Kind Justice - Deuteronomy 24: 5 - 25:4
“The Covenant: Kind Justice” Deuteronomy 24: 5 - 25:4
In a number of our English translations, the editors have organized sections under descriptive headings. Most of these headings I find to be helpful. Our text for this morning is titled, “Miscellaneous Laws.” I do not find this title to be particularly helpful. The editors are uncertain as to how Moses has organized these sections. Perhaps he has simply thrown some laws together, uncertain himself as to how to categorize them. Moses is ancient. His writing and his addresses do not conform to Western models, Classic or modern. Some of the confusion of categorization results from us thinking that his writing is a book of case law. At least we would expect Moses to categorize all of these detailed laws under the Ten Commandments. But he does not attempt such nice and neat organization. Continue reading »
