0 Deuteronomy : Politics

When two men strive together on with another, and the wife of the one ... putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. 25:1

Trivia: With how many stripes may a wicked man be beaten?

Deuteronomy : Politics (4)

  1. God will choose the king (and he won't be a foreigner). 17:15
  2. Do unto false witnesses as the criminals intended to do to their victims. Joel Webbon uses this verse to advocate the death penalty for women who accuse men of rape. 19:18-18
  3. The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 28:43
    (See here for an example of how this verse is used to justify the mistreatment of immigrants by bible-believers.)
  4. Choose life (!) 30:19

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