CHAPTER XVIII.

CIVIL INSTITUTES OF MOSES CONTINUED; Hebrew servitude, 294; Man-stealing, 294; No rendition of fugitives, 295; Severe personal injuries entitled to freedom, 295; Periodical emancipation, 296; Religious privileges of servants, 298; The slavery that existed before Moses, 299; The condition of Israel in bondage in Egypt, 299; The Jubilee, 300; Its bearing upon foreign servants, 301; Meaning of “bond-servant,” 302; Servants of foreign birth, 302; Judicial Procedure, 304; Judges, 304; The seat of justice, 305; The processes of prosecution, 305; Advocates, 305; Of witnesses, 305; Punishments, 306; Fines, 306; Sin and trespass offerings, 307; Stripes, 307; Excommunication, 308; Modes of capital punishment, 308; Disgrace after death, 308; Judicial procedure and punishment summary, 308; Statutes without penalties, 309; Two Historic Questions, 311; How far is this system indebted to Egypt? 311; How far have the best civil codes of the most civilized nations been indebted to this Hebrew code? 314; Progressive revelations of God in this code, 319.