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These statutes show that we must take care in the use of our own property that we not jeopardize the wellbeing of our neighbors by our own poor stewardship. Open pits had to be covered and dangerous animals had to be controlled.
It’s not hard to see how many laws in our own society – think of a construction site, for example, or laws about pets – derive from such statutes as this. The statutes in this section represent a form of preventive justice in which, by proper forethought and consideration of our neighbors, we take actions with our own property to ensure that others are not harmed by what we do. They also present examples of restorative justice, in which property is restored to its rightful owner.
T. M. Moore
The Law of God is the soil which, fertilized by the rest of God’s Word and watered by His Spirit, brings forth the fruit of Christian life. If you’d like to understand this process better, and how to make best use of the Law in your walk with and work for the Lord, order the book, The Ground for Christian Ethics, from our online store.
Except as indicated, Scripture taken from the New King James Version. © Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.