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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was so named in 1838. We would appreciate it greatly if everyone would get on board with the name we choose for ourselves rather than using a term that has its origin and some continued hints of mockery of our belief in a prophet named Mormon who wrote a book.That said, we build people.To help us build people, we spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ we provide resources such as meetinghouses for Sunday worship and temples—which are sanctuaries set apart from the world for the performance of sacred ordinances such as eternal marriages.A meetinghouse is typically used by two or three congregations in an area heavily populated by members of the Church. They are built to similar plans in order to save money and improve efficiency of maintenance. See here: Architecture, Engineering & Construction Division, MFD, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsWe build smaller more flexible buildings in areas with few members, such as our building on Salt Spring Island off of Victoria Island in Canada.Our meetinghouses are used daily—for example, I teach a morning religious education class to high school juniors every morning at 6:15 AM in our meetinghouse here in Laie, Hawaii. It sits on land that is worth millions of dollars—we easily have over 10,000 meetinghouses and we lease facilities for other meetings. Some of these facilities aren’t cheap:There’s a meeting with our Church President Russell M. Nelson in the State Farm stadium in Phoenix—he’s on the jumbotron there if you look closely speaking to 65,000 assembled members. Not cheap, I imagine, to rent out the stadium.Our temples are considered offerings to God—holy places where heaven meets earth. They are built to a standard of construction unknown on the Earth to any other group and, yes, this costs money. But they are Holy places and no amount of effort is spared—the blessings returned to the people far exceed the sacrifices made to build them. Our temple in Salt Lake City consists of hand-carved granite blocks that were moved from Little Cottonwood canyon via oxcart. It took forty years to build.Here’s a more recent effort in San Diego, California:Not only are they expensive in time and material, but we are building temples in countries far from Utah. Here is the new temple in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:Any group of faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will receive the blessing of a temple when they are prepared to staff it and use it appropriately.Anchorage, Alaska:The meetinghouses and temples are there to help us provide ordinances to our dead ancestors—we do the physical work that they cannot do in the spirit world given that they are now separated from their physical bodies until the resurrection. We do not believe that we are forcing anything upon them, but we make tremendous efforts to gather genealogical records and provide them to the world.Anyone who does family history profits from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://familysearch.org libraries, family history centers and website resources. We have millions of pages of microfilmed records that preserved crumbling church registers and other official birth, death and marriage records from all over the world. We’ve been at this work for over 180 years now and now genetic researchers are profiting from that work. God knew what he was doing getting it all on microfilm because data on computers is very hard to make permanent—computers change so rapidly that your storage media have a short life. For example, vital Apollo Program data was almost lost forever but for an engineer who preserved computer tapes that no machine could read. We spend lots of our money on this effort to maintain and protect family history information and we keep those records absolutely secure in a vault:Of course, the temples, meetinghouses and records would be useless if we didn’t have members. So we field tens of thousands of missionaries around the world—67,000 as of the date I wrote this. They are trained in centers built all over the world. In fact, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has the best language training facilities on the Earth. It is said, only half in jest, that two groups of people are capable of learning the Finnish language—babies and missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.We just expanded the primary Missionary Training Center in Provo, UtahMissionaries are flying all over the world at Church expense, daily, as they move to and from their fields of labor. So many missionaries fly in and out of the Salt Lake City airport that the airport itself built a place to accommodate them: Salt Lake City Airport renovation to accommodate LDS missionaries, families, travelersThe Church has a system where it pays the expenses for missionaries without economic means to do so and where each family that can afford to pay is given a flat rate charge of $500 per month. This evens out the costs—back in the day when you paid whatever the mission required, some families were paying $50 a month for a missionary in South America and others $1,500 a month for a missionary in London, England. Now the Church handles all the costs from a gigantic fund and is able to spread the costs among those families with serving missionaries.As a father of nine, I am very thankful for this assistance. Missionaries need room and board, they often have a car—the Church must own and operate a couple hundred thousand Toyota Corollas—and it is self-insured. Imagine the cost of having inexperienced young men and women, often driving on the other side of the road than they were trained for. I served in Australia and it was tougher than you think to learn to shift gears with your left hand.Most people realize the multi-billion-dollar investments in our temples; however, there are over 400 mission headquarters, each of which has a home large enough to accommodate the mission president’s family and hold large meetings with missionaries who are arriving and leaving the mission—in our mission home we also had regular meetings where our mission president would teach people in his home. In some areas of the world, this home has to have serious security. In most developed nations, these homes were purchased well over 100 years ago and now find themselves inside the most desirable (and pricey) neighborhoods. Our Honolulu Mission President’s family resides for their three years in a home in Portlock—there’s an investment that just keeps growing.I suspect we spend a good deal on keeping our missionaries healthy—medical needs are covered by the Church for all its young missionaries as are costs of treating injuries, costs of mental health professionals (missionary work is emotionally difficult, constant rejection and you are taken from your home and your traditional strategies of coping with tough times and you must stay with a companion 24/7 that you may or may not find compatible). The Church covers any needs. A jet was procured and used to evacuate the 200 or so missionaries serving in Puerto Rico after the big hurricane. Jesus taught Peter that when money was necessary—it would be there. Jesus did this by having Peter cast his hook, catch a fish and then take a gold coin out of the fish’s mouth with which to pay the tax. Never worry that the Lord Jesus Christ doesn’t recognize the needs of His people, whether or not they are members of this Church.And when the world causes trouble for its people or our members, we are there with food and support. We maintain a vast network of farms and food processing centers and are able to feed our people and many others with Bishop’s Storehouses that are located near every congregation. A local leader can call upon those resources and many others.Here’s a typical Bishop’s Storehouse:Anything a family needs—meat, fresh produce, cooking essentials, cleaning and hygiene supplies—anything. No member of the Church goes hungry so long as the bishop knows about it. I was a bishop—I had dozens of men and women checking up on every one of the 300 members in my ward so that I could intervene with professional assistance if necessary at the Church’s expense. Because my ward was well over an hour’s drive from our Bishop’s Storehouse, when necessary, I could simply buy the food with Church funds at a local store and distribute it directly. (Under strict supervision and auditing, of course.)The Church food chain includes a network of farms. We own the world’s largest beef cattle operation in Florida, the Deseret Ranch. Deseret Ranches Of Florida We have our own brand and produce everything from soup to nuts. You can barely make out the “Deseret” brand at the top of the cans.So to those who claim we should be feeding the poor with our money—find me anyone who needs food and isn’t getting it and we’ll make an effort to reach them. The Church contributes heavily to other charities with proven records of low-overhead and successful delivery of food and services. See, e.g. LDS Charities Releases 2018 Annual ReportWe have also repurchased our historical sites—places where our ancestors were attacked and often killed by mobs. Here’s Nauvoo, Illinois where we not only rebuilt our temple but recreated the city itself and staff an attraction that has been visited by millions.We are scripturally bound to reclaim the lands of MIssouri that we once owned—but slowly and in the Lord’s time and under His direction:52 For, behold, verily I say unto you, the Lord willeth that the disciples and the children of men should open their hearts, even to purchase this whole region of country, as soon as time will permit.53 Behold, here is wisdom. Let them do this lest they receive none inheritance, save it be by the shedding of blood.54 And again, inasmuch as there is land obtained, let there be workmen sent forth of all kinds unto this land, to labor for the saints of God.55 Let all these things be done in order; and let the privileges of the lands be made known from time to time, by the bishop or the agent of the church.56 And let the work of the gathering be not in haste, nor by flight; but let it be done as it shall be counseled by the elders of the church at the conferences, according to the knowledge which they receive from time to time. Doctrine and Covenants 58We repurchased and continue to acquire lands in Nauvoo—a City built by our forebears.We repurchased and restored the Joseph Smith family farm and the nearby Hill Cumorah where Joseph Smith was led to the ancient record that became the Book of Mormon.We own the jail where Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith were martyredWe educate our members as well as feed them. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a huge educational system with a first-rate research University as the crown jewel. Its newest building—the Life Sciences building—alone has more square footage than the entire campus of Brigham Young University Hawaii, where I work. BYU College of Life Sciences - WikipediaBrigham Young University is widely recognized as among the great universities of the world, a top-rated value for the money because the Church heavily subsidizes tuition for its members. We even won the United States National College Football Championship in 1984 and field first-rate athletic teams that compete at the highest levels of collegiate sports. BYU No. 1 in new Wall Street Journal ranking of colleges 'worth the cost'I attended the Marriott School of Management and have an undergraduate in accounting—our School of Accounting at BYU is one of the top three in the nation. Accounting students land BYU another No. 1 rankingI attended the J. Reuben Clark School of Law at BYU and received a legal education that was the equal of any law school you could name. It’s founding dean, Rex Lee, was a United States Solicitor General who I believe is among the attorneys who have argued the most cases before the United States Supreme Court. BYU Law’s pipeline to the U.S. Supreme Court continuesBYU is staggeringly expensive to operate and maintain—top-rate professors do not come cheaply. But, the Church has learned that the more educated its members are, the more faithful and devoted they are—dollar for dollar, investment in education is the best dollars we spend in terms of the return we get. Five of my children, so far, have attended Brigham Young University.We have sister universities in Idaho and Hawaii. I work at BYU-Hawaii where the Church bought a significant chunk of Oahu in 1865 and presently runs the state’s number-one cash attraction, the Polynesian Cultural Center. www.polynesia.comI’m typing this answer right now inside the building at the lower right hand margin of this photograph—on a Saturday, i.e. my own time.BYU-Hawaii isn’t cheap, but we are educating young Church members from over 70 different countries and sending them back to build a strong middle-class in their communities in developing countries. The Church invests in its young people—that is why it continues. Its leaders know and appreciate the value of education.My accounting students work at the Polynesian Cultural Center in demanding and responsible positions dealing with millions of dollars of cash—they get amazing jobs and are welcomed by many graduate schools where they excel and bring honor to our school.BYU has study abroad centers all over the world. I attended our center in Jerusalem, Israel.Here’s the view from the auditorium—that is the Dome of the Rock shrine on the Temple Mount in the backgroundThe entire center is an amazing facility.My daughter attended BYU’s London Center in Kensington at 27 Palace Court:In addition to our universities, we maintain Institutes of Education adjacent to most Universities and colleges. There are a total of 324,537 students enrolled in these institutes of religion at present.Here is the one at Yale University:The Church itself has sixteen million members, about 400 missions, 11 missionary training centers, and 30,536 congregations. See, Statistics and Church Facts | Total Church MembershipWe also have a state-of-the-art publishing facility that prints, among other things, The Book of Mormon, which is currently printed in over 90 languages and which reached a total publication of 150 million volumes in 2011.We will give you a copy for free: The Book of Mormon brings you closer to Jesus. | ComeUntoChrist.orgWe also print the Bible and other scriptures and there is a regular monthly periodical available in many languages—all of which are supplemented by an amazing website and mobile apps. Our former president Gordon B. Hinckley prophetically understood the value of the internet and we are all over the internet with advertising and resources for Church members. www.churchofjesuschrist.orgWe have a state-of-the-art media production facility and team that produce amazing work. Recently, the Church funded a series of video representations of the New Testament. Watch Scenes from the BibleHere’s my favorite one:Peter and John Heal a Man Crippled Since BirthObviously, an operation the size of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints needs a headquarters and has thousands of employees who make their careers working to administer and run the Church’s operations—myself, for example, here at BYU-Hawaii:One of the office buildings above and our Administration Building below:A facility fit to receive Presidents and world leaders who come to pay respects:We have a new Church History library that provides resources to researchers, even our critics, regarding our historical records. It is all out there and public. See, The Joseph Smith Papers: A comprehensive digital collection of the papers of Joseph SmithThis is the library, Utah State Capital dome visible in background.Finally, we have our humanitarian projects. We have facilities with the materials necessary to clean up after disasters. Governments have studied our supply chain. We can field tens of thousands of workers within hours and we can equip them with generators, lighting, chainsaws, tools, cold storage, food—we can turn any of our meetinghouses into a shelter capable of housing hundreds temporarily in the case of natural disasters.We are widely recognized for expertise in this area and are usually the first on the ground with aid.Mormon humanitarian donations quadruple in response to disastersNews excerpts:The church provided mattresses, shelter, food and water in Sierra Leone and food and emergency items in Nepal during August and September.In response to hurricanes, it has shipped about 90 truckloads of food, water, clothing and other relief supplies to Texas and Florida and more than 40 ocean containers of food, water, building materials, hygiene kits and cleaning supplies to Caribbean islands. Two planes each delivered 80,000 pounds of food, water and tarps to Puerto Rico.The church sent nearly 15,000 food boxes and hundreds of hygiene kits and tents to Mexico to support government relief efforts. Mormon Helping Hands also provided thousands of hours of volunteer work.In recent years, the church has provided annual reports about its emergency response efforts.In 2016, the church provided aid to 119 emergency response projects in 49 countries.In 2015, it responded to 177 emergency situations in 56 countries.In 2014, the church helped people amid 132 disasters in 60 countries.Those numbers are an incomplete picture of the church's overall efforts. For example, in 2016, LDS Charities worked on 488 refugee aid projects in 54 countries, according to its annual report.And, we fund all of this from the income.We reinvest a large portion of our income every year.We have built up a reserve that allows us to provide services in perpetuity, that means forever. We don’t believe in just giving out money—one and done cannot solve the problems the world faces.So we are slowly increasing our outreach as our investments grow in their ability to fund the mission of the Church. The Mormon Church Amassed $100 Billion. It Was the Best-Kept Secret in the Investment World.Those who criticize the Church for investing its money simply fail to understand the power of relying solely upon the income or interest from investments. This means that the resources will always be there. We are not at the mercy of economic cycles.By not overspending our resources and maintaining steady growth, the Church of Jesus Christ will be able to fulfill its prophesied mission of filling the earth:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.Daniel 2Come and see. Meetinghouse Locator | LDS Maps You are welcome to visit our Sunday meetings. You will feel most comfortable in “Sunday-Best” dress, i.e. dresses for women and white shirts with tie for men; however, we are happy to host you as you come, so long as your manner of dress is not outright disrespectful to a Church service.Come and serve with us. Help us build people by bringing the message of Christ to the world. The best information you can receive about the Church will come from your own personal observations of its members and practices.JustServe

If you check on the right side of the page where it says related questions you can find it there in blue letters.The question: “As a police officer, what was your most memorable traffic stop?”I researched it for you. You posted on December 8 and if you scroll down you will be about 15 answers below this, there are a total of 42 answers.Answer42 AnswersChristopher Finch, PhD Theology, Historian, Drummer, Stargazer, DeistUpdated Dec 26, 2017 · Upvoted by Michael Jones, JD Civil Rights & Labor, University of Colorado Law School (2017) and Olivia Deborah Lagutaris LaRosa, J.D. Law & International Trade Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (2004)As a CSI, I get a marked city vehicle that I get to drive home because I am on call 24/7. There was one traffic stop in particular that stands out above all others. Here’s the true story…I was on interstate I-59 heading home after work one night and was passing where interstate I-459 merges. An old, blue pickup truck merged into my lane and took off. I let out a sigh, and accelerated to try to catch him. I was going to flash my blue lights as a warning to slow down and leave it at that. Anyway, the guy was flying! He was doing well over 100 mph. I do not like to drive that fast as it puts me and everyone else at risk. Fortunately, it was late at night with very little traffic, so I just kept the truck in sight. I got on the radio so that units further up might be able to intercept him.The next exit was about 2 miles up the road. I saw the truck get off at that exit, so I exited as well. He was stopped at a red light, and that allowed me to get behind him and turn my blue lights on. When I approached the vehicle, I could see that his hands were on top of the steering wheel, and he was shaking something fierce. He knew that he had screwed up.I asked him what on Earth possessed him to drive that fast. He said that he was really tired after working two jobs, and was just trying to get home to his wife and kids. I asked for his license and insurance and told him to sit tight. I went back to my car and ran his information through the system. He had no warrants, so I sat and thought for a minute.I could write him a ticket for reckless driving, but the end result would be that he would have his license suspended, and that would put a hardship on his family if he could not get to work. It’s hard enough to pay the bills and put food on the table. If he could not pay the ticket, then a judge would put out a warrant for his arrest, and then daddy goes to jail while his kids watch and cry. It was in that moment that I decided to take a different approach.I went back up to his window and said the following: “I want you to relax and listen. I am not writing you a ticket tonight. I am not taking you to jail nor impounding your car.” The guy broke down into tears. I continued with, “What I have done is flagged your name, driver license number, and tag number in the system. For the next 6 months, you have to be the best driver on the road. If you get stopped for any reason, that officer will see that red flag and can immediately arrest you. Do you understand?” He was so grateful and repeatedly apologized for his speeding. He swore up and down that he would never do something so stupid again.Here’s the kicker…my flagging his information in the state system was a lie! We can’t actually do that. However, that’s not the point.The officers that heard me initially on the radio eventually caught up to me and asked about the incident. When I told them what I did, some of them said they would have written that ticket so fast it would set the paper on fire. To which I replied, “Yes, but what do you think serves the greater good in society? Causing someone to lose household income as well as their license, or making them a much safer driver for the next 6 months? I am a police officer, not a revenue officer.”Addendum: some have asked me how I came about having this particular mindset as a police officer. I can sum that answer up with one picture:Picture source: personal fileMany officers have died trying to protect and serve the citizens of the USA. It would be dishonorable for me to let their ultimate sacrifice be in vain. I serve for the greater good of society, not some politician’s agenda or coffers.206.8k views · View Upvoters · View SharersUpvote· 17.6kShare· 3Carol CarmelIf more officers took this attitude just once in a while and understood that the greater good can...19 more comments from Scott Rainey, Scott Conroy, and moreSponsored by JetBrainsRider: a brand new cross-platform .NET IDE for C# and Unity.Enjoy fast and productive Unity3D development on Windows, Mac, or Linux.DownloadMichael R. Grimler, former CA POST Level 1 Reserve Deputy Sheriff at Orange County Sheriffs Department (1983-1992)Updated Aug 23, 2017 · Upvoted by Norbert Szczęch, PhD Law & Constitutional Law, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (2008)My First Felony Car StopFirst some background… Before I became a reserve deputy sheriff for OCSD, I was a typical driver on Orange County freeways. On occasion, I’d see roadside activity during which cops would be pointing their guns at cars or people they’d stopped, or they’d be fighting with someone, leaning over someone who was on the ground, etc., and I’d drive by, rubbernecking and saying to myself, “Geez…sure wish I knew what was going on!”Soon after I finished my field training for the Uniform Patrol Reserve Unit, I was working a swing shift in the county area of the City of Orange, ...(more)Upvote· 480481ShareScott KerwinGreat story. And thanks for your service.9 more comments from Niall MacDonagh, Kristine Silver, and moreRelated Spaces (More Answers Below)Discover More SpacesJames Webb, Tactics, firearms and defense trainer, Supervisor at Government Organization (1984-present)Updated Sep 24, 2017 · Upvoted by Norbert Szczęch, PhD Law & Constitutional Law, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (2008) and Eamon O'Kelly, Over two decades practicing law in U.S. courts.I’ve had plenty, but probably the one that makes me smile the most is one memorable occasion when my partner and I were working a crime suppression detail in full uniform, but in an unmarked car. This allowed us to creep up on criminals and catch them in the act. So one night we are at a traffic light on a major thoroughfare and the light turns red. When the light turns green, we cautiously enter the intersection, when all of a sudden, the car behind us starts honking their horn and making obscene gestures out the window. It’s clear that he’s one of those self important jackasses that’s in ...(more)Upvote· 10.3kShare· 1Dmitriy GenzelThis reminds me of a story I’ve read, where somewhere in Russia during the 90s, when the Russian ...3 more comments from Alan Sargeant, Chuck Cornell, and moreSponsored by ZibtekCustom apps for business from $30k.Get your free consultation now.Start NowRelated QuestionsWhy are police cars parked at an angle when making a traffic stop?Are police officers often nervous during routine traffic stops?What is the most embarrassing moment of your life?Tom Watkins, former Technology, Management, R&D, Economics Consultant at BDM, Inc. (1988-2008)Updated Sep 27 · Upvoted by Olivia Deborah Lagutaris LaRosa, J.D. Law & International Trade Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (2004) and Norbert Szczęch, PhD Law & Constitutional Law, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (2008)While I was in the Navy, I moonlighted as a cop at two of my duty stations. One was on Guam. A small island 8x32 miles was divided into several small patrol districts with one cop to each district, I was one of only two cars that were allowed to roam the whole island. My car was a VASCAR and I was the official “accident investigator.” It was a lot of fun, exciting and kept me busy.One night we heard a call for backup at a local bar. There was a fight—not at all uncommon—but the district cop said he had been hurt so we rushed to aid him. The problem was a very drunk Samoan was picking fights...(more)Upvote· 1kShare· 1RecommendedAllJay McMullan, studied at University of Houston–Victoria (1990)Updated Jan 1I was never an actual certified LEO but I did CSI photography for the Sheriff’s Dept. where I grew up for a few years and when I went back to university, I worked in a jail plus set up and ran their photo lab. I would go to school from 8am to 1:30pm Monday through Friday. When I wasn’t in school (holidays, summer break, etc.) I worked as armed security at the university.I was friends with all of the officers and one night, the one working the area of the university called that he was at a convenience store right across from the school. There was a car wash behind the store and he was out wi...(more)Upvote· 2829ShareJay McMullanThanks for the correction. I was not aware that FL was not a proper abbreviation for Florida!Alan Atkinson, Security Guard (2004-present)Answered Dec 9, 2018 · Upvoted by Norbert Szczęch, PhD Law & Constitutional Law, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (2008)Not a cop, but I gave one a traffic stop he’d probably rather forget.About six months before this event (this was 1989 or so) I was being given a lift by a friend in her car (a little Daihatsu). We were out on the highway, doing the speed limit, and a car tucked right in behind her. Really close. She didn’t like that, so she increased speed a little. He kept right up behind her. She sped up a little more, then a little more, and he stayed right behind her, even when there was a passing lane there. Then he flashed red and blues (it was an unmarked car) and pulled her over. She got a ticket f...(more)Upvote· 112113Share· 1Ele StewartToo bad you didn’t report him anyway. I’m pretty sure that had you provided the time and location...Kate Cassandra, I build stuff; boats, systems, art, etc. at Chimera Fabrication (2011-present)Answered Aug 17, 2017Would you accept a story from the other side? A non-officer who wasn't stopped?In the late ‘90’s I was regularly driving between Corpus Christi TX and Austin TX. The part of the trip between Corpus and San Antonio was on IH 37. 37 was a relatively lightly travelled Interstate, two lanes each way. To be frank it was a pretty boring ride, dead straight, little traffic, little scenery.One time I was driving a newer Jeep Grand Cherkee about 10 over, perhaps 75 mph. That car was actually pretty good on a highway, comfortable, stabile, powerful, nothing like what you think of when you imagine a J...(more)Upvote· 9192ShareRecommendedAllDave Hollenbeck, former Officer at California Highway Patrol (1971-2002)Updated Nov 5 · Upvoted by Niclas Olovsson, M.S.; B.A Law & Informatics, Umeå University (1999)THIS IS THE WAY IT OFTEN http://WORKS.My partner and I are going South on I-15. I am driving. We see two cars stopped on the right side. We pull in behind them (In the California Highway Patrol, if you refuse to stop for or neglect a disabled motorist—You can be fired). They both start out.O KWe go out to the #2 lane (#1 is the fast-left of 4 lanes) The trailing car pulls beside us in #3. A man in Civilian Clothes, extends his arm-with a badge in his hand and yells “I AM SAN DIEGO P D—THEY WERE PISSING ON THE FREEWAY!!”WE stop the leading car==still going in #4 lane. Partner’s turn to contact. He ...(more)Upvote· 520521ShareRecommendedAllJohn Smith, former Park Ranger Aide at Utah State Parks (1998-2001)Updated Nov 22, 2017I was a Park Ranger Aide for several summers at a state park about 100 miles from the big city. The park received some 700,000 visitors every summer, mostly city folk there to enjoy the reservoir and well-maintained campgrounds. On busy weekends I rode with the Park Rangers helping to enforce park rules and deal with rowdy drunks. As a non-law-enforcement officer, my only weapon was a 4-D-Cell Maglite, which the rangers had taught to me to hold by the head and rest on my shoulder, ready to swing if necessary.One holiday weekend, after an uneventful and quiet night, we were inside of the off...(more)Upvote· 122123ShareTim BreenYeah, definitely memorable! ;-)Dolly Gray, former Detective. Ex-Royal Navy Petty OfficerAnswered Dec 14My example was about 18 years ago in the U.K.One evening I pulled up at lights behind another vehicle. Nothing sus at this point. Lights turn green and the car in front moved off just a little bit too quickly for my liking and those Spidey sense she started to tingle.I made a point of getting up to him quite quickly and he again pulled away just a little bit more than a normal situation would be called for. By this point it had taken him to a little bit over the legal limit (30) so I pulled him over.Driver gets out and I ask for his details and he gives me his name (which later turned out t...(more)Upvote· 560561ShareRecommendedAllJames Smith, former Retired Maritime and land based SWAT Officer in Maryland (2001-2014)Updated Aug 26, 2017Years ago when I was assigned to Patrol it was about 6pm on a summer afternoon in Maryland. I saw an older model car all over the road crossing both lines several times. I knew, without a doubt, that the operator was drunk. I pulled the vehicle over on the side of the highway and as I was approaching the car I saw thru the back window that there were tools on the seat (construction type tools). My thoughts when I saw that was that this guy must have gotten off of work and knocked down some beer before coming http://home.As I make contact with the driver and identified myself I see that the driver ...(more)Upvote· 491492ShareRecommendedAllPete Berre, former Patrolman at Wichita Falls, TX (1969-1975)Answered Dec 8I was on 2nd shift patrol (3 pm-11 pm) one pleasant spring day. I stopped a man accompanied by his wife for a minor traffic violation. As i usually did, I asked the driver to wait while i went back to my patrol car and checked the registration on his vehicle and checked to see if he was wanted for anything. He did tell me he had just purchased the vehicle. While i was waiting for the dispatcher to respond, i was tapping his driver’s license on the door where the window glass retracted into the door. I tapped once too many times and his drivers license fell inside the door. A terrible sick f...(more)Upvote· 161162Share· 1RecommendedAllCarl Franklin, LEO 14+ years, retired law professor and authorUpdated Jun 13Not enough space to go into all the traffic stops that I consider memorable. Some were memorable because of the action of the person stopped. This includes men who offered me sex in exchange for no ticket and women (more often) who did the same thing. But there is one group that will always be toward the top of my list, and these are cases where danger was involved. Here’s one example of what I http://mean.In mid-1980, A local bad guy had robbed a large gun store in Oklahoma City, taking with him a Thompson 45 machine gun (and a few other guns). Along with the weapons, he had also stolen 2 50 roun...(more)Upvote· 6970ShareRecommendedAllDennis Clinton, Certification Police and Law Enforcement, Reserve Police Academy (1991)Answered Nov 3Told this story before so I’ll be brief…It happened sometime in the mid 90s.I caught 2 cars racing but was only able to stop one in moderate traffic. Occupied 4x. One lady sitting on the lap of the front right male passenger. Another male in the back.I got everybody’s ID and ran them for wants and warrants. Oooo doggie, jackpot! Everybody else was fine except the driver… several warrants, 2 no bail warrants for DUI, a $10K DUI warrant, a couple $500 warrants plus the tickets I wrote for exhibition of speed, open container (open cold beer cans), no seat belt, no liability insurance, no drive...(more)Upvote· 1819ShareRecommendedAllGabriel Bruskoff, filmmaker, creator of Movies Under The SurfaceAnswered Aug 21, 2017My friend told me this story, which I thought was pretty good.A rookie cop was out with some more experienced cops, and they wanted to pop his cherry with his first traffic stop. Now traffic stops can be difficult and it was something he needed to learn how to do, so when they pulled the car over, they told him to give the driver a ticket no matter what. Basically, don’t let his sympathy take over, and don’t be talked out of it.(above is a random photo to prevent the next one from going in Quora’s feed and spoiling the story)So rookie cop walks to the car and gets ready to go through the pr...(more)Upvote· 199200ShareRecommendedAllAdey Hill, It's life Jim, but not as we know itUpdated Dec 30, 2018I was on a night shift one weekend. It was about 2.30 in the morning and snap time (meal break.) Unfortunately, I'd forgotten my pack up. I dropped my colleague at the station and went to a local 24hour petrol station to pick up a sandwich. As I drove along I spot a car and the driving is erratic to say the least. I light the car up but it doesn't stop, it doesn't speed off or anything like that, it simply fails to stop. I continue to follow and after about half a mile of flicking the sirens on and off and honking the horn before the car eventually pulls over.I walked over and opened the dr...(more)Upvote· 133134ShareRecommendedAllJohn Collins, former Pork Chop at United States Navy (1989-1991)Updated Aug 31, 2017Not me, but too good not to share. One of the LawDog Files.The Firing Line ForumsThere was a young man who moved to our town named Frederick who managed to get all over my wrong side in a hurry.Near as I can tell, his mama gave him anything he wanted from the time he learned to point. In her eyes, he could do absolutely no wrong.He was, in plain language, spoiled bloody rotten. Top this with the fact that Frederick was 5 foot, 4 inches tall and the possessor of one well-fed Napoleon Complex, should enable anyone to forsee the trail of smacked-around girlfriends, lost brawls, unreturned rent...(more)Upvote· 1.2kShareTim Dees“Migraine salute?”1 more comment from Stephen FlemingScott Randolph, lives in New Orleans (1965-present)Updated Oct 21, 2018I worked as a Reserve Police Officer for just under 30 years in the downtown area and French Quarter of the City of New Orleans until this past year. Much has happened in this city in terms of relations with the public (with much national coverage of the negative incidents, of course). When necessary, I trained officers, and was out with a young recruit who was from a rural area, and therefore quite amazed by every call in our wondrous and fascinating city. A vehicle from Georgia (plates on front and back, the origin otherwise unimportant) was traveling backwards down a one-way street, down...(more)Upvote· 242243Share· 2RecommendedAllDaniel Schwarz CarigietAnswered Aug 19, 2017 · Upvoted by Norbert Szczęch, PhD Law & Constitutional Law, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (2008)As a police officer, what was your most memorable traffic stop?I was never a police officer, but I have a sort of relevant anecdote from my days back in the private Security business. One of the things I used to be asked to do was direct the traffic (I was trained for this and have a licence to do this from the Zurich cantonal police).Anyhow, once upon a time, I stationed on a street leading to a conference centre. There was some big economic thingy going on there. It may have been the Swiss Economic Forum - I forget. It was years ago. Anyhow - I was strictly instructed to not let any vehic...(more)Upvote· 130131ShareRecommendedAllPaul Oscroft, European socialist atheist multicultural minority-rights bleeding-heart liberalAnswered Aug 23, 2017Not a stop as such - but close Enough a callow youth of 20 in the mid-80s, I was still a trainee constable on foot patrol in South London. It was about 01:00 on a wet weekday night, when, from the next street over, I heard a load bang followed by an alarm going off. I knew there was a row of shops in that street so I assumed it was a ‘'ram raid’ - which was just becoming a thing at that time. I called the incident in on my radio, requesting backup, and then ran around the corner to the shops.I was sort of right about it being a ram raid. One of the shop fronts had been completely smashed...(more)Upvote· 4647ShareRecommendedAllDebbie Redikerwhitt, former International Traffic Coordinator at James B LansingAnswered Jun 7, 2018This was crazy. I'm not a police officer but I had an encounter with one that I'm sure was just as memorable for him as it was for me. I had no money at the time, I was broke. The registration on my car was expired, my drivers license was expired and couldn't afford car insurance. I saw this cop up ahead and I new he was going to pull me over if he saw my expired tags, there was no where for me to turn, so I drove past him and he pulled me over. He gave me the ticket and told me I needed to take care of my tags. The very next day I'm at the same spot and the cop is too. Again there is no wh...(more)Upvote· 4647ShareRecommendedAllBobby Tucker, former Police Officer at Charleston Police Department (1992-1994)Answered Oct 27I worked on Team 3 for the Charleston Police Department in Charleston, South Carolina in the early 90s. Our area of responsibility was James Island and Johns Island.Late one hot summer night, about 2am or so, I observed a vehicle with a paper tag traveling north on Folly Road. Folly Road (state highway 171) connects the municipality of Folly Beach to the mainland via James Island.A paper tag is fine, but it is good for only 30 days. Plenty of folks try to keep a perpetual paper tag on a vehicle in order to avoid paying the property and sales taxes due upon registering and tagging the vehicl...(more)Upvote· 56ShareRecommendedAllJim Doherty, Police officer for 20+ years serving at local, state, and federal levels.Answered Jun 5Pulled a guy over who was driving erratically, leading me to believe he was DUI, and called for cover so I’d have a witness to the field sobriety.When I completed the field sobriety, I was quite sure I had PC to arrest, but my cover officer, who had more years on the job, but, as it happened, far less experience with deuces, told me he didn’t think the suspect’s performance justified an arrest.I said, “You don’t think so? His blood/alcohol is 0.12.”“How can you know that without doing blood, breath, or urine?”“Experience,” I said. “Tell you what, I’ll bet you ten bucks that I’m within 0.02 ...(more)Upvote· 210211ShareDavid MaryAha, I knew cops were robots!...2 more comments from Tim Cox, Gary GarvinCharles Sendicker, former Criminal Investigator / Police OfficerUpdated Nov 2, 2017“Routine” traffic stops are the 2nd-most dangerous thing an officer does (the 1st is respond to domestic disputes).Many years ago, I was on patrol with a second officer, and saw a sport sedan coming towards us after dark with no headlights on. Made a u-turn, chased down the offender, lit up the blues, and pulled the car over.I walked up to the car, and to the driver, as trained… close to the body panels, and positioned myself at the B post, just behind the driver. I could see it was a young lady, about the same age as myself. As I started to lean forward to speak to her, a semi-automatic pi...(more)Upvote· 142143ShareJohn DinsmoreThat pretty young thing was a slimeball and was trying to kill you for you being kind enough to p...1 more comment from Quora UserTimothy Wallace, Police Officer w/ EMT Certification, 911 OperatorAnswered Aug 15, 2017One night while on routine patrol i came across a minivan drifting in and out of the double yellows, It was around 3am so naturally i’m assuming i have a DUI on my hands so i called for backup and followed the van until my partner arrived and we proceeded to pull the van http://over.In a million years i never would’ve though i’d see what i did, It was a 11 year old boy and his 10 year old girlfriend.They were running away because the girl parents told them they were too young to date so later that night they made a plan to run away so when the boy parents went to sleep he snatched the keys to the ...(more)Upvote· 181182ShareRecommendedAllVenkata Satish G, Cybersecurity ProfessionalAnswered Aug 30, 2017How about from the driver’s point of view?I was stopped by traffic police for jumping signal which I have not.Traffic police asked me to pay fine but I said I have video evidence that I did not jump. He asked me to show and I took the SD card from my dash camera and showed the above clip on my laptop. He asked me to show it again for 3–4 times and then concluded that I have not jumped the http://signal.In the mean time other traffic policemen gathered around me and were amazed at the video and asked me to show them how the dash camera works. I showed them and also mentioned that I forward the vide...(more)Upvote· 1415ShareRecommendedAllN.C. Barry, Current Police Officer for a medium sized departmentAnswered Jun 12Well… still relatively a “new guy” (5 years on the job)… but one of my first stops on my own. I was a few months out of the academy… made plenty of stops as well as taken calls for service… but this was my first “confrontation”.I made a traffic stop for an expired registration. The tags on the car were like… maybe 3 months out of date… I walked up and said what I always say (still to this day) “Officer XXXXX, I need to see your license and registration please”. Immediately I was met with “I'm not showing you shit, why the fuck did you pull me over, this is some bullshit” etc. Etc.“Woah woah...(more)Upvote· 23ShareRecommendedAllMark Werner, 45 years in police work.Answered Aug 15, 2017About 10 O’clock one morning, I saw a car driving down one of our main streets very erratically. Weaving back and forth, braking abruptly…What, a drunk at this time of day?I stop the car and inside I find a very nervous middle-aged woman driving and three kids of varying ages, the oldest about 18.The woman’s husband had died a few weeks back. She had never learned to drive. So… She was enroute to the nearby park to “learn to drive” with all three kids shouting conflicting directions at her at once.I determined that the oldest kid actually had a driver’s license. I directed these folks to th...(more)Upvote· 2.4kShareRecommendedAllDouglas Coleman, Organizer & license holder for TEDxJacksonville.Answered Dec 18, 2017A story related to me by Fielding West, a magician who was stopped late one night by a police officer in Memphis. In the back of his car were a number of strange looking boxes and a large sack. The officer was suspicious and asked him to get out of the car and then demanded that he be allowed to search the car. Fielding said, “you really don’t want to do that”. This got the officer’s attention and he called for back up and again told Fielding to step back. Fielding again replied, “I’m telling you, you are not going to want to open that sack”. When the other officers arrived, believing they ...(more)Upvote· 6970ShareRecommendedAllGary Nelson, A.A. Police and Law Enforcement & World History (1976)Answered Aug 24, 2017I was running radar on Suitland Parkway Washington DC. (GPS 38.854717, -76.993289). 45 zone. Chap comes through over 90. Lock him up. Search incident to arrest, 95 quarters of Heroin.Gets more interesting. Went to Preliminary Hearing. His Mother put up her house for the chap’s bail. Trial date http://set.My Ex and young son go to Disney World three-ish months later. Had a great time.Back to work. Checked in with the DA and he briefed me the Defendant had another arrest. 400 quarters of Heroin. In Florida. Less than 25 miles from Disney World.Turned out it was merely a small world. Thank God.Shortl...(more)Upvote· 4041ShareRecommendedAllDavid Hill, Disabled Chronic Pain Patient (2004-present)Answered Sep 4, 2018I’m not a cop but this was my most memorable traffic stop.We took a neonate team in our ambulance to pick up a very sick baby. They started ivs, intubated, we got the crew and stretcher loaded and off we go from this more rural hospital to the big hospital downtown. We were running lights and sirens and had the unit floor boarded. As we got on the interstate we picked up a hitchhiker, a car that decided he would ride right behind us. Now we were going at least 95 and this driver was right on our tail. Just as we were going to call in, we passed a trooper who was sitting on the roadside. He ...(more)Upvote· 78ShareRecommendedAllJay Bird, Bachelor’s Criminal JusticeAnswered Aug 26, 20173am in the midwest 20 years ago. Stopped a car being driven by a 13-year-old boy with his 13-year-old friend. Had another officer go to the driver’s house to raise mom. Reports back that mom insisted little Jonny was home, and went back to his room to prove it. “There he is, in bed sleeping!” she says. But what was in bed was rolled up blankets a Halloween mask stuffed with towels for a head! She was quite shocked!78.3k views · View UpvotersUpvote· 1.9kShareKatrina Itab-SpoonerWe pulled that trick a couple of times. Until the night I sneaked back in, pulled off the covers ...Sean McKiernan, Engineer, musician, all around inquisitive fact-loving dude.Answered Oct 18, 2017I’m no longer an active officer, but I did have a simple but memorable stop about 7–8 years ago. I was in traffic in an unmarked Tahoe enroute to a local Timmies coffee shop on a quiet weekday (no jokes please, I happen to enjoy coffee and donuts), and was in the left lane at a red light, second vehicle back from the intersection. The vehicle in front of me had his left turn signal on, but what flagged my interest was the fact that it was 4:30 pm - the posted sign at that intersection prohibited left hand turns between 4:00 and 6:00 pm weekdays. I decided to wait and see what his intentions...(more)Upvote· 1920ShareJames Wyre, 20+ years of trial and admin practice.Answered Sep 22, 2017I am not a cop, but have several friends who have been or are cops. So, officer pulls over guy for a technical violation. Guy gets out and is super squirelly so the cop drags it out for a while to see what is up. After a few mins of admin bs, he says, uh, I need to get into my trunk NOW or we are both dead and then you are gonna arrest me. He stopped the chemical reaction in the portable meth lab in the trunk just in time. The moral of the story? Your community doesn’t need to be wasting their extremely limited police time with stupid crap like weed enforcement (ironically on the rise in re...(more)Upvote· 1516ShareRecommendedAllBill Sandridge, former 5 yrs as dispatcher at Wyandot Co.Sheriff's Office at Marion Power Shovel (1966-1992)Answered Jun 12It wasn't mine but I was a dispatcher at the Wyandot Co Sheriff's Office when the Bucyrus, Ohio State Patrolman had to stop in, and I would hear a lot of their stories, and here is one of their best ones. The Patrolman stoped a woman for speeding and when he walked up to her car door, she rolled down her window and said “ I suppose you want to sell me a ticket to the Policemans Ball” he then told her “ I want you to know that State Patrolman Don't have any BALLS.” She started laughing so hard and loud that the Patrolman walked back to his cruiser and left, without giving her a ticket!135 views · View UpvotersUpvote· 34ShareRecommendedAllRon Angel, studied Electrical and Electronics EngineeringAnswered Aug 24, 2017I am not a police officer but this true police story from newspaper is worth posting!293 views · View UpvotersUpvote· 3233ShareRecommendedAllJayden MedleyAnswered Dec 14I was trying to stop a car for a broken taillight and when I tried to pull it over it sped away from me and then the pursuit was happening the car was going 120 mph and a few minutes the car crashed and I got out of my car with my gun drawn and I said to the driver “get out of the vehicle “then I found out that the driver was a woman that was pregnant and the only reason why she sped off was because she was on her way to the hospital and I called E.M.S to help me out and once the E.M.S came the baby came out and the woman had a boy and the ambulance took the woman to the hospital and I tear...(more)Upvote· 23ShareRecommendedAllKevin DinsdaleAnswered Aug 16, 2017One fine sunny evening, around 7 pm, I was driving down a dual carriageway, in England, when I noticed a car being driven towards me, driving the wrong way. This road was not a main highway, just a route through a small town, I pulled over the vehicle, fully intending to summons the driver for careless driving, or whatever.When I went to the car the occupants were two Nuns, dressed in full Habits!. Yes, they were real, not fancy dress.I let them off with a warning, what else could I do!.4.7k views · View UpvotersUpvote· 5960ShareQuora UserProbably made two good ‘go betweens’ to put in a good word to THE MAN UP STAIRS !T. BIG, works at U.S. Department of Justice (2009-present)Answered Oct 9, 2017Never pulled anyone over because I'm federal, but a good friend of mine who is a deputy sheriff in Milwaukee told me he and his partner pulled a guy over 5 years ago, when they asked him to get out of the car and to come to the front of their car, the man and his female companion we're butt naked covered in a white powder substance. When asking the man and woman what they were covered in they replied saying that they just escaped a drug raid and they got out before the Milwaukee police department raided the place and they ran right into a load of cocaine on their way out.1k views · View UpvotersUpvote· 2930ShareRecommendedAllDrew Cook, former (Retired) Police Officer at City Of Cincinnati Government (1993-2019)Answered Nov 3There were so many routine ones it's hard to think of a really memorable stop, but one of the ones I remember was a lady I stopped for driving in the pre- dawn darkness with her headlights off. When I told her why I stopped her, she very indignantly asked me “Why, is there a problem with that?” I was so stunned by her attitude I just told her to turn her lights on and sent her on her way. I should've tagged her, but I didn't.46 views · Answer requested by John SmithUpvoteShareRecommendedAllChester Willms, Marketing Specialist At IMS AdvertisingAnswered Aug 25I watched a crash happen right in front of me while I was on patrol. Six vehicles, blocking four lanes. It was actually pretty bad. I walked up to one woman on her cell phone right as she got out of her car. "Ma'am, are you hurt?" She replied, "I'm on the phone with 911!" To which I replied, "I am 911!"23 views · View UpvotersUpvote· 12ShareRecommendedAllChuck Sears, Former deputy sheriffAnswered Aug 2, 2018I started in dispatch and was transitioning to patrol. My first night out on the street, I was driving and pulled over a speeding car. I approached on the driver’s side, my partner on the passenger side. I’m running the checklist for traffic stops through my mind as I walked up…..to see one of the most stunningly beautiful women I have ever seen in my life (40+ years later, she is still in the top 3).To make a long story short, she spins me a tale about how her period just started and she was trying to find an open service station with a restroom so she can put in a Tampax. I tell her that’...(more)Upvote· 45ShareRecommendedAll6 Answers Collapsed (Why?)Related QuestionsWhy are police cars parked at an angle when making a traffic stop?Are police officers often nervous during routine traffic stops?What is the most embarrassing moment of your life?Has a criminal ever stopped when a police officer shouts “stop, police!”?What is your most interesting encounter with the police?How should you pass a police car?Are police officers more lenient during traffic stops when they see Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) stickers on your car?As a police officer what was your most memorable vehicle failure?As a cop what was the most interesting arrest you ever made?Why do police officers touch the back of your car?When stopped by a police officer, is it better to pull over immediately or seek a safer location?Why do police officers touch the rear of cars during traffic stops?Which car would a cop pull over in a group of cars that were all speeding in a line (freeway)?How long can the police detain you at a traffic stop?In the United States, is it legal to remove all emblems and brand markings off your car as long as your license and tags are up to date?

Bible HubBible > Commentaries > Leviticus 19:20◄ Leviticus 19:20 ►And whoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a female slave, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.Jump to: Barnes • Benson • BI • Calvin • Cambridge • Clarke • Darby• Ellicott • Expositor's • Exp Dct • Gaebelein • GSB • Gill • Gray • Haydock • Hastings • Homiletics • JFB • KD • Kelly • KJT • Lange • MacLaren • MHC • MHCW • Parker • Poole • Pulpit • Sermon • SCO • TTB• WES • TSKEXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) And whosoever lieth.—Better, If a man lie, as the same phrase is translated in the Authorised Version, Leviticus 22:14; Leviticus 24:19; Leviticus 25:29; Leviticus 27:14.Betrothed to an husband.—Better, betrothed to a man. From the law about the mixed seeds the Lawgiver passes to heterogeneous alliances. The case here legislated for is that of seducing a bondwoman who is espoused to another man. This bondwoman might be either one of an intermediate kind, that is, one whose redemption money had been partially paid, or belong to that class who had no prospect of a free discharge. According to the administrators of the law during the second Temple, the case before us is that of a Canaanitish maid, partly free and partly servile, whom her master had espoused to a Hebrew slave. (See Exodus 21:4.)And not at all redeemed.—Better, not fully or entirely redeemed, that is, only part of her redemption money had been paid, so that she was partly free and partly slave. According to the law which obtained during the second Temple, the espousal of such a woman was not legally complete, and hence she is not properly a married woman or the wife of another man.Nor freedom given her.—That is, the legal document that she is a free woman and has ceased to be a slave. This was done upon payment of the full money, or of her master’s free choice without redemption money at all. In either case, however, she was then only legally free when she received the bill of freedom. Hence the ancient Chaldee Version translates this clause, “Nor has freedom been given her by a bill of dismission.”She shall be scourged.—Literally, there shall be visitation or inquisition; then, as is frequently the case, the effect of this visitation or requisition, i.e., punishment, which, according to the administrators of the law during the second Temple, consisted in giving the woman forty stripes with the thong of an ox-hide. This punishment, however, she only received when it was proved that she was a consenting party to the sin. Hence the rendering in the Authorised Version, “she shall be scourged.” The Marginal rendering,” they shall be scourged,” though supported by some ancient Versions, is contrary to the legislation during the second Temple. The punishment prescribed in this clause is for the woman alone, the man’s punishment follows in the next verse.They shall not be put to death.—As she was a slave, and her espousals were illegal, the punishment of death, which was ordinarily inflicted in cases of adultery or seduction of a free woman betrothed to a man (see Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:23), was not inflicted on them.Benson CommentaryLeviticus 19:20. She shall be scourged — Hebrew, There shall be a scourging, which probably may belong to both of them; for, 1st, Both were guilty; 2d, It follows, they shall not be punished with death, which may seem to imply that they were to be punished by some other common and considerable punishment, which scourging indeed was; but the paying of a ram was a small penalty, and very unsuitable to the greatness of the offence. And the offering of the ram, as a trespass-offering for the sin against God, is not inconsistent with making satisfaction other ways for the injury done to men, but only added here as a further punishment to the man, either because he only could do this, and not the woman, who being a bond- woman had nothing of her own to offer; or because his sex and his freedom aggravated his sin. Not put to death — Which they should have been, had she been free, Deuteronomy 22:23-24. The reason of this difference is not from any respect which God gives to persons, for bond and free are alike to him, but because bond-women were scarcely wives, and their marriages were scarcely true marriages, being neither made by their choice, but their masters’ authority, nor continued beyond the year of release, but at their masters’ or husbands’ pleasure.Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary19:1-37 laws. - There are some ceremonial precepts in this chapter, but most of these precepts are binding on us, for they are explanations of the ten commandments. It is required that Israel be a holy people, because the God of Israel is a holy God, ver. 2. To teach real separation from the world and the flesh, and entire devotedness to God. This is now the law of Christ; may the Lord bring every thought within us into obedience to it! Children are to be obedient to their parents, ver. 3. The fear here required includes inward reverence and esteem, outward respect and obedience, care to please them and to make them easy. God only is to be worshipped, ver. 4. Turn not from the true God to false ones, from the God who will make you holy and happy, to those that will deceive you, and make you for ever miserable. Turn not your eyes to them, much less your heart. They should leave the gleanings of their harvest and vintage for the poor, ver. 9. Works of piety must be always attended with works of charity, according to our ability. We must not be covetous, griping, and greedy of every thing we can lay claim to, nor insist upon our right in all things. We are to be honest and true in all our dealings, ver. 11. Whatever we have in the world, we must see that we get it honestly, for we cannot be truly rich, or long rich, with that which is not so. Reverence to the sacred name of God must be shown, ver. 12. We must not detain what belongs to another, particularly the wages of the hireling, ver. 13. We must be tender of the credit and safety of those that cannot help themselves, ver. 14. Do no hurt to any, because they are unwilling or unable to avenge themselves. We ought to take heed of doing any thing which may occasion our weak brother to fall. The fear of God should keep us from doing wrong things, though they will not expose us to men's anger. Judges, and all in authority, are commanded to give judgment without partiality, ver. 15. To be a tale-bearer, and to sow discord among neighbours, is as bad an office as a man can put himself into. We are to rebuke our neighbour in love, ver. 17. Rather rebuke him than hate him, for an injury done to thyself. We incur guilt by not reproving; it is hating our brother. We should say, I will do him the kindness to tell him of his faults. We are to put off all malice, and to put on brotherly love, ver. 18. We often wrong ourselves, but we soon forgive ourselves those wrongs, and they do not at all lessen our love to ourselves; in like manner we should love our neighbour. We must in many cases deny ourselves for the good of our neighbour. Ver. 31: For Christians to have their fortunes told, to use spells and charms, or the like, is a sad affront to God. They must be grossly ignorant who ask, What harm is there in these things? Here is a charge to young people to show respect to the aged, ver. 32. Religion teaches good manners, and obliges us to honour those to whom honour is due. A charge was given to the Israelites to be very tender of strangers, ver. 33. Strangers, and the widows and fatherless, are God's particular care. It is at our peril, if we do them any wrong. Strangers shall be welcome to God's grace; we should do what we can to recommend religion to them. Justice in weights and measures is commanded, ver. 35. We must make conscience of obeying God's precepts. We are not to pick and choose our duty, but must aim at standing complete in all the will of God. And the nearer our lives and tempers are to the precepts of God's law, the happier shall we be, and the happier shall we make all around us, and the better shall we adorn the gospel.Barnes' Notes on the BibleBetrothed to an husband - Rather, who has been betrothed to a man. The reference appears to be to a bondwoman who has been betrothed to a fellow-servant by her master. Death was the punishment for unfaithfulness in a betrothed woman in other cases. Compare Deuteronomy 22:23-24.She shall be scourged - Or, They shall be chastized (see the margin). The trespass-offering was especially due from the man as having not only sinned with the woman, but inflicted an injury on the rights of the master.Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary19. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind—This prohibition was probably intended to discourage a practice which seemed to infringe upon the economy which God has established in the animal kingdom.thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed—This also was directed against an idolatrous practice, namely, that of the ancient Zabians, or fire-worshippers, who sowed different seeds, accompanying the act with magical rites and invocations; and commentators have generally thought the design of this and the preceding law was to put an end to the unnatural lusts and foolish superstitions which were prevalent among the heathen. But the reason of the prohibition was probably deeper: for those who have studied the diseases of land and vegetables tell us, that the practice of mingling seeds is injurious both to flowers and to grains. "If the various genera of the natural order Gramineæ, which includes the grains and the grasses, should be sown in the same field, and flower at the same time, so that the pollen of the two flowers mix, a spurious seed will be the consequence, called by the farmers chess. It is always inferior and unlike either of the two grains that produced it, in size, flavor, and nutritious principles. Independently of contributing to disease the soil, they never fail to produce the same in animals and men that feed on them" [Whitlaw].neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee—Although this precept, like the other two with which it is associated, was in all probability designed to root out some superstition, it seems to have had a further meaning. The law, it is to be observed, did not prohibit the Israelites wearing many different kinds of cloths together, but only the two specified; and the observations and researches of modern science have proved that "wool, when combined with linen, increases its power of passing off the electricity from the body. In hot climates, it brings on malignant fevers and exhausts the strength; and when passing off from the body, it meets with the heated air, inflames and excoriates like a blister" [Whitlaw]. (See Eze 44:17, 18).Matthew Poole's CommentaryBetrothed to an husband; or, reproached or despised, and therefore forsaken, of her husband. For as his continuance with her in his and her master’s family and service is mentioned as an evidence that he loved her, Exodus 21:5,6 so on the contrary, his forsaking of her was a reproach to her, and a sign of contempt.She shall be scourged, Heb. there shall be a scourging, which may belong, either,1. To her alone, as the Jews understand it, for the man’s punishment follows, Leviticus 19:21,22. Or,2. To both of them; for,1. Both were guilty.2. It follows, they shall not be punished with death, which may seem to imply that they were to be punished by some other common and considerable punishment, which scourging indeed was, but the paying of a ram was a small penalty, and very unsuitable to the greatness of the offence. And the offering of the ram as a trespass-offering for the sin against God, is not inconsistent with making satisfaction other ways for the injury done to men, as we may see Leviticus 6:4-6, but only added here as a further punishment to the man; either because he only could do this, and not the woman, who being a bond-woman had nothing of her own to offer; or because his sex and his freedom aggravated his sin.They shall not be put to death,which they should have been, had she been free, Deu 22:23,24.Because she was not free: the reason of this difference is not from any respect which God gives to persons, for bond and free are alike to him, but because bond-women were scarce wives, and their marriages were scarce true marriages, being neither made by their choice, but by their master’s authority, nor continued beyond the year of release, but at her master’s or husband’s pleasure; of which see Exodus 21:4, &c.Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd whosoever lieth carnally with a woman,.... Has carnal knowledge of her: a man and woman are expressed, signifying those that are of age, Aben Ezra observes, that according to the mystical exposition of these words, this same carnally lying is as of divers kinds, of a free man with a bondwoman, and so follows upon the above law and in connection with it: the woman is described as onethat is a bondmaid; either meaning a Canaanitish maid, as Jarchi, or an Israelitish one, as Aben Ezra, whom her father had sold, Exodus 21:7,betrothed to her husband: to an Hebrew servant, as Jarchi, or who was promised marriage, either by her master or his son, as Aben Ezra, Exodus 21:8,and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her: or redeemed and not redeemed, as Jarchi; or, as the Targum of Jonathan, not yet redeemed with an entire redemption (or wholly redeemed) with silver, nor a writing of her freedom given her, part of the redemption price being paid, but not the whole; so that she was, as Jarchi and Ben Gersom express it, half a bondmaid and half free:she shall be scourged; and not he, as the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi remark, though the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "both shall be beaten"; and the original text does not clearly determine it whether one or both should be scourged, since it may be rendered, "there shall be a scourging" (o); and seeing both were guilty of sin, it is reasonable to suppose that both should be scourged, but this is contrary to the sense of the Jewish writers; so Kimchi (p) observes, the word is in the singular number and feminine gender, and not in the plural; wherefore, according to the simple sense, she is to be beaten, and not he to be beaten; and this was done with the thong of an ox's hide, as is the sense of the word used, according to Gaon, and so some in Aben Ezra; and so it is remarked in the Misnah (q), all the uncleannesses, whether of a man or woman, are alike as to stripes and sacrifice, but with respect to a bondmaid, he (i.e. God) hath not made the man equal to the woman as to stripes, nor the woman to the man as to sacrifice:they shall not be put to death, because she was not free; otherwise adultery was punished with death of both parties, when committed with a woman married to an husband, Deuteronomy 22:22; and she a free woman, but this not being so, were not guilty of death, because, as Jarchi says, her espousals were no espousals, whereas they would had she been free, and so have been guilty of death: this difference the law made between a bond and free woman, but in Christ Jesus and under the Gospel dispensation there is no difference, Galatians 3:28.(o) "vapulatio erit", Fagius, Vatablus, Ainsworth; "flagellatio adhibetor"; Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. (p) Sepher Shorash. rad. (q) Ceritot, c. 2. sect. 4.Geneva Study BibleAnd whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges20. Inasmuch as the woman here referred to, though betrothed to a husband, is still a slave, it is no ordinary case of adultery, which is punishable by death (Leviticus 20:10), and so the penalty is to be less severe, but is nevertheless demanded, on the ground that she is the husband’s property.bondmaid] The Hebrew word used here in place of the term ordinarily employed is found nowhere else in a legal enactment.they shall be punished] The mg. is the literal rendering of the Heb., but it is implied that the ‘inquisition’ is with a view to punishment.Pulpit CommentaryVerses 20-22. - A distinction is drawn between adultery with a free woman, or a betrothed free virgin, which was punishable with death (Leviticus 20:20; Deuteronomy 22:23), and with a slave betrothed to another man (probably a slave also). In the latter ease a lesser punishment, no doubt that of scourging (according to the Mishna to the extent of forty stripes), was to be inflicted on one or both, according to the circumstances of the case. The words, she shall he scourged, should be translated, there shall be investigation, followed, presumably, by the punishment of scourging, for both parties if both were guilty, for one if the woman was unwilling. The man is afterwards to offer a trespass offering. As the offense has been a wrong as well as a sin, his offering is to be a trespass offering (see on Leviticus 5:14). In this case the fine of one-fifth could not be inflicted, as the wrong done could not be estimated by money, and the cost of the ram seems to be regarded as the required satisfaction. No mention is made of damages to be paid to the man to whom the slave-girl was betrothed, probably because he was himself a slave, and had not juridical rights against a freeman.Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThey were not to do an injury to an infirm person: neither to ridicule or curse the deaf, who could not hear the ridicule or curse, and therefore could not defend himself (Psalm 38:15); nor "to put a stumblingblock before the blind," i.e., to put anything in his way over which he might stumble and fall (compare Deuteronomy 27:18, where a curse is pronounced upon the man who should lead the blind astray). But they were to "fear before God," who hears, and sees, and will punish every act of wrong (cf. 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