Deuteronomy 22:1-30
LAWS REGARDING LOST PROPERTY, DISTINCTION OF SEX IN APPAREL, AND CHASTITY 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAWS REGARDING LOST PROPERTY, DISTINCTION OF SEX IN APPAREL, AND CHASTITY 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note.... [ Continue Reading ]
'God is not the author of confusion,' and the natural distinctions He Himself has appointed ought to be respected. Whatever contravenes the law of nature contravenes the law of God: cp. the principle laid down by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:3. Immodesty leads to immorality. There may be an allusion... [ Continue Reading ]
The roofs of Eastern houses were flat, and used not only for drying grain (Joshua 2:6), but as an open-air parlour when coolness or privacy was sought: see e.g. 1 Samuel 9:25; 2 Samuel 11:2; Daniel 4:29 mg.; Acts 10:9. The injunction here is a corollary of the sixth commandment, and contains a princ... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Numbers 15:37. The law is applied spiritually by St. Paul in 2 Corinthians 6:14. 13-30. On the Law of Chastity see on Leviticus 18:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
Betrothal consisted in the settlement and payment of a dowry by the bridegroom to the father or brothers of the bride, and in presenting the bride with certain gifts: see on Exodus 22:16. It was regarded as sacredly as marriage itself. After betrothal, the bride was under the same restrictions as a... [ Continue Reading ]
Here the betrothed damsel is called a wife: cp. Matthew 1:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Exodus 22:16. The even-handed justice of the Mosaic Law is worthy of note. It deals with equal strictness with both the sinning persons.... [ Continue Reading ]