{"query": "Easton: Levirate Law", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_31c4df0ae514", "title": "Easton: Levirate Law", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From Latin levir, “a husband’s brother,” the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, when an Israelite died without issue, his surviving brother was required to marry the widow, so as t"}, {"id": "card_n_5cf4150c037e", "title": "Easton: Law", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A rule of action. (1.) The Law of Nature is the will of God as to human conduct, founded on the moral difference of things, and discoverable by natural light (Rom. 1:20; 2:14, 15). This law binds all "}, {"id": "card_n_7fd809c41510", "title": "Easton: Law of Moses", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written "}, {"id": "card_c_b86d11ec8fcf", "title": "Easton: Law of Moses references Law", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Law (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_7e8dee542dd3", "title": "Easton: Boaz", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the “levirate law” the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband. "}, {"id": "card_c_d59cf936dffa", "title": "Easton: Bible references Law", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Law (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_b1b35eacd246", "title": "Easton: Hagiographa references Law", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Law (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_6639463b61e8", "title": "Easton: Canon references Law", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Law (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_08227f251b15", "title": "Easton: Joshua references Law", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Law (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_35c7817b92cc", "title": "Easton: Pentateuch references Law", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Law (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_d5f8e9b96c77", "title": "Easton: Samaritan Pentateuch references Law", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Law (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_fd79e19db224", "title": "Easton: Jonah, Book of references Law", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Law (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_f3699d2cd0d7", "title": "Easton: Joshua, The Book of references Law", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Law (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_8da68bf0ab0f", "title": "Easton: Judgment, The final", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The sentence that will be passed on our actions at the last day (Matt. 25; Rom. 14:10, 11; 2 Cor. 5:10; 2 Thess. 1:7-10). The judge is Jesus Christ, as mediator. All judgment is committed to him (Acts"}, {"id": "card_n_d9698f4661ae", "title": "Easton: Justification", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A forensic term, opposed to condemnation. As regards its nature, it is the judicial act of God, by which he pardons all the sins of those who believe in Christ, and accounts, accepts, and treats them "}, {"id": "card_n_cd47c460640c", "title": "Easton: Letter", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In Rom. 2:27, 29 means the outward form. The “oldness of the letter” (7:6) is a phrase which denotes the old way of literal outward obedience to the law as a system of mere external rules of conduct. "}, {"id": "card_n_1ff7f4720044", "title": "Easton: Hobab", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Beloved, the Kenite, has been usually identified with Jethro (q.v.), Ex. 18:5, 27; comp. Num. 10:29, 30. In Judg. 4:11, the word rendered “father-in-law” means properly any male relative by marriage ("}, {"id": "card_n_df9cfe27f44d", "title": "Easton: Divorce", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The dissolution of the marriage tie was regulated by the Mosaic law (Deut. 24:1-4). The Jews, after the Captivity, were reguired to dismiss the foreign women they had married contrary to the law (Ezra"}, {"id": "card_n_bec1027576f7", "title": "Easton: Kid", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The young of the goat. It was much used for food (Gen. 27:9; 38:17; Judg. 6:19; 14:6). The Mosaic law forbade to dress a kid in the milk of its dam, a law which is thrice repeated (Ex. 23:19; 34:26; D"}, {"id": "card_n_cd52e85ccf7b", "title": "Easton: Marriage", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was instituted in Paradise when man was in innocence (Gen. 2:18-24). Here we have its original charter, which was confirmed by our Lord, as the basis on which all regulations are to be framed (Matt. 1"}]}