Miscellaneous Laws
Text: Deuteronomy 24:5-8
26 February 2019
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS
1. Newly married man (Deuteronomy 24:5a)
a) Exempted from war (Deuteronomy 24:5b)
b) Now new business to be laid upon his shoulders (Deuteronomy 24:5c)
c) He may stay home with his bride the first year of marriage (Deuteronomy 24:5d)
d) To bring her happiness (Deuteronomy 24:5e)
2. Forms of pledges (collateral) rejected
a) The lower or upper part of a millstone may not be pledged (Deuteronomy 24:6a)
b) This is his livelihood (Deuteronomy 24:6b)
c) Pledges cannot be forced out of their home (Deuteronomy 24:10-11)
d) Cannot use force (Deuteronomy 24)
e) To bless the benefactor (Deuteronomy 24)
3. Kidnapping: An evil to be fought and eradicated
a) Kidnapping of people
b) Mistreats kidnapped people
c) Penalty: Death (Deuteronomy 24:8)
4. Leprosy
a) Beware an outbreak of leprosy
b) Priests and Levites to be involved (Deuteronomy 24:8)
c) Great care to be taken
d) Remember Miriam who was struck by leprosy
e) Put outside the camp for 7 days (Numbers 12:17)