ſtrangers that are in thy land within thy gates. t Either by laying too grievous Burdens of Work upon him, or by with-holding his Wages from him, as it follows. 8 . ic At his day « * thou fhalt give him his hire, neither 'Le.19.13- ] Y p 5 : 513. hal the ſungo down upon itx, for hes poor, and | ſet- + Heb. he teth his heart upon ity, leſt he cry againſt thee unto if7eb b5 the LORD, and it be fin unto thee. mute i» , Ar the time appointed, weekly or daily. x To wit, after the day upon which ir is due, and deſired or demanded by him ; for Juſtice muſt not be denied ordelayed. y Heb. Iifteth up his ſoul to it, which notes his great deſire and hope of it,and his deperidance upon it : See Pſal: 24: 4: Fer: 22: 27. * Kin.14 46 * The fathers thal not be put to death for the chil- 6. 2 Chr. qren, neither (bal the children be pur to death for the fa- wy” ht thersz : every. man ſhal be putto death for his own fin #. Freke 's, 2 Underſtand it thus, if the one be free from the guilt of the o- - thers ſin, and except in taoſe caſes where the ſovereign Lord of Life : and death, before whom none is innocent, hath commanded it, as Deut. 13. Joſ. 7. 24. Forthis Law is given to men, got to God,and though God do viſit the fathers ſins upon the children, Exod. 20. yet he will not ſuffer men to do ſo, # Underſtand only, and not for any other man's ſin. : 17 Thou (balt not pervertthe judgment of the ſtran- "Fx 22,21, Ber, nor of the fatherleſs 5, * nor rake a widows raiment
:2. Prov. c tO pledge. |
22-22.jer. 6b Nor of the widow, which is to be ſupplied out of the laſt mem-
22. 3. Ez. ber; nor indeed of any other perſon, but he particularly mentions
22.29. Ex. theſe, partly becauſe men are moſt apt to wrong ſuch helpleſs per-
22.26, fſons,and partly becauſe God is pleaſed eſpecially to charge himſelf, and ſo to charge others, with the-care of thoſe who have no other refuge. See fa. 1. 23. Jer. 5. 28; c To wit, ſuch an one as ſhe hath daily and neceſſary uſe of, as being poor, as may appear by comparing this with wer. 12, 13. and with other places. Bur this concerns not rich perſons, nor ſuperfluous raiment.
18 But chou ſhalt remember d that thou waſt a bond- man in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence : therefore I command thee to do this thing e.
d To wit, affe&ionately and pratically, and by the compaſſio- nate ſenſe of others miſeries, thou ſhalt wake it evident that thou haſt not forgotten thy own diſtreſſes and deliverances. eI having thereby authority to command thee, and thou having obligations on that account, both to obey me, and to pity others in the ſame calamities which thou haſt felt. ..
*Lev.19. ig * When thou cutteſt down thine harveſt in thy og 23- field, and haftforgot a ſbeaf in the field, thou thalt not ; go again to fetch it : itſhal 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 beareſt thine olive-tree f, + thou ſhalt not go over the boughs again ; it ſbal be for the ſtranger, " for the fatherleſs, and for the widow.
f With ftaves, as they uſed to do to fetch down the olives.
21 When thou gathereſt the grapes of thy vineyard, thou ſhalt not glean it + afterward : it hal 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. ; CHAP. XXY. Judges muſt do juſtly, 1, 2. Stripes not to exceed forty, 3: The threſhing Ox not to be muzzled, 4. The Duty of raiſmg Seed uuto a Brother, 5--=10, The Puniſhment of an immo1eft Woman, 11, 12, A juſt weight and mea- fure, *13==*16» The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out, 17--=19, + | | F there be a controverſy between men 4, and they
come unto judgement, that the judges may judge
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them, then they ſhal juftifie b the righteous, and con-
demn c the wicked.
a About criminal matters, as it follows. 6 (z. e.) Acquit him from guilt and falſe accuſations, and free him from punifhment, c Declare him guilty, and paſs Sentence of Condemnation to ſuitable Puniſhments upon him. ;
t Heb. 2 Anditſhal be, ifthe wicked man be + worthy to
@ſonof beating.
1$ 1 an. 26. by @ certain number.
d Which the Jews ſay was the caſe of all thoſe crimes which the law commands to be puniſhed, without expreſſing the kind or de- Free of the puniſhmenr. e That the puniſhment may be duely in-
icted, without exceſs or defe&, which otherwiſe might eaſily happen through the Executioners Paſſion or partiality.
Xor.n1, 3 * Forty itripes he may give him, and not exceed f :
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many ſtripes, then thy brother g ſhould feem vile unto thee 5. |
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be beaten 4, that the judge ſhal cauſe him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face e, according to his fault:
leſt if he ſhould exceed, and beat him above theſe, with .
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boured for them, and eſpecially to their Miniſters, x Cor: g: 9g.
5 *If brethren & dwell cogether /, and one of them m die, and have no child », the wife of the dead (bal not marry without, untoa ſtranger o: her || husbands bro- ther ſhal go in unto her p,and take her to him to wife, 3 and perform the duty of an husbands brother unto her. |j Or, =
k Stri&ly ſo called.,as is evident from wer:7: Gen: 38:8: Ruth 1:15; kinſman. Mat: 22:24, 25. TEither 1. ſtriftly, in the ſame houſe or family : which 1s not probable, becauſe the married brother may be preſu- med to have left his fathers houſe and ſetup a family of his awn.Or 2 more largely,in the ſame Town or City,or,at leaſt, Countrey.This is added for a Reliefof their Conſciences, that if the next brother had removed his Habitation into remote parts, or were carried thi. ther into Captivity, which God foreſaw would be their caſe, then the Wife of the dead had herliberty to marry te the hext kinſman that lived in the ſame place with her. » Either 1. the firſt and eldeſt of them, as it was prattiſ:d, Ger: 38: 6, &c. and expounded Mat: 22: 25: one being cft put for the firſt, as Gen: 1: 5: and 3: 11: