Monthly Archives: March 2020
one citizenry
one citizenry Deuteronomy 23:19-20 (JDV) Deuteronomy 23:19 “Do not charge your brother interest on silver, food, or anything that can earn interest. Deuteronomy 23:20 You may charge a foreigner interest, but you must not charge your brother Israelite interest, so … Continue reading
free and clear
free and clear Deuteronomy 23:15-18 (JDV) Deuteronomy 23:15 “Do not return a slave to his master when he has escaped from his master to you. Deuteronomy 23:16 Let him stay among you wherever he wants within your city gates. Do … Continue reading
sacred septic
sacred septic Deuteronomy 23:12-14 (JDV) Deuteronomy 23:12 You are to have a place outside the camp and go there to relieve yourself. Deuteronomy 23:13 You are to have a digging tool in your equipment; when you relieve yourself, dig a … Continue reading
night happenings
night happenings Deuteronomy 23:9-11 (JDV) Deuteronomy 23:9 “When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive. Deuteronomy 23:10 If there is a man among you who is not pure because of a bodily emission during the … Continue reading
limited enrollment
limited enrollment Deuteronomy 23:3-8 (JDV) Deuteronomy 23:3 No Ammonite or Moabite may enter Yahveh ‘s collected assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter Yahveh’s collected assembly permanently. Deuteronomy 23:4 This is because they did not … Continue reading
do not enter
do not enter Deuteronomy 23:1-2 (JDV) Deuteronomy 23:1 “No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been eliminated may enter Yahveh ‘s collected assembly. Deuteronomy 23:2 No one of illegitimate birth may enter Yahveh’s collected assembly; none … Continue reading
passion and shame
passion and shame Deuteronomy 22:28-30 (JDV) Deuteronomy 22:28 If a man encounters a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, takes hold of her and rapes her, and they are discovered, Deuteronomy 22:29 the man who raped her is … Continue reading
crime in the city
crime in the city Deuteronomy 22:23-27 (JDV) Deuteronomy 22:23 If there is a young woman who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her, Deuteronomy 22:24 take the two … Continue reading
consensual and criminal
consensual and criminal Deuteronomy 22:20-22 (JDV) Deuteronomy 22:20 But if this accusation is true and no evidence of the young woman’s virginity is found, Deuteronomy 22:21 they will bring the woman to the door of her father’s house, and the … Continue reading
a higher standard of mutual respect
a higher standard of mutual respect Deuteronomy 22:13-19 (JDV) Deuteronomy 22:13 “If a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and comes to hate her, Deuteronomy 22:14 and places an accusation on her of shameful conduct, and gives … Continue reading