dwellings, and to make every building secure; for it is written, “Thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof." Deut. xxii. 8.

547. Not to leave any dangerous places in our lands or houses, for though nothing happens to man without the will of God, we must nevertheless not leave any place wherein a person is liable to accidents; for it is written, "That thou bring not blood upon thine house." Deut. xxii. 8.

548. Not to sow two different species in the vineyard, nor mix hemp, and onion seed, or other vegetables of different kinds; for it is written, "Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds."

Deut. xxii. 9. 549. Not to eat the produce of such mixtures; for it is written, "Lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled."

Deut. xxii. 9.

550. Not to plough with an ox and an ass together; for it is written, "Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together." Deut. xxii. 10.

551. Not to wear a garment woven of wool and flax; for it is written, "Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together."

Deut. xxii. 11.

552. The ceremony of marriage is to be considered binding after the man has said to the woman, "Thou art affianced unto me by this ring, according to the law of Moses and Israel," or by a money bill containing the same words; for it is written, If any man take a wife," etc. Deut. xxii. 13.

553. The man that spreads a false report about his wife must live with her always, though she be ever so disagreeable: for it is written, " And she shall be his wife." Deut. xxii. 19. 554. The man that spreads a false report about his wife shall never be permitted to divorce her; for it is written, "He may not put her away all his days."

Deut. xxii 19.

555. To stone some criminals; amongst others the "betrothed damsel;' for it is written, " And ye shall stone them with stones that they die."

Deut. xxii. 24. 556. Not to punish those who commit a crime through compulsion; for it is written, "But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing." Deut. xxii. 26.

557.-559. (See note on p. 215.)

560. A bastard is not to marry a daughter of Israel; for it is written, "A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord." Deut. xxiii. 2.

561. Not to intermarry with the males of the Ammonites, or Moabites, even after their conversion: for it is written, "An Ammonite, or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord." Deut. xxiii. 3.

562. Never to make peace with the Ammonites and Moabites; (they not being

included in the 527th commandment ;) for it is written, "Thou shalt not seek
their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever."
Deut. xxiii. 6.
563. Not to be unfriendly to the descendants of Esau, after they have been
converted; for it is written, "Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy
brother."

Deut. xxiii. 7.
564. Not to be unfriendly to the Egyptians, or to abstain from intermarrying
with them in the third generation after their conversion; for it is written, " Thou
shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.”

Deut. xxiii. 7.
565. No defiled person is to enter the camp of the Levites, for it resembles the
habitations of the holy hill; for it is written, “He shall not come within the
camp."
Deut. xxiii. 10.
566. To have an appointed place without the camp; for it is written, Thou
shalt have a place also without the camp."
Deut. xxiii. 12.

567. Each soldier to have a digging instrument attached to his weapon; for
it is written, "And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon." Deut. xxiii. 13.
568. Not to deliver up the slave that escaped from his master abroad, and took
refuge in the holy land; for it is written, "Thou shalt not deliver unto his
master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee.”

Deut. xxiii. 15.
569. Not to oppress even with words the slave that escaped from his master
abroad, and came to the holy land; for it is written, “He shall dwell with thee,
etc., thou shalt not oppress him."

570, 571. (See note on p. 215.)

Deut. xxiii. 16.

572. Not to pay interest to an Israelite; for it is written, "Thou shalt not lend
upon usury to thy brother," etc.
Deut. xxiii. 19.

573. To take interest from all not belonging to our nation, and to pay interest
when we borrow from them; for it is written, "Unto a stranger thou mayest
lend upon usury."

574. Not to delay bringing the vows, or freewill offerings,
that we are bound to bring; for it is written, "When thou
unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it."

Deut. xxiii. 20.
or other sacrifices
shalt vow a vow

Deut. xxiii. 21.

575. To perform all that we have bound ourselves to do by word of mouth; for
it is written, "That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform ;"
Deut. xxiii. 23.

etc.

576. The hireling must be allowed to eat, during his work, of all eatables about
which he is engaged; for it is written, "When thou comest into thy neighbour's
vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure."

Deut. xxiii. 24.

577. The hireling must not take away with him any of the eatables about which he is engaged, nor must he give any to other people; for it is written, "But thou shalt not put any in thy vessel." Deut. xxiii. 24.

578. The hireling is not to eat in the time of his employment; though of things attached to the ground he may eat whilst walking from one labour to another; still he must not do so when actually employed; for it is written, "Bu thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn."

Deut. xxiii. 25.

579. To divorce by a bill (a parchment) whenever a wife is to be divorced; for it is written, "Then let him write her a bill of divorcement," etc. Deut. xxiv. 1. 580. Not to retake the divorced wife after she has been married or affianced to another; for it is written, "Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife." Deut. xxiv. 4.

581. The newly married man is not to go out in the first year on distant marches, or on any martial business; for it is written, "He shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business.” Deut. xxiv. 5.

582. The newly married man is to remain with his wife a whole year; for it is written, "And shall cheer up his wife."

Deut. xxiv. 5. 583. Not to take to pledge any instrument for preparing food, neither at the time when the loan is made, nor at any other time; for it is written, “No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge."

Deut. xxiv. 6.

584. Not to remove the marks of leprosy; for it is written, "Take heed in the plague of leprosy," etc. Deut. xxiv. 8.

585. The lender is not to take a pledge from the borrower, either by going into his house, or by standing outside and reaching to the things within, but he may have it done by an officer of the tribunal; for it is written, "Thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge." Deut. xxiv. 10.

586. Not to refuse the pledge to its owner, when he has need of it, but to return it to him daily, or nightly, as it may be required; for it is written, "Thou shalt not sleep with his pledge." Deut. xxiv. 12.

587. To return the pledge to its owner whenever he has need of it; for it is written, "In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down."

Deut. xxiv. 13.

588. To pay the hire every day, and not to delay it to another day; for it is written, "At his day thou shalt give him his hire," etc. Deut. xxiv. 15.

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589. Not to admit the evidence of witnesses who are in any way related to the parties in whose behalf evidence is required; for it is written, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers." Deut. xxiv. 16.

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590. Not to pervert the judgment of the strangers, or the orphans; for it is written, "Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger," etc.

Deut. xxiv. 17. 591. Not to take a pledge from a widow,.whether rich or poor; and if a pledge has been taken, the tribunal is to enforce its restoration for it is written, "Nor take the widow's raiment to pledge." Deut. xxiv. 17.

592. To leave the forgotten sheaf for the poor, as the gleanings are left; for it is written, "And hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it it shall be for the stranger," etc.

Deut. xxiv. 19.

593. Not to take the forgotten sheaf; for it is written, "Thou shalt not go again to fetch it." Deut. xxiv. 19.

594. To flog certain criminals; for it is written, " And to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.”

Deut. xxv. 2.

595. Not to flog the criminal more than he can bear; for it is written, "Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed."

Deut. xxv. 3.

596. Not to prevent an animal from eating of the things about which he is employed; for it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn."

Deut. xxv. 4. as her late husfor it is written, Deut. xxv. 5.

597. The childless widow must not marry a stranger as long band's brother has not declared his unwillingness to marry her; "The wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger." 598. To marry the wife of a brother who died childless; for it is written, "And take her to him to wife, etc. Deut. xxv. 5.

599. The childless widow is to loose the shoe of her brother-in-law, if he declines to marry her; for it is written, "And loose his shoe from off his foot."

Deut. xxv. 9. 600. To save the pursued, were it even with the life of the pursuer; for it is written, "Then thou shalt cut off her hand." Deut. xxv. 12.

601. Not to spare the pursuer; for it is written, "Thine eye shall not pity."

Deut. xxv. 12.

602. Not to keep in our house, or by us, any short weights or measures; for it is written, "Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small." Deut. xxv. 13. 603. To repeat vocally every day of our life the evil which Amalek did unto us; for it is written, "Remember what Amalek did unto thee." Deut. xxv. 17.

604. To destroy none of the seed of Esau except Amalek; but of him none should be left, either male or female, great or small; for it is written, "Thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek." Deut. xxv. 19.

605. Not to forget the evils which the seed of Amalek did unto us when we

came out from the land of Egypt; for it is written, "Thou shalt not forget it." Deut. xxv. 19.

606. To commence with the praise of God's goodness towards our father Jacob, whenever the first-fruits are brought into the temple; for it is written, "And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God," etc. Deut. xxvi. 5.

607. To confess before the Lord that we have done all that He commanded us to do with regard to the heave-offerings and tithes, and that we have not appropriated them; for it is written, "Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house," etc. Deut. xxvi. 13. 608. Not to eat the second tithe on the first day of mourning; "I have not eaten thereof in my mourning."

for it is written, Deut. xxvi. 14.

609. Not to eat the second tithe in uncleanness even in Jerusalem; for it is written, "Neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use."

Deut. xxvi. 14. 610. Not to expend the money of the second tithe, except in eating, and drinking, and anointing; for it is written, "Nor given ought thereof for the dead.”

Deut. xxvi. 14.

611. To walk in the ways of the Lord, and to endeavour to be as like unto Him as we are capable of being; for it is written, "And walk in His ways."

Deut. xxviii. 9.

612. To assemble all the children of Israel, men, women, and children, on the second day of the feast of tabernacles after every year of release; for it is written, "Gather the people together, men, and women, and children,” etc.

Deut. xxxi. 12. 613. Every Israelite must write for himself a copy of the holy law; for it is written, "Now therefore write ye this song for you." Deut. xxxi. 19.

It is a duty to lend our books to such as have no means of purchasing any; for that, our Rabbis said, was meant by the words, "Blessed art they, etc., and he that doeth righteousness at all times.” Ps. cvi. 3.

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LONDON: KNIGHT, PRINTER, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.