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🗓️ 21 February 2023
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.1 | We've only got one day left in Leviticus, so let's make the most of it. |
0:17.0 | Today, God is still giving Moses instructions on how the people should live in society |
0:21.0 | together, since this is not only the first time they've had a chance to be free people, |
0:25.1 | but also the first time they've really interacted with God. |
0:27.8 | They've only known him for about a year at this point and they're still learning to |
0:30.4 | trust him. |
0:31.4 | Maybe you can relate. |
0:33.7 | God's instructions today covered a lot of territory, the perpetual maintenance of the |
0:37.7 | tabernacle, caring for the poor, Jubilee. |
0:40.8 | We also see a specific instance where God tells Israel how to handle blasphemers, a man |
0:45.6 | curses the name of God and God orders him to be stoned. |
0:49.2 | The purpose of this illustration, since it involved a man who is half Egyptian, was likely |
0:54.1 | to point out that the same rules applied to those who are foreigners. |
0:57.7 | And as far as the decision got established to stonem to death, remember, the Israelites |
1:02.2 | are in a unique situation given that they're a nation-state set apart as God's people. |
1:07.1 | And it's always important to remember that we all deserve death. |
1:11.0 | This man got what he deserved, the rest of us are just living on mercy. |
1:15.4 | The blasphemous story is immediately followed with a verse that says, whoever takes a human |
1:19.3 | life shall surely be put to death. |
1:22.0 | This is an illustration of what we talked about with the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20, |
1:25.6 | about how killing is different than murder. |
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