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When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don`t bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.
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Proactive Care for Your Neighbor
This law, requiring a railing on flat roofs, underscores God's profound value for human life. Commentators like Calvin explain that if God holds people accountable for accidental harm caused by negligence, it reveals how much more He detests intentional harm. The command is a practical expression of the duty to love and protect one's neighbor from preventable danger.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These precepts are designed to cultivate a spirit of humanity. Compare Deuteronomy 25:4; Leviticus 22:28; and [Reference 1 Corinthians 9…
19th Century
Anglican
When thou buildest a new house. —Obviously the Law refers to houses with flat roofs, upon which it was customary to walk …
16th Century
Protestant
This precept also relates to the preservation of human life. We know that the roofs of Jewish houses were flat, so that people could freely walk on…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When you build a new house Which is to be understood of a house to dwell in, not of a granary, barn, or stable, or s…
God's providence extends to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do likewise, so that even in these small matters we may live in the fear of the …
