of Israel were built on inclines, the possibility of falling off a roof was real. So the case law served the purpose of protecting human life. Like the law of the goring ox, it was an outworking of the sixth commandment, “Do not murder.” These two examples illustrate the relationship between the Decalogue and the rest of the law. The latter flows from the former. A number of studies have demonstrated this on a grand scale, at least in regard to the Book of Deuteronomy. The most convenient study,