May 12, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
And they shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.” (Deuteronomy 21:20) As I mentioned yesterday, the severity of this command has fueled objections to the usefulness...
May 11, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his...
May 10, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved … and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved, then it shall be, on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in...
May 9, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
If you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take her for your wife, then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails. (Deuteronomy 21:11-12) I realize we’ve dealt with some interesting...
May 8, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
When you besiege a city for a long time, while making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; if you can eat of them, do not cut them down to use in the siege, for the tree of the field is man’s food. (Deuteronomy...
May 7, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
When you besiege a city for a long time, while making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; if you can eat of them, do not cut them down to use in the siege, for the tree of the field is man’s food. (Deuteronomy...
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