“You are not to have sexual relations with any kind of animal and thus become unclean with it; nor is any woman to present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; it is perversion.”-Leviticus 18:23 The Lord’s rulings on prohibited sexual behavior conclude with a firm command against sex between humans and […]
L18-9: There is no Hebrew word that means ‘homosexuality’ as we understand it today
“And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.”-Leviticus 18:21-22 The only way we’re going to comprehend the real meaning of […]
L18-8: What’s a command against child sacrifice doing in a list of prohibited sexual behaviors?
“‘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 […]
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