Archives for August 2019

Before we move any further through Deuteronomy 24, there’s an important idea I need to drive home and it just so happens this is the perfect timing to do it. Why? Because the next few laws we’re going to be studying are perfect demonstrations of the point I want to make. Let’s get started. First, […]

“If a man kidnaps any of his brothers, fellow members of the community of Israel, and makes him his slave or sells him, that kidnapper must die; in this way you will put an end to such wickedness among you.”-Deuteronomy 24:7 Verses 6 and 7 of Deuteronomy 24 outline a very important principle that seems […]

“No one may take a mill or even an upper millstone as collateral for a loan, because that would be taking as collateral the debtor’s very means of sustenance.”-Deuteronomy 24:6 Verse 6 deals with what to do when a Hebrew lends a very poor person some money or food and demands some type of collateral […]

“If a man has recently married his wife, he is not to be subject to military service; he is to be free of external obligations and left at home for one year to make his new wife happy.”-Deuteronomy 24:5 From verse 5 of Deuteronomy 24, we finally move away from the theme of adultery that […]

“Suppose a man marries a woman and consummates the marriage but later finds her displeasing, because he has found her offensive in some respect. He writes her a divorce document, gives it to her and sends her away from his house.  She leaves his house, goes and becomes another man’s wife; but the second husband […]