“‘You are not to let any of your children be sacrificed to Molekh, thereby profaning the name of your God; I am Adonai.”–Leviticus 18:21 Right smack dab in the list of prohibited sexual behaviors, we run into a commandment that doesn’t really seem to fit the rest. Or does it? I don’t think each of […]
L18-7: A good example of how Scripture is more explicit than what translators have allowed
“You are not to approach a woman in order to have sexual relations with her when she is unclean from her time of niddah. You are not to go to bed with your neighbor’s wife and thus become unclean with her.”-Leviticus 18:19-20 We are continuing on with our study of immoral sexual deeds in Leviticus […]
L18-6: Why did God allow Jacob to marry two sisters (Rachel and Leah)?
“You are not to have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter, nor are you to have sexual relations with her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are close relatives of hers, and it would be shameful. You are not to take a woman to be a rival with her sister and […]
L18-5: In the OT era, adultery was considered ONLY a female crime
“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.” -Leviticus 18:16 Let’s review a couple of terms. First, remember that the phrase “one’s nakedness” in the Bible is possessive. It refers to those individuals a man has sexual rights to. For example, my father’s nakedness is his wife or […]
L18-4: Leviticus 18 is mainly about defining who it was okay for a man to marry
“‘None of you is to approach anyone who is a close relative in order to have sexual relations; I am Adonai.”-Leviticus 18:1 I want to introduce two new terms that are pertinent to our discussion on God’s commands concerning sexual behavior. The two terms are “consanguineal” and “affinal”. Here are the dictionary definitions: consanguineous: having […]
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