The design of punishment is put in the plainest terms. In its severer forms it is not the discipline of the criminal but the good of the public――to deter the evil-minded from crime and so to make society safe from outrage. In the case of presumptuous sins we read――“That man shall die, and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel, and all the people shall hear and fear and do no more presumptuously” (Deut. 17: 12, 13 and 19: 20). It is worthy of special notice under this head that we find in this code a considerable number of statutes _with no penalty attached_ which human hands were to inflict. God reserved the infliction of the penalty to himself. The fear of his displeasure, coupled with his promised rewards for obedience were the only forces coercing obedience to these statutes. They were left upon the conscience of the people, and upon their fears and hopes under a system in which God’s hand in providence was often made most palpable. For cases in point I may refer to the laws against usury and requiring favors to be shown to the poor;――as for example (Deut. 15: 9, 10): “Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying――The seventh year, the year of release is at hand, and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother and thou givest him naught, and he cry unto the Lord against thee and it be sin upon thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy works,” etc.