Prayer List

• Scott May – brain tumor has returned• Larry Scott (Joyce Owens’ cousin) – triple bypass surgery

yesterday• Glendon Masters (Joyce Owens’ cousin) – at St. Mary’s after

leg amputation• Jimmy Epperson (Herb Taylor’s friend) – Multiple Myeloma• Larry Bane (Joreen Bane’s son) – exploratory surgery at

UAMS tomorrow, possible pancreatic cancer

Announcements

• Published on 20 Apr 11

DeuteronomyWeek Date Topic

1 09 Mar 11 Chapter 1:1-2:23 – Introduction and Moses’ Address

2 16 Mar 11 Chapter 2:24-4:43 - Conquest, Transition, Covenant

3 23 Mar 11 Chapter 4:44-6:25 – The Law

4 30 Mar 11 Chapter 7:1-11:32 – Application of the Principles

5 06 Apr 11 Chapter 12:1-14:21 – First Three Commandments

6 13 Apr 11 Chapter 14:22-18:22 – 4th and 5th Commandments

7 20 Apr 11 Chapter 19:1-23:18 – 6th and 7th Commandments

8 27 Apr 11 Chapter 23:19-25:16 – 8th thru 10th Commandments

9 04 May 11 Chapter 26:1-27:26 – Covenant law and preparation

10 11 May 11 Senior Blessing – No classes

11 18 May 11 Chapter 28:1-68 – Blessings and Curses

12 25 May 11 Chapter 29:1-30:20 – Moses’ Final Address

13 01 Jun 11 Chapter 31:1-34:12 – Moses’ Final Actions

Key Points for Today’s Lesson• Review last week’s class found in Chapter 16-18• Learn more about the 6th and 7th commandments• Learn about application of the laws of manslaughter

and witnesses• Review what the Bible says about war• Review laws about unsolved murders• Learn about limits placed on a husband and father’s

authority• Review illustrations of principles concerning

adultery

Last Week• God commanded the Israelites to tithe• God established laws which provided part of the

tithe to the poor• Moses reviewed the laws of the firstborn as well

as various events Israel was to celebrate• Learned about laws of justice and laws pertaining

to kings, particularly regarding self-dependency• Learned about false prophets and how to

identify them and what should be done when they are encountered

Hebrew Calendar

• God had revealed the law concerning those who kill another person in earlier scriptures– Numbers 35:9-34– In Israel, this kind of crime were handled

domestically rather through courts of law– Instructions are give urging application of law

• Also explained the need for three more cities of refuge west of the Jordan River. (A third set)– No indication that this set of cities was ever

created

Manslaughter (19:1-13)

• Explanation of the role of witnesses– Common cause of hostility was due to property

boundaries and rights (see 1 Ki 21:1-26)– Many ancient nations regarded property markers

as sacred, Israel regarded them as God-given– Romans executed those who moved markers

• False witness (vs. 15-21)– Procedure for handling those that gave false

testimony– Normally, two witnesses were required– In that case, the were taken to the supreme court– False witnesses were punished

Witnesses (19:14-21)

• Instructions in Ch 20 advise Israel on taking possession of the Promise Land– Manual of warfare rolled up in one chapter

– Attitude and approach to national enemies

• Israel did not have a standing army– Soldiers volunteered to go into battle as needed

– Relevant to the 6th commandment

• Key points– Israel was reminded to rely on God regardless of the

enemies strength (vs. 1-4)

– Offer terms of peace to distant cities (vs 15-16)

– Destroy cities in Promised Land (vs. 16-18)

War(20:1-20)

• Prescribes a ritual to remove impurities caused by bloodshed– Cities were responsible for murders in their boundary

– A heifer was used to represent the unknown murder

– Animal had not done hard labor

– Neck broken to symbolize punishment due the murderer

– Blood of the heifer would fall on unplowed ground, disappearing rather than turning up at a future date

• The sacrifice of the heifer removed the impurity– It atoned for the guilt

Unsolved Murders (21:1-9)

• Limits on a husband’s authority (vs. 10-14)– Israelite men could marry women from distant

conquered cities taken as prisoners– As long as they did not already have a wife– Received one month to mourn for her parents– Provision for divorce

• Limits on a father’s authority (vs. 15-17)– Fathers to treat their children with consideration– Guarded a son from a erratic father

• Punishment for incorrigible children (vs. 18-21)– Rights of parents with a child who was uncontrollable

Wives and Children (21:10-21)

• Burial of a hanged person (21:22-23)– Normal method of public execution was stoning

– After criminals had died, their executioners hung their bodies up for all to see…as a deterrent to similar crimes

– This law required that in such cases, those responsible had to bury the body in the same day

• Helping neighbors (22:1-4)– Addressed failure to help a neighbor

• God cared for the least of His creatures (22:6-7)

Respect for Life (21:22-22:8)

• Mixing things that should not be mixed– No obeying this command resulted in very

detrimental short and long-term consequences

• Illustrations of the principle (22:9-12)– Laws against mixing seed, animals yoked, fibers

• Marriage relationship (22:13-30)– Seven cases outlined (see follow-on slide)– Stressed the importance of monogamy in a

polygamous culture

• Public worship (23:1-8)– Excepted those that were not pure

Adultery (22:9-23:18)

• False charge that the wife is not a virgin – husband would fined if proven wrong

• If the a wife is proven not to be a virgin she would suffer stoning

• Man committing adultery with a married woman would die along with the woman

• Man having sexual relations with an engaged girl from a city – both would die

• If it were outside the city, only the man died• Man and a virgin having sexual relations – man had

to marry her and could not divorce• God forbade incest in Israel

Seven Cases of Adultery

Review• Reviewed more about the 6th and 7th

commandments• Learned about application of the laws of

manslaughter and witnesses• Reviewed what the Bible says about war• Reviewed laws about unsolved murders• Learned about limits placed on a husband and

father’s authority• Reviewed illustrations of principles concerning

adultery• Next week: Chapter 23:19-25:16 – 8th thru 10th

Commandments