Posted on 05/04/2007 1:01:09 PM PDT by stm
A horrifying video showing a 17-year-old Kurdish girl being stoned to death for having a relationship with a Sunni Muslim boy has made its way onto the Web, drawing outrage and condemnation from international human rights groups.
The graphic video, posted on YouTube, shows Du’a Khalil Aswad, a member of a minority Kurdish religious group called Yezidi, being stoned and kicked in the streets of Bashika, a predominantly Kurdish town near the norther capital of Mosul.
The stoning happened last month but only came to light Thursday when the video was posted on YouTube.
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Good to hear from you Jo..., I thought you might still be buried in boxes... :-)
Hi ST...
Still have a few boxes, but can’t unload them until the house is painted.
But we did sort out the garage and the pole barn today. Broke the new roll up door in the process. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. My finger nails are all broken, my body aches and my feet are numb. Other than that I feel great. Hubby ordered his John Deere today as well. He’s been really excited about that.
How have you been?
Ooops, on the door... :-P
So, y’all got a John Deere, huh? Sounds like you’re really getting set up for business.
That reminds me of a couple of twins I used to date a very long time ago. They were identical twins so they said they could fool a lot of people (they claimed, even boyfriends). I didn’t think they could fool me, though, but just to be on the cautious side, I say I dated the twins, even though I think it was just one... :-0 ... but they lived on a large piece of property out in Oregon and their dad got a Caterpillar and boy he “went to town” with it. He bulldozed this and that. Made ponds, roads and what-have-you around his property. He went crazy for a while.
So, better watch your husband with that new John Deere..., he might be going crazy for a while... :-)
And, as far as me, well..., okay, as I contemplate the moving process, too — soon. I’ll be moving some stuff up from Dallas to Tulsa. And then many months later, some stuff from Portland to Tulsa. I’m expecting that Tulsa is going to be the final destination, unless something changes that I don’t know about.
Okee dokee, catch ya later
You are right on target...
So, what it really boils down to is that stoning people or killing children is barbaric only when it’s done without the sanction of your God, is that where we are?
But at the same time, you can’t have it both ways - you can’t support “coddling” brutal dictators by looking the other way as they clamp down on opposition movements and also support getting rid of them in the name of democracy. At some level you have to accept that life on this planet isn’t always going to be sugar and roses and we have act in what’s the best interests of the United States.
He didn't come to destroy the law or Prophets (age whatever you want to call it inclusive), it is good until Heaven and Earth pass away (age whatsoever inclusive), whoever (that does not say Jew only does it) breaks the least (all 600 as you claim) and teaches men that is ok to break them (as you are) will be called least in heaven.
Jesus after His resurrection, Jesus said:
* "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations... teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you." Mat. 28:19-20 And years later, "James and all the elders" said to Paul:
* "You see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law." Acts 21:20
Paul Used The Law
Paul teaches that the unrepentant world is still under the law, and that the law is designed to show guilt and to bring people to Christ:
* But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless... and for sinners... for murderers... for sodomites, for kidnappers, for perjurers... 1 Tim. 1:8-10
All the world is under the law:
* Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God... Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law. Rom. 3:19, 31
* Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Gal. 3:24-25
Christians who are untutored in the evangelistic role of the law oppose the foundation of the criminal code upon God's law.
You said — “So, what it really boils down to is that stoning people or killing children is barbaric only when it’s done without the sanction of your God, is that where we are?”
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To make it clear so that there’s no misunderstanding, the “law” is clear and it is good and righteous — like Jesus affirms and like the Apostle Paul says and affirms, likewise.
There can never be any dispute with the law or with God, or even with Jesus or with the Apostle Paul (and the other writers of the Bible who were guided by God).
But, this is all done by Scripture and not by means of some Jeanne Dixon (like we have today) running around saying “God told me so!” This is not the means or the method by which we have the knowledge of what God has said. I’m very carefully qualifying this, because too many people run around saying “God told me...” which He never has. It’s only in the inspired and authoritative Scriptures themselves, that we have a “God told me...” and not through some guy walking around with a sign saying that God said to do this or that. That’s not how we know these things.
And furthermore, God did speak directly to those people in that day. The Bible affirms this in that He actually spoke out loud and audibly to several hundred thousand (more like several million) Jews at the mountain (where Moses was). God also spoke to His specifically chosen prophets of that day. And there are *no more prophets* in this day and age. That is over with, at this point in time. The “canon of Scripture” is closed, there are no further revelations — until such time as Jesus comes back again.
Thus, there are no more opportunities for any additions to Scripture or for a prophet of God to come out and say, “God said this...” or for someone to even know the mind of God outside of what is specifically written.
That means what you are saying bears *absolutely no significance* to today’s world and *certainly not* in the Age of Grace. It has no bearing at all.
At most, all you are saying is something totally theoretical like I was saying before, up above — like “Would you have sex with 10-years olds if you changed your mind about it?”
When Jesus Christ comes on this earth and then does set up the Kingdom of God, upon the earth over all the nations and is ruler over every nation and all peoples — then — we will see the fulfillment of all aspects of the law of God, those specifically given to the Jews and those for the rest of us gentiles, too.
Since God has no longer set it up so that He’s working through the Jews and national Israel — that means God is *now* working through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, in this dispensation. We will not see this happening, as you’re trying to suggest.
And if someone *does try* to do that, then, yes, we must all cry out and stop it. That’s exactly what I’m doing.
I think you're going too far here in telling us what God can and cannot do. One would think God could communicate with us whenever he pleases. There's nothing to stop him from issuing new commands if he so desires. And certain interpretations of the Book of Revelation hold that there will be two prophets appearing on Earth to preach before the second coming.
As I said before, we know that ordering the killing of children is in your God's character. With all respect, your simple assurance that he would never do so again is insufficient. But if you prefer not to answer my question, so be it.
You said — “Paul teaches that the unrepentant world is still under the law, and that the law is designed to show guilt and to bring people to Christ:”
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Yes he said we were under the law for purpose of imputing guilt, but not for the purposes of following it, unto salvatoin. He points out that the law actually increased the opportunity to sin, but that it was not the law that is bad, but sin within us that is. He said that the law was given to increase wrongdoing — to make sin all the more sinful, so that we would be driven to Jesus Christ — under *Grace* and *not of the law* — for salvation.
But in addition, mind you, not all the 600 commandments of the law were given to the Gentiles. Most of them were given to the Jews. There are those which are God’s universal law and which are given to all people and by which all guilt is imputed to the sinner. Those given to the Jews and for national Israel are not the laws which impute guilt upon the Gentiles (and neither upon the Jews of today, because they are not in national Israel any longer).
The command[s], given to national Israel, under the divinely granted sovereignty to stone people as a result of certain sins (which was *not* given to the Gentiles) is [are] valid — as long as divinely-sovereign Israel exists. But it doesn’t exist. God took away their divinely-granted sovereignty. When He does grant it again, it will once again exist.
And these commands were *not* given to the Gentiles. The commands to stone people for certain sins were *not ever* given to the Christians in the age of Grace. That’s not the law that Paul is talking about violating.
Paul is talking about the violation of God’s universal laws, the ones that we all know about and which apply to all (not the specific Jewish laws given to *only* the Jews). Even the Jews know that all of the 600 plus commandments that God gave them are *not* to apply to the Gentiles. I’m surprised that you don’t know that.
And Paul was talking about the result of the law (which is the universal law of God; not the specific laws given to “national and divinely-granted sovereign Israel) — and that result is death, which has been from the time of Adam. That death is the judgement of God. The violation of this (universal) law of God is not a resulting “stoning” to death, but the death which results from God’s judgement from the time of Adam.
And yes, Jesus said that all of the law will be fulfilled — and it surely will be — those to whom it was assigned — those to the Jews and those to the Gentiles. And since the sovereign and national Israel of the Bible does not exist today (but a secular Israel does exist today) — there is no one who has the capability *or* the “responsibility” of carrying out even a fraction of those laws which were given.
One thing that should make that *really obvious* is that the sacrifices cannot be made! That’s a law that the Jews are violating, according to what you say (but not really, because they do not have the ruling scepter — that has been taken away by God).
The time when all will be fulfilled scripturally, will be the time when Jesus returns and sets up the “Kingdom of God” here upon this earth in His Millennial Reign, in which He rules over all the nations and all the peoples of the world, from Jerusalem.
So, there is no “destroying” of the law and prophets. National Israel is not here; Jesus is not ruling or reigning on this earth (remember the Lord’s prayer), and we are in the Age of Grace, awaiting the return of Christ. Nothing has been destroyed (of the law or prophets; it’s all still there, awaiting the return of the King).
The reference you make about Paul saying that we do not void the law — he is not talking about the over 600 commandments given to the Jews, which don’t apply to the Gentiles. They never did apply to the Gentiles in any way, shape or form. And they will apply when God grants national Israel its sovereignty, which He has taken away in the meantime. The law he is talking about not voiding is the universal law of God, not the laws given to *national Israel*. And keep in mind that the “church” is not “Israel”.
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Finally you said — “Christians who are untutored in the evangelistic role of the law oppose the foundation of the criminal code upon God’s law.”
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And so-called Christians who would have Gentiles stoning people, pretending to know that this is a commandment given to the world to follow — obviously has no concept of how God has chosen to use the Jews to carry out His work on this earth. And since they have failed, He has taken away their sovereignty and scattered them for a time (during this Age of Grace, for which Jesus Christ came and died on the cross and the Holy Spirit works in the hearts of mankind).
And also such a person has no idea of the distinction between the church and national and divinely sovereign Israel. And they have no concept of the laws given to national and sovereign Israel, versus God’s universal laws applying to all of mankind. These kinds of people confuse national Israel with the church and contributes to all sorts of confusion in their theology.
I will be following *no false commandments* which someone purports to be from God, claiming that I’m supposed to be stoning someone in this Age of Grace. Sorry, you’re so whacked on this, it show that you’ve got no understanding of the Bible or how God works in different dispensations or how he has taken away the sovereignty of national Israel (the *only ones* to which these commands were given) and is now working through the Holy Spirit in the Age of Grace.
You can go barking at another tree, because I’m not going anywhere on this one...
Well, first of all, it strikes me as odd that a “former Christian” would be concerned at all about what God would do or say. In fact, it’s odd that a “former Christian” would be talking about anything to do with Christianity. Are you reconsidering your position now?
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You said — “I think you’re going too far here in telling us what God can and cannot do. One would think God could communicate with us whenever he pleases. There’s nothing to stop him from issuing new commands if he so desires. And certain interpretations of the Book of Revelation hold that there will be two prophets appearing on Earth to preach before the second coming.”
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I’ve got to mention once again, it’s extremely odd to find a “former Christian” actually (seemingly) believing in the two witnesses of Revelation — when — the entire book of Revelation is referred to as (in the first two verses) “1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.”
How can it be, that a “former Christian” is referring to a “revelation from Jesus Christ”???
But, let’s play that game, anyway (i.e, “One would think God could communicate with us whenever he pleases”) — you see..., I could kill someone if I chose to (if that pleased me). You could rob a bank if you chose to (if that pleased you). We all could become Islamic terrorists if we chose to. Now that we’re finished playing that game, let’s get down to what *has actually been chosen* — instead of “games of what if we chose this or that”. In other words, let’s get down to “what did please God” (not our “what ifs” which mean nothing).
God has chosen to communicate to us, in this day and age, in our Age of Grace, by means of His word, and through Jesus Christ the living Word. When He comes again, we will then receive whatever revelation He has, at that time, in the Kingdom Age, the Millennial reign of Christ, ruling and reigning from Jerusalem, seated on the Throne of David, over all the nations of the world (the U.S. included, by the way) and all the peoples of the world.
In regards to the two witnesses during the Tribulation, we see the following —
Revelation 11:3-10
3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.
6 These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
7 When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.
10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
And so we have it from Revelation. You will find that God will *confirm* His word, through the two witnesses. They will not be giving new revelations to the world. They will be *confirming* God’s power to the world, however — which will then *endow* God’s existing and written revelation with the credibility that only God can have (i.e., endow the Word of God, even further, with more credibility than it already has now). It will be recognized as *the power of God* in confirming His own Word, which remains, all through the Tribulation time, and confirmed by his two special witnesses.
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And to restate one of your comments — “There’s nothing to stop him from issuing new commands if he so desires.”
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And there’s nothing to stop God from having the neighborhood mutt come up to your door and tell you in perfect English that your days are numbered as of tonight, and then have God kill you, tonight — is there?
But, even though there is nothing to stop God from doing that, I see nothing in Scripture to say that He is going to do that. However, if you’re concerned about what God may or may not do, outside of His written word, as He has already given to us and has “closed the canon” to this day — if you are concerned about that — I would be doubly concerned about that dog coming to you door tonight...
What the heck..., as long as we’re thinking and contemplating about what God “can” and “might” do — He might send a lightning bolt to burn down the place where you’re living. In fact, I would be more concerned about that dog and that lightning bolt from God, then I would be about what He might do with those two witnesses (being that you’re a former Christian).
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And then, you said — “As I said before, we know that ordering the killing of children is in your God’s character. With all respect, your simple assurance that he would never do so again is insufficient. But if you prefer not to answer my question, so be it.”
And since we’re repeating ourselves.., I guess it’s time to repeat myself. The judgment has already been given for the death of everyone. The timing of it makes absolutely no difference. And so, that’s done — *death* is guaranteed as part of God’s judgement. Your time to go makes absolutely no difference.
It sounds like you’re complaining about the matter of the timing more than anything else. The real question to ask is “Why are we not all dead *already* from God’s judgement?”
The answer is that God has chosen to forebear those sins for a time, until the time of the end, at which point He will give out all the judgment that He has held back from the time of Adam until now.
You’re simply asking the question from the wrong side. You’re asking why they’re killed — when you should be asking why they were allowed to live any time at all, in the first place. Then you would have God’s perspective on the matter (with the right question).
By the way, as a follow-up, here are the 613 commandments — i.e., laws — which are to be followed. Remember, there are 613 of them, so be sure to follow them all, okay?
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A sample of them is as follows...
— Times and Seasons —
1. That the new month shall be solemnly proclaimed as holy, and the months and years shall be calculated by the Supreme Court only (Ex. 12:2) (affirmative) (the authority to declare months is inferred from the use of the word “unto you”).
2. Not to travel on Shabbat outside the limits of one’s place of residence (Ex. 16:29) (CCN7). See Shabbat.
3. To sanctify Shabbat (Ex. 20:8) (CCA19). See Shabbat.
4. Not to do work on Shabbat (Ex. 20:10) (CCN6). See Shabbat.
5. To rest on Shabbat (Ex. 23:12; 34:21) (CCA20). See Shabbat.
6. To celebrate the festivals [Passover, Shavu’ot and Sukkot] (Ex. 23:14) (affirmative).
7. To rejoice on the festivals (Deut. 16:14) (CCA21).
8. To appear in the Sanctuary on the festivals (Deut. 16:16) (affirmative).
9. To remove chametz on the Eve of Passover (Ex. 12:15) (CCA22). See Passover.
10. To rest on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:7) (CCA25). See Passover.
11. Not to do work on the first day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:6-7) (CCN147). See Passover.
12. To rest on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8) (CCA27). See Passover.
13. Not to do work on the seventh day of Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:8) (CCN148). See Passover.
14. To eat matzah on the first night of Passover (Ex. 12:18) (CCA23). See Passover.
15. That no chametz be in the Israelite’s possession during Passover (Ex. 12:19) (CCN3). See Passover.
16. Not to eat any food containing chametz on Passover (Ex. 12:20) (CCN5). See Passover.
17. Not to eat chametz on Passover (Ex. 13:3) (CCN4). See Passover.
18. That chametz shall not be seen in an Israelite’s home during Passover (Ex. 13:7) (CCN2). See Passover.
19. To discuss the departure from Egypt on the first night of Passover (Ex. 13:8) (CCA24). See The Passover Seder.
20. Not to eat chametz after mid-day on the fourteenth of Nissan (Deut. 16:3) (CCN104). See Passover.
21. To count forty-nine days from the time of the cutting of the Omer (first sheaves of the barley harvest) (Lev. 23:15) (CCA26). See The Counting of the Omer.
22. To rest on Shavu’ot (Lev. 23:21) (CCA28). See Shavu’ot.
23. Not to do work on the Shavu’ot (Lev. 23:21) (CCN149). See Shavu’ot.
24. To rest on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:24) (CCA29). See Rosh Hashanah.
25. Not to do work on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:25) (CCN150). See Rosh Hashanah.
26. To hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1) (CCA30). See Rosh Hashanah.
27. To fast on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:27) (CCA32). See Yom Kippur.
28. Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:29) (CCN152). See Yom Kippur.
29. Not to do work on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:31) (CCN151). See Yom Kippur.
30. To rest on the Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:32) (CCA31). See Yom Kippur.
31. To rest on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35) (CCA34). See Sukkot.
32. Not to do work on the first day of Sukkot (Lev. 23:35) (CCN153). See Sukkot.
33. To rest on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36) (CCA37). See Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
34. Not to do work on the eighth day of Sukkot (Shemini Atzeret) (Lev. 23:36) (CCN154). See Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
35. To take during Sukkot a palm branch and the other three plants (Lev. 23:40) (CCA36). See Sukkot.
36. To dwell in booths seven days during Sukkot (Lev. 23:42) (CCA35). See Sukkot.
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— Dietary Laws —
1. To examine the marks in cattle (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean) (Lev. 11:2) (affirmative). See Animals that may not be eaten.
2. Not to eat the flesh of unclean beasts (Lev. 11:4) (CCN93). See Animals that may not be eaten.
3. To examine the marks in fishes (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:9) (affirmative). See Animals that may not be eaten.
4. Not to eat unclean fish (Lev. 11:11) (CCN95). See Animals that may not be eaten.
5. To examine the marks in fowl, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Deut. 14:11) (affirmative). See Animals that may not be eaten.
6. Not to eat unclean fowl (Lev. 11:13) (CCN94). See Animals that may not be eaten.
7. To examine the marks in locusts, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Lev. 11:21) (affirmative). See Animals that may not be eaten.
8. Not to eat a worm found in fruit (Lev. 11:41) (CCN98). See Animals that may not be eaten.
9. Not to eat of things that creep upon the earth (Lev. 11:41-42) (CCN97). See Animals that may not be eaten.
10. Not to eat any vermin of the earth (Lev. 11:44) (CCN100). See Animals that may not be eaten.
11. Not to eat things that swarm in the water (Lev. 11:43 and 46) (CCN99). See Animals that may not be eaten.
12. Not to eat of winged insects (Deut. 14:19) (CCN96). See Animals that may not be eaten.
13. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that is terefah (lit torn) (Ex. 22:30) (CCN87). See Kosher slaughtering.
14. Not to eat the flesh of a beast that died of itself (Deut. 14:21) (CCN86). See Kosher slaughtering.
15. To slay cattle, deer and fowl according to the laws of shechitah if their flesh is to be eaten (Deut. 12:21) (”as I have commanded” in this verse refers to the technique) (CCA48). See Kosher slaughtering.
16. Not to eat a limb removed from a living beast (Deut. 12:23) (CCN90). See Kosher slaughtering.
17. Not to slaughter an animal and its young on the same day (Lev. 22:28) (CCN108).
18. Not to take the mother-bird with the young (Deut. 22:6) (CCN189). See Treatment of Animals.
19. To set the mother-bird free when taking the nest (Deut. 22:6-7) (CCA74). See Treatment of Animals.
20. Not to eat the flesh of an ox that was condemned to be stoned (Ex. 21:28) (negative).
21. Not to boil meat with milk (Ex. 23:19) (CCN91). See Separation of Meat and Dairy.
22. Not to eat flesh with milk (Ex. 34:26) (according to the Talmud, this passage is a distinct prohibition from the one in Ex. 23:19) (CCN92). See Separation of Meat and Dairy.
23. Not to eat the of the thigh-vein which shrank (Gen. 32:33) (CCN1). See Forbidden Fats and Nerves.
24. Not to eat chelev (tallow-fat) (Lev. 7:23) (CCN88). See Forbidden Fats and Nerves.
25. Not to eat blood (Lev. 7:26) (CCN89). See Draining of Blood.
26. To cover the blood of undomesticated animals (deer, etc.) and of fowl that have been killed (Lev. 17:13) (CCA49).
27. Not to eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard (not to rebel against father or mother) (Lev. 19:26; Deut. 21:20) (CCN106).
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That’s a good start and don’t forget the other 550 of the laws to be followed, too!!
After you finish reading all 613 of God’s laws, you might go back and read the First Jerusalem Council once more....
you tube removes ALL vids that show people being killed....stop making a conspiracy out of something where there isnt one
Oh what the heck... I figured I might as well list all 613 of God’s laws, that you’re talking about, so everyone could see exactly what it was that you are referring to that we’re supposed to be following. Just for fun, I’ll list some intersting ones up front (with the complete list below them)...
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31. Not to make human forms even for decorative purposes Ex. 20:20 [this ought to be interesting; get rid of all your statues or pictures of them...]
68. Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their head Lev. 19:27
69. Men must not shave their beards with a razor Lev. 19:27 [Hmmm..., that’s gonna make for a lot of hairy guys, isn’t it?]
70. Men must not wear women’s clothing Deut. 22:5
71. Women must not wear men’s clothing Deut. 22:5 [okay, these two should be interesting to see how it plays out...]
72. Not to tattoo the skin Lev. 19:28 [well, I can tell a lot of people are in trouble with this one]
76. To say the Shema twice daily Deut. 6:7 [well, about now a bunch of people are saying, “what?”]
79. To wear tefillin (phylacteries) on the head Deut. 6:8
80. To bind tefillin on the arm Deut. 6:8 [you are doing that, aren’t you?]
81. To put a mezuzah on each door post Deut. 6:9 [how many mezuzah do you have and how many are you supposed to have?]
82. Each male must write a Torah scroll Deut. 31:19 [how long did it take you to write that Torah scroll, by the way?]
84. To have tzitzit on four-cornered garments Num. 15:38 [okay, let’s take a look and see how well-dressed you are...]
87. To rest on the seventh day Ex. 23:12 [I’d like to see what a lot of people are doing on Saturday, these days...]
88. Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day Ex. 20:10 [well..., I’ll go for that one...]
91. To sanctify the day with Kiddush and Havdalah Ex. 20:8 [you do that, don’t you?]
92. To rest from prohibited labor Lev. 23:32
93. Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur Lev. 23:32
95. Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur Lev. 23:29 [by the way, what’s the date for Yom Kippur? You are keeping that date, aren’t you?]
96. To rest on the first day of Passover Lev. 23:7
97. Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover Lev. 23:8
98. To rest on the seventh day of Passover Lev. 23:8
99. Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover Lev. 23:8 [okay, when is Passover next year?]
102. To rest on Rosh Hashanah Lev. 23:24
103. Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashanah Lev. 23:25 [Okay, when is Rosh Hashanah this year — oh excuse me, I meant “next year”?], but wait a minute, it’s actually “this year” isn’t it; oh, I’m sure you know what I mean...]
104. To rest on Sukkot Lev. 23:35 [well, for me, I’ll take a day of rest whenever I can get it...]
116. To hear the Shofar on the first day of Tishrei (Rosh Hashanah) Num. 9:1 {I would just like to know when the last time was that you heard the Shofar *ever*?]
117. To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot Lev. 23:42 [Seven days? I’d just like to know if you’ve done it *one* day...]
119. Each man must give a half shekel annually Ex. 30:13 [Got any half shekels laying around?]
176. To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:2
177. To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Deut. 14:11
178. To examine the signs of fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:9
179. To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:21 [Gosh, where’s the rabbi when you need him?]
180. Not to eat non-kosher animals Lev. 11:4
181. Not to eat non-kosher fowl Lev. 11:13
182. Not to eat non-kosher fish Lev. 11:11
183. Not to eat non-kosher flying insects Deut. 14:19
184. Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land Lev. 11:41
190. Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded Ex. 22:30
195. Not to eat meat and milk cooked together Ex. 23:19
196. Not to cook meat and milk together Ex. 34:26
197. Not to eat bread from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14
198. Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14
199. Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14
200. Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years Lev. 19:23
201. Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard Deut. 22:9
202. Not to eat untithed fruits Lev. 22:15
204. To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it Deut. 12:21
205. Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day Lev. 22:28
279. To rest the land during the seventh year by not doing any work which enhances growth Ex. 34:21
280. Not to work the land during the seventh year Lev. 25:4
281. Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that year Lev. 25:4
282. Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal manner Lev. 25:5
283. Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal way Lev. 25:5
284. To leave free all produce which grew in that year Ex. 23:11 [well..., there goes my American fast food diet, for sure!]
285. To release all loans during the seventh year Deut. 15:2 [Hey, I’m going to talk to my bank officer about this one...]
291. Not to work the soil during the fiftieth year (Jubilee)Lev. 25:11
292. Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year Lev. 25:11
293. Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year Lev. 25:11 [Heck, I’d like to see the Jubilee year; that should be one big blowout party, for sure!]
385. Each man must count the Omer - seven weeks from the day the new wheat offering was brought Lev. 23:15 [I wish I had learned to count Omer when I was in school...]
386. To bring additional offerings on Shavuot Num. 28:26
387. To bring two leaves to accompany the above sacrifice Lev. 23:17 [Ummmm, okay, Shavuot... don’t tell me, I know what it is, I may have to get back to you on that one...]
388. To bring additional offerings on Rosh Hashana Num. 29:2
389. To bring additional offerings on Yom Kippur Num. 29:8
390. To bring additional offerings on Sukkot Num. 29:13
391. To bring additional offerings on Shmini Atzeret Num. 29:35
420. To be seen at the Temple on Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot Deut. 16:16 [Ummmm..., yeah, sure, whatever it said up above...]
504. Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws Ex. 21:2 [Man..., I need a slave around my place, my maid quit...]
505. Not to sell him as a slave is sold Lev. 25:42 [I had to sell my last slave; had to make a house payment...]
506. Not to work him oppressively Lev. 25:43 [You know, these slaves today think they’re oppressed simply by being a slave in the first place; it’s sure not lilke the old days, that’s for sure!]
507. Not to allow a non-Jew to work him oppressively Lev. 25:53
508. Not to have him do menial slave labor Lev. 25:39
509. Give him gifts when he goes free Deut. 15:14
510. Not to send him away empty-handed Deut. 15:13 [If I had one, I don’t know if I would be sending him away...]
511. Redeem Jewish maidservants Ex. 21:8
512. Betroth the Jewish maidservant Ex. 21:8
513. The master must not sell his maidservant Ex. 21:8 [Ummm..., details, details... always those messy detials...]
518. Pay wages on the day they were earned Deut. 24:15 [Yeah, I’m going on strike; they only pay me once every two weeks!]
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Okay the full list of all 613 of God’s laws below. Be sure to keep them all, ya hear?
1. To know there is a God Ex. 20:2
2. Not to entertain thoughts of other gods besides Him Ex. 20:3
3. To know that He is One Deut. 6:4
4. To love Him Deut. 6:5
5. To fear Him Deut. 10:20
6. To sanctify His Name Lev. 22:32
7. Not to profane His Name Lev. 22:32
8. Not to destroy objects associated with His Name Deut. 12:4
9. To listen to the prophet speaking in His Name Deut. 18:15
10. Not to test the prophet unduly Deut. 6:16
11. To emulate His ways Deut. 28:9
12. To cleave to those who know Him Deut. 10:20
13. To love other Jews Lev. 19:18
14. To love converts Deut. 10:19
15. Not to hate fellow Jews Lev. 19:17
16. To reprove a sinner Lev. 19:17
17. Not to embarrass others Lev. 19:17
18. Not to oppress the weak Ex. 22:21
19. Not to speak derogatorily of others Lev. 19:16
20. Not to take revenge Lev. 19:18
21. Not to bear a grudge Lev. 19:18
22. To learn Torah Deut. 6:7
23. To honor those who teach and know Torah Lev. 19:32
24. Not to inquire into idolatry Lev. 19:4
25. Not to follow the whims of your heart or what your eyes see Num. 15:39
26. Not to blaspheme Ex. 22:27
27. Not to worship idols in the manner they are worshiped Ex. 20:5
28. Not to worship idols in the four ways we worship God Ex. 20:5
29. Not to make an idol for yourself Ex. 20:4
30. Not to make an idol for others Lev. 19:4
31. Not to make human forms even for decorative purposes Ex. 20:20
32. Not to turn a city to idolatry Ex. 23:13
33. To burn a city that has turned to idol worship Deut. 13:17
34. Not to rebuild it as a city Deut. 13:17
35. Not to derive benefit from it Deut. 13:18
36. Not to missionize an individual to idol worship Deut. 13:12
37. Not to love the missionary Deut. 13:9
38. Not to cease hating the missionary Deut. 13:9
39. Not to save the missionary Deut. 13:9
40. Not to say anything in his defense Deut. 13:9
41. Not to refrain from incriminating him Deut. 13:9
42. Not to prophesize in the name of idolatry Deut. 13:14
43. Not to listen to a false prophet Deut. 13:4
44. Not to prophesize falsely in the name of God Deut. 18:20
45. Not to be afraid of killing the false prophet Deut. 18:22
46. Not to swear in the name of an idol Ex. 23:13
47. Not to perform ov (medium) Lev. 19:31
48. Not to perform yidoni (”magical seer”) Lev. 19:31
49. Not to pass your children through the fire to Molech Lev. 18:21
50. Not to erect a pillar in a public place of worship Deut. 16:22
51. Not to bow down on smooth stone Lev. 26:1
52. Not to plant a tree in the Temple courtyard Deut. 16:21
53. To destroy idols and their accessories Deut. 12:2
54. Not to derive benefit from idols and their accessories Deut. 7:26
55. Not to derive benefit from ornaments of idols Deut. 7:25
56. Not to make a covenant with idolaters Deut. 7:2
57. Not to show favor to them Deut. 7:2
58. Not to let them dwell in the Land of Israel Ex. 23:33
59. Not to imitate them in customs and clothing Lev. 20:23
60. Not to be superstitious Lev. 19:26
61. Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc. Deut. 18:10
62. Not to engage in astrology Lev. 19:26
63. Not to mutter incantations Deut. 18:11
64. Not to attempt to contact the dead Deut. 18:11
65. Not to consult the ov Deut. 18:11
66. Not to consult the yidoni Deut. 18:11
67. Not to perform acts of magic Deut. 18:10
68. Men must not shave the hair off the sides of their head Lev. 19:27
69. Men must not shave their beards with a razor Lev. 19:27
70. Men must not wear women’s clothing Deut. 22:5
71. Women must not wear men’s clothing Deut. 22:5
72. Not to tattoo the skin Lev. 19:28
73. Not to tear the skin in mourning Deut. 14:1
74. Not to make a bald spot in mourning Deut. 14:1
75. To repent and confess wrongdoings Num. 5:7
76. To say the Shema twice daily Deut. 6:7
77. To serve the Almighty with daily prayer Ex. 23:25
78. The Kohanim must bless the Jewish nation daily Num. 6:23
79. To wear tefillin (phylacteries) on the head Deut. 6:8
80. To bind tefillin on the arm Deut. 6:8
81. To put a mezuzah on each door post Deut. 6:9
82. Each male must write a Torah scroll Deut. 31:19
83. The king must have a separate Sefer Torah for himself Deut. 17:18
84. To have tzitzit on four-cornered garments Num. 15:38
85. To bless the Almighty after eating Deut. 8:10
86. To circumcise all males on the eighth day after their birth Lev. 12:3
87. To rest on the seventh day Ex. 23:12
88. Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day Ex. 20:10
89. The court must not inflict punishment on Shabbat Ex. 35:3
90. Not to walk outside the city boundary on Shabbat Ex. 16:29
91. To sanctify the day with Kiddush and Havdalah Ex. 20:8
92. To rest from prohibited labor Lev. 23:32
93. Not to do prohibited labor on Yom Kippur Lev. 23:32
94. To afflict yourself on Yom Kippur Lev. 16:29
95. Not to eat or drink on Yom Kippur Lev. 23:29
96. To rest on the first day of Passover Lev. 23:7
97. Not to do prohibited labor on the first day of Passover Lev. 23:8
98. To rest on the seventh day of Passover Lev. 23:8
99. Not to do prohibited labor on the seventh day of Passover Lev. 23:8
100. To rest on Shavuot Lev. 23:21
101. Not to do prohibited labor on Shavuot Lev. 23:21
102. To rest on Rosh Hashanah Lev. 23:24
103. Not to do prohibited labor on Rosh Hashanah Lev. 23:25
104. To rest on Sukkot Lev. 23:35
105. Not to do prohibited labor on Sukkot Lev. 23:35
106. To rest on Shemini Atzeret Lev. 23:36
107. Not to do prohibited labor on Shemini Atzeret Lev. 23:36
108. Not to eat chametz on the afternoon of the 14th day of Nissan Deut. 16:3
109. To destroy all chametz on 14th day of Nissan Ex. 12:15
110. Not to eat chametz all seven days of Passover Ex. 13:3
111. Not to eat mixtures containing chametz all seven days of Passover Ex. 12:20
112. Not to see chametz in your domain seven days Ex. 13:7
113. Not to find chametz in your domain seven days Ex. 12:19
114. To eat matzah on the first night of Passover Ex. 12:18
115. To relate the Exodus from Egypt on that night Ex. 13:8
116. To hear the Shofar on the first day of Tishrei (Rosh Hashanah) Num. 9:1
117. To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot Lev. 23:42
118. To take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven days Lev. 23:40
119. Each man must give a half shekel annually Ex. 30:13
120. Courts must calculate to determine when a new month begins Ex. 12:2
121. To afflict oneself and cry out before God in times of calamity Num. 10:9
122. To marry a wife by means of ketubah and kiddushin Deut. 22:13
123. Not to have sexual relations with women not thus married Deut. 23:18
124. Not to withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife Ex. 21:10
125. To have children with one’s wife Gen 1:28 HE
126. To issue a divorce by means of a Get document Deut. 24:1
127. A man must not remarry his ex-wife after she has married someone else Deut. 24:4
128. To perform yibbum (marry the widow of one’s childless brother) Deut. 25:5
129. To perform halizah (free the widow of one’s childless brother from yibbum) Deut. 25:9
130. The widow must not remarry until the ties with her brother-in-law are removed (by halizah) Deut. 25:5
131. The court must fine one who sexually seduces a maiden Ex. 22:15-16
132. The rapist must marry the maiden (if she chooses) Deut. 22:29
133. He is never allowed to divorce her Deut. 22:29
134. The slanderer must remain married to his wife Deut. 22:19
135. He must not divorce her Deut. 22:19
136. To fulfill the laws of the Sotah Num. 5:30
137. Not to put oil on her meal offering (as usual) Num. 5:15
138. Not to put frankincense on her meal offering (as usual) Num. 5:15
139. Not to have sexual relations with your mother Lev. 18:7
140. Not to have sexual relations with your father’s wife Lev. 18:8
141. Not to have sexual relations with your sister Lev. 18:9
142. Not to have sexual relations with your father’s wife’s daughter Lev. 18:11
143. Not to have sexual relations with your son’s daughter Lev. 18:10
144. Not to have sexual relations with your daughter Lev. 18:6 Lev. 18:10
145. Not to have sexual relations with your daughter’s daughter Lev. 18:10
146. Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter Lev. 18:17
147. Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her son’s daughter Lev. 18:17
148. Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter’s daughter Lev. 18:17
149. Not to have sexual relations with your father’s sister Lev. 18:12
150. Not to have sexual relations with your mother’s sister Lev. 18:13
151. Not to have sexual relations with your father’s brother’s wife Lev. 18:14
152. Not to have sexual relations with your son’s wife Lev. 18:15
153. Not to have sexual relations with your brother’s wife Lev. 18:16
154. Not to have sexual relations with your wife’s sister Lev. 18:18
155. A man must not have sexual relations with an animal Lev. 18:23
156. A woman must not have sexual relations with an animal Lev. 18:23
157. Not to have homosexual sexual relations Lev. 18:22
158. Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father Lev. 18:7
159. Not to have homosexual sexual relations with your father’s brother Lev. 18:14
160. Not to have sexual relations with someone else’s wife Lev. 18:20
161. Not to have sexual relations with a menstrually impure woman Lev. 18:19
162. Not to marry non-Jews Deut. 7:3
163. Not to let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Jewish people Deut. 23:4
164. Not to prevent a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Jewish people Deut. 23:8-9
165. Not to refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert Deut. 23:8-9
166. Not to let a mamzer (a child born due to an illegal relationship) marry into the Jewish people Deut. 23:3
167. Not to let a eunuch marry into the Jewish people Deut. 23:2
168. Not to offer to God any castrated male animals Lev. 22:24
169. The High Priest must not marry a widow Lev. 21:14
170. The High Priest must not have sexual relations with a widow even outside of marriage Lev. 21:15
171. The High Priest must marry a virgin maiden Lev. 21:13
172. A Kohen (priest) must not marry a divorcee Lev. 21:7
173. A Kohen must not marry a zonah (a woman who has had a forbidden sexual relationship) Lev. 21:7
174. A Kohen must not marry a chalalah (”a desecrated person”) (party to or product of 169-172) Lev. 21:7
175. Not to make pleasurable (sexual) contact with any forbidden woman Lev. 18:6
176. To examine the signs of animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:2
177. To examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Deut. 14:11
178. To examine the signs of fish to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:9
179. To examine the signs of locusts to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Lev. 11:21
180. Not to eat non-kosher animals Lev. 11:4
181. Not to eat non-kosher fowl Lev. 11:13
182. Not to eat non-kosher fish Lev. 11:11
183. Not to eat non-kosher flying insects Deut. 14:19
184. Not to eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land Lev. 11:41
185. Not to eat non-kosher maggots Lev. 11:44
186. Not to eat worms found in fruit on the ground Lev. 11:42
187. Not to eat creatures that live in water other than (kosher) fish Lev. 11:43
188. Not to eat the meat of an animal that died without ritual slaughter Deut. 14:21
189. Not to benefit from an ox condemned to be stoned Ex. 21:28
190. Not to eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded Ex. 22:30
191. Not to eat a limb torn off a living creature Deut.
192. Not to eat blood Lev. 3:17
193. Not to eat certain fats of clean animals Lev. 3:17
194. Not to eat the sinew of the thigh Gen. 32:33
195. Not to eat meat and milk cooked together Ex. 23:19
196. Not to cook meat and milk together Ex. 34:26
197. Not to eat bread from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14
198. Not to eat parched grains from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14
199. Not to eat ripened grains from new grain before the Omer Lev. 23:14
200. Not to eat fruit of a tree during its first three years Lev. 19:23
201. Not to eat diverse seeds planted in a vineyard Deut. 22:9
202. Not to eat untithed fruits Lev. 22:15
203. Not to drink wine poured in service to idols Deut. 32:38
204. To ritually slaughter an animal before eating it Deut. 12:21
205. Not to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day Lev. 22:28
206. To cover the blood (of a slaughtered beast or fowl) with earth Lev. 17:13
207. Not to take the mother bird from her children Deut. 22:6
208. To release the mother bird if she was taken from the nest Deut. 22:7
209. Not to swear falsely in God’s Name Lev. 19:12
210. Not to take God’s Name in vain Ex. 20:6
211. Not to deny possession of something entrusted to you Lev. 19:11
212. Not to swear in denial of a monetary claim Lev. 19:11
213. To swear in God’s Name to confirm the truth when deemed necessary by court Deut. 10:20
214. To fulfill what was uttered and to do what was avowed Deut. 23:24
215. Not to break oaths or vows Num. 30:3
216. For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Torah Num. 30:3
217. The Nazir must let his hair grow Num. 6:5
218. He must not cut his hair Num. 6:5
219. He must not drink wine, wine mixtures, or wine vinegar Num. 6:3
220. He must not eat fresh grapes Num. 6:3
221. He must not eat raisins Num. 6:3
222. He must not eat grape seeds Num. 6:4
223. He must not eat grape skins Num. 6:4
224. He must not be under the same roof as a corpse Num. 6:6
225. He must not come into contact with the dead Num. 6:7
226. He must shave his head after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazirite period Num. 6:9
227. To estimate the value of people as determined by the Torah Lev. 27:2
228. To estimate the value of consecrated animals Lev. 27:12-13
229. To estimate the value of consecrated houses Lev. 27:14
230. To estimate the value of consecrated fields Lev. 27:16
231. Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions (cherem) Lev. 27:28
232. Not to sell the cherem Lev. 27:28
233. Not to redeem the cherem Lev. 27:28
234. Not to plant diverse seeds together Lev. 19:19
235. Not to plant grains or greens in a vineyard Deut. 22:9
236. Not to crossbreed animals Lev. 19:19
237. Not to work different animals together Deut. 22:10
238. Not to wear shatnez, a cloth woven of wool and linen Deut. 22:11
239. To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor Lev. 19:10
240. Not to reap that corner Lev. 19:9
241. To leave gleanings Lev. 19:9
242. Not to gather the gleanings Lev. 19:9
243. To leave the gleanings of a vineyard Lev. 19:10
244. Not to gather the gleanings of a vineyard Lev. 19:10
245. To leave the unformed clusters of grapes Lev. 19:10
246. Not to pick the unformed clusters of grapes Lev. 19:10
247. To leave the forgotten sheaves in the field Deut. 24:19
248. Not to retrieve them Deut. 24:19
249. To separate the “tithe for the poor” Deut. 14:28
250. To give charity Deut. 15:8
251. Not to withhold charity from the poor Deut. 15:7
252. To set aside Terumah Gedolah (gift for the Kohen) Deut. 18:4
253. The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe Num. 18:26
254. Not to preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order Ex. 22:28
255. A non-Kohen must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:10
256. A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Kohen must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:10
257. An uncircumcised Kohen must not eat Terumah Ex. 12:48
258. An impure Kohen must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:4
259. A chalalah (party to #s 169-172 above) must not eat Terumah Lev. 22:12
260. To set aside Ma’aser (tithe) each planting year and give it to a Levite Num. 18:24
261. To set aside the second tithe (Ma’aser Sheni) Deut. 14:22
262. Not to spend its redemption money on anything but food, drink, or ointment Deut. 26:14
263. Not to eat Ma’aser Sheni while impure Deut. 26:14
264. A mourner on the first day after death must not eat Ma’aser Sheni Deut. 26:14
265. Not to eat Ma’aser Sheni grains outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17
266. Not to eat Ma’aser Sheni wine products outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17
267. Not to eat Ma’aser Sheni oil outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17
268. The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like Ma’aser Sheni Lev. 19:24
269. To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year Deut. 26:13
270. To set aside the first fruits and bring them to the Temple Ex. 23:19
271. The Kohanim must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17
272. To read the Torah portion pertaining to their presentation Deut. 26:5
273. To set aside a portion of dough for a Kohen Num. 15:20
274. To give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of slaughtered animals to a Kohen Deut. 18:3
275. To give the first shearing of sheep to a Kohen Deut. 18:4
276. To redeem firstborn sons and give the money to a Kohen Num. 18:15
277. To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Kohen Ex. 13:13
278. To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it Ex. 13:13
279. To rest the land during the seventh year by not doing any work which enhances growth Ex. 34:21
280. Not to work the land during the seventh year Lev. 25:4
281. Not to work with trees to produce fruit during that year Lev. 25:4
282. Not to reap crops that grow wild that year in the normal manner Lev. 25:5
283. Not to gather grapes which grow wild that year in the normal way Lev. 25:5
284. To leave free all produce which grew in that year Ex. 23:11
285. To release all loans during the seventh year Deut. 15:2
286. Not to pressure or claim from the borrower Deut. 15:2
287. Not to refrain from lending immediately before the release of the loans for fear of monetary loss Deut. 15:9
288. The Sanhedrin must count seven groups of seven years Lev. 25:8
289. The Sanhedrin must sanctify the fiftieth year Lev. 25:10
290. To blow the Shofar on the tenth of Tishrei to free the slaves Lev. 25:9
291. Not to work the soil during the fiftieth year (Jubilee)Lev. 25:11
292. Not to reap in the normal manner that which grows wild in the fiftieth year Lev. 25:11
293. Not to pick grapes which grew wild in the normal manner in the fiftieth year Lev. 25:11
294. Carry out the laws of sold family properties Lev. 25:24
295. Not to sell the land in Israel indefinitely Lev. 25:23
296. Carry out the laws of houses in walled cities Lev. 25:29
297. The Tribe of Levi must not be given a portion of the land in Israel, rather they are given cities to dwell in Deut. 18:1
298. The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war Deut. 18:1
299. To give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields Num. 35:2
300. Not to sell the fields but they shall remain the Levites’ before and after the Jubilee year Lev. 25:34
301. To build a Temple Ex. 25:8
302. Not to build the altar with stones hewn by metal Ex. 20:23
303. Not to climb steps to the altar Ex. 20:26
304. To show reverence to the Temple Lev. 19:30
305. To guard the Temple area Num. 18:2
306. Not to leave the Temple unguarded Num. 18:5
307. To prepare the anointing oil Ex. 30:31
308. Not to reproduce the anointing oil Ex. 30:32
309. Not to anoint with anointing oil Ex. 30:32
310. Not to reproduce the incense formula Ex. 30:37
311. Not to burn anything on the Golden Altar besides incense Ex. 30:9
312. The Levites must transport the ark on their shoulders Num. 7:9
313. Not to remove the staves from the ark Ex. 25:15
314. The Levites must work in the Temple Num. 18:23
315. No Levite must do another’s work of either a Kohen or a Levite Num. 18:3
316. To dedicate the Kohen for service Lev. 21:8
317. The work of the Kohanim’s shifts must be equal during holidays Deut. 18:6-8
318. The Kohanim must wear their priestly garments during service Ex. 28:2
319. Not to tear the priestly garments Ex. 28:32
320. The Kohen Gadol ‘s breastplate must not be loosened from the Efod Ex. 28:28
321. A Kohen must not enter the Temple intoxicated Lev. 10:9
322. A Kohen must not enter the Temple with long hair Lev. 10:6
323. A Kohen must not enter the Temple with torn clothes Lev. 10:6
324. A Kohen must not enter the Temple indiscriminately Lev. 16:2
325. A Kohen must not leave the Temple during service Lev. 10:7
326. To send the impure from the Temple Num. 5:2
327. Impure people must not enter the Temple Num. 5:3
328. Impure people must not enter the Temple Mount area Deut. 23:11
329. Impure Kohanim must not do service in the temple Lev. 22:2
330. An impure Kohen, following immersion, must wait until after sundown before returning to service Lev. 22:7
331. A Kohen must wash his hands and feet before service Ex. 30:19
332. A Kohen with a physical blemish must not enter the sanctuary or approach the altar Lev. 21:23
333. A Kohen with a physical blemish must not serve Lev. 21:17
334. A Kohen with a temporary blemish must not serve Lev. 21:17
335. One who is not a Kohen must not serve Num. 18:4
336. To offer only unblemished animals Lev. 22:21
337. Not to dedicate a blemished animal for the altar Lev. 22:20
338. Not to slaughter it Lev. 22:22
339. Not to sprinkle its blood Lev. 22:24
340. Not to burn its fat Lev. 22:22
341. Not to offer a temporarily blemished animal Deut. 17:1
342. Not to sacrifice blemished animals even if offered by non-Jews Lev. 22:25
343. Not to inflict wounds upon dedicated animals Lev. 22:21
344. To redeem dedicated animals which have become disqualified Deut. 12:15
345. To offer only animals which are at least eight days old Lev. 22:27
346. Not to offer animals bought with the wages of a harlot or the animal exchanged for a dog Deut. 23:19
347. Not to burn honey or yeast on the altar Lev. 2:11
348. To salt all sacrifices Lev. 2:13
349. Not to omit the salt from sacrifices Lev. 2:13
350. Carry out the procedure of the burnt offering as prescribed in the Torah Lev. 1:3
351. Not to eat its meat Deut. 12:17
352. Carry out the procedure of the sin offering Lev. 6:18
353. Not to eat the meat of the inner sin offering Lev. 6:23
354. Not to decapitate a fowl brought as a sin offering Lev. 5:8
355. Carry out the procedure of the guilt offering Lev. 7:1
356. The Kohanim must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple Ex. 29:33
357. The Kohanim must not eat the meat outside the Temple courtyard Deut. 12:17
358. A non-Kohen must not eat sacrificial meat Ex. 29:33
359. To follow the procedure of the peace offering Lev. 7:11
360. Not to eat the meat of minor sacrifices before sprinkling the blood Deut. 12:17
361. To bring meal offerings as prescribed in the Torah Lev. 2:1
362. Not to put oil on the meal offerings of wrongdoers Lev. 5:11
363. Not to put frankincense on the meal offerings of wrongdoers Lev. 3:11
364. Not to eat the meal offering of the High Priest Lev. 6:16
365. Not to bake a meal offering as leavened bread Lev. 6:10
366. The Kohanim must eat the remains of the meal offerings Lev. 6:9
367. To bring all avowed and freewill offerings to the Temple on the first subsequent festival Deut. 12:5-6
368. Not to withhold payment incurred by any vow Deut. 23:22
369. To offer all sacrifices in the Temple Deut. 12:11
370. To bring all sacrifices from outside Israel to the Temple Deut. 12:26
371. Not to slaughter sacrifices outside the courtyard Lev. 17:4
372. Not to offer any sacrifices outside the courtyard Deut. 12:13
373. To offer two lambs every day Num. 28:3
374. To light a fire on the altar every day Lev. 6:6
375. Not to extinguish this fire Lev. 6:6
376. To remove the ashes from the altar every day Lev. 6:3
377. To burn incense every day Ex. 30:7
378. To light the Menorah every day Ex. 27:21
379. The Kohen Gadol (”High Priest”) must bring a meal offering every day Lev. 6:13
380. To bring two additional lambs as burnt offerings on Shabbat Num 28:9 HE
381. To make the show bread Ex. 25:30
382. To bring additional offerings on Rosh Chodesh (” The New Month”) Num. 28:11
383. To bring additional offerings on Passover Num. 28:19
384. To offer the wave offering from the meal of the new wheat Lev. 23:10
385. Each man must count the Omer - seven weeks from the day the new wheat offering was brought Lev. 23:15
386. To bring additional offerings on Shavuot Num. 28:26
387. To bring two leaves to accompany the above sacrifice Lev. 23:17
388. To bring additional offerings on Rosh Hashana Num. 29:2
389. To bring additional offerings on Yom Kippur Num. 29:8
390. To bring additional offerings on Sukkot Num. 29:13
391. To bring additional offerings on Shmini Atzeret Num. 29:35
392. Not to eat sacrifices which have become unfit or blemished Deut. 14.3
393. Not to eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions Lev. 7:18
394. Not to leave sacrifices past the time allowed for eating them Lev. 22:30
395. Not to eat from that which was left over Lev. 19:8
396. Not to eat from sacrifices which became impure Lev. 7:19
397. An impure person must not eat from sacrifices Lev. 7:20
398. To burn the leftover sacrifices Lev. 7:17
399. To burn all impure sacrifices Lev. 7:19
400. To follow the procedure of Yom Kippur in the sequence prescribed in Parshah Acharei Mot (”After the death of Aaron’s sons...”) Lev. 16:3
401. One who profaned property must repay what he profaned plus a fifth and bring a sacrifice Lev. 5:16
402. Not to work consecrated animals Deut. 15:19
403. Not to shear the fleece of consecrated animals Deut. 15:19
404. To slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the specified time Ex. 12:6
405. Not to slaughter it while in possession of leaven Ex. 23:18
406. Not to leave the fat overnight Ex. 23:18
407. To slaughter the second Paschal Lamb Num. 9:11
408. To eat the Paschal Lamb with matzah and Marror on the night of the fourteenth of Nissan Ex. 12:8
409. To eat the second Paschal Lamb on the night of the 15th of Iyar Num. 9:11
410. Not to eat the paschal meat raw or boiled Ex. 12:9
411. Not to take the paschal meat from the confines of the group Ex. 12:46
412. An apostate must not eat from it Ex. 12:43
413. A permanent or temporary hired worker must not eat from it Ex. 12:45
414. An uncircumcised male must not eat from it Ex. 12:48
415. Not to break any bones from the paschal offering Ex. 12:46
416. Not to break any bones from the second paschal offering Num. 9:12
417. Not to leave any meat from the paschal offering over until morning Ex. 12:10
418. Not to leave the second paschal meat over until morning Num. 9:12
419. Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of the 14th until the 16th Deut. 16:4
420. To be seen at the Temple on Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot Deut. 16:16
421. To celebrate on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering) Ex. 23:14
422. To rejoice on these three Festivals (bring a peace offering) Deut. 16:14
423. Not to appear at the Temple without offerings Deut. 16:16
424. Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving gifts to, the Levites Deut. 12:19
425. To assemble all the people on the Sukkot following the seventh year Deut. 31:12
426. To set aside the firstborn animals Ex. 13:12
427. The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn animals outside Jerusalem Deut. 12:17
428. Not to redeem the firstborn Num. 18:17
429. Separate the tithe from animals Lev. 27:32
430. Not to redeem the tithe Lev. 27:33
431. Every person must bring a sin offering (in the temple) for his transgression Lev. 4:27
432. Bring an asham talui (temple offering) when uncertain of guilt Lev. 5:17-18
433. Bring an asham vadai (temple offering) when guilt is ascertained Lev. 5:25
434. Bring an oleh v’yored (temple offering) offering (if the person is wealthy, an animal; if poor, a bird or meal offering) Lev. 5:7-11
435. The Sanhedrin must bring an offering (in the Temple) when it rules in error Lev. 4:13
436. A woman who had a running (vaginal) issue must bring an offering (in the Temple) after she goes to the Mikveh Lev. 15:28-29
437. A woman who gave birth must bring an offering (in the Temple) after she goes to the Mikveh Lev. 12:6
438. A man who had a running (unnatural urinary) issue must bring an offering (in the Temple) after he goes to the Mikveh Lev. 15:13-14
439. A metzora must bring an offering (in the Temple) after going to the Mikveh Lev. 14:10
440. Not to substitute another beast for one set apart for sacrifice Lev. 27:10
441. The new animal, in addition to the substituted one, retains consecration Lev. 27:10
442. Not to change consecrated animals from one type of offering to another Lev. 27:26
443. Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead Num. 19:14
444. Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer (Para Aduma) Num. 19:2
445. Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water Num. 19:21
446. Rule the laws of human tzara’at as prescribed in the Torah Lev. 13:12
447. The metzora must not remove his signs of impurity Deut. 24:8
448. The metzora must not shave signs of impurity in his hair Lev. 13:33
449. The metzora must publicize his condition by tearing his garments, allowing his hair to grow and covering his lips Lev. 13:45
450. Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the metzora Lev. 14:2
451. The metzora must shave off all his hair prior to purification Lev. 14:9
452. Carry out the laws of tzara’at of clothing Lev. 13:47
453. Carry out the laws of tzara’at of houses Lev. 13:34
454. Observe the laws of menstrual impurity Lev. 15:19
455. Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirth Lev. 12:2
456. Observe the laws of impurity caused by a woman’s running issue Lev. 15:25
457. Observe the laws of impurity caused by a man’s running issue (irregular ejaculation of infected semen) Lev. 15:3
458. Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast Lev. 11:39
459. Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight shratzim (insects) Lev. 11:29
460. Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission (regular ejaculation, with normal semen) Lev. 15:16
461. Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods Lev. 11:34
462. Every impure person must immerse himself in a Mikveh to become pure Lev. 15:16
463. The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring ox Ex. 21:28
464. The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating Ex. 22:4
465. The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit Ex. 21:33
466. The court must judge the damages incurred by fire Ex. 22:5
467. Not to steal money stealthily Lev. 19:11
468. The court must implement punitive measures against the thief Ex. 21:37
469. Each individual must ensure that his scales and weights are accurate Lev. 19:36
470. Not to commit injustice with scales and weights Lev. 19:35
471. Not to possess inaccurate scales and weights even if they are not for use Deut. 25:13
472. Not to move a boundary marker to steal someone’s property Deut. 19:14
473. Not to kidnap Ex. 20:13
474. Not to rob openly Lev. 19:13
475. Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debt Lev. 19:13
476. Not to covet and scheme to acquire another’s possession Ex. 20:14
477. Not to desire another’s possession Deut. 5:18
478. Return the robbed object or its value Lev. 5:23
479. Not to ignore a lost object Deut. 22:3
480. Return the lost object Deut. 22:1
481. The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another’s property Ex. 21:18
482. Not to murder Ex. 20:13
483. Not to accept monetary restitution to atone for the murderer Num. 35:31
484. The court must send the accidental murderer to a city of refuge Num. 35:25
485. Not to accept monetary restitution instead of being sent to a city of refuge Num. 35:32
486. Not to kill the murderer before he stands trial Num. 35:12
487. Save someone being pursued even by taking the life of the pursuer Deut. 25:12
488. Not to pity the pursuer Num. 35:12
489. Not to stand idly by if someone’s life is in danger Lev. 19:16
490. Designate cities of refuge and prepare routes of access Deut. 19:3
491. Break the neck of a calf by the river valley following an unsolved murder Deut. 21:4
492. Not to work nor plant that river valley Deut. 21:4
493. Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property Deut. 22:8
494. Make a guard rail around flat roofs Deut. 22:8
495. Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man (nor give harmful advice) (Lifnei iver) Lev. 19:14
496. Help another remove the load from a beast which can no longer carry it Ex. 23:5
497. Help others load their beast Deut. 22:4
498. Not to leave others distraught with their burdens (but to help either load or unload) Deut. 22:4
499. Buy and sell according to Torah law Lev. 25:14
500. Not to overcharge or underpay for an article Lev. 25:14
501. Not to insult or harm anybody with words Lev. 25:17
502. Not to cheat a sincere convert monetarily Ex. 22:20
503. Not to insult or harm a sincere convert with words Ex. 22:20
504. Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws Ex. 21:2
505. Not to sell him as a slave is sold Lev. 25:42
506. Not to work him oppressively Lev. 25:43
507. Not to allow a non-Jew to work him oppressively Lev. 25:53
508. Not to have him do menial slave labor Lev. 25:39
509. Give him gifts when he goes free Deut. 15:14
510. Not to send him away empty-handed Deut. 15:13
511. Redeem Jewish maidservants Ex. 21:8
512. Betroth the Jewish maidservant Ex. 21:8
513. The master must not sell his maidservant Ex. 21:8
514. Canaanite slaves must work forever unless injured in one of their limbs Lev. 25:46
515. Not to extradite a slave who fled to (Biblical) Israel Deut. 23:16
516. Not to wrong a slave who has come to Israel for refuge Deut. 23:16
517. The courts must carry out the laws of a hired worker and hired guard Ex. 22:9
518. Pay wages on the day they were earned Deut. 24:15
519. Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed time Lev. 19:13
520. The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops where he works Deut. 23:25
521. The worker must not eat while on hired time Deut. 23:26
522. The worker must not take more than he can eat Deut. 23:25
523. Not to muzzle an ox while plowing Deut. 25:4
524. The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower Ex. 22:13
525. The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid guard Ex. 22:6
526. Lend to the poor and destitute Ex. 22:24
527. Not to press them for payment if you know they don’t have it Ex. 22:24
528. Press the idolater for payment Deut. 15:3
529. The creditor must not forcibly take collateral Deut. 24:10
530. Return the collateral to the debtor when needed Deut. 24:13
531. Not to delay its return when needed Deut. 24:12
532. Not to demand collateral from a widow Deut. 24:17
533. Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for preparing food Deut. 24:6
534. Not to lend with interest Lev. 25:37
535. Not to borrow with interest Deut. 23:20
536. Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee, witness, or write the promissory note Ex. 22:24
537. Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest Deut. 23:21
538. The courts must carry out the laws of the plaintiff, admitter, or denier Ex. 22:8
539. Carry out the laws of the order of inheritance Num. 27:8
540. Appoint judges Deut. 16:18
541. Not to appoint judges who are not familiar with judicial procedure Deut. 1:17
542. Decide by majority in case of disagreement Ex. 23:2
543. The court must not execute through a majority of one; at least a majority of two is required Ex. 23:2
544. A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not present an argument for conviction in capital cases Deut. 23:2
545. The courts must carry out the death penalty of stoning Deut. 22:24
546. The courts must carry out the death penalty of burning Lev. 20:14
547. The courts must carry out the death penalty of the sword Ex. 21:20
548. The courts must carry out the death penalty of strangulation Lev. 20:10
549. The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy or idolatry Deut. 21:22
550. Bury the executed on the day they are killed Deut. 21:23
551. Not to delay burial overnight Deut. 21:23
552. The court must not let the sorcerer live Ex. 22:17
553. The court must give lashes to the wrongdoer Ex. 25:2
554. The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashes Deut. 25:3
555. The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial evidence Ex. 23:7
556. The court must not punish anybody who was forced to do a crime Deut. 22:26
557. A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at the trial Deut. 19:13
558. A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the trial Lev. 19:15
559. A judge must not respect the great man at the trial Lev. 19:15
560. A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the habitual transgressor Ex. 23:6
561. A judge must not pervert justice Lev. 19:15
562. A judge must not pervert a case involving a convert or orphan Deut. 24:17
563. Judge righteously Lev. 19:15
564. The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment Deut. 1:17
565. Judges must not accept bribes Ex. 23:8
566. Judges must not accept testimony unless both parties are present Ex. 23:1
567. Not to curse judges Ex. 22:27
568. Not to curse the head of state or leader of the Sanhedrin Ex. 22:27
569. Not to curse any upstanding Jew Lev. 19:14
570. Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court Lev. 5:1
571. Carefully interrogate the witness Deut. 13:15
572. A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes Deut. 19:17
573. Not to accept testimony from a lone witness Deut. 19:15
574. Transgressors must not testify Ex. 23:1
575. Relatives of the litigants must not testify Deut. 24:16
576. Not to testify falsely Ex. 20:13
577. Punish the false witnesses as they tried to punish the defendant Deut. 19:19
578. Act according to the ruling of the Sanhedrin Deut. 17:11
579. Not to deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin Deut. 17:11
580. Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanations Deut. 13:1
581. Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part Deut. 13:1
582. Not to curse your father and mother Ex. 21:17
583. Not to strike your father and mother Ex. 21:15
584. Respect your father or mother Ex. 20:12
585. Fear your father or mother Lev. 19:3
586. Not to be a rebellious son Deut. 21:18
587. Mourn for relatives Lev. 10:19
588. The High Priest must not defile himself for any relative Lev. 21:11
589. The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse Lev. 21:11
590. A Kohen must not defile himself (by going to funerals or cemeteries) for anyone except relatives Lev. 21:1
591. Appoint a king from Israel Deut. 17:15
592. Not to appoint a foreigner Deut. 17:15
593. The king must not have too many wives Deut. 17:17
594. The king must not have too many horses Deut. 17:16
595. The king must not have too much silver and gold Deut. 17:17
596. Destroy the seven Canaanite nations Deut. 20:17
597. Not to let any of them remain alive Deut. 20:16
598. Wipe out the descendants of Amalek Deut. 25:19
599. Remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people Deut. 25:17
600. Not to forget Amalek’s atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert Deut. 25:19
601. Not to dwell permanently in Egypt Deut. 17:16
602. Offer peace terms to the inhabitants of a city while holding siege, and treat them according to the Torah if they accept the terms Deut. 20:10
603. Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them Deut. 23:7
604. Not to destroy fruit trees even during the siege Deut. 20:19
605. Prepare latrines outside the camps Deut. 23:13
606. Prepare a shovel for each soldier to dig with Deut. 23:14
607. Appoint a priest to speak with the soldiers during the war Deut. 20:2
608. He who has taken a wife, built a new home, or planted a vineyard is given a year to rejoice with his possessions Deut. 24:5
609. Not to demand from the above any involvement, communal or military Deut. 24:5
610. Not to panic and retreat during battle Deut. 20:3
611. Keep the laws of the captive woman Deut. 21:11
612. Not to sell her into slavery Deut. 21:14
613. Not to retain her for servitude after having sexual relations with her Deut. 21:14
What happened to the boy?
Yes, yes, I'm hellbound, I know. Every conversation I have with a Christian believer inevitably gets to this. I'll send you a nice little postcard with a "I Wish You Were Here!" hologram in blazing letters on the front. I liked the bit about the talking dog, though, that was admittedly original.
It sounds like you’re complaining about the matter of the timing more than anything else. The real question to ask is “Why are we not all dead *already* from God’s judgement?”
So, we are all so lucky that he allowed us to be born at all that when he orders that children be killed, we are to just marvel at his kindness for allowing the children to live as long as they did? Wow. Ok, I think I get it now.
I really doubt you would be interested in reestablishing all the capital crimes listed in the Old Testament.
Adultery, kidnapping, premarital sex(for women, anyway), idolatry, sorcery, blasphemy, bestiality, rape, homosexuality, among others.
While I believe capital punishment should be more widely imposed than it is, few Americans would wish to reimpose all the capital crimes of the OT.
You said — “I liked the bit about the talking dog, though, that was admittedly original.”
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Well, I was thinking about Balaam’s donkey (Numbers 22:28), but since we don’t have a lot of donkeys around, I thought a dog would do just as well. :-)
And you know, those dogs are like the “fly on the wall”, they know more about people than people themselves do.
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When I said — “The real question to ask is “Why are we not all dead *already* from God’s judgement?”
You then replied — “So, we are all so lucky that he allowed us to be born at all that when he orders that children be killed, we are to just marvel at his kindness for allowing the children to live as long as they did? Wow. Ok, I think I get it now.”
The problem you have is that you would like it that God becomes like a man in His thinking. Instead of us coming up to where God is, you would like God to come to the level of depravity and thinking of where mankind is. And thus, you accuse God of not being enough *like you* — in His thinking, His actions and His judgements.
The Bible doesn’t bring God down to mankind’s level, but give us *His thinking* and *His character* — and contrasts that against ours. Your complaint is that you don’t like the perfect and righteous character of God — so — you “accuse Him” instead. Imagine that! Accusing the Creator God of the Universe, the maker of all things and of life. That is quite revealing.
So, instead of recognizing that God had made His judgement of Death upon everyone for sin which is in all, you are still trying to “claim” some measure of “righteousness” inherent somewhere inside of mankind (hence your “little kids” reference), and thus say to God, “You’re just not like us and you don’t think like us.”
And instead of recognizing that there has been extended to us — mercy, grace and forebearance, for thousands of years towards mankind, with God holding back a good measurement of His judgement, not handing it all out, immediately (as He says He will at a future time) — you want to cast God’s forebearance back in His face saying — “Big deal! Like I should even thank you for such a ridiculous and small thing that means absolutely nothing to me!”
You are definitely the epitome of the person who is described in the Bible as having rejected God.
You asked — “What happened to the boy?”
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The Muslims are hiding him...
Ok, doofus, you are the one that threw in the 613 laws not me. The 10 Commandments are what we are to follow, not the "Ritual Decalogue" from Exodus 34.
The gift that Moses offers was what I said.. you know the stone tablets.. two of them, carved through and through..
If you doubt that... read the below...
Matthew 19:16-19 (American Standard Version)
16 And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Simply put, the ten commandments... of which.. Honor your mother and father is the basis of where Jesus backed his condemnation of those that overlooked this passage and it's punishment.
| Commandment | Jewish | Orthodox | Catholic / | Protestant (except Lutheran), |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I am the Lord your God | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| You shall have no other gods before me | 2 | 1 | ||
| You shall not make for yourself an idol | 2 | 2 | ||
| You shall not make wrongful use of the name of your God | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Honor your parents | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| You shall not murder | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| You shall not commit adultery | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| You shall not steal | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| You shall not bear false witness | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| You shall not covet your neighbour's wife | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| You shall not covet your neighbour's house | 10 |
I guess I should of read your weird post more closely and noticed how you stuck this into my original meaning earlier. Putting the "Ritual Decalogue" in as the gift that Moses offered is dishonest and you knew it well. |
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