CHAPTER XXII. _ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._ PART IV. Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19. The Fourth section of this law within the law consists of enactments, curiously disconnected, many of them without a penalty, varying greatly in importance, but all of a moral nature, and connected with the well-... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LESSER LAW. Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33. With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral interest, confessed by hostile criticism to bear every mark of a remote antiquity, and distinctly severed from what... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STRANGER. Exodus 22:21, Exodus 23:9. Immediately after this, a ray of sunlight falls upon the sombre page. We read an exhortation rather than a statute, which is repeated almost literally in the next chapter, and in both is supported by a beautiful and touching reason. "A stranger shalt thou... [ Continue Reading ]
PART V.--ITS SANCTIONS. Exodus 23:20. This summary of Judaism being now complete, the people have to learn what mighty issues are at stake upon their obedience. And the transition is very striking from the simplest duty to the loftiest privilege: "Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.... [ Continue Reading ]