Archives for July 2019

“When you make a vow to Adonai your God, you are not to delay in fulfilling it, for Adonai your God will certainly demand it of you, and your failure to do so will be your sin.”-Deuteronomy 23:22 From verse 22, we are introduced to a truly fascinating topic around which many doctrines have been […]

“You are not to lend at interest to your brother, no matter whether the loan is of money, food or anything else that can earn interest.  To an outsider you may lend at interest, but to your brother you are not to lend at interest, so that Adonai your God will prosper you in everything […]

“You are not to lend at interest to your brother, no matter whether the loan is of money, food or anything else that can earn interest. To an outsider you may lend at interest, but to your brother you are not to lend at interest, so that Adonai your God will prosper you in everything […]

Let’s continue on with our discussion about prostitution in the ancient world. The first thing you have to understand is that houses of ill repute in the Biblical era were not considered as such. The activity of sex for pay was actually connected to the various temples and their gods and goddesses. If you want […]

“No woman of Israel is to engage in ritual prostitution, and no man of Israel is to engage in ritual homosexual prostitution.“-Deuteronomy 23:18 Alrighty, Deuteronomy 23:18 is going to require some explaining because the Biblical reality is so separate from what we know today. Depending on your Bible translation, the topic of this verse is […]