WEBVTT - #981 - Exodus 22 – Laws About Property

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible Study Podcast Episode nine eighty one. Today, The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible Study Podcast continues the study of Exodus with Chapter

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two. Welcome to the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Kristensen. We're going through this four chapter section on

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<v Speaker 2>the laws that are being set up for the Jewish

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<v Speaker 2>people and will continue that after award from this sponsor

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<v Speaker 2>Exos twenty two. This time we get property laws, protection

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<v Speaker 2>of property. Whoever steals an ox or sheep and slaughters

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<v Speaker 2>it and sells that must pay back five head of

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<v Speaker 2>cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

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<v Speaker 2>If a thief is caught breaking in at night and

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<v Speaker 2>has struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty

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<v Speaker 2>of bloodshed, but if it happens after sunrise, the defender

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<v Speaker 2>is guilty of bloodshed. Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution,

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<v Speaker 2>but if they have nothing, they must be sold to

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<v Speaker 2>pay for their theft. If the stolen animal is found

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<v Speaker 2>alive in their possession, whether ox or donkey or sheep,

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<v Speaker 2>they must pay back double. If anyone grazes their livestock

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<v Speaker 2>in a field or vineyard and lets them stray, and

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<v Speaker 2>they graze in someone else's field, the offender must make

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<v Speaker 2>restitution from the best of their own field or vineyard.

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<v Speaker 2>If a fire breaks out and spreads into thorn bushes

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<v Speaker 2>so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain,

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<v Speaker 2>or the whole field, the one who started the fire

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<v Speaker 2>must make restitution. If anyone gives us neighbor silver or

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<v Speaker 2>goods for safe keeping and they are stolen from the

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<v Speaker 2>neighbor's house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

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<v Speaker 2>But if the thief is not found, the owner of

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<v Speaker 2>the house must appear before the judges, and they must

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<v Speaker 2>determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands

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<v Speaker 2>on the other person's property. In all cases of the

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<v Speaker 2>illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment,

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<v Speaker 2>or any other lost property about which someone says this

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<v Speaker 2>is mine, both parties are to bring their cases before

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<v Speaker 2>the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must

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<v Speaker 2>pay back double to the other. If anyone gives a donkey,

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<v Speaker 2>an ox a, sheep, or any other animal to their

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<v Speaker 2>neighbor for safe keeping and it dies or is injured,

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<v Speaker 2>or is taken away while no one is looking, the

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<v Speaker 2>issue between them will be settled by taking an oath

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<v Speaker 2>before the lord that the neighbor did not lay hands

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<v Speaker 2>on the other person's property. The owner is to accept

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<v Speaker 2>this and no restitution is required. But if the animal

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<v Speaker 2>was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to

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<v Speaker 2>the owner. If it was torn to pieces by a

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<v Speaker 2>wild air animal, the neighbors shall bring in the remnants

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<v Speaker 2>as evidence and shall not be required to pay for

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<v Speaker 2>the torn animal. If anyone borrows an animal from the

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<v Speaker 2>neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner

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<v Speaker 2>is not present, they must make restitution. But if the

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<v Speaker 2>owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have

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<v Speaker 2>to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid

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<v Speaker 2>for the hire covers the loss. Okay, So notice when

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<v Speaker 2>we talk about property laws, we're talking about a people

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<v Speaker 2>who right now have no land, no buildings, and what

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<v Speaker 2>they have is sheep and goats and oxen cattle. So

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<v Speaker 2>most of the property laws here are applying to those things,

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<v Speaker 2>which is what they need right now. Although the vineyard

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<v Speaker 2>thing where we're going to get to that, right, we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to get to the promised land, and then we'll

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<v Speaker 2>have to worry about the vineyard and the fields and

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<v Speaker 2>those things. But first they need to know what happens

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<v Speaker 2>if I want to read my bull and I borrow

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<v Speaker 2>your cow, or I want to breed my cow and

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<v Speaker 2>I borrow your bull, and the you know, the bull dyes.

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<v Speaker 2>And although those sorts of deals, the general thing here

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<v Speaker 2>is if something is stolen, you give it back double

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<v Speaker 2>right or five times head of cattle. Basically, you have

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<v Speaker 2>to make restitution. We're not going to cut off your hand,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not going to kill you or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you steal something, you have to pay back

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<v Speaker 2>and then some so that you don't steal again. The

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<v Speaker 2>same idea we have here is you want there to

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<v Speaker 2>be disincentive for stealing, and if you don't have money

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<v Speaker 2>to pay it back, that's how we talked about people

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<v Speaker 2>can become a slave. So and then there's rules and

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<v Speaker 2>details here, but in general, the rules are about who

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<v Speaker 2>is responsible if you kill a thief who comes into

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<v Speaker 2>your house, but it's dark, then you're not held guilty.

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<v Speaker 2>But if if it's light, then you are held guilty

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<v Speaker 2>because they don't deserve death and you could have prevented

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<v Speaker 2>it because you could see what's going on. It's different.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a different level of responsibility in these rules for

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<v Speaker 2>what I can see and know versus the things I

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<v Speaker 2>can't see and know. Again, we have similar sorts of

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<v Speaker 2>things in our laws, so restitutions. If I accidentally set

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<v Speaker 2>your field on fire, you get access to my field.

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<v Speaker 2>All those sorts of things make sense. It's trying to

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<v Speaker 2>be fair, it's trying to be just. And then the

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<v Speaker 2>whole thing with if I give you my goods and

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<v Speaker 2>they get stolen, well, if we find the thief, then

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<v Speaker 2>we deal with the thief in the normal fashion. But

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<v Speaker 2>if we don't find the thief, did I steal your goods?

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<v Speaker 2>Then we're going to have to talk to the judges,

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<v Speaker 2>and judges are going to figure out everything that isn't

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<v Speaker 2>clear here in all the specific cases. And it's one

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<v Speaker 2>of the reasons why we of all provisions in the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>especially in the prophets, against false judges, people who are

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<v Speaker 2>putting their thumb on the scale people who are being

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<v Speaker 2>more favorable to their friends, for instance, or to people

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<v Speaker 2>who give them money. That is a perversion of justice

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<v Speaker 2>and something that is not mentioned here but will be

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned elsewhere. I'm going to go on to social responsibility,

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<v Speaker 2>and these are going to get interesting. If a man

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<v Speaker 2>seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married

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<v Speaker 2>and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride price

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<v Speaker 2>and she will be his wife. If her father absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>refuses to give her to him, he must still pay

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<v Speaker 2>the bride price for virgins. Do not allow a sorceress

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<v Speaker 2>to live. Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal

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<v Speaker 2>is to be put to death. Whoever sacrifices to any

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<v Speaker 2>other god, then the lord must be destroyed. Do not

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<v Speaker 2>mistreat or oppress a foreigner for your foreigners in Egypt.

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<v Speaker 2>Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.

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<v Speaker 2>If you do and they cry out to me, I

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<v Speaker 2>will certainly hear their cry, my anger will be aroused,

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<v Speaker 2>and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives

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<v Speaker 2>will become widows and your children fatherless. If you lend

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<v Speaker 2>money to one of my people among you who is needy,

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<v Speaker 2>do not treat it like a business deal. Charge no interest.

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<v Speaker 2>If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return

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<v Speaker 2>it by sunset, because the cloak is the only covering

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When

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<v Speaker 2>they cry out to me, I will hear it, for

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<v Speaker 2>I am compassionate. Do not blaspheme God or curse the

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<v Speaker 2>ruler of your people. Do not hold back offerings from

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<v Speaker 2>your grainaries or your vats. You must give me the

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<v Speaker 2>firstborn of your sons. Do the same with your cattle

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<v Speaker 2>and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for

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<v Speaker 2>seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

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<v Speaker 2>You were to mean, my holy people, do not eat

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<v Speaker 2>the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts. Throw

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<v Speaker 2>it to the dogs. Okay, this is a popery of

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<v Speaker 2>rules here. The first one is I have to say

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<v Speaker 2>we again, we got a patriarchal society, and it makes

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<v Speaker 2>me uncomfortable too. But this rule here about a man

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<v Speaker 2>seduces a virgin who is pledged to be married. There

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<v Speaker 2>is a bride price, a dowry, and he has to

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<v Speaker 2>pay it, and he has to take her as his

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<v Speaker 2>wife because her position in the society. And this is

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<v Speaker 2>true with all their neighbors too. This is not just

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<v Speaker 2>an Israelite thing here would be compromised by that seduction,

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<v Speaker 2>and so her position has to be restored as a

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<v Speaker 2>wife where she is held in the same esteem as

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<v Speaker 2>some other wife, because it's a really big thing that

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<v Speaker 2>she is a virgin when she's married. So that's the

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<v Speaker 2>context of this. Don't allow sorceress to live. It's interesting

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't say sorcerer. I think it's just that there

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<v Speaker 2>were more sorceresses than sorcerers. But I don't know. But basically,

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<v Speaker 2>people who are using dark arts, who are calling on

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<v Speaker 2>powers other than God. So basically those powers are demonic

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<v Speaker 2>in nature, and so we're going to have none of

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<v Speaker 2>that here within the Israel. People don't sleep with animals, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>don't sacrifice to other gods again, that's going to come

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<v Speaker 2>up again and again and again and again and again.

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<v Speaker 2>And don't mistreat foreigners because you were a foreigner again

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<v Speaker 2>that whole I brought you out of slavery. And then

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<v Speaker 2>there's interesting. Don't take advantage of the widow of the fatherless.

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<v Speaker 2>And this one was like, or my anger will be

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<v Speaker 2>aroused and your wise will become widows and your children fatherless.

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<v Speaker 2>God really cares about this. What do we do with

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<v Speaker 2>our power to those who have no power? And when

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<v Speaker 2>you see the widow and the fatherless, think of people

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<v Speaker 2>who are powerless. And then if you lend money, you're

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<v Speaker 2>not supposed to charge interest. And then I like this

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<v Speaker 2>whole thing with if you take your neighbor's cloak as

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<v Speaker 2>a pledge, return it by sense. So basically, think of

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbor. If you take something from your poor neighbor

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<v Speaker 2>as a pledge against the money they owe you, is

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<v Speaker 2>it's something they need to live on, you can't just

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<v Speaker 2>keep it. There's more to this than just justice. There

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<v Speaker 2>is compassion in it. Do not blasphem God or curse

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<v Speaker 2>the rule of your people. Do not hold back offerings. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so all of these are you know, how are we

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<v Speaker 2>going to live in this new society that we're building.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the firstborn we've already talked about that all

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<v Speaker 2>of the firstborn of the cattle and the sons have

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<v Speaker 2>to be redeemed with an offering because God passed over

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<v Speaker 2>the firstborn of Israel in the passover. Don't eat roadkil,

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<v Speaker 2>don't eat the meat of an aniltar, and by wild beasts. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>all of these are in I'm going to call it

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<v Speaker 2>the Levitical law, even though they appear here in Exodus.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, as we started this section, I will remind

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<v Speaker 2>you every once in a while here that back in

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<v Speaker 2>the Council of Jerusalem, when it was decided that Christians

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have to be Jewish, we also then weren't held

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<v Speaker 2>to these rules. We'll talk more about that as we

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<v Speaker 2>go into the Book of Leviticus. With that, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to end this episode of the Bible Study Podcast. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>have to say, this is not going to be my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite section of Exodus, but we've got i think two

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<v Speaker 2>more chapters of this before we move on. With that,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to end this episode of the Bible Study Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have any questions, send an email to Chris

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