Neglect

Exodus 21:22 – 21:36 (commentary)

In this passage we continue with regulations that dealt with civil violations due to neglect:1. Woman with child injured (vv. 22-23). If a pregnant woman delivered her child prematurely because of injury the guilty party was to pay compensation which was to be deter­mine …

Israel’s Apostasy is Described - Judges 3:12 – 3:31 (commentary)

Eglon, king of Moab, with his own people and aided by the Amalekites crossed the Jordan, seized Jericho and compelled the Jews to pay tribute (vv. 12-13). The Amalekites were nomads of the desert who were fierce fighters. Ehud, a Benjamite, the second judge, took to Eglon a tribu …