In this and the next chapter certain particular rights and duties,
domestic, social, and civil, are treated. The cases brought forward
have often no definite connection, and seem selected in order to
illustrate the application of the great principles of the Law in
certain important events and circum... [ Continue Reading ]
A caution addressed to earthly judges. Among other Oriental nations
the family of a criminal was commonly involved in his punishment
(compare Esther 9:13). In Israel it was not to be so; compare marginal
references.... [ Continue Reading ]
Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various
acts of consideration is one and the same Deuteronomy 24:18,
Deuteronomy 24:22.... [ Continue Reading ]