Deuteronomy Ch. 22 (selected)
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Summary
- Various regulations related to the command prohibiting theft (i.e., not withholding something that another has a right to).
- Kind treatment of animals.
- Actions that symbolize purity.
Details and/or Comments
Scripture
Deuteronomy 22:1-4, 6-7, 9-11
A variety of commands, here selecting those related to animals and plants.
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Deu 22:1 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.
Deu 22:2 If your brother isn't near to you, or if you don't know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him. Deu 22:3 So you shall do with his donkey; and so you shall do with his garment; and so you shall do with every lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found: you may not hide yourself. |
If your “brother” loses an animal and you find it, you must return it.
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| Deu 22:4 You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely help him to lift them up again. | If your “brother's” animal is in need of help (fallen down, etc.), you must help it. |
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Deu 22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before you in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young:
Deu 22:7 you shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days. |
Do not take (for eating) both mother hen and her eggs/young... or it will not go well with you.
(Comparable to avoiding species extinction!) |
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Deu 22:9 You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard.
Deu 22:10 You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. Deu 22:11 You shall not wear a mixed stuff, wool and linen together. |
Regulations that seem to emphasize the concept of purity. There may be ceremonial reasons, or issues related to the customs of the surrounding nations; there may be practical reasons (at least in verse 10). |
Scripture Passages
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The name "Yahweh," when present in an Old Testament passage, represents the Hebrew name for the God of the Bible.
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Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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