYING THE POOR HIRED SERVANT (Deuteronomy 24:14-15) 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates: 15 in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; f... [ Continue Reading ]
(13) TRANSGRESSORS TO BEAR OWN GUILT (Deuteronomy 24:16) 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 24:16 414. Is the case of Achan a violation of this l... [ Continue Reading ]
(14) JUSTICE TO THE INDIGENT (Deuteronomy 24:17-18) 17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice _due_ to the sojourner, _or_ to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge; 18 but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command... [ Continue Reading ]
(15) NEEDY TO BE CONSIDERED AT HARVEST TIME (Deuteronomy 24:19-22) 19 When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in a... [ Continue Reading ]