In this chapter provision is made, I. For the putting away of the guilt of blood from the land, when he that shed it had fled from justice, Deut. 21:1–9. II. For the preserving of the honour of a captive maid, Deut. 21:10–14. III.

Care had been taken by some preceding laws for the vigorous and effectual persecution of a wilful murderer (Deut. 19:11–13, &c.), the putting of whom to death was the putting away of the guilt of blood from the land; but if this could not be done, the murderer not being discovered, they must not…

By this law a soldier is allowed to marry his captive if he pleased. For the hardness of their hearts Moses gave them this permission, lest, if they had not had liberty given them to marry such, they should have taken liberty to defile themselves with them, and by such wickedness the camp would…

This law restrains men from disinheriting their eldest sons out of mere caprice, and without just provocation. I. The case here put is very instructive. 1.

Here is, I. A law for the punishing of a rebellious son. Having in the former law provided that parents should not deprive their children of their right, it was fit that it should next be provided that children withdraw not the honour and duty which are owing to their parents, for there is no…