The Old Testament in the Jewish Church; a Course of Lectures On Biblical Criticism
The Old Testament in the Jewish Church; a Course of Lectures On Biblical Criticism
Smith, W. Robertson (William Robertson), 1846-1894
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21 unclean food, which the First Legislation commands to be thrown to the dogs, may be given to the Ger. In the Levitical legislation the word GSr is already on the way to assume the later technical sense of proselyte. LBcr. XI LEGISLATION 3-43 nomic code, before they ever had a chance of being put in operation in Canaan. Bnt this hypothesis, so dishonouring to the Divine Legislator, who can do nothing in vain, is refuted by the whole tenor of the code, which undoubtedly is as lining and real a... system of law as was ever written. The details of the system are almost all such as are found among other nations. The law of Israel does not yet aim at singu- larity ; it is enough that it is pervaded by a constant sense that the righteous and gracious Jehovah is behind the law and wields it in conformity with His own holy nature. The law, therefore, makes no pretence at ideality. It contains precepts adapted, as our Lord puts it, to the hardness of the people's heart. The ordinances are not abstractly perfect, and fit to be a rule of life in every state of society, but they are fit to make Israel a righteous, humane, and God-fearing people, and to facilitate a healthy growth towards better things.
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