Chapter 23
No physical or moral blemish allowed in the temple.
Physical cleanliness in the camp.
Don't return an escaped slave to his master. Let him live free among you. Interesting to compare this with Philemon, and the Fugitive Slave Act of America's 1850s.
No prostitution allowed, or interest charged to fellow Israelites.
Keep your vows. Feel free to take a snack passing through a vineyard, but not more than your hands can hold.
No physical or moral blemish allowed in the temple.
Physical cleanliness in the camp.
Don't return an escaped slave to his master. Let him live free among you. Interesting to compare this with Philemon, and the Fugitive Slave Act of America's 1850s.
No prostitution allowed, or interest charged to fellow Israelites.
Keep your vows. Feel free to take a snack passing through a vineyard, but not more than your hands can hold.
Jesus had no fault or blemish - the perfect sacrifice for God. So we can approach Him with our blemishes. Jesus and His disciples took a handful of grain on the Sabbath, which wasn't considered work, just enough food gathering for the day or moment.
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Don't use the fiction of marriage as an excuse for debauchery.
Newlyweds are free from the draft for a year.
Don't take one's livelihood as collateral. Unfair.
Man-stealing for slavery is a capital offense.
Respect the dignity of those who need a loan.
Don't hold back employees' wages too long.
Don't punish children for their fathers' sins.
Don't do injustice to widows, orphans or aliens. It's really easy to do. Resist the temptation.
Leave some of your harvest for the poor to glean. (Remember Ruth.)
Don't use the fiction of marriage as an excuse for debauchery.
Newlyweds are free from the draft for a year.
Don't take one's livelihood as collateral. Unfair.
Man-stealing for slavery is a capital offense.
Respect the dignity of those who need a loan.
Don't hold back employees' wages too long.
Don't punish children for their fathers' sins.
Don't do injustice to widows, orphans or aliens. It's really easy to do. Resist the temptation.
Leave some of your harvest for the poor to glean. (Remember Ruth.)
Jesus agreed to take the punishment for His people, which was "unfair." But this means we don't have to bear Adam's guilt anymore!
Love your neighbor in the economic realm of life.
Love your neighbor in the economic realm of life.
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Limit physical punishment to 40 lashes.
Let the ox (laborer) have some of the fruit of his work.
When a husband dies with no children, his brother should continue his line by bearing a son with his widow. If he won't, he should be publicly shamed.
A woman who fights dirty should have her hand cut off.
Don't cheat when you deal in currency.
Annihilate Amalek.
Limit physical punishment to 40 lashes.
Let the ox (laborer) have some of the fruit of his work.
When a husband dies with no children, his brother should continue his line by bearing a son with his widow. If he won't, he should be publicly shamed.
A woman who fights dirty should have her hand cut off.
Don't cheat when you deal in currency.
Annihilate Amalek.
Jesus continues our line by "marrying into it" in a way.
But those who oppose Him, He will destroy.
But those who oppose Him, He will destroy.
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