The Social Legislation of the Primitive SemitesYale University Press, 1915 - 245 pages |
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According adopted agnatic aliens Anathoth ancient Arabia Arabic Ba'al Babylonian Baentsch be-el belong Benzinger book of Ruth brother Buhl Chron claim clan Code of Hammurabi creditor cubits daughter debt debtor deceased Deut dowry Ezek father female slave field give goël grain Hammurabi hand Hebrew heir husband Ibid Iltani inheritance interest Israel Israelite Jastrow Jerusalem Josephus jubilee Judg king Kinship Kohler and Peiser land latter levirate levirate marriage Levites loan male Marduk marriage matriarchy Meissner migrash mother Muḥammadan Muslim Nippur Nowack owner passage paternal period pledge Poebel portion possession priestly priestly code priests Procksch prophet Qur'an receive redeemed regarded Shamash sheqels sheqels of silver sold sons tablet taxes temple thee thou shalt tion tithe tribal tribe unto usury village wali Wellhausen widow wife Yahwe
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Page 71 - And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Page 71 - I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Page 144 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 109 - And your slaves! See that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves; and clothe them with the stuff ye wear; and if they commit a fault which ye are not inclined to forgive, then part from them for they are the servants of the Lord, and are not to be harshly treated.
Page 113 - I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Page 92 - Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Page 131 - Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend ; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
Page 145 - For ye have eaten up the vineyard; The spoil of the poor is in your houses. What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, And grind the faces of the poor? Saith the Lord God of hosts.
Page 156 - But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
Page 92 - And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond-servant: But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee...