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Richard Agee explores the foundations for modern criminal law, which is found in the Torah: malice aforethought, compensatory damages, perjury, and proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Also, the army of ancient Israel was not to be manned by a draft.
Food for thought from the recorded discussion
- Before any judgments could be handed down, what must happen first (Deut. 19:1-3)?
- What does this say about God?
- What three attributes of the Torah were expressed in this?
- Where do the modern legal concepts of premeditated murder, compensatory damages, perjury, and proof beyond a reasonable doubt come from (Deut. 19:4; Deut. 19:15; Deut. 19:21)?
- What should the leadership of the modern state of Israel be thinking about in the face of surrounding aggressors (Deut. 20:3-4)?
- What was so important about dedicating one’s home to God, harvesting your first grape crop (the fifth harvest after planting), and marrying your fiancee first before fighting (Deut. 20:5-8)?
- Should we look down on cowards in war (Deut. 20:8)?
- Is the draft God’s plan for calling up men to fight for him (1 Sam. 8:10-15)?
- Why was it so important for the surrounding nations to be under the rule of Israel (Deut. 20:10-11)?