this verse really caught my eye, vs 9:
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
It reminds of the GMO's
and these verses.....well i don't think the punishment is enough for the horror this man put this woman through, when she was at risk of being stoned to death for his false accusation.....what an odious and treacherous thing for him to do:
13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
commentary is soooooo helpful in explaining the wonderfulness and fairness and equity of God regarding matters of finding someone's livestock and not keeping them for one's self....and even for being kind and compassionate for the birds.....it helped also in explaining the "virginity" thing more with a husband and wife, but the penalty still is not enough for this odious man who falsely accuses this woman and he fully knows she could be stoned to death....