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A commentary on the five books of Moses with a dissertation concerning the author or writer of the said books, and a general argument of each of them / by Richard, Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells ; in two volumes.
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Kidder, Richard, 1633-1703.
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to play the whore in her father's house so shalt thou put evil away from among you 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 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 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 neighbour's wife so thou shalt put away evil from among you 25. But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field and the man force her and lie with her then the man onely that lay with her shall die 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 neighbour and slayeth him even so is this matter 27. For he found her in the field and the betrothed damsel cried and there was none to save her 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 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 30. A man shall not take his father's wife nor discover his father's skirt 1. THY brother's ox c. This Precept extends to Enemies Exod. 23.4 and takes in all who lived in their Country though they were not of their Nation nor altogether of their Religion Otherwise the Law would have been unpracticable because no Man could tell whose Ox or Ass it was which went astray 3. Hide thy self i. e. Forbear to do thus 4. Help him See Exod. 23.5 with the Note on that place 5. The woman shall not wear c. Tho' the Jews referr this Precept to Wars Joseph Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. Yet it is not restrained by the Text thereunto It requires a distinction of Sex by the habit the neglect whereof might occasion great Impurities and filthy Practices See the Book of Wisdom ch 14.26 That do so i. e. That are effeminate and immodest of which this practice is an Argument and for preventing whereof this Law is given 6. Thou shalt not take the dam with the young c. This is forbid as that which hath an Appearance of Covetousness and Cruelty and a tendency to destroy a whole kind of the Creatures which God hath made And to encourage Mercy and Compassion it is added v. 7. That it may be well with thee c. 8. A battlement i. e. A Fence round about the House-top which was flat to preserve Persons from falling See Judg. 16.26 1 Sam. 9.25 with Matth. 10.27 That thou bring not blood c. i. e. That by thy neglect thou be not an occasion of the death of any Person 9. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds That Law which forbad the sowing the Field with mingled Seed Levit. 19.19 is here extended to the Vineyard likewise See the Note on Levit. 19.19 Lest the Fruit c. That is lest by this mixture both the Encrease of thy Seed sown and of thy Vineyard mingled there-with be defiled or legally polluted it being a Mixture which God hath forbidden 10. With an ox and an ass This seems to referr to that Law which forbad them to let their Cattel gender with a divers kind Levit. 19.19 See Maimon More Nevochim p. III. c. 49. That the order of Nature might not be disturbed See Phil. Jud. de spec legib See the Note on Levit. 19.19 But then the Ox being a clean and the Ass an unclean Beast and besides that they being of unequal strength for plowing this Precept does not onely speak the Mercy of the Law-giver but also fairly puts us in mind to shun the needless Conversation of evil and profane Persons 2 Cor. 6.14 11. Thou shalt not wear See Levit. 19.19 with the Note 12. Fringes Of the End of this Law see Numb 15.39 15. Take and bring forth the tokens of the damsels virginity c. What this proof was is expressed v. 17. at the close of that Verse We have no cause to cavil at the Law considering the great proneness of the Jews to put away their Wives upon every pretence Nor is there reason why we should suppose it an uncertain proof if we consider that the Jewish Women married young and the great difference between their clime and ours and that God who made the Law was able to take care that the innocent should not suffer 19. Vnto the father Because he suffered in the reproach which was cast upon his Family And because he designed to put her away without allowing her maintenance he shall pay an hundred Shekels which is a double Dowry See the Note on Exod. 22.19 according to that Law Exod 22.9 See Maimon More Nevoch p. III. c. 49. 21. Die For here is more than simple Fornication she having by her professing her self a Virgin imposed upon the Man and perhaps transgressed after she was betrothed See v. 23 24. 27. Cried She is justly supposed to have done so whereas she that was in the City would have been rescued if she had cried See v. 24. 29. Fifty shekels See Exod. 22.16 17. 30. Nor discover his father's skirt The skirt or covering of his Father's Wife may be said to be his Father's as he and his Wife are one Flesh CHAP. XXIII The ARGUMENT Of those who may not enter into the Congregation of Israel and of those who may Of the great care to keep the Camp from pollution Of treating those Servants which come to them from their own Masters Against Whoredom and other Vncleanness Against Vsury Of the performing Vows and the Liberty allowed them in their Neighbour's Vine-yard and Corn-fields 1. HE that is wounded in the stones or hath his privy member cut off shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD 2. A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD 3. An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever 4. Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way when ye came forth out of Egypt and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia to curse thee 5. Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee because the LORD thy God loved
dwell among them which the Servant of an Israelite was supposed to do before 17. Sodomite That word denotes him who defiles himself with mankind Gen. 19.5 Though the word in the Hebrew Text may be rendred Whoremonger by the same reason that the other is rendred Whore in the beginning of this Verse 18. The hire of a whore c. The Heathens were wont to consecrate to their Gods some of the gains which they received as the reward of their prostitution of themselves to Uncleanness See Micah 1.7 Thus the Whore saith I have peace-offerings with me This day have I paid my vows Prov. 7.14 God declares that he will not accept of this hire in opposition to the filthy Practices of the Heathen The price of a dog c. By the price of a Dog is meant that which a Dog is sold or exchanged for This is not here rejected because the Dog is an unclean Creature as appears from Numb 18.15 but because a Dog was worshipped by the Egyptians God to draw his People from Idolatry casts this Contempt upon that Creature in refusing the price it should be sold for 20. Vnto a stranger c. Stranger here being opposed to Brother v. 19. Signifies one who is not an Israelite and consequently one who by Traffick and Merchandise might be better able to pay interest for Money than the Israelite who did not drive that Trade 21. When thou shalt vow c. See Numb 30.2 and Eccles 5.21 24. Not put any in thy vessel viz. To carry away with thee See vers 25. CHAP. XXIV The ARGUMENT A Law concerning Divorce Of a newly married Man Of Men-stealers Of Pledges Of the Leprosie Against Oppression Of Justice and Care of Strangers And Mercy to the poor Fatherless and Widows 1. WHen a man hath taken a wife and married her and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes because he hath found some uncleanness in her then let him write her a bill of divorcement and give it in her hand and send her out of his house 2. And when she is departed out of his house she may go and be another man's wife 3. And if the latter husband hate her and write her a bill of divorcement and giveth it in her hand and sendeth her out of his house or if the latter husband die which took her to be his wife 4. Her former husband which sent her away may not take her again to be his wife after that she is defiled for that is abomination before the LORD and thou shalt not cause the land to sin which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance 5. When a man hath taken a new wife he shall not go out to war neither shall he be charged with any business but he shall be free at home one year and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken 6. No man shall take the nether or the upper mill-stone to pledge for he taketh a man's life to pledge 7. If any man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel and maketh merchandise of him or selleth him then that thief shall die and thou shalt put evil away from among you 8. Take heed in the plague of leprosie that thou observe diligently and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you as I commanded them so ye shall observe to do 9. Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way after that ye were come forth out of Egypt 10. When thou doest lend thy brother any thing thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge 11. Thou shalt stand abroad and the man to whom thou doest lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee 12. And if the man be poor thou shalt not sleep with his pledge 13. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God 14. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy whether he be of thy brethren or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates 15. At his day thou shalt give him his hire neither shall the sun go down upon it for he is poor and setteth his heart upon it lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin unto thee 16. The fathers shall not be put to death for the children neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers every man shall be put to death for his own sin 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless nor take a widows raiment to pledge 18. But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence therefore I command thee to do this thing 19. When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field and hast forgot a sheaf in the field thou shalt not go again to fetch it it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands 20. When thou beatest thine olive-tree thou shalt not go over the boughs again it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow 21. When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard thou shalt not glean it afterward it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow 22. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt therefore I command thee to do this thing 1. BEcause he hath found some uncleanness in her i. e. He hath observed some light Carriage or some other defect of Mind or distemper of Body For it is not supposed here that she is guilty of Adultery which was punishable with Death Or that the Husband was jealous of her upon that Account in which case the Law had made provision Numb 5. Then let him write her c. Or And he do write c. For here is no Precept of a Divorce but a permission onely and for a time onely and for the hardness of their Hearts as our Saviour expresseth it to the Jews saying Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives but from the beginning it was not so Matt. 19.8 But our Saviour hath forbid what Moses did but permit Matt. 19. v. 9. 4. Her former husband which sent her away may not take her again This is a just Punishment for his Levity And this prohibition is very reasonable upon several Accounts viz. 1. As it would tend to restrain Men from divorcing their Wives rashly and for light Causes 2. As the Woman was thereby secured against coming any more under the same Yoke 3. As it prevented the filthy Practice of lending out or prostituting of Wives and the many Mischiefs arising from thence which might have been