He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 0:0
Trivia: In what chapter of Exodus can you find instructions for selling your daughter and taking a second wife?
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 0:0
Trivia: In what chapter of Exodus can you find instructions for selling your daughter and taking a second wife?
"Thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers." 18:21
This verse is used by some Christians to justify the idea that only Christian men should have positions of authority in society.
It is also (mis)used by David Barton to claim that God established the principle of democratic elections, and that this verse formed the basis of the American form of government. Yet God is not the person speaking in this verse; Jethro (Moses' father in law) is. And he is advising Moses to personally select leaders to help him with his autocratic (and theocratic) rule.
"Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt." 22:21, 23:9
In his November 20, 2014 speech on immigration, President Obama quoted quoted this commandment, saying, "Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger -- we were strangers once, too."
"Thou shalt not ... curse the ruler of thy people." 22:28
"Thou shalt not raise a false report." 23:1
Value the truth. Don't lie.
"If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again." 23:4-5
Be kind to your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
"Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause." 23:6
Treat the poor fairly.
"Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not." 23:7
Be honest. Don't kill innocent people.
"Thou shalt not oppress a stranger." 23:9
Don't mistreat strangers.
"But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat." 23:11
Leave your field unharvested every seventh year so that the poor will have something to eat.
"The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel." 30:15
The Christian Right uses this verse to justify an absolute flat tax, where everyone, rich or poor, pays the same dollar amount in taxes.
