Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Laws in Deuteronomy

Here are some interesting laws in Deuteronomy. I was gonna add commentary but nobody can add to scripture so I'll just leave it as is.

Deuteronomy 22:5 - "A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God."

Deuteronomy 23:1 - "No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD."

Deuteronomy 23:17 - "None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute."

Deuteronomy 24:7 - "If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst."

Deuteronomy 25:11-12 - "When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts, then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity."

Deuteronomy 26:18 - "'Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'"

Deuteronomy 28:57 - "her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns."

I'm glad that our God is a God of detail.

I also wish that this post incites some excitement for the more unpopular books of the Bible. Read the Pentateuch guys! The pentateuch is the first five books of the bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy).

1 comment:

The Great Brain said...

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