There is every reason to believe, when we penetrate into the life context of Old Testament events, that the attitude in which this system was to be carried out was that of thoughtful, compassionate neighbors who were living entirely within the letter and the spirit of the Ten Commandments and with the help of other counsels of God to the Jewish people. Those who were out of line would be brought into line, if at all possible, by the persuasion and example of the judge of ten, who was a neighbor in the most literal of senses, or in cooperation with those over him if that was required.
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