1-4 Of humanity towards brethren 5 The sex is to be distinguished by apparel 6,7 The dam is not to be taken with her young ones 8 The house must have battlements 9-11 Confusion is to be avoided 12 Fringes upon the vesture 13-21 The punishment of him that slanders his wife 22 of adultery 23-27 of rape 28,29 of fornication 30 of incest

Thou shalt Ex 23:4 Eze 34:4,16 Mt 10:6 15:24 18:12,13 Lu 15:4-6 Jas 5:19,20 1Pe 2:25

hide thyself De 22:3,4 Le 20:4 Pr 24:11 28:27 Isa 8:17 58:7 Lu 10:31,32

2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

thou shalt restore Mt 7:12 1Th 4:6

3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

thou shalt surely Ex 23:4,5 Mt 5:44 Lu 10:29-37 Ro 15:1 2Co 12:15 Ga 6:1,2 1Th 5:14 Heb 12:12,13

5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

woman shall not 1Co 11:4-15

abomination De 18:12

6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

young ones Le 12:6

thou shalt not Ge 8:17 32:11 Le 22:28 Pr 12:10 Ho 10:14

7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

But thou shalt The extirpation of any species of birds, whether edible or birds of prey, is often attended with serious consequences, and is always productive of evil; to prevent which was the object of this law. Palestine is situated in a climate producing poisonous snakes and scorpions, and between deserts and mountains, from which it would be inundated by them, as well as with immense swarms of flies, locusts, and mice, if the birds which feed upon them were extirpated. In a moral point of view, it may have been intended to inculcate a spirit of mercy and kindness, and to prevent the exercise of such cruelty will, if circumstances be favourable, be cruel to his fellow-creatures.

that it may De 4:40

thou mayest Pr 22:4

8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

then thou shalt The eastern house being built with flat roofs, which were used for various purposed, as walking, sleeping, etc., it was therefore necessary to have a sort of battlement, or balustrade, to prevent accidents, by people falling off. Ex 21:28-36 22:6 Ro 14:13 1Co 10:32 Php 1:10 1Th 5:22

thy roof 2Sa 11:2 Isa 22:1 Jer 19:13 Mt 10:27 Mr 2:4 Ac 10:9

thou bring Eze 3:18,20 32:2-9 Mt 18:6,7 Ac 20:26,27

9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.

shalt not sow Le 19:19 Mt 6:24 9:16 Ro 11:6 2Co 1:12 11:3 Jas 1:6-8 3:10

fruit of thy seed [heb] fulness of thy seed.

10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

Two different species cannot associate comfortably together, nor pull pleasantly either in cart or plough; and the ass being lower than the ox, when yoked, he must bear the principal part of the weight. 2Co 6:14-16

11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolen and linen together.

Le 19:19

12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

fringes Nu 15:38,39 Mt 23:5

quarters [heb] wings

13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

Ge 29:21,23,31 Jud 15:1,2 Eph 5:28,29

14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

De 22:19 Ex 20:16 23:1 Pr 18:8,21 1Ti 5:14

15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

De 22:19

16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

he may not put De 22:29 24:1-4 Mt 19:8,9

20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

stone her De 22:22,24 13:10 17:5 21:21 Le 24:16,23 Nu 15:35,36

she hath wrought Ge 34:7 Le 21:9 Jud 20:6,10 2Sa 13:12,13

shalt thou De 13:5 17:7 19:19

22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

Le 20:10 Nu 5:22-27 Eze 23:45-47 Joh 8:4,5 Heb 13:4

23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

De 20:7 Mt 1:18,19

24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

and ye shall stone In these laws, the betrothed damsel was considered as the {wife} of the man to whom she was engaged, though they had not come together; and therefore the crime was adjudged adultery. But a charitable supposition is admitted in the damsel's favour, in case she was found in a solitary place.

he hath humbled De 21:14 Ge 29:21 Mt 1:20,24

so thou shalt put De 22:21,22,24 13:5 1Co 5:2,13

25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.

force her, or, take strong hold of her 2Sa 13:14

26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

no sin De 21:22

27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

cried 1Co 13:7

28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

because he hath humbled De 22:19,24 21:14

29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

because he hath humbled De 22:19,24 21:14

30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

a man shall This is to be understood as referring to the case of a stepmother. A man in his old age may have married a young woman, and on his dying, his son by another, or a former wife, may desire to espouse her; which is forbidden. Le 27:20 18:8 20:11 1Co 5:1,13

discover Ru 3:9 Eze 16:8