“Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite then do to […]
“When the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their towns and houses, then set aside for yourselves three cities in the central part of the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.Build roads to them
“I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him. I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name. But a
“If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the Lord will choose, he may minister in the name of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there in the presence of the Lord.” (Dt. 18:6-7)
“The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them… He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. It is to be with him, and he
Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you(Dt. 16:20). A line from a drama lingers in my mind: “What is your justice?” Everyone lives according to their own definition of justice. However, human justice is inevitably distorted. People often mistake their personal
