ORDINANCES REGARDING THE INFLICTION OF STRIPES, THE BAISING OF SEED TO A BROTHER, MODESTY, AND FAIR DEALING 3. _And_ NOT EXCEED] In order to keep within the limit it was usual to inflict thirty-nine stripes: see 2 Corinthians 11:24. The milder beating was with a rod. A severer form of this punishmen... [ Continue Reading ]
In threshing, the sheaves were spread out upon a hard beaten piece of ground (the threshing floor), and over them a pair of oxen dragged a wooden sledge or harrow about 5 ft. square, upon which the driver stood to add weight to it. In 1 Corinthians 9:9 1 Timothy 5:17; St. Paul applies this precept... [ Continue Reading ]
The loosing of the shoe and handing it over signified an act of transfer or renunciation. In this case it was a mark of discredit: cp. Ruth 2:7; Ruth 2:8. A Bedouin formula of divorce is 'She was my slipper and I have cast her off.' 13-16. Ancient weights were pieces of stone or metal which the merc... [ Continue Reading ]