Message Notes

MISCELLANEOUS LAWS

1. Newly married man   (Deuteronomy 24:5a)

a) Exempted from war   (Deuteronomy 24:5b)

b) Now new business to be laid upon his shoulders   (Deuteronomy 24:5c)

c) He may stay home with his bride the first year of marriage   (Deuteronomy 24:5d)

d) To bring her happiness   (Deuteronomy 24:5e)

2. Forms of pledges (collateral) rejected

a) The lower or upper part of a millstone may not be pledged   (Deuteronomy 24:6a)

b) This is his livelihood   (Deuteronomy 24:6b)

c) Pledges cannot be forced out of their home   (Deuteronomy 24:10-11)

d) Cannot use force   (Deuteronomy 24)

e) To bless the benefactor   (Deuteronomy 24)

3. Kidnapping: An evil to be fought and eradicated

a) Kidnapping of people

b) Mistreats kidnapped people

c) Penalty: Death   (Deuteronomy 24:8)

4. Leprosy

a) Beware an outbreak of leprosy

b) Priests and Levites to be involved   (Deuteronomy 24:8)

c) Great care to be taken

d) Remember Miriam who was struck by leprosy

e) Put outside the camp for 7 days   (Numbers 12:17)