COMMANDS. 113 Thou shalt not give thy judgment contrary to thy opinion.(j) 114 Thou shalt not game.(k) EXPLANATIONS, Deut. 4 chap. 15-18 ver. Whether it be the likeness of male or female, or beast that is on the earth, or feathered fowl that flieth in the air, or creeping thing on the earth, or fish that is in the waters beneath the earth. () Neither shalt thou wait giving thy judgment, that thou may give it to the strongest party. "Thou shalt Exodus, 23 ch, 2 v. not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment." [k] Thou shalt not play for money nor bet wagers. [2] Matt. 5 chap. 39 ver. "Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.' This meaneth, that if a man strike Thou shalt not thee without occasion, in malice, thou shalt not resist it. It does not mean that mothers, or housekeepers, or guardians, shall not strike their 115 smite. (1) Page 40. Explanation of Command 110, continued. Duet. 23 chap. 24 and 25th vers. When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes to thy fill, at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. "When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neigh bour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn." [r] Matt. 5 chap. 44 & 46 ver. "Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute For if ye love them which love Thou shalt love you. thine enemy. (r) you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same ?" Exodus, 23 chap. 4 & 5 ver. If thou meet thine enemy's animal going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again; or if thou sees it in any danger, thou shalt assist in rescuing it. COMMANDS. 128 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant. [y] 129 Thou shalt not deliver unto his employer a servant which is escaped from his master unto thee. (*) 130 Thou shalt not take a pledge.(*) 131 Thou shalt feed the hungry. (a) EXPLANATIONS. (y) Deut. 24 chap. 15 ver. "At his day thou shalt give him his hire, Neither shall the sun go down upon it, lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be a sin unto thee." Malachi, 3 chap. 5 ver. "I will be a swift witness against those that oppress the hireling in his wages." (z) Deut. 23 chap. 15 and 16 ver. "He shall dwell with thee, even achoose, in one of thy gates, where mong you, in that place which he shall it liketh him best." verses. (z) Thou shalt not be a pawnbroker, Exodus, 22 chap. 25, 26, and 27 "If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay on him usury, If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down for that is his covering only, it is his raiment: for his skin wherein shall he sleep. And it shall come to pass: when he crieth to me, that I will hear for I am gracious. (a) Luke, 3 chap. 11 ver. "He that hath meat let him impart to him that hath none." Luke, 14 chap. 13 ver. "When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind." doth it profit, my brethren, though a James, 2 chap. 14-16 ver, "What man say he hath faith, and have not COMMANDS. 132 Thou shalt clothe the naked. (b) EXPLANATION. works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?" Mark, 3 chap. 35 ver. "Whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother." (b) Luke, 3 chap. 11 ver. "He that hath two coats let him impart to him that hath none." If thou be likely to die, and thou has signed any part of thy raiment, or ornaments, and playing instruments, to the poor of Israel, thou shalt deliver them up to the committee; and if thou recover they shall restore them to thee; but if thou die, they shall give them to the poor. If thou hast a poor relation that cannot raise these things, the committee shall give them unto that relation. |