Review & Intro: In Chapter 23, we saw the reasons why some were not to bewalk in cleanness because the Lord Himself walked among them to deliver them from their enemies. We also saw how the people were to leave the things that fell to the ground for their neighbors to take if they were needful. In Chapter 24, we will see more instruction about caring for the needy and ways to handle relationships.
1. When a man divorced a woman because of indecency (unfaithfulness) was found in her, and she married another man; if that marriage did not work out or if the second husband died, the first husband was not allowed to take her back. (vs.1-4) What would that act bring to the land? vs. 4
destable to the Lord
2. Adultery is what defiles a marriage. What did Jeremiah say about this? ... What did Jesus say about this? Comment on the following verses:
3. Back to Deuteronomy 24. What was a man's sole duty during the first year of marriage? vs. 5 stay home with his wife and bring her happeness
4. What was not to be taken as a pledge? vs. 6 - Name 2 things millstones
5. What kind of penalty was given for kidnapping if the thief dealt violently with the victim or sold the countryman? vs. 7 He is to die.
6. What did the Lord instruction them concerning the infection of leprosy? vs. 8 Tod do what the priest and Levities tell them.
7. Who did the Lord want them to remember in regard to leprosy? vs. 9 Miriam
8. When one would make a loan to another and it was time to receive payment, they were not to enter the person's house to take the pledge. How was it to be received? vs. 11 Stay outside and let him bring it to them.
9. If that person was a poor man, before the sun went down, what was to be returned to him and why? v.12 His cloak.
10. What would this action be in the eyes of the Lord when the garment or whatever the pledge happened to be was returned to the poor man before sunset? vs. 13 rightous act
11. What did Jesus teach us about cloaks and things given to others?
12. What are we to handle before sundown daily?
13. Do you see that holding unforgiveness is the same as being a creditor who will not forgive a debt to another?yes If you have not thought of it like this before or if you need encouragement to be reminded of it, read the following parable that Jesus taught about debts and forgiveness:
14. Back to Deuteronomy 24 - They were not to oppress a hired servant who was poor or needy whether it was their own countrymen or an alien living among them in their towns. (vs.14) ... When were they to pay him his wages for that day's work and why? vs. 15 that day because he is counting on it.
15. If they did not pay the needy person for the day's work, they would cry out to the Lord for their need from that person. What would the Lord count this as against the employer? vs. 15 guilty of sin.
16. James repeats this in his epistle in the New Testament. Comment on these verses:
17. Back to Deuteronomy 24. .. Who were not resposible for one another's sins? vs. 16 Fathers could not be held for their childerns's sin nor children for the father's sin
18. What three groups of people does the Lord point out should be given fair and righteous justice? vs. 17 - Name 3 alien fatherless widow.
19. What are they to remember in their minds and hearts before they mistreat another person? vs. 18 That they were onces slaves in Egypt.
20. What is one way they could remember the alien, the orphan, and the widow, and be blessed by the Lord for it? vs. 19 leave some food for them in the fields when the harvested.
21. What examples are given in how they could do this for these groups of people? Comment on the following verses below:
22. What are we told about taking care of orphans and widows in the New Testament?
23. Again, what are they to remember and therefore obey this commandment? vs. 22 they were slaves in Egpty
24. If we live life trying to squeeze every penny for ourselves, we will never be satisfied. But if we freely give, then we are entrusted with more. Comment on the following verses:
25. We should marry a believer and we should have faithful marriages. Sometimes it does not work out that way for us or for our children. Does the Lord expect them to live with a person who is unfaithful to them? This has happened to my son and has broken our hearts. In fact, she not only was unfaithful, and divorced him, but is pregnant with another man's child now. The lesson today helps us to help him move on without condemnation. Have you had similar situations to deal with? How does this lesson help you?
26. We should give to others when they have a need and not even bother them to return what we have lended to them. How would this attitude in believers bring salt and light to this world of need and greed? Most people want back what is borrowed from them be it money aor food or anything else but if we as christains say no youdon't have to pay me back then the person if lost might wonder what the diffrents is with us ans this would be the ooatuny to share God's love to them.
27. We have seen in today's lesson how God has always asked His people to take care of the aliens, the widows, and the orphans. James told us that pure and undefiled religion is to do so. Can you think of a way to put this into practice in your life? Please share your thoughts.
28. Summarize this lesson and post a prayer if you would like. a part of the assembly of the Lord, and how those who were in the camp were to
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Deuteronomy 24
Friday, November 2, 2012
Dueteronomy 22
Review & Intro: Glad to move past Chapter 21 which had some hard subjects to deal with, but glad that God says what He means and means what He says. He is a God of order and commands, but shows grace and patience with us as we seek Him with all of our hearts. In Chapter 22, we have some more relationship rules for Israel as they moved into the Promised Land. Moses had alot to share from the heart of God with them before they cross over.
Deuteronomy Chapter 22 - Observation Questions
1. If a person saw one of their countryman's ox or sheep straying, they were not to ignore them, but to bring them back to him. (vs.1) ... How would he handle it if the person lived far away from him? vs. 2
Take care of it tell they returned to look for it.
2. This was to be the case with anything a fellow countryman lost and another found it. What are 2 other things mentioned? vs. 3
A donlet clock aor anything else that he lost.
3. What was one to do if their countryman's donkey or ox had fallen down? vs. 4
Help hime get to his feet
4. How does God feel about cross-dressing; women looking like men as well as men looking like women? vs. 5 -
It is a sin.
5. If they came across a mother bird sitting on her eggs or her young, they could take the young birds or eggs as a food source for themselves, but what were they to do with the mother bird? vs.6,7 -
Leave it alone so that it could have more babies.
6. What were the Israelites to make sure they had on their roof of their new house and why? vs. 8
A low wall to keep others from falling and getting hurt.
Note: The rooftops were flat and used as a patio, so it was responsible to have a low wall at the edge of the roof to keep people safe.
7. What were not to be mixed in their vineyard to keep it undefiled? vs. 9
differnt seeds
8. They were not to plow with an ox and a donkey. (vs.10)... This would make the yoke out of balance (unequal). ... What did the apostle say about "unequal" relationships for believers? Comment on the verses below:
- 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 -It would not work.
9. Back to Deuteronomy 22. What were they not to "mix" in their material? vs. 11
Wool an lining the garment would not wear well.
10. God is saying not to "mix" things. How does He explain it in Leviticus 19:19? Name 3 things given not to "mix" -
'Keep my decrees. "'Do not mate different kinds of animals. "'Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. "'Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.
11. What is something we are not to "mix" when speaking with our mouth? Comment on the verses below:
- James 3:9-10 -praises and cures
12. Can we mix worship with the demons and worship God at the same time? Comment on the verses below:
- 1 Corinthians 10:21 -We can not serve both God and satan .
13. Can we mix service to God and serve the power of wealth at the same time? Comment on the verses below:
- Matthew 6:24 - no baecause this would be like sreving two masters
14. When we mix things, they get corrupted. What happens when we mix hot and cold? What do we get? We get "lukewarm". What does Jesus say about this? Comment on the verses below:
- Revelation 3:15-16 -That He would spur us out of his mouth.
Note: The Lord wants us to be single minded, completely devoted to Him, and not mixed with emotions in the world and our own desires.
15. To help themselves stay single-minded and focused on the truth of the word, they were to have tassels on the four corners of their garment as reminders. (vs.12) .... Read Numbers 15:38-39 and comment on what these tassels were to remind them of -
To remind them of the commmanments and keep them all the days of their lives,
16. Back to Deuteronomy 22. If a man took a wife but then accused her of not being a virgin, and yet the father had proof of her virginity to show, what would happen to the man and what would he pay to the father? vs. 13-19
15then the girl’s father and mother shall bring proof that she was a virgin to the town elders at the gate. 16The girl’s father will say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her. 17Now he has slandered her and said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.’ But here is the proof of my daughter’s virginity.” Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town, 18and the elders shall take the man and punish him. 19They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silverb and give them to the girl’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
Note: In Jewish tradition, on the wedding night a cloth or garment was used and then kept or given to the wife’s parents so that the marks of the blood of the girl’s virginity would constitute legal protection for her in the event she was later charged with lack of virginity or of having been a prostitute prior to her marriage. ...If there is not a cloth of evidence presented and it is true that the girl was not a virgin when he married her, she would face the death penalty because she had played the harlot in her father's house. (vs.21)
17. What would happen to those who committed adultery? vs. 22
If caught in the acted or had wittness that seen it the man and woman was put to death by stoning.
18. If a virgin was engaged to marry a man, but was in the city with another man before they were married, they were both to be killed. There was so many in the city, that if she would have cried out in the case of rape, only the man would have been charged. The fact that no one heard her cry out was saying that she had consented to being with another man. It was different in the field (country) for no one could have heard her cry out. Who was the only one to die in that case? vs. 25-27 -
The man
19. If a man was with a virgin who was not engaged to another man, he had to pay a fine to her father and he had to marry her and was not allowed to divorce her all the days of his life. (vs. 29)... In other words, there was no casual sex allowed, which is called fornication in the New Testament. Do you think there would be less casual sex today if everyone was forced into marriage and required to care for that person always?
yes
20. What was off limits to every man? vs. 30
Hid father's wife/
21. The apostle Paul addressed this as well. How did he say this kind of immorality had to be dealt with by the church? Comment on the verse below:
- 1 Corinthians 5:1-2 -
1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. 2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this?
Application:
22. Looking at the situation of caring for another's animal, returning their lost property to them if it is found, etc. ... we are seeing what has become known as the "golden rule", caring for one another in the way we would want them to care for us and our things. What did Jesus say about this? Comment on the verse below:
- Matthew 7:12Treat people the way you would have them treat you.
23. We looked at several examples in the Old and New Testament of not "mixing" things that do not belong together. We looked at the example of not being unequally yoked with unbelievers. Read the verses given below and comment on them. Do we put enough emphasis on this in our lives and in teaching our children these things? Share your thoughts as well.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 -
- 1 Timothy 4:12 -
24. The Lord gave guidelines of virginity, rape, marriage, and lack of moral integrity in uncovering cloting of the father's wife... These are laws or "morality"; something lacking in our day and even in the church unfortunately. How are we admonished to behave in our single lives and in our married lives in the New Testament? Comment on the verses below:
- 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 -
- Hebrews 13:4 -
25. Summarize this lesson and post a prayer if you would like.
Deuteronomy 21
Review & Intro: We looked at spiritual warfare in our lesson applications for Deuteronomy Chapter 20. In Chapter 21, we look at situations of death of the innocent, blood that defiles the land, and law relating to personal relationships. We will see also about the guilty hanging on a tree, and how Jesus took our guilt and paid for our sin on the tree of Calvary. Amen.
Deuteronomy Chapter 21 - Observation Questions
1. If a slain person was found lying in the open country of the land that the Lord gave to Israel, and they did not know who had struck the person, the elders and judges were to go out and measure the distance to the cities to find out which city was the closest to the slain person. (vs.1,2) ... What were the elders of that city to bring to make atonement for the sin of the innocent blood that had been shed? vs. 3 - give the characteristics also -
heifer It was to be never worked or never yoked
2. Where were the elders to bring the animal to? What were the required qualifications of the land? vs. 4 - Name 4 things
It was to be a valley never plows or planted with a stream of water
3. What was to be done to the animal? vs. 4
It's neck was broken
4. Then, the priests, the sons of Levi, were to come near to witness and make atonement. Why were they the ones and what duty had been given them by the Lord? vs. 5
r the Lord your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the Lord and to decide all cases of dispute and assault.
5. The elders of the city that was nearest to the slain man were to wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. (vs.6) ... What were they to say as they washed their hands? vs. 7 - Name 2 things to be said
They didn' shed the blood or see who did it.
6. What was the prayer that was to be said at that time by them? vs. 8
Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent man.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
7. The blood of atonement from the heifer offered and the prayer for forgiveness would be honored by God and they would not have bloodguiltiness upon them. (vs.9) .. How did they remove the guilt of innocent blood from their land? vs.9
Because they don right before God.
8. The Lord is always pro-life. He holds people accountable for innocent blood being shed. Do you need to pray for your community, city, state, nation, etc.... in regard to innocent blood being shed by abortion today? We need to ask the Lord to forgive the people and not place the guilt of innocent blood upon our land. Take a moment to pray for your nation and these things. Comment on how Daniel prayed for his nation as well on the verses below:
yes
- Daniel 9:4-5 -
9. Where does sin always begin when we are praying for the Lord to heal our land(s)? Write out the verse below:
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 -
10. When Israel had battles against their enemies and took them captive, the men might want to marry one of the captives. (vs.11) .... If so, they would not take her for a wife right away. Once she went to his house, what would she need to do? vs.12,13 - Name 5 things
Morn for her family for amonth Shave her head and clip her nail and change her clothes
11. How long would she mourn her mother and father before becoming a wife to the Israelite? vs. 13
One month
Note: If the Israelite was not pleased with the wife of captivity, he was to let her go wherever "she desired". He was not to sell her or mistreat her, for he had humbled her. (vs.14)
12. If a man had 2 wives, loving one, and not loving the other, he was not to treat the firstborn son differently if it belonged to the unloved wife (vs.15,16). When he made the will for his sons, how was he to acknowledge the firstborn son if he was from his unloved wife? vs.17
By giving him first born rights
13. What was the firstborn son a sign of for the father? vs. 17
By giving him a doble portoin for his inheratant
14. If a son was so stubborn and rebellious and refused to obey his father and mother even after they chastised him, what was to be done with the rebellious son? vs.18-21
They were to take him to the ealder outside the gate and they were to stone him.
Researching this there is not one case that this happened but as my daughter said knowing that this was a law would keep her on the straight and not want to upset parents at all.
Note: This seems so harsh I can hardly stand reading it. First of all, we need to realize that this is an older son; old enough to be a drunkard; and one that would know better. He knows the consequences of his rebellion and even after being chastised by his parents, he would not listen but continued in revolting rebellion. If the rebellious sons were not taken care of, they could lead an uprising and bring division and harm to all. Today, it would be like saying, "If you do a certain crime, you WILL go to jail; that is the law". If a person crosses the line, they know the consequences.
15. If a man committed a sin worthy of death and if he was hanged on a tree, the corpse was not to hang all night, but the man was to be buried on the same day so that the land would not be defiled. (vs.22,23) What was a person hanged on a tree considered to be? vs. 22
capital offense
16. When Christ was crucified, He hung on the wood of the tree for us. What did He take upon Himself on our behalf? Comment on the verse below:
- Galatians 3:13 -
Application:
17. Think about how innocent blood defiles the land that the Lord has given to us. In fact, blood continues to speak from the ground and cry out for justice. Comment on the following verses:
- Genesis 4:10 -
- Hebrews 11:4 -
- Hebrews 12:24 -
- Revelation 6:10 -
18. Spend time in prayer for the country you live in; asking the Lord to heal the bloodguiltiness of your land.
19. One of the 10 commandments is to honor our mother and father. We saw the situation of an unruly and rebellious child today that would not listen to their parents even when they were chastised. What is the role of our parenthood today? No, we don't turn our children over to be stoned, but do we discipline in love and do we allow them to face the consequences of their actions? Even the apostle Paul knew how important the saving of the soul was even if a person's actions would destroy their fleshly ways. (1 Corinthians 5:5). Think about your role as a parent if that applies to you and take some time to pray about these things as well.
20. I am so thankful that Jesus became a curse and was willing to hang on a tree for me. Aren't you? Comment on the following verses:
- Galatians 3:13,14 -
- Philippians 2:8 -
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 -
21. Spend time thanking the Lord for becoming our sin and taking our curse. \o/\o/
22. Summarize this lesson and post a prayer if you would like.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Deuteronomy 23
Review & Intro: In Chapter 22, we looked at the golden rule of treating others as we would like to be treated. We saw moral laws concerning virgins and the married ones. In Chapter 23, we move into the behavior and rules for the army and their camp as the Lord is among them and holiness is required.
Deuteronomy Chapter 23 - Observation Questions
1. Who was not able to enter the assembly of the Lord? vs. 1
Any one that had being cut emasculated
2. There are several reasons why a man would become a eunuch. Comment on the verses below for some of the answers:
- Matthew 19:12 - Name 3 ways givensome are born that way others are maded that way and other renouned marrage
Note: While some might become enuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God (possibly to give themselves wholly to the Lord and not women, etc.) ... there were cultic practices in the ancient days of Israel's beginnings that did these things for the wrong reasons. Regardless of why they became a eunuch, there was a reason why anything cut off would not be allowed inside the temple. What did the priests and the law of Moses represent? It was all a picture of the Christ to come, the Messiah, who was God's perfect lamb, wholly man and wholly unblemished, a perfect sacrifice to take the sins of the world.
3. What are some encouraging words given to or by eunuchs in the Word? Comment on these verses:
- Isaiah 56:3-5 -
3Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the Lord say,“The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”And let not any eunuch complain,“I am only a dry tree.”4For this is what the Lord says:“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,who choose what pleases meand hold fast to my covenant—5to them I will give within my temple and its wallsa memorial and a namebetter than sons and daughters;I will give them an everlasting namethat will not be cut off. - Acts 8:26-39 -
26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopiand eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet. 29The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.31“How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.32The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture:“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,so he did not open his mouth.33In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.Who can speak of his descendants?For his life was taken from the earth.”e34The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. Why shouldn’t I be baptized?”f 38And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized himNot far from Betharabah on the old caravan route, down from Jerusalem to Gaza, is the so-called Philip´s Fountain. This has been pointed out since the 15th century as the spring in which Philip baptized the eunuch, chamberlain of Candace, queen of Ethiopia (Acts 8:,26,36). An older tradition places at Hebron the scene of the baptism of Philip´s convert. An early photograph.
Note: By these verses, we know that it does not mean that a eunuch would not be accepted into the kingdom of God for salvation through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
4. Who could not enter the assembly of the Lord and his descendants to the 10th generation as well? vs. 2
A forbidden marrages
5. In the Lord Jesus Christ ... our gender, our race, our background, our birth status, etc. matters not. We are all accepted into His kingdom and given all the blessings of faith in Him. Praise His Name! Comment on the following verses:
- John 3:16 -He loves the whole world and died for all of us no matter what race or anythinbg else that may be incorrect in this worlds eyes
- Acts 17:30 -
- Titus 2:11 -
- Romans 10:11-13 -
- Acts 10:28
- Acts 10:34-35
- Galatians 3:28-29 -
6. Back to Deuteronomy 23. Who else were not to enter the assembly of the Lord or their descendants even to the 10th generation? vs. 3
Ammonite Moabite nor their descendants
7. Although, these nations had come from the daughters of Lot through illegimate intercourse with their drunken father, it is not stated for that reason. (see those details in Genesis Chapter 19) ... What are the two reasons given that they were not to enter the assembly of the Lord to the 10th generation? vs. 4
Thfey did not come to meet them with bread or water
8. Although they had hired Balaam to curse Israel, what did the Lord do through Balaam's words and why? vs. 5
bless them
9. What were the Israelites to never seek from the Moabites and the Ammonites? vs. 6
A treaty or friendship with them
10. Do we sometimes seek or long for the peace and prosperity of those who are not believers in the Lord? Read what David said in Psalm 37 and see if you can relate to it at times. Please comment -
Is life unfair? that is what this chapter is asking . the answer to that question is The success of wicked peopl won't last , while in the long run people who do right will flourish. The psalmist adds this obsevation boase on experience: Though a lifetime of troubls and anxieties, he has yet to see the rihgteous abandoned by God and unable to probvide the basics of life for their childern. Their gengrosity doesn't bankrupt them.
11. Back to Deuteronomy 23. Who were the Israelites not to detest and why? vs. 7
Edomite they were brothers
12. How was Edom a brother to Israel? Take time to find out who the father of the Edomites was and another name for Israel. What were the names of these brothers and why were they not friendly with one another? (( a short history lesson ))One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.Genesis 36:43 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites
was a Semitic inhabited historical region of the Southern Levant located south of Judea and the Dead Sea. It is mentioned in biblical records as a 1st millennium BC Iron Age kingdom of Edom,[2] and in classical antiquity the cognate name Idumea was used to refer to a smaller area in the same region. The name Edom means "red" in Hebrew, and was given to Esau once he ate the "red pottage", which the Bible used in irony at the fact he was born "red all over".[3]
13. Back to Deuteronomy 23. Who else were they not to destest and why? vs. 7
An Egyptian because they were alin living in their country.
14. When could the sons of the Edomites and the Egyptians enter the assembly of the Lord? vs. 8 ... (( comment if you have insight on this or do research on it)
the third generation.
15. What were they to keep themselves from when they went out as an army? vs. 9
Everything impure
16. What are we called to abstain from as believers? Comment on the following verses:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21,22 -We are to not do evil.
17. What was a man to do if he awoke and had a nocturnal emission in the night? vs. 10
Go outdide the camp and stay there.
18. What was he to do as evening approached and when was he able to re-enter the camp? vs. 11
wash himself and reenter the camp.
19. They were assigned a place outside the camp to excrete body waste, and they were to cover it up. (vs.12,13). The camp of the Lord was to be kept holy and clean. Who actually walked in their midst to deliver them and to defeat their enemies before them? vs. 14
The Lord God.
20. Where does the Lord walk among His people today? Comment on the following verses:
- Matthew 18:19,20 -19“Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”He is with us all the time .
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These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: 2I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
21. How are we to walk in His presence? Comment on the verses below:
- Colossians 1:10 -10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12 - 12encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.
22. Back to Deuteronomy 23. ... When a slave escaped from his master, he must of had a reason for it. Rather than return him to his master (as they were to do for an ox or a donkey) ... they were not to return the slave. They were to allow him to live in their midst in any town which he might choose. (vs.15,16)...What did the Lord command them not to do? vs. 16
don't oppress him.
23. Whether a daughter or a son of Israel, they were not to be a cult prostitute, which was something the other nations around them participated in. (vs.17) They were not to bring the wages of a harlot or a dog into the house of the Lord for any votive offering. What were these considered to the Lord? vs. 18 detestable to him.
24. The Israelites could charge interest to a foreigner that borrowed from them, but they were not to charge interest to a fellow countryman on anything they needed. (vs.19,20) ... How are we suppose to respond to those who want to borrow from us? Comment on the following verses:
- Matthew 5:42 -2Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
25. What was the result of not taking interest from a fellow countryman? vs. 20 God would bless them in everything that they put their hands on.
26. When an Israelite made a vow to the Lord, he was to keep that vow or it would be a sin for him. The Lord would surely require it of him. (vs.21-23) ... Would it be a sin if they refrained from making a vow at all? vs. 22 - no
27. What did Jesus teach about making vows? Comment on the verses below:
- Matthew 5:33-37 -33“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.’ 34But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
28. When a person had need, they could go into a neighbor's vineyard or field to eat grapes and or gather grain. What were the rules of not taking advantage of their neighbor that were given? vs. 24,25 - not to take mor then they could eat
29. How are we to take care of the needy among us today? Find verses to help support what you answer.
Application:
30. What is required for us to enter the assembly of the Lord?
- Romans 10:9,10 -
31. The Lord is walking among us. How are we to walk before Him?
- Colossians 1:10 -
32. As believers of the Lord, how can we take care of one another today ?
- Matthew 25:34-46 -
- Luke 10:30-37 -
- Acts 4:32-34 -
- Acts 20:35 -
- Galatians 6:10 -
- Ephesians 4:28 -
- 2 Corinthians 9:6,7 -
- 1 Timothy 5:16 -
- James 1:26,27 -
- 1 John 3:17,18 -
33. Summarize this lesson and post a prayer if you would like.
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