[k] 15 You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have sexual relations with her. 16 You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.[l] 17 You must not have sexual relations...
Notice that there is a great force at work when people stand or act in agreement. The very fact that God testified saying “nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them” is proof that the force or power of agreement really has no limits. It is interesting to note that the peop...
15 “You may not marry your daughter-in-law—your son’s wife; 16 nor your brother’s wife, for she is your brother’s.[e] 17 You may not marry both a woman and her daughter or granddaughter, for they are near relatives, and to do so is horrible wickedness. 18 You shall not ...
Notice that there is a great force at work when people stand or act in agreement. The very fact that God testified saying “nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them” is proof that the force or power of agreement really has no limits. It is interesting to note that the peop...
i. Some have taken this word of Jesus as more than an emphasis on truth-telling and honesty as an absolute prohibition of all oaths. This is misguided, because oaths are permitted under certain circumstances, as long as they are not abused and used as a cover for deception....
12 If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have done what is perverse; their bloodguilt is upon them. 13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman, they have committed an abomination; the two of them shall be put to death; their blo...
The terms of the prohibition on maiming were quite restrictive. A slave was to be set free if a beating resulted even in the loss of a tooth (21:27). Restrictions were also placed on the illegal sale of persons into slavery (q.v.) and on the return of runaway slaves (q.v.). ...
According to Canaanite law, influenced by Sumerian and Babylonian law, the father could give his daughter away to someone else when the first bridegroom left before the consummation of the marriage. But it was expressly forbidden to give her to the best man who was to protect the groom’s ...
The Decalogue - God spoke all these words: “I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. “You shall
The Covenant Setting - This is what Moses said to all of Israel in the Transjordanian wilderness, the arid rift valley opposite Suph, between Paran