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Is the premarital unchastity case of Deut. 22:13 an example of the justice system assuming guilt until a defendant proves her innocence?
<translate> No. This is a section of the case laws that is often misunderstood, because it is actually intertwining the c <translate> In the first case (the father accusing the husband of slander), the "signs of virginity" will

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What are some errors to avoid when studying Biblical law?
...list of common errors which I have encountered in scholarship on Biblical law. Often, many of these errors are committed simultaneously by a particular c ...ng upon Rabbinic interpretations of (and methods of interpreting) Biblical law. The Rabbis continued many of the errors of the Pharisees, which Jesus expl

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Ci sono 613 comandamenti nella Torah?
...etations of scripture, and many commands with no basis whatsoever in God's law. ...you might be thinking to yourself: "I don't remember anywhere in Biblical law where someone is required to be executed by strangulation or decapitation."

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Are there 613 commandments in the Torah?
...etations of scripture, and many commands with no basis whatsoever in God's law. ...you might be thinking to yourself: "I don't remember anywhere in Biblical law where someone is required to be executed by strangulation or decapitation."

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Does the divorce of the foreign women in Ezra 9-10 show that civil government has authority to dissolve marriages or preside over "divorce trials"?
Quick answer: No. Biblical law nowhere gives civil government the authority either to dissolve marriage co The actions in Ezra 9-10 are a narrative which clearly have Biblical law as the backdrop (particularly Deut. 7:1-3). The "divorces" must be understo

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Exodus 13:11-13
{{:Navleft|Category:Law Analysis|{{:LawAnalysisoverviewname/{{:UIlang}}}}}} ...r death by breaking of neck for donkeys, and it commands redemption in the case of humans.

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토라에는 613 개의 계명이 있습니까?
...etations of scripture, and many commands with no basis whatsoever in God's law. ...you might be thinking to yourself: "I don't remember anywhere in Biblical law where someone is required to be executed by strangulation or decapitation."

5 KB (767 words) - 16:00, 5 January 2021
Existem 613 mandamentos na Torá?
...etations of scripture, and many commands with no basis whatsoever in God's law. ...you might be thinking to yourself: "I don't remember anywhere in Biblical law where someone is required to be executed by strangulation or decapitation."

5 KB (771 words) - 16:00, 5 January 2021
তাওরাতে কি 613 টি আজ্ঞা রয়েছে?
...etations of scripture, and many commands with no basis whatsoever in God's law. ...you might be thinking to yourself: "I don't remember anywhere in Biblical law where someone is required to be executed by strangulation or decapitation."

5 KB (767 words) - 16:00, 5 January 2021
Zijn er 613 geboden in de Thora?
...etations of scripture, and many commands with no basis whatsoever in God's law. ...you might be thinking to yourself: "I don't remember anywhere in Biblical law where someone is required to be executed by strangulation or decapitation."

5 KB (773 words) - 16:00, 5 January 2021
Does the divorce of the foreign women in Ezra 9-10 show that civil government has authority to dissolve marriages or preside over "divorce trials"?
<translate> Quick answer: No. Biblical law nowhere gives civil government the authority either to dissolve marriage co ...:2--> The actions in Ezra 9-10 are a narrative which clearly have Biblical law as the backdrop (particularly Deut. 7:1-3). The "divorces" must be understo

6 KB (1,005 words) - 03:06, 18 November 2020
Are there 613 commandments in the Torah?
...etations of scripture, and many commands with no basis whatsoever in God's law.</translate> ...you might be thinking to yourself: "I don't remember anywhere in Biblical law where someone is required to be executed by strangulation or decapitation."

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Does Biblical law really allow a father to sell his daughter into slavery?
...lead to misunderstanding if you don't know the cultural background to the law. ...ys with the bride's family (unless they choose to gift it to her, in which case it becomes part of her dowry). "Dowry" is wealth which the daughter brings

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Prohibition on vicarious punishment
...enalty fall upon the owner, not upon the owner's son or daughter. In other law codes of the time, such as the ''Code of Hammurabi'', sons and daughters we In Biblical law, no one could be killed for the crime of his parent:

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Does Biblical law really allow a father to sell his daughter into slavery?
...lead to misunderstanding if you don't know the cultural background to the law.</translate> ...ys with the bride's family (unless they choose to gift it to her, in which case it becomes part of her dowry). "Dowry" is wealth which the daughter brings

4 KB (548 words) - 20:36, 19 November 2020
Are you allowed to use deadly force in defense of (mere) property?
Biblical law is clear that the use of deadly force is lawful in the defense of oneself o As in many of the Biblical case laws, there is more than one case entangled in the text:

7 KB (1,269 words) - 22:00, 24 November 2020
Prohibition on vicarious punishment
...enalty fall upon the owner, not upon the owner's son or daughter. In other law codes of the time, such as the ''Code of Hammurabi'', sons and daughters we <translate> In Biblical law, no one could be killed for the crime of his parent:</translate>

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Didn't the law under the Sinai Covenant allow divorce for any cause?
==The function of the "writ of divorcement" in Biblical law== The law in question reads as follows:

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Are you allowed to use deadly force in defense of (mere) property?
<translate>Biblical law is clear that the use of deadly force is lawful in the defense of oneself o <translate>As in many of the Biblical case laws, there is more than one case entangled in the text:</translate>

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Didn't the law under the Sinai Covenant allow divorce for any cause?
<translate>==The function of the "writ of divorcement" in Biblical law== </translate> <translate> The law in question reads as follows:</translate>

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Why wasn't Paul executed for either murder or kidnapping?
...llowed them to sentence Paul to execution. They were forbidden by Biblical law from taking their own private vengeance (Lev. 19:18). It was also clear fro # A just judge (someone following Biblical law and its judicial procedural standards)

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Exodus 18:19-24
{{:Navleft|Category:Law Analysis|{{:LawAnalysisoverviewname/{{:UIlang}}}}}} *Learn the Law of God (verse 20)

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Exodus 21:22-25
{{:Navleft|Category:Law Analysis|{{:LawAnalysisoverviewname/{{#var:pglang}}}}}} ...the {{:Translink|Category:Civil/Judicial Law}}. [[Category:Civil/Judicial Law]]

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What was the purpose of the Numbers 5 dusty(or "bitter") water test?/en
...y to start, and devastating to a woman's reputation, if believed. Biblical law allowed the innocent woman to refute such a falsehood with no risk to herse ..., and required divine intervention to cause harm. Ordeals as used in man's law were typically actions that were harmful by nature (eg. drowning, fighting,

5 KB (838 words) - 17:00, 18 November 2020
How does Biblical law create the strongest possible "Rule of Law"?
=== How Biblical law protects (true) liberty better than any other law system === ...ng, roughly, A.V. Dicey)<ref>A. V. Dicey, Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, Part 2</ref>:

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What was the purpose of the Numbers 5 dusty(or "bitter") water test?
...y to start, and devastating to a woman's reputation, if believed. Biblical law allowed the innocent woman to refute such a falsehood with no risk to herse ..., and required divine intervention to cause harm. Ordeals as used in man's law were typically actions that were harmful by nature (eg. drowning, fighting,

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Does Joseph's intent to divorce Mary show that the death penalty for adultery was not mandatory?
...on to some, but this is a serious proposition to some students of Biblical law. Here is an example of the argument, from Philip Kayser's book <em>Is the D ...perhaps the most significant illustration of this leeway in the law is the case of adultery. Leviticus 20:10 is one of several passages calling for the dea

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How does Biblical law create the strongest possible "Rule of Law"?
<translate>=== How Biblical law protects (true) liberty better than any other law system === </translate> ...ng, roughly, A.V. Dicey)<ref>A. V. Dicey, Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, Part 2</ref>:</translate>

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Does the proverb about the jealous husband show that prostitution is legal? (Prov. 6:32-35)
In Biblical law, it is clear that victims of a property crime, or of certain types of negli ...crimes (e.g. adultery, rape, kidnapping, false witness in a death penalty case) had the authority both to pardon the criminal and to accept monetary ranso

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Does Joseph's intent to divorce Mary show that the death penalty for adultery was not mandatory?
...on to some, but this is a serious proposition to some students of Biblical law. Here is an example of the argument, from Philip Kayser's book <em>Is the D ...perhaps the most significant illustration of this leeway in the law is the case of adultery. Leviticus 20:10 is one of several passages calling for the dea

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Verbod op plaatsvervangende bestraffing
...or vicariously.<ref>Moshe Greenberg, "Some Postulates of Biblical Criminal Law", p. 30</ref>}}

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Is there a "two tables" division in the Ten Commandments?
...may have heard the terms “first table of the law” and “second table of the law.” There are two ways that people might understand the phrase "two tables" {{:Quote|This law ... was delivered by God upon Mount Sinai, in ten commandments, and written

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Heeft het Bijbelse recht (onder het Sinaï-convenant) een echtscheiding toegestaan om welke reden dan ook?
...ce in Matthew 1:19, that if a divorcement action were required by Biblical law to be public, then Joseph (being a righteous man) would have intended to do ...n both cases the protection of the woman seems to be the main point of the law. ... What [Deut. 24:1-4] does require is that a man who divorces his wife m

8 KB (1,321 words) - 01:40, 2 December 2020
Does the proverb about the jealous husband show that prostitution is legal? (Prov. 6:32-35)
<translate> In Biblical law, it is clear that victims of a property crime, or of certain types of negli ...crimes (e.g. adultery, rape, kidnapping, false witness in a death penalty case) had the authority both to pardon the criminal and to accept monetary ranso

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How would roads and speed limits work in a jurisdiction following Biblical law?
...ionbody">Roads are (usually) rights-of-way along land boundaries. Biblical law supports the right of travelers to cross properties (a form of "innocent pa ...oses is articulating principles which are already implied elsewhere in the law:

4 KB (625 words) - 03:51, 2 November 2020
Is there a "two tables" division in the Ten Commandments?
...may have heard the terms “first table of the law” and “second table of the law.” There are two ways that people might understand the phrase "two tables" <translate> {{:Quote|This law ... was delivered by God upon Mount Sinai, in ten commandments, and written

8 KB (1,305 words) - 04:37, 31 January 2021
How does Biblical law differ from other ancient law systems?
...ndence is the only characteristic that ultimately matters when it comes to law. Laws made by mere men are (by definition) not transcendent. However, you will find some people claiming that Biblical law is not transcendent. They will speculate that it derives from pre-existing

8 KB (1,204 words) - 04:52, 31 January 2021
Didn't Jesus disregard the law of the Hebrew Scriptures when dealing with the woman taken in adultery? (John 8:3-11)
Quick answer: no. He followed Biblical law to the letter. ===How to be a judge in a capital crime, according to Biblical law===

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Is Biblical law deficient, because it does not specify a minimum age for marriage?
...and construction blueprints for the roof railings that are required by the law in Deut. 22:8).<ref>This is also a claim made by Torah-observant Jews (and ...t women have the freedom to choose (within the options allowed by Biblical law) and refuse whom they bind themselves to in marriage:

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What is a Biblical law jurisdiction, and how is this concept derived from scripture?
...cal law jurisdiction is simply an agreement by a community about how God's law will be interpreted, with respect to its details and application.</translat ...with one another in separate jurisdictions, each of which applies Biblical law in the way distinctive to our understanding. Perhaps one group will be more

8 KB (1,150 words) - 01:27, 21 December 2021
Does Biblical law have "statutes of limitation" for prosecuting crime?/en
There are no explicit statutes of limitations in Biblical law. However, there are two practical limitations: # Witness lifespan is another practical limit. In the case of death penalty offenses, the witnesses are required to throw the first st

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Is the polygyny of the Old Covenant allowed in the New Covenant age?
In other words, Biblical law protects the marriage covenant by requiring the death penalty. Witnessed ac ...hen we would see a death penalty explicitly associated with it in Biblical law. No such penalty exists, and there are clear cases where polygyny is allowe

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Does Biblical law have "statutes of limitation" for prosecuting crime?
...nslate> There are no explicit statutes of limitation in Biblical law. However, there are two practical limitations:</translate> # Witness lifespan is another practical limit. In the case of death penalty offenses, the witnesses are required to throw the first st

2 KB (305 words) - 15:46, 18 December 2020
What does "positive law" mean?
...ripture does not distinguish "moral law" (or "natural law") from "positive law". ...I-II</em>, Q.104, A3</ref> In Aquinas' tripartite categorization of God's law, the Biblical civil penalties<ref>Which Aquinas labeled: <em>praecepta iudi

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Is the polygyny of the Old Covenant allowed in the New Covenant age?
<translate> In other words, Biblical law protects the marriage covenant by requiring the death penalty for the crime ...hen we would see a death penalty explicitly associated with it in Biblical law. No such penalty exists, and there are clear cases where polygyny is allowe

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What kind of law is Biblical law?
==Two types of Biblical law== There are basically two types of "law" in the Bible:

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Is the abandonment by a non-believer in 1 Cor. 7:15 an example of marriage covenant-breaking sin?
Consider the following case: ...even in the Roman empire as a whole. William Buckland (an expert on Roman law) writes:

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Why did God require the death penalty for certain crimes?
...ires, statements of desire or (false) claims to homosexual identity. God's law contains a civil-government mediated death penalty for male homosexual acts ...tional'' answer, explicit in the motive clauses which YHWH included in his law.

10 KB (1,540 words) - 13:46, 28 June 2021
Don't the actions of certain Israelite kings show that death was only a maximum civil penalty?
...for it? This objection misunderstands the nature of the Old Testament case law system. The death penalty in this instance was not a minimum penalty, but r ...s probably counting on most of his readers to be ignorant of what Biblical law says about the civil death penalties. Our modern legal systems (usually) gi

14 KB (2,202 words) - 17:40, 26 May 2021
How do we know whether a Biblical law death penalty is mandatory?
There are two types of civil government death penalties in Biblical law: ...a substitute for the penalty. See the article: {{:Translink|Does Biblical law require a literal "eye for an eye"?}}

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