take him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. CITIES OF REFUGE APPOINTED. Num. XXXV, 12-15. And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. And of these cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge. Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them; that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. Deut. iv, 41, 42. Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan, toward the sun-rising; That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that, fleeing unto one of these cities, he might live. death of the nigh priest: but after Josh. xx, 4-6. And when he that LAW WITH REGARD TO ASSAULT. that smiteth his father or bis Josh. xx, 2, 3, 7-9. Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses; That the slayer that killeth any person unawares, and unwittingly, may flee thither: gether, and one smite another And if men strive toand they shall be your refuge with a stone, or with his fist, and from the avenger of blood. And he die not, but keepeth his bed; they appointed Kedesh in Galilee If he rise again, and walk abroad in mount Naphtali, and Shechem upon his staff, then shall he that in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-smote him be quit: only he shall arba, which is Hebron, in the pay for the loss of his time, and mountain of Judah. And on the shall cause him to be thoroughly other side Jordan, by Jericho healed. And if a man smite his eastward, they assigned Bezer in servant, or his maid, with a rod, the wilderness upon the plain out and he die under his hand; he shall of the tribe of Reuben, and Ra- be surely punished. moth in Gilead out of the tribe standing, if he continue a day or Notwithof Gad, and Golan in Bashan out two, he shall not be punished: for of the tribe of Manasseh. These he is his money. If men strive, were the cities appointed for all and hurt a woman with child, so the children of Israel, and for the that her fruit depart from her, stranger that sojourneth among and yet no mischief follow: he them, that whosoever killeth any shall be surely punished, according person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand upon him; and he shall pay as the as the woman's husband will lay of the avenger of blood, until he judges determine. stood before the congregation And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for REGULATIONS IN THEM. eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, Num. xxxv, 26-28, 32. But if the foot for foot, Burning for burning, slayer shall at any time come wound for wound, stripe for without the border of the city of stripe. And if a man smite the his refuge, whither he was fled; eye of his servant, or the eye of And the revenger of blood find his maid, that it perish; he shall him without the borders of the let him go free for his eye's sake. city of his refuge, and the And if he smite out his man-servenger of blood kill the slayer; he vant's tooth, or his maid-servant's shall not be guilty of blood: Be-tooth; he shall let him go free for re his tooth's sake. cause he should have remained in 337 CASE OF MOSES. pass in those days, when Moses Erod. ii, 11-14. And it came to was grown, that he went out untheir burdens: and he spied an to his brethren, and looked on Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong. Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? Who made thee a prince and a And he said, judge over us? Intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. Acts vii, 25, 29. For he supposed stood how that God by his hand his brethren would have underwould deliver them; but they understood Moses at this saying, and was a judgment, I 1 Thess. iv, 6. That no man go in any matter; because that the beyond and defraud his brother Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you, and testified. INSTANCES. Shechem set liers in wait for him Judges ix, 25. And the men of in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. Ps. cxix, 61. The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. there shall many stand up against Daniel xi, 14. And in those times the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. have healed Israel, then the iniHosea vii, 1. When I would quity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. Luke xil, 39. And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 1 Cor. vi, 8. Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your breth ren. PENALTIES. Prov. vi. 30, 31. Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry: But if he be found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house. Judges, xvii, 2, 3. And he [Mical] said unto his mother. The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou Exod. xxii, 1, 2, 4, 7-9. If a man of the LORD, my son. And when shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and he had restored the eleven hunkill it, or sell it; he shall restore dred shekels of silver to his mother, five oxen for an ox, and four sheep his mother said, I had wholly defor a sheep. If a thief be founddicated the silver unto the LORD breaking up, and be smitten that from my hand for my son, to make he die, there shall no blood be shed a graven image, and a molten for him. If the theft be certainly image: now therefore I will restore found in his hand alive, whether it it unto thee. be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double. Job xx, 10, 18. His children shall hands shall restore their goods. seek to please the poor, and his That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. deliver unto his neighbour money thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. four-fold. CARELESSNESS IN KEEPING Phil. 11, 4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 1 Tim. vi, 9, 10. But they that will be rich fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Jude, 11. Wde unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. COVETOUSNESS OFTEN SEEN AND 1 Kings xxi, 1, 2, 15. 16. And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a Samaria. And Ahab spake unto vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezrelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead, And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 2 Chron. xvi, 10. Then Asa was a prison-house; for he was in a wroth with the seer, and put him thing. And Asa oppressed some rage with him because of this of the people the same time. Prov. xxii, 22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor; neither oppress (See under ANIMALS, p. 35.) Lev. vi, 2-5. If a soul sin, and 2.-COVETOUSNESS DEcommit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour; SCRIBED AND FORBIDDEN. in that which was delivered him to Deut. v, 21. Neither shalt thon keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing desire thy neighbour's wife, neitaken away by violence, or hathther shalt thou covet thy neigh-in deceived his neighbour: Or have bour's house, his field, or his maufound that which was lost,and lieth servant, or his maid-servant, his concerning it, and sweareth falseox, or his ass, or any thing that is ly; in any of all these that a man thy neighbour's. doeth, sinning therein: Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he bath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass-offering. Num. v, 7. Then they shall confess the sin which they have done: an i he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof. and add unto it the fifth art thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. Prov. xv, 27. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house but he that hateth gifts shall live. Isa. Ivil, 17. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. Jer. 11, 13. O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. Luke xii, 15. And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's lite consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 1 Cor. x, 24. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. the afflicted in the gate. Isa. xxxii, 7. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. Lam. iii, 34-36. To crush under his fect all the prisoners of the earth. To turn as de the right of a man before the face of the most High, To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. Amos viii, 4. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail. Micah, iii, 9. Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and | unrighteousness in judgment, in pervert all equity. mete-yard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God. which brought you out of the land of Egypt. Hab. ii, 5. Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people. Luke xvi, 14. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things; and they derided him. Eph. v. 5. . . . . . Nor covetous man, who is an idolater,. 2 Peter 11, 15. Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteous ness. PUNISHMENT FROM GOD. Job xx, 19-22. Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor, because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. In the fulness of his sufliciency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. Job xxvii, 13-15. This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. Those that remain of him shall be buried in death; and his widows shall not weep. Ps. cili. 6. The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. Prov. xxii, 16, 23. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want, For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. Isa. xxx, 12, 13. Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. Zeph. iii, 1. Woe to her that is Althy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 3.-INSTANCES OF DIS HONESTY. FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Lev. xix, 35, 36. Ye shall do no Lev. xxvii. 25. And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel Deut. xxv, 13-16. Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house. divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. Prov. xi, 1. A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. Prov. xvi, 11. A just weight and balance are the LORD'S; all the weights of the bag are his work. Prov. xx, 10, 23. Divers weights, and divers measures. both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. Ezek. xlv, 10-12. Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. And the shekel shell be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. Hosea xii, 7. He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. Micah vi, 10, 11. Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? tak th a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. Acts xxiv, 26. 27. He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. 1 Sam. xii, 3-5. Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. And he said unto them, LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. . The Job xv, 34. For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. Prov. xxix, 4. The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. righteously, and speaketh upIsa. xxxiii, 15. He that walketh rightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil. LAW OF USURY. Exod. xxii, 25. If thou lend is poor by the, thou shalt not be money to any of my people that to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. Lev. xxv, 36, 37. Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for in crease. Deut. xxiii, 19, 20. Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury. Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury, but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to, in the land whither thou goest to possess it. Neh. v, 10, 12. I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants. might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. Neh. v, 7. Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. Ps. xv, 5. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent, He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Prov. xxviii, 8. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Jer. xv. 10. Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast born me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse Ezek. xxii, 12. In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and in crease, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. LAW CONCERNING LOST Deut. xxii, 1-3. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 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. 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. Gen. xlil, 28. 35. And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack; and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? And it came to pass, as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and' when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. Gen. xliii, 12, 19-24. And take double money in your hand: and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight. near to the And they came steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house. And he said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; and we have brought it again in our hand. And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. And he said, Peace be to you, fear not; your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses pro vender. lord these words? that thy servants should do according to this thing. Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold. III. LAW OF FIXED Gen. xxv, 5, 31-34. And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. And Jac b said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. Gen. xliil, 33. And they sat before him, the first-born accord ing to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. Gen. xlviii, 17-20. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head head. And unto Manassel's Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great, but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim, and as Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. Deut. xxi, 17. But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first-born, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. 1 Chron. v. 1, 2. Now the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel, (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's.) 1 Chron. xxvi, 10. Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief (for though he was not the first-born yet his father made him the chief.) ENTAIL. Num. xxvii, 1-11. Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manassel, of the families of Man asseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. And they stood before Moses, and be. fore Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. And it he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his fa ther's brethren. And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. daughter,that possesseth an inher- ALLUSIONS. Ammonites, thus saith the LORD, heir unto thee, O inhabitant of among you; for the Loun chall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it: Only if thou carefully kearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. that asketh of thee; and of him Luke vi, 30. Give to every man that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. Luke vii, 40-43. And Jesus anhave somewhat to say unto thee. swering, said unto him, Simon, I There was And he saith, Master, say on. which had two debtors: the one a certain creditor owed five hundred pence, and the nothing to pay, he frankly forgave another fifty. And when they had them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. Luke xii, 13, 14. And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? IV. Num. xxxvi, 1--9. And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son Manasseh, of the families of the sons of seph, came near, and spake before Moses, and LAW OF DEBT. before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: RECOVERY OF DEBT. And they said, The LORD comExod. xxii, 10-15. If a man manded my lord to give the land deliver unto his neighbour an for an inheritance by lot to the ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or children of Israel: and my lord any beast, to keep; and it die, was commanded by the LORD to of be hurt, or driven away, give the inheritance of Zelophe- no man seeing it: Then shall an had our brother unto his daugh- oath of the LORD be between them ters. And if they be married to both, that he hath not put his any of the sons of the other tribes hand unto his neighbour's goods; of the children of Israel, then and the owner of it shall accept shall their inheritance be taken thereof, and he shall not make it from the inheritance of our fa- good. And if it be stolen from thers, and shall be put to the in-him, he shall make restitution heritance of the tribe whereunto they re received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritauce. And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. And Mcses commanded the children of Israel, according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best, only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marty: So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. And every unto the owner thereof. If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it; he shall surely make it good. But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. REMISSION OF DEBT. every seven years thou shalt make LAW OF PLEDGES. Exod. xxii, 26. If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down. Deut. xxiv, 6, 10-13. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: 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. INSTANCES. Gen. xxxviii, 18, 20. And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand; and he gave it her, and came in unto her; and she conceived by him. And Judah sent the kid by the hand of hand: but he found her not. ceive his pledge from the woman's his friend the Adullamite, to re 1 Sam. xvii, 18. And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. that said, We have mortgaged Neh. v, 3. Some also there were our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. |