October 5, 2018 - Day 180 - Deuteronomy 27

I am writing from The Centurion Lounge in the Seattle airport.

Deuteronomy 27:

This chapter opens with some instructions about writing laws onto some plaster stones; and then build an altar with these stones.

Then we have a bunch of curses.  Cursed are the following:

someone who..

makes idols, dishonors their parents, moves their neighbor's boundary stone (I think this means trying to get greedy with extra land), leads the blind astray (depth on this one), ANYONE WHO WITHHOLDS JUSTICE FROM THE FOREIGNER, THE FATHERLESS, OR THE WIDOW.

Isn't it truly remarkable that we beat our drum of judgment yet FERVENTLY ignore this constant reminder in the Old Testament??

Digressing.

the cursed..

sleeps with his father's wife, bangs an animal (the fact that they had to tell you not to do this suggests that it was an issue), sleeps with sister or step/half sister, sleeps with their mother in law, secretly kills their neighbor, accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person, does not uphold the words of the law by carrying them out.


OKAY.  So clearly this is some ancient stuff here.  Why do we need to tell people not to have sex with animals?  Sigh.

But cursed?  What does this mean?  God will curse you?  Nah.  This means when you do this dumb shit, you will face the consequences.

BUT WAIT.  What are the consequences of withholding justice from the foreigner, fatherless and widow?

Hmm.

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