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judgment, Exod. xxiii. 8. 6. That wé have no pity for a manslayer, or other criminal person, Deut. xix. 11-13. 7. That the judgment of the poor be not perverted, Exod. xxiii. 6; 8. Nor of the stranger, widow, or orphan, Deut. xxiv. 17. 9. That one party be not heard in the absence of another, Exod. xxiii. 3. 10. That we decline not after many in the judgment of law; 11. Nor shall a judge condemn according to the opinion of another, but his own, Exod. xxiii. 2. 12. That none be chosen a judge that is not learned in the law, though he be wise in other things, Deut. xvi. 18. 13. That none bear false witness, Exod. xx.16. 14. That no offender be justified, Exod. xxiii. 1. 15. That kinsmen be not witnesses, Deut. xxiv. 16. 16. That none be condemned upon one witness, Deut. xix. 15. 17. That none be condemned to death on conjecture, opinions, or thoughts, but upon clear witnesses, Exod. xxii. 7. 18. That we kill not, Exod. xx. 13. 19. That a guilty person be not put to death before he appear in judgment, Num. xxxv. 12. 20. That no re- ward be taken for the life of a murderer; 21. Nor for him that commits manslaughter by error, Num. xxxv. 31, 32. 22. That none be judge and witness in a criminal cause, Num. xxxv. 30. 23. That none pity the woman mentioned, Deut. xxv.11,12. 24. She that is forced is not to be punished, Deut. xxi. 25, 26. 25. That none appear against the blood of his neighbour, Lev. xix. 16. 26. That no cause of offence or falling be left in an house, Deut. xxii. 8. 27. That none lay a stumbling-block before an Israelite, Lev. xix. 14. 28. That the beating with stripes exceed not the number of forty, Deut. xxy. 8. 29, That none calumniate or accuse falsely, Ley. xix. 16. 380. That we hate not our neighbour in our heart, Ley. xix. 17. 31. That none put an Israelite to reproach; Lev. xix.17. 32. That none exercise revenge on his neighbour; 33. That none bear ill-will in his mind, Lev. xix. 18. 34, That the mother and its young be not taken together, Deut. xxi. 6. 35. That a scall be not shaven, Ley. xii. 33. 36. That the signs of leprosy be not removed, Lev. xii. 45, 46. 37. That the place where the heifer is beheaded be not tilled, Deut. xxi. 4. 38. That a sorcerer be not suffered to live, Lev. xx. 27. 39. That a new married man be not bound to go forth to war, Deut. xxiv. 5. 40, That none be rebellious against the sanhedrin at Jerusalem, and their doctrine, Deut. xvii. 11. 41. That nothing be added to the precepts of the law; 42. That nothing be taken from them, Deut. iv. 2. 43. That we speak not evil of the judge, nor of the prince of the people, Exod. xxii. 28. 44, That none speak evil of any in Israel, Lev. xix. 14. 45. That none curse father or mother; 46. That none strike father or mother, Exod. xxi, 17. 29 The ninth family of negative precepts concerns FEASTS, and contains ten prohibitions:—1. That no work be done on the Sabbath, Exod. xx. 10, 2. That none go out or beyond the bounds of the
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city on the Sabbath, Exod. xvi. 29. 3. That no punishment be in- flicted on the Sabbath, Exod. xxxv. 3. 4. That no work be done on the first day of the passover; 5. That no work be done on the seventh day of the passover, Lev. xxiii. 7, 8. 6. That no work be done on the feast of weeks, Lev. xxiii. 21. 7. That no work be done on the first day of the seventh month, Lev. xxiii. 24, 25. 8, That no work be done on the day of expiation, Lev. xxiii. 30. 9. That no work be done on the first day of the feast of tabernacles ; 10. That no work be done on the eighth day of release, Lev. xxiii. 34-36.
30. The tenth family of negative precepts is concerning CHASTITY, and AFFINITY, and PURITY, in twenty-four precepts:—1. That none uncover the nakedness of his mother; 2. Of his father’s wife; 3. Of his sister; 4. Of the daughter of his father’s wife, Lev. xviii. 7-9, 11; 5. Of the daughter of his son; 6. Of the daughter of his daughter ; 7. Of his own daughter; Lev. xvii. 10; 8. Of a woman and her daughter ; 9. Of a woman and the daughter of her son; 10. Of a wo- man and the daughter of her daughter, Lev.xviii.17; 11. Of a father’s sister ; 12. Of a mother’s sister, Lev. xviii. 12, 13; 13. Of an unele’s wife, Lev. xviii. 14; 14, Of a daughter-in-law, Lev. xvii. 15; 15. Of a brother's wife, Lev. xviii. 16; 16. Of a wife's sister, she being living, Lev. xviii. 18; 17. Of a married woman, Exod. xx. 14; 18. Of a separated woman, Lev. xviii. 19. 19. That none commit the sin of sodomy, Lev. xviii. 22. 20. That none uncover the naked- ness of her father; 21. Nor of the brother of her father, Lev. xviii. 7,14, 22. That filthiness be not committed with any beast by a man; 23. Nor by a woman, Lev. xviii. 23. 24, That none draw nigh to a prohibited woman, Lev. xviii. 6.