July 26, 2018 - Day 109 - Leviticus 19
I am writing from my living room in Seattle, WA.
Leviticus 19:
LAW TIME.
Do not do any of the following:
Disrespect your parents.
Turn to idols or make metal gods.
Eat a sacrifice on the third day after you slaughter it.
PAUSE.
"Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner."
There's wisdom here. Let that sink in.
RESUME.
Steal.
Lie.
Deceive.
Profane the name of God. What does that actually mean? And not just what you've been told.
Rob your neighbor.
Withhold wages.
Curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind.
Show favoritism to the poor or partiality to the favoritism to the great.
Spread slander.
Endanger your neighbor's life.
Hate a fellow Israelite.
Seek revenge.
Bear a grudge.
(This is our first reminder to 'love you neighbor as yourself.')
Mate with different kinds of animals.
Plant with two different kinds of seeds.
Wear clothing woven from two different kinds of material.
Sleep with a female slave who has been promised to another man.
Eat forbidden fruit within the first four years of planting.
Eat meat with blood still in it.
Practice divination or seek omens.
Cut the sides of your hair or trim the edges of your beard.
Cut your bodies for the dead (?) or get a tattoo.
Make your daughter a prostitute.
Visit a palm reader.
OH AND HERE IT IS AGAIN. READ CLOSELY:
"When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt."
READ THAT AGAIN.
And last but not least: Make sure when measuring length, weight or quantity; use honest scales.
Leviticus 19:
LAW TIME.
Do not do any of the following:
Disrespect your parents.
Turn to idols or make metal gods.
Eat a sacrifice on the third day after you slaughter it.
PAUSE.
"Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner."
There's wisdom here. Let that sink in.
RESUME.
Steal.
Lie.
Deceive.
Profane the name of God. What does that actually mean? And not just what you've been told.
Rob your neighbor.
Withhold wages.
Curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind.
Show favoritism to the poor or partiality to the favoritism to the great.
Spread slander.
Endanger your neighbor's life.
Hate a fellow Israelite.
Seek revenge.
Bear a grudge.
(This is our first reminder to 'love you neighbor as yourself.')
Mate with different kinds of animals.
Plant with two different kinds of seeds.
Wear clothing woven from two different kinds of material.
Sleep with a female slave who has been promised to another man.
Eat forbidden fruit within the first four years of planting.
Eat meat with blood still in it.
Practice divination or seek omens.
Cut the sides of your hair or trim the edges of your beard.
Cut your bodies for the dead (?) or get a tattoo.
Make your daughter a prostitute.
Visit a palm reader.
OH AND HERE IT IS AGAIN. READ CLOSELY:
"When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt."
READ THAT AGAIN.
And last but not least: Make sure when measuring length, weight or quantity; use honest scales.
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