An example is furnished in Deut. xv. 12: "If thy brother, an
Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six
years, then in the seventh year thou shalt let him free from thee." In the
18th verse, when this law is again referred to, the man only is mentioned;
but as the woman was mentioned in the former verse, it is concluded that
the law applies equally to both.

(3.) "The building of the father," an argument from the statements in (a)
one place in the Law to other passages, which are similar. An example is
furnished in Exod. xii. 16, where servile work is forbidden during the
feast of unleavened bread, and the conclusion is drawn that servile work
is equally forbidden in all festivals of the same nature. This mode of
argument is also applied to (b) two places in the Law, where one place
refers to the general proposition, and another to particulars arising out
of it. An example is furnished in Lev. xv. 1, where a man with an issue is
unclean, but in the 4th verse this uncleanness is limited to his bed and
his seat.

(4.) "Universal and particular." Where there is a general and a special
statement, the special binds the general. An example is furnished in Lev.
i. 2: "If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring
your offering of the cattle, even of the herd and of the flock." Cattle
(in the Hebrew Behemah) includes both wild and tame. The special terms
"herd" and "flock" limit the offering to domesticated animals.

(5.) "Particular and universal," or argument from the special to the
general. An example is furnished in Deut. xxii. 1: "Thou shalt not see thy
brother's ox or his sheep go astray: thou shalt in any case bring them
again unto thy brother." In the 3d verse, it is further commanded to
restore "all lost things of thy brother's." Hence it is concluded, not
only his ox or his sheep, but that everything, which he has lost is to be
restored to him.

(6.) "Universal, particular and universal." Where there are two universal
statements with a particular statement between, the particular limits the
universals. An example is furnished in Deut. xiv. 26, where, speaking of
the application of the second tithe, it is said, "Thou shalt bestow that
money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after; for oxen, or for sheep, or
for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth." The
special limitation, between the two universal permissions, is to
productions of the land of C