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Before we continue our study of the latter half of Deuteronomy 22 dealing with a variety of human sexual relationships, we need to define a couple of important terms. Let’s first deal with the Biblical definition of “virgin” since it often appears in Scripture. In our day and age, the meaning of “virgin” is pretty […]

“If a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her and then, having come to dislike her, brings false charges against her and defames her character by saying, ‘I married this woman, but when I had intercourse with her I did not find evidence that she was a virgin’; then the girl’s father and […]

Following on the heels of my last post, I explained that the Hebrew word SHA’ATNEZ used to describe the forbidden mixture of wool and linen is actually an idiom for prostitution. Because of this, everyone assumes that such mixed material is completely forbidden by God. But that’s not the case. As I’ve already explained, God commanded […]

“You are not to wear clothing woven with two kinds of thread, wool and linen together.”-Deuteronomy 22:11 Let me start off today’s post by introducing the Hebrew word used to describe cloth woven out of the forbidden mixture of linen and wool. That word is… …SHA’ATNEZ. Literally, it means “mixed material”. That’s actually a very […]

“We don’t have to know why the command is as it is in order to obey it” -Rashi In our current discussion of the laws concerning forbidden mixtures or unions, I concluded in my last post that ultimately these particular commands are earthly illustrations of God’s divine principles as established in the heavens. Therefore, it […]