Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

For most of this book, and in fact for all of the rest of it, God is the only person who

speaks. He's talking a lot about holiness, which includes but isn't limited to cleanliness.

He gives laws about how people should live in community together in a way that is both

civil toward each other, horizontal laws or man-to-man laws, and laws about how to live

honorably toward God, vertical laws or God-to-man laws. He starts out by restating a few of the

10 commandments. If you ever wonder why God repeats himself so frequently, just stop for a

second and think about how quickly the Israelites forget, or honestly, it's probably just blatant

rebellion. Then God dives into application of the horizontal laws, loving your neighbor

as yourself. I'm just going to do a quick overview of some of the things he touches on because

I think they really serve to reveal God's heart. In 1999 through 10, we see that God provides

for the poor via the surplus of the rich, ordering the rich not to fully harvest their

fields. He'll reiterate this again tomorrow. And by the way, this law is one of the ways

God brought Ruth and Boas together. We'll read that story in a few weeks. In 1914, God

speaks specifically against injuring people in the area of their weakness. The death can't

hear your curses, and the blind can't see your stumbling blocks. So don't use people's

wounds or vulnerabilities to your own advantage. In 1917, God encourages this people not to

be ruled by selfish emotions. Instead, be reasonable and communicate openly to avoid a

rift. On de-group staff, the way we seek to operate by this principle is, if someone

says something negative about another person, they have 24 hours to bring it to that person.

It helps us honor each other while also honoring God and not let these things fester in our

hearts. God also emphasizes the importance of heart. Here, it's at the root of everything

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