Biblical Law





by Richard C. Nickels





" . . . if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments, Matthew 19:17.













Release 2.0First Five Books of the BibleDecember, 1993


Study No. 103


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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Mr. Artie Satterfield, whose notes and encouragement formed the basis for this study,
and Mr. Ronald H. Stewart for proofreading and overall support of the original edition.



Why This Book Was Written

Psalms 19:7-8, 10-11 "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the
LORD is sure, making wise the simple.  The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart:
the commandment of the LORD  is  pure,  enlightening  the eyes . . . .  More to be desired are
they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.  Moreover
by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward."

Psalms 119:97, 172 "O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day . . . . for all thy
commandments are righteousness."

Matthew 5:17, 19 "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the  prophets:  I  am  not 
come  to  destroy,  but to fulfil . . . .  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but
whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

Romans 7:12, 14 "Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good . . .
.  For we know that the law is spiritual . . . ."

I John 5:3, "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments:  and His
commandments are not grievous."

Revelation 12:17, 14:12 " . . . the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God,
and have the testimony of Jesus Christ . . . .  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that
keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."

Revelation 22:14 "Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the
tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."


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Table of Contents


     Description                                            Page


The Reading of the Law   1

Which Old Testament Laws Are in Force Today? 5

Biblical Law in Scripture Order    25

Biblical Law in Topical Order 33

Man's Law versus God's Law, and Guide to Bible Laws*   39

The Laws of the Bible**  47

Obedience and Disobedience    53

General Commandments, Loving Our Neighbor    65

First Commandment   87
Second Commandment  93
Third Commandment   97
Fourth Commandment  99
Fifth Commandment   113
Sixth Commandment   118
Seventh Commandment 121
Eighth Commandment  127
Ninth Commandment   130
Tenth Commandment   132

Biblical Liberty and Freedom  133

Philo:  Classical Expounder of Law, Sabbaths 135

Topical Index  141

Additional Literature    142


*  From America's Promise, Phoenix, Arizona.
**  Copyrighted by Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee.  Used by permission.




Biblical Law

INTRODUCTION


Originally published in 1986, this revised second edition of Biblical Law has additional articles and
has been reset for laser quality printing.

A proper understanding of BIBLICAL LAW is important to our spiritual life.  Blessings come
from obedience to the Creator's laws, and cursings from disobedience.  

God's Law defines sin, as well as the character and nature of God, which is LOVE.  The essential
teaching of the Bible is the two great commandments:  love for God, and love for one's neighbor. 
These two great commandments are summaries of the Ten Commandments, which are in turn
summaries of the rest of the Bible.

This study of Biblical Law examines the first four books of the Bible, showing how the statutes
explain and magnify the Ten Commandments.  Most professing Christians reject the Law, which is
holy, just and good (Romans 7:12).  However, the very mark, or sign, of true believers in the last
days is that they keep God's Law:

Here is the patience of the saints:  here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.  Revelation 14:12.

In the future, the Almighty willing, I plan to expand Biblical Law to include a listing of God's laws
through the rest of the Bible, including the New Testament.

I have concluded individual articles with the Greek Omega symbol, ê


-- written by Richard C. Nickels, Gillette, Wyoming


The Reading of the Law

Israel was required to read the Law (first five books of the Bible) at least once every seven years.

Deuteronomy 31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi,
which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses
commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release,
in the feast of tabernacles, 11 When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the
place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Gather
the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that
they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the
words of this law: 13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and
learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to
possess it.

This reading of the law was done at least three times in Israel's history:

(1)  Joshua 8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings,
according to all that is written in the book of the law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses
commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the
little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

(2)  II Kings 23:1 And the king [Josiah] sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah
and of Jerusalem. 2 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people,
both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which
was found in the house of the Lord. 3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before
the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his
statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were
written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

(3)  Nehemiah 8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that
was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of
Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before
the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the
first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water
gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could
understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 4 And Ezra the
scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood
Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and
on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah,
and Meshullam. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all
the people; ) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: 6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the
great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they
bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, and
Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad,
Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in
their place. 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused
them to understand the reading. 9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the
scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the
Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the
law. 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions
unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry;
for the joy of the Lord is your strength. 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your
peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and
to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words
that were declared unto them.

It is plain that "the Law" refers to the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, written by Moses:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. This is the portion of the Bible that
specifically states the Creator's rules for His people. Some of those who profess to obey the
Eternal's laws have never read and expounded upon these laws. Not once in seven years. Never.


Why the Law Is Important

Obedience to these laws made Abraham the father of the faithful: Genesis 26:5 "Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

David loved the law and constantly meditated on the law: Psalms 119:97 "O how love I thy law! it
is my meditation all the day." He said that righteousness is defined by the commandments: Psalms
119:172, "My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness."

The apostle Paul called the law holy, just and good: Romans 7:12, 14, "Wherefore the law is holy,
and the commandment holy, and just, and good....the law is spiritual."  Furthermore, he showed
that love is the fulfilling of the law: Romans 13:8-10, "Owe no man any thing, but to love one
another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.  For this, Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt
not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying,
namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore
love is the fulfilling of the law."

James referred to the regal nature of the law of liberty: James 2:8, 12 "If ye fulfil the royal law
according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:...So speak ye, and
so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty."

The apostle John said that sin is the transgression of the law, I John 3:4. Only those who keep the
commandments will have eternal life:  Revelation 22:14, "Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates
into the city."  John 13:34-35, "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another;
as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.  By this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples, if ye have love one to another."


Whole Bible Based Upon Two Great Commandments

The Messiah said the law must be kept to enter eternal life: Matthew 22:36-40  "Master, which is
the great commandment in the law?  Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
ALL thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great
commandment.   And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  On
these two commandments hang ALL the law and the prophets."

Notice that the whole five books of the Torah and the Old Testament prophets hang on the two
overall laws of love to God and love to neighbor.  The Ten Commandments are divided into two
parts: love to God and love to neighbor.  And all the laws hang on one or more of the Ten
Commandments.  This is further amplified in Matthew 7:12  "Therefore all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets."

Jesus did not come to destroy the law or the prophets: Matthew 5:17 "Think not that I am come
to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."  The Savior Y'shua
came to magnify the law to its full spiritual intent: Isaiah 42:21 "The LORD...will magnify the
law, and make it [Him] honourable." The New Testament is merely a magnification of the old. 
The law, the prophets, and the New Testament, that is, the entire Bible, is summed up in the two
great commandments: love God, and love your neighbor as yourself.  All Bible teachings "hang,"
or relate, to one of these two summary laws.


The Law IS the Gospel

"Why do you speak so much about the law?" some may ask, "you should speak more of the
gospel."  The answer to this may be surprising to you.  The gospel of the Kingdom of God
concerns four primary things: (1) the king (Messiah) and His co-rulers (us, if we qualify to rule
with Him), (2) the subjects of the kingdom (the physical people who will live on into the
millennium and raise families), (3) the territory of the Kingdom (the earth, NOT Heaven), and (4)
the laws of the kingdom (the commandments, laws, statutes and judgments of the Bible).

The true Gospel of the Kingdom of God is not confined to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John or just
the New Testament, but is proclaimed throughout the whole Bible. Moses preached the gospel to
Israel, Hebrews 4:2 (and 3:16-19).  The Law IS the Gospel!  It is sad but true that the law is the
most misunderstood, maligned and neglected portion of the gospel message.


Conclusion

There are at least three ways one can read the law (1) verse by verse in book and chapter order,
and (2) alphabetically by topics, according to subject, or (3) grouped according to the Ten
Commandments.  With the aid of Scripture Scanner, a Bible computer software program, all these
methods are presented for portions of the Law that give the most specific statements of the
Eternal's commandments, statutes and judgments.  We believe that the laws grouped by the Ten
Commandments present the most meaningful study reference.

Note that this study is confined to the first five books of the Bible.  A future study is planned to
cover the law as expounded in the rest of the Bible.

The end, or purpose, of the law is shown in I Timothy 1:5, "Now the end of the commandment is
charity [love] out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned." Ecclesiastes
12:13, "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments:
for this is the whole duty of man."

Read the Law this Feast of Tabernacles.  Live it all the days of your life.  Enter into the joy of the
LORD.ê


Which Old Testament Laws Are in Force Today?

The Savior's statement, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of God," Matthew 4:4, is quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3.  Paul says in II Timothy
3:16-17 that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect,
throughly furnished unto all good works."

In spite of these crystal clear statements many people are in doubt as to just what portions of the
Bible apply to us.  They are like the rich young ruler who came to Jesus and asked, "Good
Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Luke 18:18.  They may realize that nothing they do
can earn them the gift of eternal life because the result, the wages of their past sins, is the death
penalty, Romans 6:23.  They know that eternal life will not be given to the disobedient, those who
rebel against their Maker.  How then shall we live to please our Creator so that He will give us
the gift of eternal life?

Jesus clearly answered, "if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments," Matthew 19:17. 
Just like the rich man, some today ask, "Which laws?  The moral ceremonial civil, Mosaic law or
etc.?"  They are totally confused about the Law.  Patiently the Messiah explained that it is the Ten
Commandments that we must keep, verses 18-19.  The rich young ruler claimed that he had kept
the commandments from his youth up.  Jesus realized that this bold claim was unfounded, and
told him to sell his possessions, give to the poor and come and be His disciple.  This cut the rich
young man to the quick.  He could not bear to part with his riches, and went away sorrowful,
verses 20-22.  It is humanly impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven, verses
23-26.

The "magic formula" for entering the kingdom of God is plain.  It is "Keep the Commandments." 
Which ones?  This is also plain.

The two great Commandments are a summary of the entire Bible, Matthew 22:36-40.  ALL the
law (the first five books of the Bible), and the prophets (rest of the Bible, note that David, Jesus,
Paul and John were prophets) relate, rest on, or "hang" on the two great commandments: love
God, with all your heart and soul, and love your neighbor as yourself.

A man said to me, "I'll just keep the two great commandments and I won't have to worry about
keeping the ten commandments and other Bible laws."  Jesus said the law and the prophets all
hang on or relate to the two great commandments.  Jesus was quoting the laws stated in
Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18.  The two great commandments are not separate from the
law and the prophets.  They are the summary of them.  All the law and the prophets relate to the
two great commandments.
The Bible is a Book of Law

Many people today are confused, wondering which Old Testament laws they are to keep. 
Religious leaders muddy the waters by using non-Biblical terms such as "moral law," "spiritual
law," "physical law," and "civil law."  Moses has become a "whipping boy."  Those Bible laws
most offensive are said to be part of the "Law of Moses" or "Mosaic (ugh) Code," which
supposedly were "nailed to the cross" and "done away with."

Biblical Law is a highly controversial topic, an emotional issue.  The reason is that no other book
authoritatively tells man how to live, describing the penalties for breaking God's laws.  The Bible
shows that sin is universal on this earth.  The Bible details how the Eternal will put an end to
lawbreaking rebellion against Him.

Let us look at the facts:


(1)  Ignorance of the Law

There is great ignorance of Bible Law.  Even many Sabbath-keepers would fail a simple test on
Bible law.  Few have read and studied Biblical Law.  Fewer still understand what laws to keep,
and how to keep them.


(2)  Carnal Opposition to the Law

The carnal (fleshly, natural human) mind is enmity (in bitter opposition) to God's Law, does not
and cannot obey it, Romans 8:7.

Without the gift of the Almighty's Spirit, no human can understand the Creator's Law, or keep it. 
Yet, unless one has a humble attitude of obedience, he will not be given the Holy Spirit, Acts
5:32.


(3)  Ministerial Responsibility to Teach God's Laws

It is a primary responsibility of the Eternal's servants to teach God's Laws.  Modern priests and
ministers "have violated My law, and have profaned My holy things: they have put no difference
between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the
clean, and have hid their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them," Ezekiel 22:26. 
Levites had the obligation to teach Israel all the Lord's statutes, Leviticus 10:11; Malachi 2:1-7. 
They departed from the way, causing many to stumble and disobey the LAW.  Levitical priests
became "partial in the law."  That is, they held back from teaching ALL the law, excusing
lawbreaking.  Especially in the area of divorce and remarriage was their corruption evident.  They
treacherously broke their marriage covenants and encouraged others to divorce and remarry as
well, claiming falsely that He would not judge them for this evil, which the Eternal hates, Malachi
2:8-17.

Malachi is primarily a prophecy for the end time, "the day of His coming," 3:2,  3:5, 18, 4:1-3, the
return of Messiah for judgment.  What Malachi says in chapter 2 applies to ministers today who
encourage divorce and remarriage.  Malachi shows that an Elijah will be sent "before the coming
of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the
children, and the heart of the children to the fathers," Malachi 4:5-6.  Thus, he will teach the Bible
laws relating to the sanctity of marriage and the family.

Most importantly, the righteous at the time of the end are exhorted: "Remember ye the law of
Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and
judgments," Malachi 4:4.  What is the law of Moses?  Most professed Bible believers say that it is
done away.


(4)  What is the "Law of Moses"?

The "Law of Moses" is the "Law of the Lord" as written in the first five books of the Bible:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.  Those who speak against "the law of
Moses" are speaking directly against their Creator.  Moses did not initiate the "Law of Moses,"
John 1:17.  The Eternal gave the law to Moses, who in turn wrote it down and gave it to the
people, Malachi 4:4.

Mary purified herself "according to the law of Moses," and presented the baby Jesus to the Lord,
Luke 2:22.  Luke quotes Old Testament statutes for this practice, citing "the law of the Lord,"
verses 23-24.  Thus it is plain from the Bible, that the terms "law of Moses" and "law of the Lord"
are interchangeable.

Other New Testament references to the "law" or "Moses" or "the law of Moses" show clearly this
term refers to the laws contained in the first five books of the Bible.  See Matthew 8:4, 19:7-8,
22:24; Mark 1:44, 7:10, 10:2-6, 12:19, 26; Luke 5:14, 20:28, 24:27, 44; John 1:17, 45, 8:5, 9:29;
Acts 6:11, 13:39, 21:21-23, 28:23; I Corinthians 9:9; II Corinthians 3:15; Hebrews 10:8.


(5)  Messianic Believers Must Follow Law of Moses

If you truly believe and obey the Law of Moses, you believe and obey the Messiah.  The Old
Testament scriptures testify of the coming Messiah, John 5:39.  If you don't receive the Messiah,
Moses' Law testifies against you, verses 40-45.  "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have
believed me: for he wrote of me.  But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my
words?" verses 46-47.  In other words, one cannot be a true Messianic believer unless he believes
and follows Moses.

Would anyone repent if someone was resurrected from the dead and witnessed to them?  They
would not listen to a resurrected saint if they wouldn't listen to Moses and the prophets.  "If they
hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead,"
Luke 16:27-31.  The Jews falsely claimed to be keeping the Law of Moses, but rejected the Law
through their own traditions.  "Did not Moses give you the law," Messiah told them, "and yet
none of you keepeth the law?" John 7:19.  See also Acts 7:37-40.


(6)  Law the Foundation of the Bible

The entire Bible depends upon the Law.  Matthew 22:36-40 is one of the most important
foundational statements of the Bible.  It sums up what the Bible is all about. "Teacher, which kind
of commandment is great and important -- the principal kind -- in the Law?  And He replied to
him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all
your mind (intellect). [Deut. 6:5]  This is the great (most important, principal) and first
commandment.  And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. [Lev.
19:18]  These two commandments sum up and upon them depends all the Law and the prophets,"
(Amplified Bible).

Let's think about what this means.  God is Love, I John 4:8.  The two great commandments, love
to God and love for one's neighbor and for oneself, are a summary of the Ten Commandments. 
The first four commandments tell us how to love God.  The last six commandments tell us how to
love our neighbor as ourself.  Many of the Ten Commandments relate to one another.  For
example, covetousness (10th commandment) is idolatry (1st commandment), Colossians 3:5.  If
you break one commandment, you break them all, James 2:10.

Many people stop at the two great commandments.  Others stop at the Ten Commandments. 
Matthew 22:36-40 doesn't allow this twisted reasoning.  It says that all the law and the prophets
hang on the two great commandments. The "law" here refers to the "Law of Moses," the first five
books of the Bible. The "prophets" refers specifically to the rest of the Old Testament scriptures. 
The New Testament is a commentary and magnification of the Old Testament, often quoting
passages verbatim.  Jesus was a prophet, Deuteronomy 18:15-19, Acts 7:37.  He magnified the
Law, Isaiah 42:21.  Therefore the New Testament is included in Matthew 22:40.  The whole Bible
depends upon, relates to, corroborates and expounds upon the two great commandments.  They
ALL fit together and interrelate.

"But which Old Testament laws do I have to obey?" you may ask.  "Do we have to sacrifice
animals and keep all the (ugh) law of Moses?"

Recently a man with Protestant theological training asked me if there is a "magic formula" that
would indicate clearly which Bible laws we are to keep.  When I explained Matthew 22:36-40, he
said, "I'll just keep the two great commandments."  What he meant is that he will decide for
himself how to love God and his neighbor.  Matthew 22:36-40 does not allow this!  It shows that
the Ten Commandments, further detailed by the statutes and judgments in the Law and the
Prophets (the whole Bible), define how to love God and love your neighbor. They provide the
details for the two great summaries of the Law, which is the Love of God.  One cannot have a
summary without detail!

Let's look at a very meaningful analogy.  As an Accountant, I could correctly state that the two
great accounting principles are: (1) put debits on the left, and (2) put credits on the right.  On
these two great accounting principles hang all the American Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles as defined by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  Now, using this man's
reasoning, could I as an Accountant, say "I believe that debits are on the left and credits are on
the right.  I'll decide for myself what items to make debits and what to make credits.  I'll ignore all
the accounting statutes and laws."  This type of "Accountant" would sooner or later end up
behind bars!

We cannot perform "religious surgery," cutting out of the Bible what we do not like or what we
think has no use for us.  If one throws out the Law he destroys the foundation of the Bible.


(7)  Law Not Done Away

Jesus and Paul did not do away with the Law.  In Matthew 5:17-19 the Savior said, "Think not
that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.  For
verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from
the law, till all be fulfilled.  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments,
and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall
do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."  Notice that when
He said "the law" He was not referring to the Ten Commandments, but "the Law of Moses"
because He says "the law, or the prophets."  In the law there are some very little detail laws, "the
least commandments."  The Messiah did not come to break any one of the detail laws.  Those
who teach others to break even the little laws will be least in the Kingdom of Heaven, if they are
there at all.

The New Testament usage of the terms "law" and "commandments" has to be carefully studied in
context because "law" does not always refer to the "Law of Moses," the first five books of the
Bible.  "Commandment" does not always refer  to  the  Ten Commandments.
Paul says that the law is holy, spiritual and good, and the commandment is holy, just and good,
Romans 7:12, 14, 16.  Neither Paul nor Jesus taught the doing away of Bible law.


(8)  Law Binding From Creation

Biblical law has been continuously binding since Creation.  In Matthew 19:8,  Jesus says that
adulterous divorce and remarriage was a sin from the beginning of the creation of man.  As can
clearly be demonstrated, the commandments, statutes, and judgments of God existed and were in
force before the ratification of the Old Covenant at Mount Sinai (Horeb).  The Old Covenant did
not establish these laws.  Israel had been in captivity for over 400 years in Egypt, and had lost
much of the knowledge of God's laws.  So, at the giving of the laws at Mount Sinai, God revealed
laws already in force.

Notice Exodus 16:28 where the Eternal spoke to Moses about Israel's Sabbath breaking.  "How
long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?"  Israel could not refuse to keep what did
not exist!  The Sabbath has been in force since creation, Genesis 2:1-3.

In Exodus 18:16, still before Sinai, Moses told Jethro his father-in-law, that when the people had
disputes, "I do make them know the statutes of God, and His laws."  As these statutes and laws
existed before the Old Covenant, they could not be abolished when the Old Covenant ceased to
exist.  The end of the Old Covenant could not do away with what it did not bring into force.

The Law of the Lord, summarized in the Ten Commandments, has been in full force and effect
since human life has existed on this earth.  It is a spiritual law that is inexorable and eternal,
summarized in the one word, LOVE.

Death is the penalty of sin,  Romans 6:23.  Sin is  the transgression of the law, I John 3:4.  If there
were no law in existence, there could be no sin. Death held sway from Adam to Moses. 
Therefore, every human being from Adam to Moses sinned.  Sin is not charged to men's account
where there is no law to transgress.  Therefore, the law was in effect from the time of Adam to
the giving of the law from Sinai.  See Romans 5:12-21.

Those who state that God did not explain or give His Holy Laws until Sinai are blatantly accusing
the Creator of being unfair.  Adam knew the law.  That is why his just Maker held Adam
responsible for disobeying. In Noah's day, the world knew of the message of repentance spoken
by Noah, a preacher of righteousness.  In every age, the words of the Eternal have been available
to mankind.  Those who seek Him, He will in no way cast out.

Adam did not originally know God's law.  The Eternal had to teach him, Genesis 2:15-17.  The
Eternal gave Adam, and us, the freedom to either accept or reject His commandments.  Adam and
Eve chose to disobey.

The serpent, the Devil, told the first recorded lie, "Ye shall not surely die," Genesis 3:1-4.  He lied
in accusing the Creator of lying.  That's the Ninth Commandment broken.  Adam and Eve
disobeyed their only Parent and broke the Fifth Commandment.  They had another god instead of
the true God -- broke the First Commandment.  They broke the Tenth Commandment by lusting
after the forbidden fruit.  They broke the Eighth Commandment by stealing what wasn't theirs. 
Four of the Ten Commandments were directly broken in the first human sin.

Cain murdered Abel his brother -- broke the Sixth Commandment.  The Eternal labeled it sin,
Genesis 4:4-15.  Cain tried to conceal his guilt.  Again, this was lying.

Breaking the Second Commandment, idolatry, which is serving other gods, was a sin before
Moses, Joshua 24:2; Genesis 35:1-4.

Egyptians and Canaanites profaned the name of the Eternal before Moses, which is breaking the
Third Commandment.  They took the name of the Eternal in vain.  The law enjoined Israel not to
follow the Egyptian and Canaanite practices, Leviticus 18:3, 21, 27.  Because the wickedness of
the Canaanites in this matter was so great, God called Israel out of Egypt to displace and destroy
these wicked Canaanites.

Some say that, aside from God resting on the Seventh Day of Creation in Genesis 2:1-3, there is
no Biblical record of any man keeping the Sabbath until the Commandments were given at Sinai. 
Exodus 16 shows that God expected Sabbath observance of Israel, weeks before the giving of the
law at Sinai. Abraham kept the Commandments, statutes and laws of the Eternal, Genesis 26:5. 
How could Abraham keep something that was not given?  Abraham kept the Sabbath.

Canaan, son of Ham, dishonored his grandfather Noah.  Dishonoring a parent was a sin and God
pronounced a curse on Canaan for doing so, Genesis 9:18-27.

Adultery, breaking the Seventh Commandment, was also a sin before Moses.  Do you think that
the creator of marriage, Genesis 2:18-24, would condone "free love" for 2,500 years until he
forbade adultery at Sinai?  Absurd! Righteous Joseph avoided sinning against God when he
repelled the sexual advances of Potiphar's wife, Genesis 39:7-9.  In Genesis 20:2, Abraham lied to
Abimelech about Sarah, saying she was his sister (a half-truth, because she was his half-sister). 
God let it be known to Abimelech so he would not sin against the Lord in adultery, verses 3-7.
Coveting -- lusting -- after the wrong partner was wickedness, Genesis 6:1-3, 5, before the flood. 
Every one of the Ten Commandments was in existence from creation.  And coveting was as much
a sin then as it is now.


(9)  Are Sacrifices Still Binding?

Animal sacrifices were temporary ordinances, imposed until the perfect sacrifice of Christ.  Are
we required today to perform animal sacrifices?  When did sacrifices begin?  Who began them?  A
most enlightening book on Old Testament sacrifices is Andrew Jukes' The Law of the Offerings
(available from Giving & Sharing).  Jukes explains the symbolical meaning of each one of the
kinds of sacrifices and physical ordinances.

Sacrifices did not begin at Mount Sinai with the Old Covenant between God and Israel.  The first
recorded sacrifice, that of Cain and Abel, is given in Genesis 4. It is introduced as an already
established practice.  Genesis 3:21 may refer to an earlier sacrifice.

Neither animal sacrifices nor the Ten Commandments were instituted by Moses.  They were
sanctioned by the Almighty before the Old Covenant with Israel at Sinai.  At the ratification of the
Old Covenant, Exodus 19, the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) with the judgments (Exodus
21-23) were made part of the Covenant. Besides the mention of earthen altars for burnt offerings
and peace offerings (Exodus 20:24-26), the only specific sacrifice mentioned was the Passover
sacrifice, which the Eternal calls "My sacrifice," Exodus 23:14-18.  In Exodus 12:11 it is called
"the Lord's Passover."

Later, because of Israel's rebellion over the golden calf incident, additional mandatory sacrifices
were imposed.  And a Levitical priesthood was ordained to administer these sacrifices.

God did not originally command Israel to offer sacrifices. Jeremiah 7:21-23 (Amplified), "Thus
says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the
flesh [if you will. It will avail you nothing].  For in the day that I brought them out of the land of
Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
But this thing I did command them: Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you
shall be My people; and walk in the whole way that I command you, that it may be well with
you."

Sacrifices were added to the Old Covenant later, because of Israel's transgression, Galatians 3:19.
The sacrifices were a continual reminder of sin, Hebrews 10:3, "But in those sacrifices there is a
remembrance again made of sins every year."  The "gifts and sacrifices" of the Old Testament
sacrificial system could not make the offerers right with their Creator, Hebrews 9:9.  The meats,
drinks, different washings and other carnal (physical) regulations were  imposed upon Israel until
"the time of reformation," Hebrews 9:10, instituted by Christ.

Were animal sacrifices and all they symbolize done away by Christ?  Let us understand this
important question.  The Passover is preserved by different symbols today.  The fact that Jesus
specifically substituted unleavened bread and wine for the Passover lamb, and not for the other
offerings and sacrifices, is an indication that the Old Testament sacrificial offerings are not binding
today.

The sacrificial law was a temporary schoolmaster, a teacher through symbolic acts, that pointed
Israel to Christ, Galatians 3:24-25.  Some falsely claim "the law" of Galatians 3 refers to the
Commandments, statutes and judgments.  This cannot be so.  Sin is the transgression of the law, I
John 3:4.  Galatians 3:19 shows a "law" that was "added" because of transgressions.  This "added
law" was animal sacrifices, oblations, etc.  It does not define sin.  It is generally a penalty for sin. 
A reminder of sin, to teach people that they need a Messiah to pay for the penalty of sin, which is
death.  Since sin is the transgression of the law, and the "added law" was added because of sin,
this added law does not define sin.  Again this shows that the added law was the sacrificial system, 
not the commandments and statutes which define sin.


(10)  Are Animal Sacrifices "For Ever"?

Several times the Bible shows that the Levitical priesthood and the sacrifices were ordained
forever.  For example, see Leviticus 7:34, 36, 16:34.  Aren't they still in force?  NO.

"Forever" means continuous, as long as the circumstances involved exist.  Men could be made
slaves of a master forever, meaning till the death of one of the parties (see Exodus 21:6; Leviticus
25:46; Deuteronomy 15:17).

What are the circumstances surrounding the animal sacrifices?  First, there must be a priesthood
and Tabernacle or Temple.  Second, there must be a need for sacrifices.

The purpose of the priesthood was to offer sacrifices and gifts for sins, Hebrews 5:1, 8:3.  Did
these physical sacrifices for sins continue to be necessary?  No. Paul says, "Now where remission
of these [sins] is, there is no more offering for sin," Hebrews 10:18.

To offer typical symbolic animal sacrifices after Messiah gave His life for the true remission of
sins, would be a mockery of Him.  Besides, there is no Tabernacle or Temple and no authorized
priesthood to offer sacrifices.  Since the circumstances necessary for sacrifices are no longer
available and the need for sacrifices no longer extant, the Old Testament sacrificial laws are no
longer binding.

As the resurrection of Lazarus demonstrates, God alone has the right to change, rescind or alter
material laws.  Carnal Old Testament laws were subject to change because their endurance
depended upon physical circumstances.  When the promised Messiah came, and these physical
circumstances changed, the everlasting obligation to the carnal laws ceased.

God will not, however, alter His spiritual laws, because they reflect the character of the Almighty. 
God is perfect love, unchanging and unchangeable, Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8; I John 4:8, 5:3.


(11)  Animal Sacrifices Not Tied to Sabbaths and Holy Days

Some "religious surgeons" attempt to tie animal sacrifices to the Sabbath and Holy Days.  They
say that the Sabbath and Holy Days cannot be kept without sacrifices.  Since sacrifices are done
away, they claim that the Sabbaths and Holy Days are also done away.  Other, more
"conservative" scripture twisters only tie sacrifices with the Holy Days.  They keep the Sabbath,
but throw out the Holy Days.

What is the truth?  Numbers 28 and 29 unquestionably show that special animal sacrifices were an
integral part of Sabbaths, New Moons and Holy Days.  The "conservative" Sabbath-keepers who
are anti-Holy Day are wrong.

Are the "religious surgeons" right?  Are sacrifices irrevocably tied to observance of Sabbaths and
Holy Days?  Numbers 28:1-8 destroys their erroneous theory. Special sacrifices were offered
morning and evening of every day of the year.  Animal sacrifices are no longer binding, but this
doesn't "do away" with every day of the year.  Neither does it abrogate the Sabbaths, New
Moons, nor Holy Days.  Sacrifices are not necessary for worship and religious holy days.


(12)  Spiritual Sacrifices Are Still Obligatory

Remember that spiritual laws and principles do not change.  Every physical law has an underlying
spiritual aspect.  The spiritual principles underlying the physical sacrificial laws are still binding. 
All the sacrifices pointed to the everlasting sacrifice of Jesus, Y'shua, the Messiah.  It is necessary
to have the Supreme sacrifice applied to our sins.

As believers in the Messiah, we are "a royal priesthood," i.e., "a holy priesthood," I Peter 2:5, 9. 
The Savior is the High Priest.  Therefore, we must offer sacrifices.  What kind of sacrifices? 
Romans 12:1 (Amplified) "I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the
mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies -- presenting all your members and
faculties -- as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is
your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship."

Thus, the spiritual principles underlying sacrifice are applicable today, even though the physical
sacrificial law passed away nearly 2,000 years ago.


(13)  Temporary Laws Are Clearly Defined in Hebrews 9

Hebrews 9:7-10 shows which laws were temporary.  The "Holy of Holies" was entered into only
once a year, on the Day of Atonement and only by the High Priest.  This demonstrated our need
for a High Priest to atone for our sins before the Father in Heaven.  The "gifts and sacrifices" of
the tabernacle and later the Temple, were "a figure for the time then present," i.e., a physical type
that did not make the offerers perfect.  These rituals consisted "only in meats and drinks [meat
and drink offerings], and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time
of reformation."  These sacrifices and washings were temporary until the reformation.  No, this is
not referring to the Protestant Reformation of the 1500s A.D.  "The time of reformation" was the
Messianic Reformation of 31 A.D. when our Savior offered Himself as the supreme sacrifice for
the sins of all mankind.

Any OTHER LAWS not included in Hebrews 9 were NOT temporary ritualistic laws.  They are
STILL BINDING.


(14)  What is The Truth About Circumcision?

Physical circumcision is not a prerequisite for salvation, but is a physical law of good health.  The
Apostle Paul spent years attempting to convince the Jews that ritual circumcision was not
necessary for salvation.  Even though the physical rite was not obligatory for salvation, the
underlying spiritual purpose is still binding.  Romans 2:29 says "circumcision is that of the heart." 
Philippians 3:3 adds, "For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in
Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh."  Baptism is a physical ritual still binding, a type
of "the circumcision made without hands," Colossians 2:11-12.

Many have misunderstood the subject matter of Acts 15 relative to circumcision and which part of
God's law is applicable today.  They have failed to understand just what the Judaizing Pharisees
among the Christians were saying, and just what was the decision rendered by the Apostle James.

First of all, the main point of controversy, Acts 15:1, was not the law of male baby circumcision
as found in Leviticus 12:2-3.  The dispute concerned the law of circumcising newly converted
Gentile proselytes, found in Exodus 12:43-49.

When Abraham entered into his covenant relationship with God, he and his household were all
circumcised.  His faithful descendants continued to circumcise their eight-day-old male babies. 
God renewed the covenant with Israel after the forty years in the wilderness, because circumcision
had been neglected, Joshua 5:2.  Based on these precedents, Jews required Gentile converts to be
circumcised.

In Acts 15, we are told that the former Pharisee Christians were trying to enforce Exodus
12:43-49 in a physical way upon the Christian Church.  The validity of the law of Leviticus on all
-- Jew or Gentile -- to circumcise male babies was not under question.  The custom of
circumcising Gentile Christian proselytes was the topic of debate.

With New Testament baptism, it was now unnecessary for Gentile Christian converts to be
physically circumcised.  Since salvation does not require circumcision, it would have been a
painful burden.  Acts 2:38 says nothing about physical circumcision.  James made a decision of
how to observe Exodus 12.  He did not do away with it!

John the Baptist came with a new kind of circumcision -- baptism.  Circumcision as a religious rite
of entrance into God's covenant is not a part of the Christian requirement.  However, baptism, of
which circumcision is a type, IS required, Colossians 2:11-13.  Circumcision of the heart
(repentance and change of attitude) is required for conversion, but the physical act of circumcision
is no longer required.  Exodus 12:43-49 is still required of new, uncircumcised believers before
they can take the Passover -- in the spiritual sense of repentance and baptism.

What then of the physical law of circumcision in Leviticus 12?  Christ, setting us an example, was
circumcised on the eighth day, Luke 2:21.  He came, not to destroy the Old Testament physical
laws, but to magnify them to their full spiritual intent. Even the Old Testament speaks of
circumcision in the spiritual sense as the truest fulfillment of this requirement, Deuteronomy
10:16, 30:6.

The Ministerial Conference of Acts 15 did not do away with the physical law of circumcision of
Leviticus 12.  A decision was made regarding the law of circumcising proselytes in Exodus 12. 
Gentiles who become Christians do not have to undergo physical circumcision.  But all of God's
people who want to keep His living laws are commanded to follow the physical law of
circumcision (and the example of the righteous Joseph and Mary),  and have their  male  babies
circumcised the eighth day.  Neither the law of Leviticus 12, Exodus 12, nor any of the Old
Testament laws were, or are burdens.  God's Law defines the right way to live.  The only time
anything is a burden is when it is really unnecessary in the first place.

God's church does not have the authority to decide or determine which physical laws from the Old
Testament are binding on New Testament Christians.  Instead, the Church should understand and
teach us how to keep the Laws of God.  The Bible tells us which physical laws have ceased:
Daniel 9:27, and Jeremiah 7:22-23.  However, the spiritual sense of these laws is in force as much
as ever.  Otherwise David was lying when he said that all of God's commandments and statutes
were good.

Because of Jewish customs, the issue of circumcision in the first century was a point of issue
among many Christians.  Viewed without prejudice today, we can see that James merely rendered
a decision on what the Bible specifically required, or as in this case, did not require.
                
Did the Apostle Paul teach that male babies should be circumcised?  Yes he did, consistently. 
Acts 21 records Paul's journey to Jerusalem and his assault at the hands of the Jews in the
Temple.  Jerusalem believers told Paul that Jewish zealots had heard that Paul taught Jews living
among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children
neither to walk after the simple rites and customs.  Paul went into the Temple with four other men
who had a vow to be purified with them, so that "all may know that those things, whereof they
were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and
keepest the law," Acts 21:17-27.  It was a lie that Paul taught Jews not to circumcise their male
children!  Many today continue to believe this lie.

One cannot keep God's spiritual law without as a natural result keeping the physical law,
whenever possible, as well.  Can we as a people circumcise the foreskins of our hearts without
also circumcising our male babies?  NO!  We as Christians must remember the law of Moses,
Malachi 4:4, and keep all the statutes and judgments to their full spiritual intent.

The physical act of circumcision is of value, only if we keep the whole law.  If we break the law,
circumcision doesn't do us any good at all.  True, lasting circumcision is of the heart, Romans
2:25-29.  See Also Galatians 5:1-6, 6:15; I Corinthians 7:19; Philippians 3:3.  Let's all be
circumcised in the heart and mind.


(15)  Part of the Law of Moses IS Done Away!

Besides circumcision, the contention in Acts 15 concerned another related  issue:  the law of
Moses!  "But some who believed . . . belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, and they rose up and
said,  It is necessary to circumcise [the Gentile converts], and to charge them to obey the Law of
Moses," Acts 15:5 (Amplified).

As we have seen, the common Biblical usage of the term "Law of Moses" shows that this refers to
the first five Books of the Bible, the Torah, written by Moses.  Acts 15 shows at least one
additional, narrower, meaning for the term "Law of Moses."  Here, "Law of Moses," refers only
to the ceremonial and ritualistic portions of the Torah.  How can this be proven?  Some say that
Acts 15 does away with the Sabbath, unclean meats or whatever other portion of the law they
dislike.

The Ministerial Council's decision, rendered by James, lays only four things on Gentile converts to
the New Testament faith: (1) Abstain  from  meats  offered to idols,  (2) abstain from fornication,
(3) abstain from meat of strangled animals, and (4) abstain from eating blood Acts 15:20, 29. 
These four points are binding upon Christians everywhere, Gentile or Jew.

If the subject of Acts 15 was whether or not the first five books of the Bible are binding on
Gentile converts and these four items were the only portions of the law they had to follow, then
these Gentile converts would be free to lie, steal, dishonor their parents, use unjust weights, etc. 
Wouldn't this be an absurd conclusion to make?

The context of the decision shows that the point of contention over the "Law of Moses" was not
the Ten Commandments, not the statutes and laws which magnify the Ten Commandments.  The
subject of Acts 15 was circumcision and other ceremonial laws.  The Ten Commandments and
civil laws were not involved.

Notice Leviticus 17:7 and Numbers 25:1-3.  Pagan idolatry involved physical fornication as well
as spiritual whoredom.  Leviticus 17:10 gives the statute forbidding the eating of blood.  Any
animal that has been strangled contains blood.  The decision of Acts 15 upheld the Law of Moses,
and stated that these portions of the ceremonial law were binding on all, including Gentile
converts.

The civil laws, such as those regulating tithing, unclean meats, annual Sabbaths etc., are still
binding on the New Testament Church because they explain and amplify the Ten Commandments.

Remember that the point of contention of Acts 15 was NOT the entire law of Moses.  It was the
"customs," Acts 21:21, the "rites [margin] which Moses delivered," Acts 6:14,  the temporary
gifts and sacrifices mentioned in Hebrews 9:9-10.


(16)  Civil Governments Should Administer Death Penalty

There is not a law given that does not require interpretation, or "administration." Some ask if the
Church, today, should administer the death penalty for breaking the law, as did the "church of the
wilderness," Israel under Moses.

How is the law to be interpreted?  The Jewish Talmud is an attempt to interpret the laws of God. 
Jesus Christ did not come to do away with the law, Matthew 5:17.  He definitely did come to
administer, interpret, and magnify the law.  In doing so, He often "knocked in the head" the false
explanations and customs of the Jewish authorities who interpreted the Law incorrectly.

Today, we have three ways to interpret the law: (1) The Bible provides many illustrations and
detailed examples of how the law applies, (2) The Holy Spirit is to guide us into all truth, and (3)
The Church, the faithful ministry, has the authority to make binding decisions regarding the
interpretation of the law, Matthew 18:15-20.

Matthew 5 may seem to be a paradox. On the one hand, verses 17-20 show that the Messiah did
not come to do away with the law. Not even the little commandments.  Those who teach others to
break even the "little" laws will be called the least in the Kingdom of God, if they make it there at
all!  On the other hand, Matthew 5:21-48 records at least six places where the Savior changes, or
magnifies, the law: "Ye have heard that it was said," and "But I say unto you." Jesus restored
spiritual laws that existed from the beginning.  He went way beyond the laws of the letter given to
the physical nation of Israel.  He was expounding spiritual law for spiritual Israel -- the Church!

The spiritual laws Jesus was expounding are not civil in nature.  A civil government could not
penalize someone for being angry with his brother without a cause, for looking lustfully on a
woman, for not turning the cheek, and for not praying for one's persecutors.  Messiah was
showing that the truly spiritual person should not get close to the edge of the letter of the law, but
stay solidly within the spiritual intent of the law.  Civil government can administer penalties for
sins such as adultery.  The true believer should not even lust after someone else.

The spirit of Messianic believers is not to take vengeance. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith
the Lord," Romans 12:19.

This is all true.  However, if you are robbed, if your wife is raped, if your children are molested,
are you to willingly let all this happen to you without a whimper of protest?  If you are besieged
by charity after charity, and one transient bum after another, are you to give all you have to the
poor and needy? Is this what Matthew 5:38-42 means?  If this were true, Christians would be fair
game for the criminal element and every charitable huckster group.  Adam Clarke's Commentary
provides sound balance to our understanding of these verses: "These exhortations belong
principally to those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake . . . .  To give and lend freely to all
who are in need is a general precept from which we are excused only by our inability to perform
it."

The Church is not a civil government with the divinely ordained authority to administer the death
penalty and other civil judgments.  In every nation, there are civil powers ordered by God that do
have this authority.  These governments are ministers (servants) of the Almighty to execute wrath
on the doers of evil. Those who resist the civil authorities resist the Eternal!  Romans 13:1-8;
John 19:11; Titus 3:1; I Peter 2:13-17.

In Matthew 5, Jesus did not do away with laws, which are to be administered by the civil
government.  He was instructing his disciples, Matthew 5:1-2.

The civil penalties of the Law of God, such as the death penalty for pre-meditated murder and
rape, and restitution for theft, are just as binding today as they ever were.  The death of our
Savior on the stake did not destroy the civil laws.

Civil governments that do not enforce God's laws on theft, rape, murder, etc., are defying the
Almighty.  As a result they reap the curses for disobedience.  Because human governments in
general have not obeyed Biblical law, mankind suffers from rampant crime, disease and misery.  In
today's evil society, instead of the thief paying restitution, society (through taxes) pays for a brief
stay of the thief in prison only to be victimized again when the thief is released.  The land cries out
for vengeance against all this human injustice!  As followers of Biblical laws, we often feel we
would like to put a stop to all this wicked injustice.  This is what the Savior meant, "resist not
evil."  Because our civil governments do not obey Bible law, we must suffer wrong, and pray
"Thy kingdom come."


(17) "The Administration Of Death," in II Corinthians 3

Some have said that II Corinthians 3 proves that the Ten Commandments are done away.  Others
have said that II Corinthians 3 does away with civil penalties properly administered by judges,
according to Bible laws.  What does this inspiring chapter really say?  With the aid of the
Amplified Bible, here is the sense of II Corinthians the third chapter:

False ministers require written letters of recommendation.  Paul's letter of recommendation, his
credentials, were the true believers at Corinth.  They were like a letter from Christ delivered by
Paul, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God.  Not on tablets of stone, but on
tablets of human hearts.

God enables us to be fit and worthy ministers of the new covenant of salvation through Christ, not
ministers of the letter -- that is of the legally written code -- but ministers of the Spirit; for the
code of the Law kills, enforces the death penalty, but the Holy Spirit makes alive, Jeremiah
31:31-34.

Now, the ministration of the Law, the administering of death engraved on stone, was inaugurated
with such glory and splendor so that the Israelites were not able to look steadily at the face of
Moses because of its brilliance, a glory that was to fade, and pass away.  Why should not the
administering of the Spirit that is, this spiritual ministry whose task it is to cause man to obtain
and be governed by the Holy Spirit, be attended with much greater and more splendid glory?

For if the service that condemns had glory, how infinitely more abounding in splendor and glory is
the service that makes righteous, the ministry that produces and fosters righteous living and right
standing with God!

Indeed in view of this fact, what once had splendor, the glory of the Law reflected in the face of
Moses, has come to have no splendor at all because of the overwhelming glory that exceeds and
excels it, the glory of the Gospel reflected in the face of Jesus Christ.  For if that which was but
passing and fading away came with splendor, how much more must that abide in glory and
splendor which remains and is permanent!

Since we have such glorious hope, we speak very freely and openly and fearlessly.  We don't put a
veil over our face as Moses did to keep Israel from seeing the splendor.  Their minds had grown
hard and calloused, and remain so until today.  When the Old Testament is read, that same veil is
still on their hearts. They are not aware that in Christ the veil is made void and done away.

Whenever a person turns in repentance to the Lord, the veil is stripped off and taken away.  The
Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, emancipation from bondage,
and freedom.

All of us have unveiled faces because we continue to behold, in the word of God as in a mirror,
the glory of the Lord, and are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever
increasing splendor from one degree of glory to another.  This comes from the Lord who is the
Spirit.

This is the meaning of II Corinthians 3.  The Ten Commandments were written on two tables of
stone.  They are so glorious that the face of Moses shone when he received them from the hand of
YHWH.  All the law, the Torah, was written on an altar of great whole stones, as a witness for
Israel to obey, Deuteronomy 27:1-6; Joshua 8:32-35.  Contained in the statutes and judgments are
penalties prescribed for certain sins: execution for the highest crimes, restitution for others, and
various other judgments.  The Levites and judges had the authority from the Eternal to administer
these penalties.  Civil governments today should administer these penalties.

Some liberal "do gooders" of today think that these punishments are too harsh. Imagine punishing
a wanton murderer, rapist, kidnapper, adulterer, homosexual or child abuser with the death
penalty!  That is what the glorious Law of Moses (the Law of the Lord) requires.  The Apostle
Paul called this law glorious.  Moses' face radiated its splendor.

How great the Creator was to give such a law to the physical nation of Israel. Evildoers were
shown the enormity of sin and crime.  Taking the life of one hardened criminal often saved the
lives of many decent law-abiding people. People today take sin, which is crime, lightly.  The
Eternal wants us to FEAR to do wrong!  His system of civil laws provides quick and efficient
punishment of evildoers, and restitution to the victims.

Now why were these civil penalties necessary?  They are necessary because of sin.  If there were
no murder, there would be no need for the death penalty for murderers.  Judges could not decide
cases arbitrarily or because of bribery.  If they didn't judge righteously, they too, suffered the
severe civil penalties!  As long as Israel obeyed God, there were no long-drawn-out trials, no
sensational media coverage, but simply the speedy administration of JUSTICE.

Nobody could be convicted of a crime without at least two witnesses, Deuteronomy 19:15-21. 
Punishment for false witnesses was the same as the penalty for the crime in which they testified. 
This severe sentence must have been much more effective in preventing perjury than swearing
with one's hand on a Bible!

Israel did not have to pay taxes for a prison system because there was none.  Our pitiful court and
prison system of today is wicked and evil, an affront to the Creator, a travesty of justice.  The
Eternal's laws, when enforced, put a STOP to crime and made men FEAR to do wrong!


(18)  What is "the Administration of the Spirit"?

The more glorious Administration of the Spirit came to replace the glorious administration of
Death.  What is the Administration of the Spirit and why is it more glorious?

The first administration gave only strict to-the-letter penalties: death for murder, restoring so
many sheep for one stolen, etc.  Human judges could not account for repentance and mercy, could
not impart eternal life, could only administer the penalty prescribed by the law.  There needed to
be a new administration of the same laws that could give pardon and eternal life to those who
repented and desired to be obedient.

Ministers of the Messianic Kingdom teach people the way to eternal life, how to obtain the Holy
Spirit and the need to quit sinning, i.e., breaking God's laws. Unless our sins are covered by the
blood of the Lamb, we too will suffer the wages of sin, Eternal death.  True believers have the
laws of God written in their hearts, II Corinthians 3:3, Hebrews 8:10-13, 10:15-22.  The laws of
God are the same under both Old and New Covenants.  The Administration is different.

Instead of administering civil judgments against sin, ministers of the Spirit "administer" life.  That
is, they teach the people the way to eternal life.  True believers are to have the laws of the
Almighty written in their hearts, not on tables of stone as under the Old Covenant.  That is, they
are to obey the laws naturally, from the desire of the mind, and not because of the "cast in
concrete" necessity.

In the West Hills of Portland, Oregon is a beautiful conservative Jewish Synagogue.  On the
South side of the building is a massive stone wall well over 100 feet tall, containing two huge
tables of stone with the Ten Commandments written in Hebrew.  Standing beneath them is an
awesome experience.  It is glorious.  How much more glorious it is when a Spirit-led believer
lives these laws of love! These stones will eventually erode and wear away.  The Commandments
are sure, "They stand fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness," Psalms 111:8.

Messianic followers are now being judged by this perfect and just law of liberty, James 2:12.  The
law liberated us from sin.  If we break one point of the law, we are guilty of ALL points, James
2:10.  Thus we need the Administration of the Spirit. We need mercy and pardon for our past
iniquities.  We need the Holy Spirit united with our spirit (mind) to give us the power not to sin in
the future, to have the law written in the fleshly tables of our hearts, II Corinthians 3:3.

The Savior's death,  which we commemorate annually at the Passover, paid the price for our
rebellion against God's law, IF we ask the Eternal to apply that sacrifice for our sins.  He made it
possible for us to receive the Holy Spirit.  His ministers (servants), under the Administration of
the Spirit, are to teach people how to be reconciled to the Father and receive the Holy Spirit.  We
are to forgive men of their trespasses, Matthew 6:14-15, not to avenge ourselves, but leave
vengeance to the Creator, Romans 12:18-21.  We are not to condemn one another, Matthew
7:1-2, that is, not consign others to eternal condemnation.


(19)  Ministration of Death a Type of Eternal Death

The Lawgiver has not gotten soft on sin.  The wages of sin is still death, eternal death, Romans
6:23.  The penalty of death is still in effect for those who break God's law.  They are still "under
the law," that is, under the penalty of the law, death.

True believers are "under grace," Romans 6:14, "under the law to Christ," I Corinthians 9:21. 
Are they then exempt from obeying the law?  Can they sin willfully now that they are not "under
the law" but instead are "under grace"?  Romans 6:15 says "God forbid!"  "For if we sin willfully
after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
But a certain fearful looking for of judgement and fiery indignation,  which shall devour the
adversaries.  He that despised Moses' [glorious] law died without mercy under two or three
witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath
trodden under foot, the Son of God, and hath counted the [more glorious] blood of the [new]
covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of
grace?" Hebrews 10:26-29.

The penalty for wanton murder under the Administration of Death is physical death -- execution. 
Under the Administration of the Spirit, the penalty for willfully violating God's laws is eternal,
everlasting death.

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For
he that soweth to his flesh [sins] shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting," Galatians 6:7-8.  Remember, Matthew 5:17-20 shows that
even the least commandment is still very much in force!


(20)  What Are The Ten Commandments?

The Ten Commandments are ten summary statements of love, the very character of the Creator. 
They are further summarized by the two great commandments: love to God, love to neighbor and
self.  The Ten Commandments are a summary of the detail laws, statutes and judgments contained
in the first five books of the Bible, and expounded and magnified by the rest of the Bible.

The Ten Commandments are NOT the "Law of Moses" but a clear statement in human terms of
God's eternal spiritual character.  The Commandments, Statutes and Judgments are the basis for a
happy abundant life.  Those who keep the Ten Commandments are those who will inherit the gift
of eternal life.

Repent of breaking God's law, be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:38.  Through the
Holy Spirit, you will receive the love to keep His law.  The Eternal will not give Eternal life to
those who rebel against His laws.ê


Biblical Law in Scripture Order


Genesis 1:14Sun, moon, stars created for seasons, days, years
Genesis 1:26-28Male and female created in the image of God
Genesis 2:1-3Creation of the Sabbath
Genesis 2:15-17Adam and Eve could eat of all trees but one
Genesis 2:18,20-25Man shall cleave to his wife
Genesis 3:16Curse to Eve for disobedience
Genesis 3:17-19Curse to Adam for disobedience
Genesis 4:8-15Cain murdered Abel
Genesis 4:23-24Lamech murdered
Genesis 6:1-13Interracial marriage
Genesis 7:1-2Noah knew what animals were clean and unclean
Genesis 9:4Don't eat flesh with blood (life) in it
Genesis 9:5-6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed
Genesis 9:20-27Noah and Ham
Genesis 14:18-20Abraham and Melchizedek
Genesis 16:1-5Abraham's adultery with Hagar
Genesis 18:19God knew that Abraham would train his children in God's ways
Genesis 19:4-8Homosexuality of Sodom
Genesis 21:10-13Sons inherit father's estate
Genesis 22:15-18Abraham's obedience
Genesis 24:2-4Father to arrange marriage
Genesis 26:4-5Abraham's obedience
Genesis 26:34-35Esau's marriage to Hittite was a grief to Isaac and Rebekkah
Genesis 28:22Jacob's vow to tithe
Genesis 33:5Children gift of God
Genesis 34:14Interracial marriage is a reproach
Genesis 48:9Children gift of God


Exodus 12:1-51Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread
Exodus 13:2, 11-16Firstborn set apart to the LORD
Exodus 13:3-10Feast of Unleavened Bread
Exodus 15:26Diligently obey ALL statutes
Exodus 15:26The LORD healeth thee--if you obey
Exodus 16:4-5, 23-35Manna and the Sabbath
Exodus 18:13-26Rulers of 1000's, 100's, 50's and 10's
Exodus 19:5,6A Kingdom of priests, a holy nation
Exodus 20:1-3No other gods
Exodus 20:4-6No graven images
Exodus 20:7Don't take God's name in vain
Exodus 20:8-11Remember the Sabbath day
Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and mother
Exodus 20:13Don't murder
Exodus 20:14Don't commit adultery
Exodus 20:15Don't steal
Exodus 20:16Don't lie
Exodus 20:17Don't covet
Exodus 20:22-23No gods of silver and gold
Exodus 21:2-67th Year of Release
Exodus 21:2-6Hebrew servants for 6 years, free in year of release unless they want to stay
Exodus 21:7-11Marriage to a servant girl
Exodus 21:12-14Murderers shall be put to death
Exodus 21:15Death penalty for smiting father or mother
Exodus 21:16Death for kidnapping
Exodus 21:17Death penalty if curse father and mother
Exodus 21:18-36Eye for eye; what to do if ox gores a man
Exodus 21:19,32,34,36Compensation for damages
Exodus 21:20-21,26-27Servants struck by master
Exodus 22:1-15Restitution for stealing, burning, rules regarding borrowed property
Exodus 22:16-17Fornication
Exodus 22:18-20Death penalty for witches, bestiality, idolatry
Exodus 22:20Destroy those who sacrifice to other gods
Exodus 22:21Strangers
Exodus 22:22-24Widows, fatherless
Exodus 22:25-27No usury to poor of thy people; neighbor's raiment
Exodus 22:28Don't revile and curse judges and rulers
Exodus 22:29-30Don't delay to offer the firstfruits
Exodus 22:31Don't eat flesh torn of beasts in the field
Exodus 23:1Don't raise a false report
Exodus 23:2Just judgement
Exodus 23:3Poor
Exodus 23:4-5Returning stray animals, even of enemy
Exodus 23:6Poor
Exodus 23:7Keep far from a false matter
Exodus 23:8Don't take a gift (bribery)
Exodus 23:9Stranger
Exodus 23:10-117th Year Land Sabbath
Exodus 23:11Beasts of field can eat 7th year increase
Exodus 23:12Rest on the Sabbath and be refreshed
Exodus 23:12Rest your ox and ass on Sabbath
Exodus 23:13Make no mention of name of other gods
Exodus 23:14-17Feast Three Times a Year
Exodus 23:19Don't seethe a kid in his mother's milk
Exodus 23:19First of the firstfruits
Exodus 23:24Don't serve other gods, destroy idols
Exodus 23:25He will take away sickness
Exodus 23:32-33Don't make a covenant with idolaters
Exodus 31:12-18Sabbath Covenant
Exodus 34:12-13Destroy images and groves
Exodus 34:14-15The Eternal is jealous
Exodus 34:16Interracial marriage
Exodus 34:17No molten gods
Exodus 34:18,22-24Three Times; promised protection when you go to the Feast
Exodus 34:19-20, 26Firstlings
Exodus 34:21Keep Sabbath, earing time and harvest
Exodus 35:2Death penalty for sabbath breaking
Exodus 35:2-3No fire on the Sabbath


Leviticus 3:17A perpetual statute: eat neither fat nor blood
Leviticus 6:1-5Breach of trust: pay back principal plus 20%; deceitfulness and lying
Leviticus 7:22-27Eat no fat or be cut off
Leviticus 10:8-11Priests to teach statutes, not drink when serving
Leviticus 11Law of Clean and Unclean
Leviticus 12:1-8Purification of women after childbirth, circumcision
Leviticus 13:1-59Test for leprosy
Leviticus 14:33-57Cleansing of leper's house
Leviticus 15:1-15Cleansing of males with discharge
Leviticus 16:29-31,34Day of Atonement a Sabbath of rest
Leviticus 17:10-16Eat no blood or be cut off
Leviticus 17:2-5Death by stoning for idolaters
Leviticus 17:7Idolatry is devil worship and whoredom
Leviticus 18:2-5Don't follow the doings of Egypt & Canaan
Leviticus 18:4-5You shall live in God's laws
Leviticus 18:6-30Sex sins of Canaanites: incest, bigamy, homosexuality, bestiality
Leviticus 18:21Don't profane the name of the LORD
Leviticus 18:21Sacrifice of children to Molech forbidden
Leviticus 18:26-30Avoid abominable customs, keep God's laws lest the land spue you out
Leviticus 19:1-2Be holy
Leviticus 19:3Keep my sabbaths
Leviticus 19:3Fear father and mother
Leviticus 19:4No idols or molten gods
Leviticus 19:9-10Corners of field, gleanings for poor, stranger
Leviticus 19:11,13Don't steal; don't rob a hired person of his wages
Leviticus 19:11-12Don't deal falsely and lie
Leviticus 19:12Don't swear falsely and profane name of God
Leviticus 19:14Deaf and blind
Leviticus 19:15Don't respect the poor and honor mighty
Leviticus 19:16Don't be a talebearer (slanderer)
Leviticus 19:17-18Love your neighbor as yourself
Leviticus 19:19Don't let cattle gender diverse kind, or mingled seed
Leviticus 19:20-22Fornication with bondmaid
Leviticus 19:23-25Law of Fruit Trees
Leviticus 19:26Don't eat anything with blood
Leviticus 19:26Don't use enchantment nor observe times
Leviticus 19:27-28Don't round corners of head, mar corners of beard, make flesh cuttings or print
marks on you
Leviticus 19:29Don't prostitute your daughter
Leviticus 19:30Keep my sabbaths
Leviticus 19:31Don't follow familiar spirits or wizards
Leviticus 19:32Honor the elderly
Leviticus 19:33-34Strangers
Leviticus 19:35-36Just weights
Leviticus 19:37Observe ALL God's laws
Leviticus 20:1-6Seed to Molech; wizards, familiar spirits
Leviticus 20:2-5Sacrifice of children to Molech forbidden
Leviticus 20:2-6, 27Death penalty for idolatry and witches
Leviticus 20:7-8Be holy and keep God's statutes
Leviticus 20:9Death penalty for cursing father or mother
Leviticus 20:10-21Death penalty for adultery, incest, homosexuality, bestiality
Leviticus 20:22-23Don't follow manners of the nations
Leviticus 20:24-26Clean and Unclean
Leviticus 20:26A holy people severed from other people
Leviticus 20:27Wizards, familiar spirits
Leviticus 21:7Don't marry a whore or divorcee
Leviticus 21:9-10Daughter of priest who is a whore shall be burnt
Leviticus 21:13-15High priest shall marry only a Levite virgin
Leviticus 22:28Don't kill mother with young in same day
Leviticus 23:1-4Feasts of LORD
Leviticus 23:3Sabbath a holy convocation
Leviticus 23:5Passover
Leviticus 23:6-8Feast of Unleavened Bread
Leviticus 23:9-14Wavesheaf
Leviticus 23:15-21Pentecost
Leviticus 23:22Corners of the field
Leviticus 23:23-25Trumpets
Leviticus 23:26-32Atonement
Leviticus 23:33-43Feast of Tabernacles, Last Great Day
Leviticus 23:44Holy Convocations
Leviticus 24:10-16,23Death penalty for blasphemy
Leviticus 24:17,21Death penalty for murder
Leviticus 24:17-21Eye for an eye
Leviticus 24:18,21Restore animals killed
Leviticus 24:22One manner of law for all
Leviticus 25:1-247th Year Land Sabbath and Jubilee
Leviticus 25:35-38Take no usury or increase of thy poor brother
Leviticus 25:39-55Servants and the jubilee
Leviticus 26:1No standing images of stone
Leviticus 26:1-13Blessings for obedience
Leviticus 26:14-46Curses for disobedience
Leviticus 27:30-33All tithe is holy; redemption of tithes


Numbers 1:2-3Age of soldiers: 20 years and up
Numbers 9:1-14Passover of second month
Numbers 9:14One law for all
Numbers 10:10Trumpets blown on new moons and feasts
Numbers 11:11-17Seventy elders
Numbers 15:14-16, 30One law for both you and stranger
Numbers 15:30-31Death penalty for defying the law
Numbers 15:32-36Death penalty for Sabbath breaking
Numbers 15:37-41Fringes on borders of garments with ribbon of blue
Numbers 18:21Levi given all the tenth in Israel
Numbers 26:2Age of soldiers: 20 years and up
Numbers 27:1-11Daughters of Zelophehad wanted to preserve their father's name
Numbers 27:8,9Daughters heirs when no sons
Numbers 27:9-11When no sons or daughters, inheritance to nearest relative
Numbers 28:9-10Special Sabbath sacrifices
Numbers 28:11-15Special new moon sacrifices
Numbers 28:16Passover
Numbers 28:17-25Feast of Unleavened Bread
Numbers 28:26-31Pentecost
Numbers 29:1-6Trumpets
Numbers 29:7-11Atonement
Numbers 29:12-34Tabernacles
Numbers 29:35-40Last Great Day
Numbers 30:1-16Vows are not to be broken; father can nullify children's vows
Numbers 32:23Your sin will find you out
Numbers 33:52Destroy idolatrous pictures, images, high places
Numbers 35:11-12,15,34Cities of Refuge
Numbers 35:11-34Cities of refuge for manslayer; murderers shall die
Numbers 36:1-12Daughters of Zelophehad and inheritance


Deuteronomy 1:17Extreme cases submitted to the LORD
Deuteronomy 1:9-18Rulers of 1000's, 100's, 50's and 10's
Deuteronomy 4:1-46Exhortation to obedience
Deuteronomy 4:9-10Teach God's laws to your children
Deuteronomy 4:15-31Don't depart from God to make graven images
Deuteronomy 5:6-7No other gods
Deuteronomy 5:8-10No graven images
Deuteronomy 5:11Don't take God's name in vain
Deuteronomy 5:12-15Remember the Sabbath day
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor thy father and mother
Deuteronomy 5:17Don't murder
Deuteronomy 5:18Don't commit adultery
Deuteronomy 5:19Don't steal
Deuteronomy 5:20Don't lie
Deuteronomy 5:21Don't covet
Deuteronomy 6:1-25Exhortation to obedience
Deuteronomy 6:20-25Show your children that God's ways are good
Deuteronomy 6:4-5One LORD; love Him with all your heart, soul and might
Deuteronomy 6:4-9Diligently teach your children
Deuteronomy 7:1-5Don't intermarry
Deuteronomy 7:1-26Exhortation to obedience
Deuteronomy 7:5,25-26Burn graven images
Deuteronomy 7:6-8A chosen special people because of promises
Deuteronomy 7:15He will put none of diseases of Egypt on you
Deuteronomy 8:1-20Exhortation to obedience
Deuteronomy 8:19-20If you follow other gods, you will perish
Deuteronomy 10:12-13What doth the Lord require of us?
Deuteronomy 10:15Chosen seed
Deuteronomy 10:17-19God cares for fatherless, widow, stranger
Deuteronomy 10:20Fear and serve the LORD
Deuteronomy 11:16-17Serving other gods results in curses
Deuteronomy 11:18-21Teach your children
Deuteronomy 11:26-28A blessing and a curse
Deuteronomy 12:1-4Destroy all idols and their names
Deuteronomy 12:5-21Second Tithe
Deuteronomy 12:29-32Follow God exactly as He says; no pagan customs
Deuteronomy 12:30-32Abomination of idolatry
Deuteronomy 13:1-18Death penalty to false prophets
Deuteronomy 14:1,2The children of God; a peculiar people
Deuteronomy 14:1-21Law of Clean and Unclean
Deuteronomy 14:22-27Second Tithe
Deuteronomy 14:28-293rd tithe for Levite, stranger, fatherless, widow
Deuteronomy 15:1-147th Year of Release of debts
Deuteronomy 15:7-11Give to poor the 6th year
Deuteronomy 15:12-18Hebrew servants for 6 years
Deuteronomy 15:19-23Firstling male animals
Deuteronomy 16:1-8Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread
Deuteronomy 16:9-12Pentecost
Deuteronomy 16:13-15Tabernacles
Deuteronomy 16:16-17Three Times a Year
Deuteronomy 16:18-20Judges and officers not to take gifts (bribery)
Deuteronomy 16:21-22Groves and pillars
Deuteronomy 17:2-5Death by stoning for idolaters
Deuteronomy 17:2-7Death penalty to false prophets
Deuteronomy 17:8-13Cases too hard for judges to be taken to Levites the priests
Deuteronomy 17:12Death penalty: those that don't hearken to priest's judgments
Deuteronomy 17:14-20Strangers not to be king; kings not to multiply horses or wives, write a
copy of the law
Deuteronomy 18:3-4Firstfruits given to priest
Deuteronomy 18:9-14Divination, times, enchanter, witch, charmer, wizard, necromancer, familiar
spirits
Deuteronomy 18:15-22True and false prophets
Deuteronomy 18:20Death penalty to false prophets
Deuteronomy 19:1-13Six cities of refuge for accidental slayer
Deuteronomy 19:11-13Avenger of blood shall slay murderer
Deuteronomy 19:14Don't remove a neighbors landmark
Deuteronomy 19:15-21False witnesses
Deuteronomy 20:1-20Humane rules of warfare
Deuteronomy 20:19-20Don't destroy fruit-bearing trees
Deuteronomy 21:1-9Innocent blood
Deuteronomy 21:10-14Wives of captives
Deuteronomy 21:15-17Double portion to firstborn son
Deuteronomy 21:18-21Stubborn and rebellious son to be stoned
Deuteronomy 21:19Court held at gate of city
Deuteronomy 21:22-23Hanged criminals to be buried before night
Deuteronomy 22:1-4Restore lost merchandise
Deuteronomy 22:1-4Returning stray animals
Deuteronomy 22:5Woman not to wear a man's garment, vice versa
Deuteronomy 22:6-7Don't take a mother bird with young
Deuteronomy 22:8Battlement on roof so no accidents; construction safety
Deuteronomy 22:9Diverse seeds defile the resultant fruit
Deuteronomy 22:10Don't plow with an ox or ass together
Deuteronomy 22:11Don't wear a garment of diverse materials, as linen and wool blend
Deuteronomy 22:12Fringes on four quarters of vesture
Deuteronomy 22:13-21Proof of virginity
Deuteronomy 22:22-24Death penalty for adultery and fornication
Deuteronomy 22:25-27Rape
Deuteronomy 22:28-30Shotgun wedding
Deuteronomy 23:12-14Covering of excrement
Deuteronomy 23:15-16Do not return escaped servants
Deuteronomy 23:17-18Lesbians and homosexuals
Deuteronomy 23:19-20No usury to your brother; you may lend usury to a stranger
Deuteronomy 23:21-23Vows shall be kept
Deuteronomy 23:24-25Eating from neighbors crops
Deuteronomy 23:24-25Helping yourself to a few grapes is not stealing
Deuteronomy 24:1-4Divorce and remarriage
Deuteronomy 24:5Newlyweds
Deuteronomy 24:6Don't take a millstone as pledge
Deuteronomy 24:7Slave traders shall die
Deuteronomy 24:10-13Pledges and loans
Deuteronomy 24:14-18Raiment for pledge
Deuteronomy 24:16Every man shall die for his own sin
Deuteronomy 24:19-22Forgotten sheaf for stranger, fatherless, widow
Deuteronomy 25:1,2Controversies to be taken to the judges
Deuteronomy 25:1-3Forty stripes maximum whipping
Deuteronomy 25:4Don't muzzle an ox when he treads out the corn
Deuteronomy 25:5-10Levirate law (widow to marry nearest unwed relative)
Deuteronomy 25:11-12Woman not to grab a man by his secrets
Deuteronomy 25:13-16Just weights and measures
Deuteronomy 26:1-11Firstfruits of the land
Deuteronomy 26:12-153rd tithe for Levite, stranger, fatherless, widow
Deuteronomy 26:16Keep them with all thy heart and soul
Deuteronomy 27:9The people of the LORD thy God
Deuteronomy 27:10Do His commandments and statutes
Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be idolaters
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that setteth light by father and mother
Deuteronomy 27:17Cursed be he that removes his neighbors landmark
Deuteronomy 27:18Blind
Deuteronomy 27:19Stranger, fatherless, widow
Deuteronomy 27:20-23Curse for incest and bestiality
Deuteronomy 27:24Don't smite neighbor secretly
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that takes reward to slay the innocent
Deuteronomy 27:26Cursed be he who does not do all the law
Deuteronomy 28:1-14Blessings for obedience
Deuteronomy 28:15-68Curses for disobedience
Deuteronomy 29:9Keep the covenant, that ye may prosper
Deuteronomy 29:16-18Worshipping other gods results in captivity
Deuteronomy 29:18-28Curses for disobedience
Deuteronomy 29:24-27Worshipping other gods results in captivity
Deuteronomy 32:17Idolatry is devil worship
Deuteronomy 33:1-4The fiery law is Jacob's inheritanceê




Biblical Law in Topical Order


Adultery -- 7th CGenesis 1:26-28, 2:20-25, 6:1-13, 16:1-5, 19:4-8, 26:34-35, 34:14, Exodus
20:14, 21:7-11, 22:16-17, 19, 34:16, Leviticus 18:6-30, 19:20-22, 29, 20:10-21, 21:7, 9-10,
13-15, Deuteronomy 5:18, 7:1-5, 21:10-17, 22:13-30, 23:17-18, 24:1-5, 25:5-12, 27:20-23.

AgricultureSee Clean and Unclean.

Animals, Kindness toExodus 23:4-5,11-12, Deuteronomy 22:1-4, 6-7,10, 25:4, Leviticus 22:28.

Atonement, Day ofLeviticus 16:29-31, 34, 23:26-32, Numbers 29:7-11. See Holy Days.

BestialityExodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, 20:15-16, Deuteronomy 27:21.  See Adultery.

Blasphemy -- 3rd CExodus 20:7, 22:28,  Leviticus 18:21, 19:12, 24:10-16, 23, Deuteronomy
5:11.

Blessings ObedienceGenesis 22:15-18, 26:4-5, Leviticus 26:1-13, Deuteronomy 11:26-28,
28:1-14.

BlindLeviticus 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:18.  See Poor.

Blood (Don't Eat)Genesis 9:4, Exodus 22:31,  Leviticus 3:17, 17:10-16, 19:26.  See Health.

ChildrearingGenesis 18:19,  24:2-4,  33:5,  48:9, Numbers 30:3-5, Deuteronomy 4:9-10, 6:4-9,
20-25, 11:18-21.  See Parents, Honor.

Cities of RefugeNumbers 35:11-12,15,34, Deuteronomy 19:1-13.  See Government.

Clean and UncleanGenesis  7:1-2,  Leviticus  11:1-47, 19:19, 23-25, 20:24-26, Deuteronomy
14:1-21, 22:9.  See Health.

ClothingLeviticus 19:27-28,  Numbers 15:37-41, Deuteronomy 22:5, 11-12.  See Health.

Corners of FieldSee Gleanings.

Covet -- 10th CExodus 20:17, Deuteronomy 5:21, 23:24-25.

Cursings, DisobedienceGenesis  3:16-19,  Leviticus 26:14-46, Numbers 32:23, Deuteronomy
27:26, 28:15-68, 29:18-28.

DeafLeviticus 19:14.  See Poor.

Death PenaltyAdultery: Leviticus 20:10, Deuteronomy 22:22-24, Bestiality:  Exodus  22:19,
Leviticus 20:15-16, Blasphemy: Leviticus 24:10-16, 23, Defying the Law: Numbers 15:30-31,
Deuteronomy 17:12, Disobedient to Parents: Exodus 21:15, 17, Leviticus 20:9, Deuteronomy
21:18-21, Eating Fat or Blood: Leviticus 7:22-27, 17:10-16, False Prophets: Deuteronomy
13:1-18, 17:2-7, 18:20, Homosexuality: Leviticus 20:13, Idolatry: Exodus 22:20, Leviticus
20:1-6, Incest: Leviticus 20:11-12, 14, 17, 19-21, Kidnapping: Exodus 21:16, Murder: Genesis
9:5-6,  Exodus  21:12-14,  Leviticus 24:17,21, Rape:  Deuteronomy 22:25-27, Sabbath Breaking:
Exodus 35:2, Numbers 15:32-36,  Sex  during  Menstruation: Leviticus 20:18, Wizards and
Witches: Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:6, 27.  See Government.

DivorceLeviticus 21:7, 22:13, Deuteronomy 24:1-4.  See Adultery.

EnemyExodus 23:4-5.  See Poor.

False ProphetsDeuteronomy 13:18, 17:2-7, 18:15-22.

Familiar SpiritsSee Occult.

Fat (Don't Eat)Leviticus 3:17, 7:22-27.  See Health.

Fatherless (Orphans)Exodus 22:22-24, Deuteronomy 10:17-18, 14:28-29, 24:17-22, 26:12-15,
27:19.  See Poor.

FirstbornSee Firstfruits.

FirstfruitsExodus  13:2,11-16,  22:29-30,  23:19, 34:19-20, 26, Deuteronomy 15:19-23, 18:3-4,
26:1-11.  See Tithing.

FirstlingsSee Firstfruits.

FornicationSee Adultery.

GleaningsLeviticus 19:9-10,  23:22, Deuteronomy 24:19-22.  See Poor.

GovernmentExodus 18:13-26, 19:5-6, 21:18-36, 22:1-15, 18-20, 23:2, 8, 35:2, Leviticus 6:1-5,
10:8-11,  19:15,  20:2-6, 26-27, 24:10-21, 23, Numbers 1:2-3, 11:11-17, 15:30-36, 26:2,
35:11-12, 15, 34, Deuteronomy 1:9-18, 7:6-8, 10:15, 13:5-11, 14:1-2, 16:18-20, 17:2-20, 18:20,
19:1-13, 20:1-20, 21:18-23, 24:16, 25:1-3, 27:9, 24.

HandicappedSee Blind, Deaf.

HealingExodus 15:26, 23:25, Deuteronomy 7:15.  See Health.

HealthGenesis 2:15-17, 7:1-2, 9:4, Exodus 22:31, 23:19, Leviticus 3:17, 7:22-27, 11:1-47,
12:1-8, 13:1-59, 14:33-57, 15:1-15, 17:10-16, 19:19, 23,  25-28, 20:24-26, 23:12-14, Numbers
15:37-41, Deuteronomy 14:1-21, 22:5, 9, 11-12.  See Healing.

Holy DaysGenesis 1:14,  14:18, Exodus 12:1-51, 13:3-10, 23:14-17, 34:18, 22-24, Leviticus
16:29-31, 34, 23:1-44,  Numbers  9:1-14, 10:10,  28:11-31, 29:1-40, Deuteronomy 16:1-17.

HomosexualityGenesis 19:4-8, Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, Deuteronomy 23:17-18.  See Adultery.

Idolatry -- 1st, 2nd CExodus 20:1-3, 4-6, 22-23, 22:20, 23:13, 24, 32-33, 34:12-15, 17, 
Leviticus 17:7, 18:21, 19:4, 20:2-5, 26:1, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 4:15-31, 5:6-10, 7:5,
25-26, 8:19-20, 11:16-17, 12:1-4, 29-32, 13:1-18, 16:21-22, 17:2-7, 18:9-14, 20-22, 27:15,
29:16-18, 24-27, 32:17.

IncestLeviticus  18:6-18,  20:11-12,14,17-21, Deuteronomy 27:20,22-23.  See Adultery.

Ingathering, Feast ofSee Tabernacles, Feast of.

InheritanceGenesis 21:10-13, Numbers  27:1-11, 36:1-12,   Deuteronomy 21:15-17, 25:5-10. 
See Parents, Honor.

InterestSee Usury.

IntermarriageSee Interracial Marriage.

Interracial MarriageGenesis 6:1-13, 26:34-35, 34:14, Exodus 34:16, Deuteronomy 7:1-5.  See
Adultery.

Israel, Chosen PeopleExodus  19:5-6,   Leviticus  20:26, Deuteronomy 7:6-8, 10:15, 14:1-2,
27:9.  See Government.

JubileeSee Sabbatical Year.

Judges & Priestly GvtExodus 18:13-26, 23:2,8, Leviticus 10:8-11, 19:15, Numbers 11:11-17,
Deuteronomy 1:9-18, 16:18-20, 17:8-13, 21:19, 25:1-2.  See Government.

Kings, Duty ofDeuteronomy 17:14-20.  See Government.

Land SabbathSee Sabbatical Year.

Last Great DaySee Tabernacles, Feast of.

Lie -- 9th CExodus 20:16, 23:1,7, Leviticus 6:1-5, 19:11-12, 16, Numbers 30:1-16, Deuteronomy
5:20, 19:15-21, 23:21-23.

Murder -- 6th CGenesis  4:8-15, 23-24,  9:5-6,  Exodus 20:13,  21:12-14,  Leviticus 24:17-21,
Numbers 35:11-34, Deuteronomy 5:17, 21:1-9, 27:25.

New MoonsNumbers 10:10, 28:11-15.  See Holy Days.

ObedienceDeuteronomy 4:1-40, 44-46, 6:1-25, 7:1-26, 8:1-20, 27:10, 29:9, 33:1-4.

OccultExodus 22:18, Leviticus 19:26,31, 20:1-6,27, Deuteronomy 18:9-14.

One LawLeviticus 24:22, Numbers 9:14, 15:14-16, 30.

Pagan HolidaysLeviticus 18:2-5,26-30, 19:26, 20:22-23.

Parents, Honor -- 5th CGenesis 6:4-9, 20-25, 9:20-27, 18:19, 21:10-13,  26:34-35,  Exodus 
20:12, 21:15,17,  Leviticus  19:3, 32,  20:9, Numbers 27:1-11, 36:1-12,  Deuteronomy 4:9-10, 
5:16,  6:4-9, 20-25, 11:18-21, 21:15-21, 25:5-10, 27:16.

Passover & Feast of UBExodus 12:1-51, 13:3-10, 23:15, 34:18, Leviticus 23:5-14, Numbers
9:1-14, 28:16-25,  Deuteronomy 16:1-8,16.  See Holy Days.

Penalties, CivilExodus 21:18-36,  22:1-15, 18-20, 35:2, Leviticus 6:1-5, 20:2-6, 27, 24:10-21, 23,
Numbers 15:30-36, Deuteronomy 13:5-11, 17:2-7, 12, 18:20, 19:11-13,  21:18-23, 24:16.
25:1-3, 27:24. See Government, Death Penalty.

PentecostExodus 23:16, 34:22, Leviticus 23:15-21, Numbers 28:26-31, Deuteronomy 16:9-12,
16.  See Holy Days.

Pilgrimage FeastsSee Three Times a Year.

PoorExodus 22:21-24, 23:3-6, 9, Leviticus 19:9-10, 14, 17-18, 33-34, 23:22, Deuteronomy 1:17, 
10:17-19, 14:28-29, 15:1-11, 22:8,  24:6,10-22, 26:12-15, 27:18-19.

RequirementsExodus 15:26,  Leviticus 18:4-5, 26-30, 19:1-2, 37, 20:7, Deuteronomy 10:12-13,
26:16.

Sabbath -- 4th CGenesis 2:1-3, Exodus 16:4-5, 23-35, 20:8-11, 23:12, 31:12-18, 34:21, 35:2-3,
Leviticus 19:3, 30, 23:3, Numbers 15:32-36, 28:9-10, Deuteronomy 5:12-15. See Sabbatical
Year, Holy Days.

Sabbatical YearExodus 21:2-6, 23:10-11, Leviticus 25:1-24, Deuteronomy 15:1-14.

SafetyDeuteronomy 22:8.

Sanitation & CleannessLeviticus 12:1-8,  13:1-59,  14:33-57, 15:1-15, 24-33, Deuteronomy
23:12-14.  See Health.

ServantsExodus 21:2-6, 20-21, 26-27, Leviticus 25:39-55, Deuteronomy 15:12-18, 23:15-16,
24:14.

SicknessSee Healing.

SlavesSee Servants.

Steal -- 8th CExodus 20:15, 21:16, 22:1-15,25-27, Leviticus  19:11, 13, 35-36,  25:35-38,
Deuteronomy 5:19, 19:14, 22:1-4, 23:19-20, 24-25, 24:7, 25:13-16, 27:17

Strangers (Aliens)Exodus 22:21, 23:9, Leviticus 19:9-10, 33-34, 23:22, Deuteronomy 10:17-19,
14:28-29, 24:14-22, 26:12-15, 27:19.  See Poor.

SwearingSee Blasphemy.

Tabernacles, Feast ofExodus 23:16, 34:22, Leviticus 23:33-43, Numbers 29:12-40, Deuteronomy
16:16-17.  See Holy Days.

Three Times a YearExodus 23:14-17, 34:18,22-24, Deuteronomy 16:16-17.  See Holy Days.

TithingFirst: Genesis 14:18-20, 28:22, Leviticus 27:30-33,  Numbers 18:21.  See Firstfruits. 
Second:  Deuteronomy 12:5-21, 14:22-27.  See  Holy  Days.  Third: Deuteronomy  14:28-29, 
26:12-15.  See Poor.

Trees, Kindness toDeuteronomy 20:19-20.

Trumpets, Day ofLeviticus 23:23-25, Numbers 10:10, 29:1-6.  See Holy Days.

Unleavened Bread, FeastSee Passover & Feast of Unleavened Bread.

UsuryExodus  22:25-27,  Leviticus 25:35-38, Deuteronomy 23:19-20.  See Steal.

VowsNumbers 30:1-6,  Deuteronomy 23:21-23.  See Lie.

Warfare, Rules ofNumbers 1:2-3, 26:2, Deuteronomy 20:1-20.  See Government.

Weeks, Feast ofSee Pentecost.

Weights & MeasuresLeviticus 19:35-36, Deuteronomy 25:13-16.  See Steal.

WidowsExodus 22:22-24, Deuteronomy 10:17-18, 14:28-29, 24:17-22, 26:12-15, 27:19.  See
Poor. 

Witches & WizardsSee Occult.

Year of ReleaseSee Sabbatical Year.ê

Obedience and Disobedience


What God Requires of Us

Deuteronomy 10:12-13What doth the Lord require of us?
Leviticus 18:4-5You shall live in God's laws
Leviticus 18:26-30Keep God's laws lest the land spue you out
Leviticus 19:37Observe ALL God's laws
Leviticus 19:1-2Be holy
Leviticus 20:7-8Be holy and keep God's statutes
Exodus 15:26Diligently obey ALL statutes
Deuteronomy 26:16Keep them with all thy heart and soul


One Law For All

Leviticus 24:22One manner of law for all
Numbers 9:14One law for all
Numbers 15:14-16, 30One law for both you and stranger


Exhortation to Obedience

Deuteronomy 4:1-46Exhortation to obedience
Deuteronomy 6:1-25Exhortation to obedience
Deuteronomy 7:1-26Exhortation to obedience
Deuteronomy 8:1-20Exhortation to obedience
Deuteronomy 27:10Do His commandments and statutes
Deuteronomy 29:9Keep the covenant, that ye may prosper
Deuteronomy 33:1-4The fiery law is Jacob's inheritance


Blessings for Obedience

Deuteronomy 11:26-28A blessing and a curse
Genesis 22:15-18Abraham's obedience
Genesis 26:4-5Abraham's obedience
Leviticus 26:1-13Blessings for obedience
Deuteronomy 28:1-14Blessings for obedience


Cursings for Disobedience

Leviticus 26:14-46Curses for disobedience
Deuteronomy 28:15-68Curses for disobedience
Deuteronomy 29:18-28Curses for disobedience
Genesis 3:16Curse to Eve for disobedience
Genesis 3:17-19Curse to Adam for disobedience
Deuteronomy 27:26Cursed be he who does not do all the law
Numbers 32:23Your sin will find you out



What God Requires of Us

Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the
Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy
heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I
command thee this day for thy good?

Leviticus 18:4 Ye shall do my judgments,  and keep  mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the
Lord your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he
shall live in them: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 18:26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any
of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among
you: 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and
the land is defiled; ) 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the
nations that were before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the
souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine
ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed
before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I
am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the
children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

Leviticus 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God. 8 And
ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.

Exodus 15:26 . . .  If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do
that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I
will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the
Lord that healeth thee.

Deuteronomy 26:16 This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and
judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.


One Law for All

Leviticus 24:22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own
country: for I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 9:14 ...ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in
the land.

Numbers 15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your
generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so
he shall do. 15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger
that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger
be before the Lord. 16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that
sojourneth with you....30 But the soul that doeth aught presumptuously, whether he be born in
the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among
his people.


Exhortation to Obedience

Deuteronomy 4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments,
which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord
God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither
shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which
I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baalpeor: for all the men
that followed Baalpeor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did
cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you
statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the
land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this
great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath
God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And
what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I
set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget
the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life:
but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the
Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will
make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the
earth, and that they may teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain;
and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick
darkness. 12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the
words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. 13 And he declared unto you his covenant,
which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two
tables of stone. 14 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments,
that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 Take ye therefore good
heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you
in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven
image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast
that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any
thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and
the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which
the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 20 But the Lord hath
taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a
people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your
sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good
land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: 22 But I must die in this land, I must
not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto
yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make
you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. 24
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. 25 When thou shalt beget children,
and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,
and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord
thy God, to provoke him to anger: 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that
ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall
not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the Lord shall scatter you
among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall
lead you. 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which
neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God,
thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 30 When thou art in
tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the
Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; 31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God; )
he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he
sware unto them. 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day
that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether
there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 33 Did ever people
hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 34 Or
hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations,
by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by
great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else
beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon
earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out
in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; 38 To drive out nations from before thee greater
and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this
day. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven
above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes,
and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with
thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy
God giveth thee, for ever.

Deuteronomy 4:44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: 45 These are
the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of
Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against
Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the
children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

Deuteronomy 6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the
Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to
possess it: 2 That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his
commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy
life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it
may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath
promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God
is one Lord: 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in
thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest
up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between
thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it
shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou
buildedst not, 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged,
which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt
have eaten and be full; 12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve
him, and shalt swear by his name. 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people
which are round about you; 15 (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger
of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. 17 Ye shall diligently keep
the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath
commanded thee. 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that
it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord
sware unto thy fathers, 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath
spoken. 20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies,
and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you? 21 Then thou
shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of
Egypt with a mighty hand: 22 And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon
Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: 23 And he brought us out
from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24
And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good
always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if
we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.

Deuteronomy 7:1 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to
possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the
Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations
greater and mightier than thou; 2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou
shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew
mercy unto them: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give
unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from
following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against
you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars,
and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a
special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The Lord did
not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for
ye were the fewest of all people: 8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep
the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty
hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and
mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; 10 And
repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth
him, he will repay him to his face. 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the
statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. 12 Wherefore it shall
come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God
shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: 13 And he will
love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit
of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all
people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the
Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which
thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 16 And thou shalt
consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity
upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. 17 If thou shalt
say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? 18 Thou shalt not be
afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all
Egypt; 19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the
mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the
Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 20 Moreover the Lord thy God will
send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and
terrible. 22 And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou
mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 23 But the Lord
thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they
be destroyed. 24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name
from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed
them. 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or
gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to
the Lord thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a
cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed
thing.

Deuteronomy 8:1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do,
that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your
fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years
in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether
thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to
hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he
might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. 4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did
thy foot swell, these forty years. 5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man
chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the
commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7 For the Lord thy God
bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out
of valleys and hills; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a
land of oil olive, and honey; 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt
not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land
which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his
commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest
when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And when
thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is
multiplied; 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee
forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 15 Who led thee through that great
and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was
no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness
with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee,
to do thee good at thy latter end; 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine
hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that
giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy
fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk
after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall
surely perish. 20 As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish;
because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his
commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

Deuteronomy 29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper
in all that ye do.

Deuteronomy 33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children
of Israel before his death. 2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto
them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right
hand went a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they
sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the
inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.


Blessings for Obedience

Deuteronomy 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if ye
obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: 28 And a curse, if
ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I
command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

Genesis 22:15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast
not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy
seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Genesis 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy
seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 Because that 
Abraham  obeyed my voice,  and kept my charge,  my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Leviticus 26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing
image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the
Lord your God. 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. 3 If ye
walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4 Then I will give you rain in due
season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And
your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and
ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 6 And I will give peace in the
land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the
land, neither shall the sword go through your land. 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they
shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of
you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I
will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant
with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 11 And I will
set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you,
and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 13 I am the Lord your God, which brought you
forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands
of your yoke, and made you go upright.

Deuteronomy 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the
Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that
the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings
shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit
of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and
the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when
thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The Lord shall cause thine
enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee
one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in
thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself,
as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk
in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord;
and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit
of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord
sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the
heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and
thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee
the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou
hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe
and to do them: 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this
day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.


Curses for Disobedience

Leviticus 26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all
my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even
appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and
cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I
will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall
reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this
hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the
pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 20 And your
strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of
the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will
bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 22 I will also send wild beasts
among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in
number; and your high ways shall be desolate. 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these
things, but will walk contrary unto me; 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will
punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge
the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the
pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 And when I have
broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall
deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if ye will not
for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you
also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh
of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And I will destroy your high places,
and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul
shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation,
and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation:
and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among
the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities
waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your
enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate
it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them
that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and
the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they
shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword,
when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall
perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left
of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their
fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of
their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked
contrary unto me; 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into
the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of
the punishment of their iniquity: 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my
covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember
the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth
desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even
because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet for
all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor
them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.
45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out
of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord. 46 These
are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of
Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord
thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day;
that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city,
and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall
be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest
out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine
hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the
wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make the pestilence
cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and
with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall
pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth
that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from
heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The Lord shall cause thee to be
smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before
them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcase shall be meat
unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27
The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and
with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.  28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness,  and
blindness, and astonishment of heart: 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in
darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled
evermore, and no man shall save thee. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with
her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and
shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not
eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored
to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail
with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of
thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only
oppressed and crushed alway: 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou
shalt see. 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot
be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy
king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known;
and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an
astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall
consume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor
gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy
coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou
shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. 42
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee
shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee,
and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 45 Moreover all
these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed;
because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and
his statutes which he commanded thee: 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a
wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with
joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou
serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in
nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have
destroyed thee. 49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth,
as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce
countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 51 And
he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also
shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep,
until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and
fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege
thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou
shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord
thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress
thee: 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward
his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he
shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall
eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies
shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not
adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall
be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And
toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she
shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness,
wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the
words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful
name, THE LORD THY GOD; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the
plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long
continuance. 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast
afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not
written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because
thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the
Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to
destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou
goest to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the
earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy
fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease,
neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and
failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt
fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 67 In the morning thou shalt say,
Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of
thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And
the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou
shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and
bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

Deuteronomy 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose
heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest
there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 19 And it come to pass, when
he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace,
though I walk in the imagination of mine heart,  to add drunkenness to thirst: 20 The Lord will
not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and
all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name
from under heaven. 21 And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel,
according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: 22 So that the
generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come
from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the
Lord hath laid upon it; 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that
it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and
Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the
heat of this great anger? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the
Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land
of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew
not, and whom he had not given unto them: 27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this
land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: 28 And the Lord rooted them out
of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it
is this day.

Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule
over thee.

Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife,
and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is
the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and
thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy
face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust
thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Deuteronomy 27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And
all the people shall say, Amen.

Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your
sin will find you out.ê