Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-24

isnsllefei as given 10 tue Lord, who
asomisei In return 10 greatly bless
bee THE creiitor) In the land" Dsut
xvi I.
Although the duty Of assisting the
poor was obligatory, no "usury" on
borrowed property was to be paid ex-
sept by strangers The paragraphs
relating 10 this areas follows:
"lfthon lend money to any Of my pco.
pie that l. poor by thee, thou shalt not he
20 him a. "a usuror, neither shalt thou lay
upon him usury." Ex xxiii2j.
"rakc thon no nsury o, him or in.
crciso;bui tear thy God. that thy brother
may live with thoa rhou shalt not give
him NY money upon umry, nor lend
him thy victuals 'or increase" Low. xxyi
20, ~.
"hou shalt not lend upon usury 20
ihy BROTHER usnfy n money, usury Of
ylciuals, usrry u any thing that i lent
upon usury. Unto stranger thou may
-, lond upon usury. but unto your
brother thou shalt not lend upon usury:
tha, tho Lord thy God may bless thee In
althat thou sc,icst thy hand to-" DouL
Nxiii 10, -.
Pledges might be taken, subject TO
the following regulations
"when thou dost lcnd thy brotherany-
thing, thou shalt net 70 Into his house TO
fetch hi. plcdgci Thou shalt stand abroad
u g. ,uine distance from his hou-cl, and
the man TO whom thou dost lend shall
bring out tho pledge abroad unto thee"
Deut xiv! 10, ~.
II the pledge thus received was a
poor mans clothing, Il was 10 bo re-
stored before evening, owing TO the
fact that the poor often had no ether
bedding than their clothes. Fix. xxi;
20, "a.
The mlllstones could not 10 taken AZ
pledges, since on them the family were
dependent for their daily bread. (Deut.
xiv, o.
Social relations involve disagree.
mcnb on many questions, and these
nccessltate tribunals 10 decide what Is,
according TO law, right or wrong. The
provisions OF the Mosaic law are In
this respect truly admirable.
The lowest court was a CAPTAIN OF
Ten. From him au appeal could DO
taken To Captain over Fifty, and
then TO Captain over Hundred and
Captain Of Thousand, and TO the
Prince Of the Tribe. These officers
had both judicial and military duties
TO perform. They were originally APP
pointed by Moses, who had selected
the wIscst men he could iind, and the
charge he gave them was this:
"IIoar tho causes botwccn your broth
ron, md judge rlghtsou,ly between every
man aud his brother, and the stranger
that Is with him. Yc shall not respect
persons In Judgment; but 70 shall hear
tho su,ll a well as tho great; 70 shall
not bc afraid " the face OF man; for tho
judgment isdod's." Dout. 1t 10, IL.
The qualifications OF these judges
are especially mentioned. They III ould
DO convsrssne with the laws and or.
dinancc-; thuy should DO cable men.
such as fear tiod, men Of truth, hating
coyetousness," FIX. xviii: 20, "a. rs
There was also a cour. consisting OF
seventy Elders, but their duties are not
very clearly defined.
Cases that were "too hard" for any
OF these courts to decide ("between
blood aud blood, between plea and plea,
md between stroke ani stroke'') could
be brought before Moses aud his su @.
cessors, the judges properly 10 called,
ani these, assisted by the priests aud
Lcvltcs rendered verdict, from which
no appeal could bc made. Dlsobcdi.
cnce to this supreme court was n crime
10 which capital punishment was
affixed;
According to the sentence Of tho law
which they shall teach thoe, and accord
ing TO tho Judgment which they shall tell
thee. thou shalt dot thou shalt not decline
from the sentence, which thcyshall show
thee, 20 tho right hand nor TO the len.
And the man that will do ptcsumpiuous-
ly, aud viii not hearken unto the priest
that siindeth 20 minister there before tho
Lord thy Col, or unto the Judge, even
that man shall die" Dcut. xvii: il.I2.
Gases that required new revelations,
particularly those Of natio nal import,
were appealed to God who manifested
His will through Trim aud Thummlm
or otherwise, according to circumstan.
ces.
As matters OF disagreement between
individuals were settled by tribunals,
~ national contests were decided 10y
war. Tho laws relating tn creto will,
therefore, properly CONT under this
heading.
Every man over twenty years of age
who was able to bear arms was enrolled
In the army. Numb, ~
Only the following were exempt from
service; The Priests and Levltes, be-
cause they were set apart for the tenn.
pie service; u man who had built
house and not yet dedicated II, or one
who had planted n vineyard and not
eaten OF liz fruit; anewly.marrled man
was exempt for one year,and a ''iimid"
man was to DO allowed 10 remain at
home.
The law provides
"And the officers shall speak unto the
people, sayingi What man (, thoro that
hath built now house and hath not dod-
ieatod ~ let him 90 and return unto his
house lest ho die In battle and another
man dedicate Il. And what man Is there
Lh,L h,a nlnnInd Il xlnnNnrd nnL IN unI