The Reasons of the Laws of Moses: From the "More Nevochim" of Maimonides |
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... slavery . The Hebrew government was a Theocracy : God was their King , not only as creatures , but as a nation . As , however , a deviation , through the unfaithfulness of the people , from this divine constitution , was foreseen ...
... slavery . The Hebrew government was a Theocracy : God was their King , not only as creatures , but as a nation . As , however , a deviation , through the unfaithfulness of the people , from this divine constitution , was foreseen ...
Page 114
... Slave ; How aspects vary , and their change creates , Though little , great variety in fates . Thus when the Stars their mighty round had run And all were fix'd whence first their race begun , What hints Experience did to search impart ...
... Slave ; How aspects vary , and their change creates , Though little , great variety in fates . Thus when the Stars their mighty round had run And all were fix'd whence first their race begun , What hints Experience did to search impart ...
Page 115
... slaves within the last four - and - twenty hours ! -Strange ! that a man of sixty should be willing to bow down his grey head to a creature of a day ! " - The man was overwhelmed with shame , and went away . After this , there came a ...
... slaves within the last four - and - twenty hours ! -Strange ! that a man of sixty should be willing to bow down his grey head to a creature of a day ! " - The man was overwhelmed with shame , and went away . After this , there came a ...
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... Slaves , and of Pledges and Loans . These , when they are considered distinctly , and in order , will be found to have a manifest utility , as for instance , that we ought to be merciful to the poor and succour them in their necessities ...
... Slaves , and of Pledges and Loans . These , when they are considered distinctly , and in order , will be found to have a manifest utility , as for instance , that we ought to be merciful to the poor and succour them in their necessities ...
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... slaves and the poor by the remission of debts and the manumission of slaves : -partly to provide for the perpetual support and maintenance of the people ; as , for instance , that the land should never be sold so as to be utterly ...
... slaves and the poor by the remission of debts and the manumission of slaves : -partly to provide for the perpetual support and maintenance of the people ; as , for instance , that the land should never be sold so as to be utterly ...
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Page 370 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; (What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not he that made me in the womb make him ? and did not One fashion us in the womb...
Page 129 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 218 - Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein ; and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied : Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord, thy God...
Page 291 - Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine : and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Page 322 - ... when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: neither shalt thou make marriages with them ; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
Page 181 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Page 367 - And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
Page 130 - But now after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Page 400 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Page 82 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.