Deuteronomy 19 - Introduction
_THREE CITIES OF REFUGE ARE TO BE APPOINTED; THE INTENTIONAL MURDERER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH, THOUGH HE FLEE INTO ONE OF THESE CITIES: THE PUNISHMENT OF THE FALSE WITNESS._ _Before Christ 1451._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THREE CITIES OF REFUGE ARE TO BE APPOINTED; THE INTENTIONAL MURDERER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH, THOUGH HE FLEE INTO ONE OF THESE CITIES: THE PUNISHMENT OF THE FALSE WITNESS._ _Before Christ 1451._... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 1. _WHEN THE LORD THY GOD,_ &C.— Moses, having pressed upon the people the great commandment of loving God with all the heart, now proceeds to remind them of other precepts belonging to the second table, though not in an exact manner, nor without interspersing some ceremonial matters. He begi... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 2. _IN THE MIDST OF THY LAND_— Rather, _within thy land,_ as appears from the next verse. The land was to be divided into three parts; and a city of refuge to be set apart in each, in the most convenient place for those to flee to, who should be so unhappy as to stand in need of an asylum.... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 3. _THOU SHALT PREPARE THEE A WAY,_ &C.— The Jewish rulers added a number of other laws for keeping those roads in continual repair, that the person might meet with no obstruction in his flight. These roads, according to them, were to be thirty-two cubits in breadth, smooth and plain. At ever... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 16. _TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM THAT WHICH IS WRONG_— That is, _to accuse him,_ to _lay any crime to his charge._ Houbigant tenders it very properly, _ut eum criminis accusat: that he may accuse him of a crime:_ and as the detection of a false witness was extremely difficult, the most diligent an... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 19. _THEN SHALL YE DO UNTO HIM, AS HE HAD THOUGHT TO HAVE DONE UNTO HIS BROTHER_— This law is exemplified in the story of Susannah and the elders; for the two elders, being convicted by Daniel of giving false accusation against Susannah, are condemned to undergo the same punishment which they... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER._ 20. _AND THOSE WHICH REMAIN, SHALL HEAR, AND FEAR,_ &C.— See chap. Deuteronomy 17:3. This is the grand end of all the Mosaic penal laws, and indeed of all such, enacted by wise legislators. See Grot. de Jur. B. and P. lib. 2: cap. 20. This law proves the authority which judges and magistrates... [ Continue Reading ]