Notes on the Book of LeviticusMackintosh, Charles Henry
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Notes on the Book of Leviticus
Mackintosh, Charles Henry
Bible. Leviticus -- Commentaries
All was
in most lovely moral order. The creature was blessed and God was
glorified. Who would not own that it is good for us to be allowed to
breathe such an atmosphere?
Let us now turn to another statute of our section. "Thou shalt not
defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired
shall not abide with thee all night until the morning." (Chap. xix.
13.) What tender care is here! The High and Mighty One that inhabiteth
eternity can take knowledge of the thoughts and feelings that spring
up in the heart of a poor laborer. He knows and takes into account the
expectations of such an one in reference to the fruit of his day's
toil. The wages will naturally be looked for. The laborer's heart
counts upon them: the family meal depends upon them. Oh! let them not
be held back: send not the laborer home with a heavy heart, to make
the heart of his wife and family heavy likewise. By all means, give
him that for which he has wrought, to which he has a right, and on
which his heart is set. He is a husband, he is a father, and he has
borne the burden and heat of the day that his wife and children may
not go hungry to bed. Disappoint him not: give him his due. Thus does
our God take notice of the very throbbings of the laborer's heart, and
make provision for his rising expectations. Precious grace! Most
tender, thoughtful, touching, condescending love! The bare
contemplation of such statutes is sufficient to throw one into a flood
of tenderness. Could any one read such passages and not be melted?
Could any one read them and thoughtlessly dismiss a poor laborer, not
knowing whether he and his family have wherewithal to meet the
cravings of hunger?
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