celled, and no more asked for; for it is written, "Every creditor that lendeth ought, etc., shall release it; he shall not exact it," etc. Deut. xv. 2. 476. To demand the debts from a foreigner (idolater), and not to extend the time for him; for it is written, "Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again." Deut. xv. 3. 477. To release all debts in the year of release; for it is written, "But that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release." Deut. xv. 3. 478. Not to abstain from giving charity to, or conferring a favour upon, any of the children of Israel, when it is in our power to do so; for it is written, "Thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother." Deut. xv. 7. 479. To give charity to, and to assist, the poor in whatever he may require ; for it is written, "But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him." Deut. xv. 8. 480. Not to be deterred from lending to the needy by the fear of the "release;" for it is written, "Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, etc., is at hand." Deut. xv. 9. 481. When the Hebrew slave has gained his liberty at the "release," or the "jubilee," or at the death of his master, not to send him away empty; for it is written, "And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty." Deut. xv. 13. 482. When the Hebrew slave is going away, to furnish him with necessaries; for it is written, "Thou shalt furnish him liberally," etc. Deut. xv. 14. 483. To do no labour with sanctified animals; for it is written, "Thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock." Deut. xv. 19. 484. Not to sheer the wool of sanctified animals; for it is written, "Nor shear the firstling of thy sheep." Deut. xv. 19. 485. Not to eat any leavened substance after the middle of the day previous to the feast of Passover; for it is written, "Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it." Deut. xvi. 3. 486. Not to leave any part of the feast offering until the third day; for it is written, "Neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning." Deut. xvi. 4. 487. Not to offer the paschal lamb on a private high place, even when high places were allowed; for it is written, "Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates." Deut. xvi. 5. 488. To rejoice in the feasts: for it is written, "And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast." Deut. xvi. 14. 489. Every male person must show himself in the temple at three fixed periods of the year; viz., at the feasts of Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles; for it is written, "Three times in a year shall all thy males appear," etc. Deut. xvi. 16. 490. Not to go to the temple without a sacrifice, which is the sight offering; for it is written, "And they shall not appear before the Lord empty." Deut. xvi. 16. 491. To appoint judges and officers to rule the people for it is written, and officers shalt thou make thee," etc. Judges Deut. xvi. 18. 492. Not to plant trees in the temple, or near the altar, for beauty or ornament; or it is written, "Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God." Deut. xvi. 21. 493. Not to raise an image (a high building of stones or clay); for it is written, "Neither shalt thou set thee up any image," etc. Deut. xvi. 22. 494. Not to offer up as a sacrifice an animal that has a blemish, though this blemish may be cured; for it is written, "Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish," etc. Deut. xvii. 1. 495. To hear and to obey the opinions of the chief tribunal with regard to our holy law; for it is written, "And thou shalt do according to the sentence, etc., and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do." Deut. xvii. 10, 11. Deut. xvii. 11. 496. Not to oppose or alter the sentences of the chief tribunal in affairs regarding the law; for it is written, "Thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left." 497. To appoint an Israelite as king; for it is written, "Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee." Deut. xvii. 15. 498. Not to place on the throne any one that is not an Israelite; for it is written, "Thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother." Deut. xvii. 15. 499. The king is not to have more horses than requisite for himself and his retinue; for it is written, "But he shall not multiply horses." Deut. xvii. 16. 500. Not to leave the holy land, and take up a perpetual residence in Egypt; for it is written, "Ye shall henceforth return no more that way." Deut. xvii. 16. 501. The king is not to have more than eighteen wives; for it is written, "Neither shall he multiply wives to himself." Deut. xvii. 17. 502. The king is not to amass more money than is necessary for himself and his retinue; for it is written, "Neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold." Deut. xvii. 17. 503. The king is to write for himself a copy of the holy law, over and above the copies left to him by his father, and besides the copy which he is obliged to have in common with every Israelite; for it is written, "That he shall write him a copy of this law." Deut. xvii. 18. 504. No one of the tribe of Levi is to take a share in the holy land; for it is written, "The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel." Deut. xviii. 1. 505. Not one of the tribe of Levi is to take a share in the "spoil;" for it is written, "No part nor inheritance." Deut. xviii. 1. 506. To give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the maw, from every animal that is slaughtered; for it is written, "And they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw." Deut. xviii. 3. 507. To give to the priest the great heave offering, which is one out of fifty measures of all corn, wine, and oil; for it is written, "The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, etc., shalt thou give him." Deut. xviii. 4. 508. To give to the priest the first shearing; for it is written, " And the first of the fleece of thy sheep." Deut. xviii. 4. for it is written, his brethren the Deut. xviii. 7. 509. The priests and the Levites must serve in the temple; "Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all Levites do," etc. 510. Not to use divination; for it is written, "There shall not be found among you any one, etc., that useth divination." Deut. xviii. 10. 511. Not to do any kind of conjuration; for it is written, "There shall not be found among you, etc., an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch." Deut. xviii. 10. 512. Not to charm serpents or scorpions; for it is written, "There shall not be found, etc., or a charmer." Deut. xviii. 10, 11. 513. Not to consult with familiar spirits; for it is written, "Or a consulter with familiar spirits." Deut. xviii. 11. 514. Not to consult with a wizard; for it is written, "Or a wizard.” Deut. xviii, 11. 515. Not to inquire from the dead; for it is written, "Or a necromancer." Deut. xviii. 11. 516. To perform whatever any prophet bids us do as a temporary thing, idolatry excepted; for it is written, "The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet, etc., unto him ye shall hearken." Deut. xviii. 15. 517. Not to prophesy falsely in the name of the Lord; for it is written, "But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak," etc. Deut. xviii. 20. 518. Not to prophesy in the name of any idol; for it is written, “Or that shall speak in the name of other gods," etc. Deut. xviii. 20. 519. Not to be afraid of killing the false prophet; for it is written, “But the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously; thou shalt not be afraid of him." Deut. xviii. 22. 520. To have six cities of refuge in the holy land, whither the manslayer might flee; for it is written, "Thou shalt separate three cities for thee; for it is written, "Thou shalt prepare thee a way," etc. Deut. xix. 2, 3. 521. Not to spare him that killed his neighbour, or that deprived another of any member of his body; for it is written, "Thine eye shall not pity him." Deut. xix. 13. 522. Not to remove the landmark so as to change the borders of the holy land; for it is written, "Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark.” Deut. xix. 14. 523. No man shall suffer either corporeal or pecuniary punishment upon the evidence of one witness only; even though he be a very pious and learned man, or a prophet; for it is written, "One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin." Deut. xix. 15. 524. To do unto false witnesses as they intended to do unto others by their evidence; for it is written, "Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother," Deut. xix. 19. 525. To appoint a priest for the army, that in time of war he may exhort the people after the manner prescribed in the law; for it is written, "The priest shall approach and speak," etc. Deut. xx. 2. 526. Not to be afraid of the enemy în time of war, nor to flee from him; for it is written, "Neither be ye terrified because of them." Deut. xx. 3. 527. To offer peace to the inhabitants of every city before going to war with them, on condition that they submit to our king, and receive the seven commandments; for it is written, "And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, etc., that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee." Deut. xx. 11. 528. Not to let any one of the seven nations live that falls into our hands at any time, if we can take his life without risking our own; for it is written, "But of the cities of these people, etc., thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth." Deut. xx. 16. 529. When besieging a city, not to cut or destroy any fruit tree; for it is written, "Thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them." Deut. xx. 19. 530. Whenever a slain person is found in the field or the road, and it is not known who was the murderer, to strike off the neck of an heifer in the rough valley; for it is written, "If one be found slain," etc. Deut. xxi. 1. 531. Not to till or sow in the "rough valley " where the heifer's neck is struck off; for it is written, "Which is neither eared nor sown.' Deut. xxi. 4. 532. To proceed with the "beautiful women," as stated in the law; for it is written," And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, etc., she shall shave her head, and pare her nails," etc. Deut. xxi. 11, 12. 533. Not to sell the "beautifu! woman," after she has been admitted to the privileges of a wife; for it is written, "And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all." Deut. xxi. 14. 534. Not to make the "beautiful woman" do the work of a servant-maid; for it is written, "Thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her." Deut. xxi. 14. 535. To execute some criminals by hanging; for it is written, " And thou hang him on a tree." Deut. xxi. 22. 536. Not to leave the bodies of the hanged on the tree; for it is written, "His body shall not remain all night upon the tree." Deut. xxi. 23. 537. To bury those that have been stoned, or have suffered any other death, by the sentence of the tribunal, the same day on which they were executed; for it is written, "But thou shalt in any wise bury him that day." Deut. xxi. 23. 538. To restore lost articles to their owner; for it is written, "Thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother." Deut. xxii. 1. 539. Not to turn our eyes from the thing which our brother is losing, as if we were not aware of it; for it is written, "Thou mayest not hide thyself." Deut. xxii. 3. 540. Not to suffer the beast of an Israelite, much less an Israelite himself, to crouch under his burden; for it is written, "Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them." Deut. xxii. 4. 541. To lift the burden upon a beast, or upon a man, when found alone; for it is written, "Thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again." Deut. xxii. 4. 542. Women must not dress in men's clothes; for it is written, "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man." Deut. xxii. 5. 543. Men must not dress in women's clothes; for it is written, "Neither shall a man put on a woman's garment." Deut. xxii. 5. 544. Not to take a bird's nest, when the dam is with the young ones; for it is written, "Thou shalt not take the dam with the young." Deut. xxii. 6. 545. To send the dam from the nest before the young are taken; for it is written, "But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee." Deut. xxii. 7. 546. 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