CHAPTER XVII. THE CIVIL INSTITUTES OF MOSES, OR THE HEBREW CODE OF CIVIL LAW, 270; General view of it, 270; Analysis of the crimes condemned, 273; Crimes against God: Idolatry, 273; Perjury, 274; Presumptuous sins, 275; Violations of the Sabbath, 276; Blasphemy, 276; Magic arts, 276; Crimes against parents and rulers, 279; Crimes against person and life, _i. e._ crimes of blood, 280; Cities of refuge, 282; Murder by unknown hands, 284; Crimes against chastity, 285; Statutes to protect rights of property, 286; Statutes against usury, 288; Statutes for the relief of the poor, 289; Crimes against reputation, 292. 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. CHAPTER XIX. THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF THE HEBREWS, 321; Classification of sacrifices, 322; Choice of animals for sacrifice, 323; The scenes of sacrifice, 324; The significance of sacrifices, 325; Of the portion taken as food, 326; Special sacrifices, 327; Sacred times and seasons, 327; The Morning and Evening Sacrifice, 327; The Sacrifices for the Sabbath, 328; The sacrifices at each new moon, 328; The three great festivals, 328; The Passover, 328; The Feast of Pentecost, 328; The Feast of Tabernacles, 329; The great day of Atonement, 331; Sacred Edifices and Apparatus, 334; The Sacred Orders, 335; Present value of the Mosaic ritual, 336; Its lessons on the blood of atonement, 338; That these lessons are steps of _progress_ in the revelation of God to men, 340.