(This consists of questions and answers)
Q1. When one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies....
Q2. It is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, and it gores to death another's cow......
A1. They shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it; and the dead beast also they shall divide. (Ex. 21:35)
A2. He shall pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his. (Ex.21:36)
Q3. When a man leaves a pit open, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it.
A3. the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his. (Ex. 21:33,34))
Q4. When a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field,...
A4. He shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard. (Ex. 22:5)
Q5. One kindles a fire, the fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field of others is consumed.
A5. he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution. (Ex. 22:6)
Q6. If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it ....
Q7. If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and the stolen beast is found alive in his possession,...
Q8. If a man steals money or goods from his neighbour's house....
A6. he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. He shall make restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. (Ex. 22:1)
A7. If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or an ass or a sheep, he shall pay double. (Ex. 22:4)
A8. If the thief is found, he shall pay double. (Ex. 22:7)
(Note: when a man is sold, he shall serve his owner six years,
and his price is calculated according to the service he renders
in six years; in the seventh year he shall go out free, for
nothing. See Ex. 21:1-6)
Q9. One deceives his neighbour in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbour or has found what was lost and lied about it, swearing falsely,...
A9. he shall restore it in full, and shall add a fifth to it,
and give it to him to whom it belongs. (Lev. 6:2-5)
(NOTE: breach of faith against man is the same as breach of faith
against LORD. Honesty and keeping one's promise is basic in one's
conduct.)
Q10. One kills another's beast....
A10. He who kills a beast shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death. (Lev. 24:21)
Q11. When an ox gores a man or a woman to death,.....
Q12. But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman.....
A11. the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear.
A12. the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him. (Ex. 21:28-30)
Q13. One strikes his father or his mother....
Q14. One curses his father or mother.....
A13. Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death. (Ex. 21:15).
A14. Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death. (Ex. 21:17)
Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you. (Ex. 20:12)
Q15. When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed, then if the man rises again and walks abroad with his staff....
A15. he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed. (Ex. 21:18,19)
Q16. One steals a man, whether he sells him or is found in possession of him,......
A16. he shall be put to death. (Ex. 21:16)
Q17. One struck another down with an instrument of iron, so that he died,......
Q18. One struck another down with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died,......
Q19. One struck another down with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died,......
Q20. One stabbed another from hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died,....
Q21. One stabbed another suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait, or used a stone, by which a man may die, and without seeing him cast it upon him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy, and did not seek his harm,.......
A17, A18, A19, A20. he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
A21. Manslayer.
The manslayer shall flee to one of the cities of refuge (there
are certain cities designated as cities of refuge), and shall
stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and explain his
case to the elders of that city; then they shall take him into
the city, and give him a place, and he shall remain with them.
And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up
the slayer into his hand; because he killed his neighbour
unwittingly, having had no enmity against him in times past. And
he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the
congregation for judgment, the congregation shall judge between
the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these
ordinances; and the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from
the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall
restore him to his city of refuge, to which he had fled, and he
shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was
anointed with the holy oil. (Num. 35:16-25, Josh. 20:2-6)
Q22. When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, (1) and yet no harm follows,
Q23. (2) if harm follows........
A22. the one who hurt her shall be fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
A23. if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. (Ex. 21:22-25)
Q24. When a man causes a disfigurement in his neighbour,........
A24. As he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for
fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has disfigured a
man, he shall be disfigured. (Lev. 24:19-20)
(NOTE: He MUST NOT take vengeance with his own hand, else he
transgressed the law himself. He must leave it to God and the
judges.)
Q25. If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, .......
Q26. If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbour......
A25. He shall give the marriage present for her, and make her his wife. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the marriage present for virgins. (Ex. 22:16,17)
A26. both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death. (Lev. 20:10)
Q27. One afflicts a widow or orphan,........
A27. You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. If you do afflict them, and they cry out to me ('me' refers to God), I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. (Ex. 22:22-24)
Q28. The following sins are punishable by death in the Law of
God:-
lies with a beast (Ex. 22:19)
lies with a male as with a woman. (Lev. 20:13)
medium, wizard (Lev. 20:27)
lies with father's wife (Lev. 20:11)
lies with his daughter-in-law (Lev. 20:12)
A28. Do not turn to mediums or wizards; do not seek them out,
to be defiled by them. (Lev. 19:31)
You shall not practice augury or witchcraft. (Lev. 19:26)
None of you shall approach any one near of kin to him to uncover
nakedness. (Lev. 18:6)
Q29. One delays to pay wages to a hired servant (wages paid daily).....
A29. You shall give him his hire on the day he earns it,
before the sun goes down (for he is poor, and sets his heart upon
it) (Deut. 24:15)
The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night
until the morning. (Lev. 19:13)
Q30. If a man borrows anything of his neighbour, and it is hurt or dies,........
Q31. If a man hires anything of his neighbour, and it is hurt or dies,.........
A30. If a man borrows anything of his neighbour, and it is
hurt of dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full
restitution. If the owner was with it, he shall not make
restitution.
(NOTE: my understanding of this is that if the owner is present
when the ox is hurt, it is extremely unlikely that the borrower
could have hurt the ox intentionally. When the owner is not
present, out of honor towards our neighbour, we, as a borrower,
should make restitution.)
A31. if it was hired, it came for its hire. (Ex. 22:14-15)
Q32. If a man delivers to his neighbour an ass or an ox or a
sheep or any beast to keep,
(1) if it is stolen from him,
(2) if it is torn by beasts,
(3) if it dies or is hurt or is driven away, without any one
seeing it,......
A32. If a man delivers to his neighbour an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away, without anyone seeing it, an oath by the LORD shall be between them both to see whether he has not put his hand to his neighbour's property; and the owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution. But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner. If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn. (Ex. 22:10-13)
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