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Exodus 22.26, 27 “If ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,
Exodus 21.18, 19 “When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed,
8.2 Do not withhold what is due God’s people are to be actively concerned to preserve the property and wellbeing of their neighbors, and to ensure that each receives what he is due.
Exodus 21.33, 34 “When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit shall make restoration.
8Guard against negligence Love for neighbor requires active concern for their property and full restoration of any loss we may cause.
You shall not steal The Commandment God is sovereign in the disposition of blessings, and He calls each of us to exercise proper stewardship over what He has entrusted to us, and to respect and preserve the stewardship of others. We must not, by stealing in any way, violate the…
7.4 Regulate divorce Divorce is permitted under certain conditions of indecency.
Leviticus 18.23 “And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion.”
Leviticus 19.29 “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.”
Deuteronomy 22.23, 24 “If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not…
7.3 Do not commit other unlawful relations Do not allow those practices that cheapen sexuality and threaten the integrity and lawful purposes of sexual activity.
Leviticus 20.20 “If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.”
Deuteronomy 22.22 “If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die,
7.2 Do not commit unlawful relations between men and women Adultery in all its forms is condemned.
Leviticus 20.17 “If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace,