Archives for July 2019

“If a slave has escaped from his master and taken refuge with you, you are not to hand him back to his master.  Allow him to stay with you, in whichever place suits him best among your settlements; do not mistreat him.”-Deuteronomy 23:16 From verse 23, yet again the Lord lays down a law contrary […]

“Also you are to have an area outside the camp to use as a latrine.   You must include a trowel with your equipment, and when you relieve yourself, you are to dig a hole first and afterwards cover your excrement.  For Adonai your God moves about in your camp to rescue you and to hand […]

“When you are in camp, at war with your enemies, you are to guard yourself against anything bad.  If there is a man among you who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp; he is not to enter the camp.  When evening arrives he is to bathe himself […]

“But you are not to detest an Edomi, because he is your brother; and you are not to detest an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of Adonai.”-Deuteronomy 23:8-9 As surprising as this may seem to some of you, […]

“But you are not to detest an Edomi, because he is your brother; and you are not to detest an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of Adonai.”-Deuteronomy 23:8-9 From verse 8 of Deuteronomy Chapter 23, we’re told something […]