DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:1 By charging his wife with SOME INDECENCY, the first husband acquired her dowry—her father’s marriage present to her—when he divorced her. If she then remarried, she would have received a second dowry. If her second marriage ended, through either death or divorce,... [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:5 The military exemption of ONE YEAR gives the couple time to have at least one child and develop their relationship. Compare note on Deuteronomy 20:5. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:6 MILL OR AN UPPER MILLSTONE. If these items were taken as security for a loan, it could deprive a poor person of the ability to earn a living. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:7 THAT THIEF SHALL DIE. Kidnapping is regarded as theft. It is the only kind of theft that is punishable by death. PURGE THE EVIL. See Deuteronomy 13:5. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:8 Since a LEPROUS DISEASE makes a person unclean, a priest must make the official diagnosis. See Leviticus 13:1 and note on Lev. 13:1–59. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:10 NOT GO INTO HIS HOUSE TO COLLECT HIS PLEDGE. This law protects the dignity of the poor person who is forced into asking for a loan. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:12 NOT SLEEP IN HIS PLEDGE. A person’s cloak could not be taken as security for a loan because it probably also served as the person’s blanket (see v. Deuteronomy 24:13; Amos 2:8). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=im [ Continue Reading ]
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 24:19 The blessings of the land are for the people as a whole to share. Compare Deuteronomy 23:24, and see Leviticus 19:9. See also this law in practice in Ruth 2:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getEle [ Continue Reading ]