Deuteronomy 21
Wow... God has some pretty tough consequences for being a stubborn and rebellious child. Parents are to bring their drunken and gluttonous children to the gate to be stoned to death. Assuredly, God is not talking about little children, but full grown men. God is pretty intent on keeping evil from among his people. He also doesn't want the land defiled so they were not to leave anyone that had executed left hanging on the tree overnight. Not exactly sure what that was about. It doesn't appear to be to preserve any dignity of the accused, rather for the sake of the land. Was there a fear that the evil be passed on to the scavenging birds that would later consume him?
Some interesting laws to abide by in the Pentateuch. Many of these laws are illegal today in most countries. If they were not the population on earth would be pretty sparse! Who can live according to all these laws? No one, but one. That is the one whose birth we celebrate this week. It is the same one who was hung upon a tree for you and me.
Wow... God has some pretty tough consequences for being a stubborn and rebellious child. Parents are to bring their drunken and gluttonous children to the gate to be stoned to death. Assuredly, God is not talking about little children, but full grown men. God is pretty intent on keeping evil from among his people. He also doesn't want the land defiled so they were not to leave anyone that had executed left hanging on the tree overnight. Not exactly sure what that was about. It doesn't appear to be to preserve any dignity of the accused, rather for the sake of the land. Was there a fear that the evil be passed on to the scavenging birds that would later consume him?
Some interesting laws to abide by in the Pentateuch. Many of these laws are illegal today in most countries. If they were not the population on earth would be pretty sparse! Who can live according to all these laws? No one, but one. That is the one whose birth we celebrate this week. It is the same one who was hung upon a tree for you and me.
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