If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
Seduction of a virgin binds a man to marry her and pay her dowry, yet even here the father's consent remains absolute; he may refuse the match and the man must pay compensation for the injury instead. This law honors marriage and teaches children not to marry without parental blessing.
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Commenting on Exodus 22:16-24
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, Such only need to borrow money, and to whom it should be freely lent, when it may be to the good of the borrower, and not any injury to the lender: this law, according to the Jewish writers, only respects Israelites, and not Gentiles; agreeably to which is Jarchi's note,"if thou...
The foreigner has no legal standing but must be protected through your remembrance of your own bondage in Egypt. Widows and orphans stand under God's special watchfulness; He takes their sorrows upon Himself and punishes their oppressors with strict retribution.
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Commenting on Exodus 22:21-24