Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side ... and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 32:27
Trivia: Who has God sworn to be at war with "from generation to generation"?
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side ... and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 32:27
Trivia: Who has God sworn to be at war with "from generation to generation"?
"The LORD met him [Moses], and sought to kill him." 4:24-26
God decides to kill Moses because his son had not yet been circumcised. Luckily for Moses, his Egyptian wife Zipporah "took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. So he [God] let him go." This story shows the importance of penises to God, and his hatred of foreskins.
God spake all these words
These words" are generally considered to be The Ten Commandments. But the text doesn't call this un-numbered list "The Ten Commandments";
it only says that "these words" were spoken by God. (See Exodus 34:28 where the
phrase "Ten Commandments" is actually used.) 20:1
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Saluting the Flag 20:3-5
"If he take him another wife...."
Is polygamy OK? 21:10
Does God approve of slavery? 12:44, 20:17, 21:2-6, 21:7, 21:16, 21:20-21, 21:26-27, 21:32, 22:2-3
"The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel."
The Christian Right uses this verse
to justify an absolute flat tax, where everyone, rich or poor, pays the same dollar amount in taxes. 30:15
Does God approve of capital punishment? 21:15-17, 22:18, 31:14-15, 35:2
