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The City Gate Messianic Bible Study with Rav Andrew
Parasha 048 Shoftim - Judges
Shoftim D'varim /
Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9
The name of the Parshah, "Shoftim,"
means "Judges" and it is found in Deuteronomy 16:18.
Moses instructs the people of Israel to appoint judges and law
enforcement officers in every city. “Justice, justice shall you
pursue,” he commands them, and you must administer it without
corruption or favoritism. Crimes must be meticulously investigated
and evidence thoroughly examined—a minimum of two credible witnesses
is required for conviction and punishment.
In every generation, says Moses, there will be those entrusted with
the task of interpreting and applying the laws of the Torah.
“According to the law that they will teach you, and the judgment
they will instruct you, you shall do; you shall not turn away from
the thing that they say to you, to the right nor to the left.”
Shoftim also includes the prohibitions against idolatry and sorcery;
laws governing the appointment and behavior of a king; and
guidelines for the creation of “cities of refuge” for the
inadvertent murderer. Also set forth are many of the rules of war:
the exemption from battle for one who has just built a home, planted
a vineyard, married, or is “afraid and soft-hearted”; the
requirement to offer terms of peace before attacking a city; and the
prohibition against wanton destruction of something of value,
exemplified by the law that forbids to cut down a fruit tree when
laying siege (in this context the Torah makes the famous statement,
“For man is a tree of the field”).
The Parshah concludes with the law of the eglah arufah—the special
procedure to be followed when a person is killed by an unknown
murderer and his body is found in a field—which underscores the
responsibility of the community and its leaders not only for what
they do, but also for what they might have prevented from being
done.
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