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Bible Book Number 5—Deuteronomy

“All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial”
- Why, even the nations of the world have recognized the excellence of Jehovah’s supreme law, writing many of the regulations of Deuteronomy into their own lawbooks. The accompanying table gives interesting examples of laws that they have drawn on or applied in principle.

Bible Book Number 5—Deuteronomy

“All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial”
- [Chart on page 41]
  
  SOME LEGAL PRECEDENTS IN DEUTERONOMYd
  
  I. Personal and family laws Chapters and Verses
  
  A. Personal relations
  
  1. Parents and children 5:16
  
  2. Marriage relations 22:30; 27:20, 22, 23
  
  3. Laws of divorce 22:13-19, 28, 29
  
  B. Property rights 22:1-4
  
  II. Constitutional laws
  
  A. Qualifications and duties 17:14-20
  of the king
  
  B. Military regulations
  
  1. Exemptions from military 20:1, 5-7; 24:5
  service
  
  2. Minor officers 20:9
  
  III. The judiciary
  
  A. Duties of judges 16:18, 20
  
  B. Supreme court of appeal 17:8-11
  
  IV. Criminal laws
  
  A. Crimes against the state
  
  1. Bribery, perverting justice 16:19, 20
  
  2. Perjury 5:20
  
  B. Crimes against morality
  
  1. Adultery 5:18; 22:22-24
  
  2. Unlawful marriage 22:30; 27:20, 22, 23
  
  C. Crimes against the person
  
  1. Murder and assault 5:17; 27:24
  
  2. Rape and seduction 22:25-29
  
  V. Humane laws
  
  A. Kindness toward animals 25:4; 22:6, 7
  
  B. Consideration for the 24:6, 10-18
  unfortunate
  
  C. Building safety code 22:8
  
  D. Treatment of dependent 15:12-15; 21:10-14;
  classes, including slaves 27:18, 19
  and captives
  
  E. Philanthropic provisions 14:28, 29; 15:1-11;
  for the needy 16:11, 12; 24:19-22
  
  [Footnotes]
  
  d Israel’s Laws and Legal Precedents, 1907, C. F. Kent, pages vii through xviii; see also Insight on the Scriptures, Vol. 2, pages 214-20.