Category Archives: purity
removing the extraneous
20230104 removing the extraneous Ezekiel 40:20-23 (JDV) Ezekiel 40:20 He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width.Ezekiel 40:21 Its three recesses on each side, its jambs, and its portico had the same measurements … Continue reading
only get better
only get better Philippians 1:6-11 (JDV) Philippians 1:6 I have confidence in this, that he who started a good achievement in you will keep perfecting it until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:7 In fact, it is right for … Continue reading
remember Miriam
remember Miriam Deuteronomy 24:8-9 (JDV) Deuteronomy 24:8 “Be careful with a person who has a case of serious skin disease, watching carefully everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. Deuteronomy … 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
carcasses and goat milk
carcasses and goat milk Deuteronomy 14:21 Deuteronomy 14:21 “You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a guest within your city gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. … Continue reading
cleansing Canaan
cleansing Canaan Deuteronomy 7:5 Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their standing stones, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images. Deuteronomy 7:6 You see, you are a sacred … Continue reading
partnering with paganism
partnering with paganism Deuteronomy 7:2 and when Yahveh your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely eliminate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. Deuteronomy 7:3 You must not intermarry … Continue reading
limiting close relationships
Ephesians 5:1-5 (JDV) Ephesians 5:1 Be imitators of God, then, as dearly cared about children, Ephesians 5:2 and walk in care, like Christ also cared about us and gave himself in behalf of us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to … Continue reading
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