Guarding Property
Text: Deuteronomy 19:14-21
16 October 2018
GUARDING PROPERTY
1. Property to be landmarked (Deuteronomy 19:14)
2. Landmarks may not be removed (Deuteronomy 19:14)
3. Inheritance to be safeguarded (Deuteronomy 19:14)
LAW CONCERNING WITNESSES
1. Two important texts:
a) Deuteronomy 17:6-7
b) Deuteronomy 19:15
2. Concerning sin or iniquity
a) One witness rises up against another (Deuteronomy 19:15)
b) A single witness cannot cause conviction
c) Two or three witnesses must be found (Deuteronomy 19:15)
3. In a difficult controversy
a) Two men, each accusing the other (Deuteronomy 19:16)
b) Both to stand before the Lord (Deuteronomy 19:17)
c) Before the priests (Deuteronomy 19:17)
d) Before the judges (Deuteronomy 19:17)
4. Making inquiry
a) By the judges (Deuteronomy 19:18)
b) To ascertain the truth (Deuteronomy 19:18)
c) The false witness is to be punished (Deuteronomy 19:19)
5. Israel as a nation
a) To learn the required lessons
b) To prevent such evils from occurring again (Deuteronomy 19:20)
c) To cause a healthy fear
6. Appropriate punishment
a) An eye for an eye
b) Tooth for tooth
c) Hand for hand
d) Foot for foot (Deuteronomy 19:21)