Entries from August 2007
Deuteronomy 25
“If the guilty party deserves to be flogged, the judge will make him
lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes
appropriate for his crime. He may be flogged 40 lashes, but no more.
Otherwise, if he is flogged with more lashes than these, your brother
will be degraded in [...]
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Deuteronomy 24
“Be careful in a case of infectious skin disease, following carefully
everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do. Be careful to do
as I have commanded them. Remember what the Lord your God did to
Miriam on the Journey after you left Egypt.” Deut 24: 8-9
On a causal fly-over, today’s passage [...]
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Deuteronomy 22
“If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore
it; make sure you return it to your brother.” Deut 22: 1
In the first three verses of Deuteronomy 22, we find a repetition of
the law in Exodus 32: 4-5, regarding our duty to restore the straying
ox or donkey and [...]
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