Injustice in Leviticus

1. "If a soul ... sin through ignorance...." 5:15, 17, 6:7

2. Two of the sons of Aaron "offered strange fire before the Lord" and "there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord." 10:1-2

3. If priests misbehave at the tabernacle by uncovering their heads, tearing their clothes, leaving with holy oil on them, or by drinking "wine or strong drink", then God will kill them and send his wrath on "all the people." 10:6-9

4. After a woman gives birth, a priest must kill a lamb, pigeon, or dove as a sin offering. This is because having children is sinful and God likes it when things are killed for him. 12:6-8

5. God "put the plague of leprosy" into the houses of the Canaanites. 14:34

6. God explains the use of scapegoats. It goes like this: Get two goats. Kill one. Wipe, smear, and sprinkle the blood around seven times. Then take the other goat, give it the sins of all the people, and send it off into the wilderness. 16:6-28

7. Don't eat sacrifices on the third day or God will cut you off from among your people. 19:6-8

8. If a man has sex with an engaged slave woman, scourge the woman, but don't punish the man. (Even if he raped her?) 19:20-22

9. Kill anyone who "gives his seed" to Molech. If you refuse, God will cut you and your family off. 20:2-5

10. Stay away from people with familiar spirits and don't "go a whoring" after them either. 20:6

11. "For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." Couldn't we try spanking first? 20:9

12. Both parties in adultery shall be executed. 20:10

13. If a man has sex with his father's wife, kill them both. 20:11

14. If a man "lies" with his daughter-in-law, then both must be killed. 20:12

15. If a man has sex with another man, kill them both. 20:13

16. If you "lie" with your wife and your mother-in-law (now that sounds fun!), then all three of your must be burned to death. 20:14

17. If a man or woman "lie with a beast" both the person and the poor animal are to be killed. 20:15-16

18. People with "familiar spirits" are to be stoned to death. But how can we be sure that a person's spirit is too familiar? The good book doesn't say, it just says to kill them. 20:27

19. A priest's daughter who "plays the whore" is to be burned to death. 21:9

20. Handicapped people cannot approach the altar of God. They would "profane" it. 21:16-23

21. Anyone with a "flat nose, or any thing superfluous" must stay away from the altar of God. 21:18

22. A man who is unclean, or is a leper, or has a "running issue", or "whose seed goeth from him", or who touches any dead or "creeping thing" ... "shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean." 22:3-5

23. No stranger or slave can "eat of the holy thing." 22:10, 13

24. "But if the priest buy any soul with his money ..." It must be OK to buy slaves; even priests do it. 22:11

25. If a priest's daughter marries "a stranger" she can't eat any holy things. 22:12

26. Don't do any work on the day of atonement or God will destroy you. 23:29-30

27. A man curses and blasphemes while disputing with another man. Moses asks God what to do about it. God says that the whole community must stone him to death. "And the children of Israel did as the Lord and Moses commanded." 24:10-23

28. Anyone who blasphemes or curses shall be stoned to death by the entire community. 24:16

29. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. If we apply this rule then we'll all wind up toothless and blind. 24:20

30. God's instructions for buying your brother for a slave. 25:39

31. God tells the Israelites to make slaves out of their neighbors and their families. The "heathens" and "strangers" are to be their possessions forever. 25:44-46

32. God tells the Israelites to "chase" their enemies and make them "fall before you by the sword." He figures five of the Israelites will be able to "chase" a hundred of their enemies, and a hundred will be able to "put ten thousand to flight." 26:7-8

33. God describes the torments that he has planned for those who displease him. The usual stuff: plagues, burning fevers that will consume the eyes, etc. but he reserves the worst for the little children. He says "ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it," "I will send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children," and "ye shall eat the flesh of your sons and daughters." 26:16-39

34. God defines the value of human life in dollars and cents. Of course, to God, females are worth considerably less than males (50 - 60%) -- but neither are worth much. 27:3-7

35. All "devoted" things (both man and beast) "shall surely be put to death." 27:28-29