“If people have a dispute, seek its resolution in court, and the judges render a decision in favor of the righteous one and condemning the wicked one; then, if the wicked one deserves to be flogged, the judge is to have him lie down and be flogged in his presence. The number of strokes is to […]

Today we begin Deuteronomy Chapter 25. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. “If people have a dispute, seek its resolution in court, and the judges render a decision in favor of the righteous one and condemning the wicked one; then, if the wicked one deserves to be […]

“When harvesting the grain in your field, if you forgot a sheaf of grain there, you are not to go back and get it; it will remain there for the foreigner, the orphan and the widow, so that Adonai your God will bless you in all the work you do.“-Deuteronomy 24:19 Verse 19 of Deuteronomy […]

“’You are not to deprive the foreigner or the orphan of the justice which is his due, and you are not to take a widow’s clothing as collateral for a loan. Rather, remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and Adonai your God redeemed you from there. That is why I am ordering you […]

“Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”-Deuteronomy 24:16 We next move on to the law banning trans-generational punishment. We’re told it is forbidden for the parents to be put to death for the crimes of their […]