{"id":22558,"date":"2022-07-25T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/deuteronomy_25_1-10-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T23:23:41","slug":"deuteronomy_25_11-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/deuteronomy_25_11-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strangest Verses in the Bible?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deuteronomy\u00a0 25:11-19 \u00a0\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Deuteronomy 25:11-19.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 25:11-12 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts,
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses\u00a011-12: \u00a0To us today, verses 11-12 might sound like two of the strangest verses you have ever read in the Bible.\u00a0 Was it common in Moses’ time for a wife to intervene in a fight between her husband and another man by grabbing the other man’s private parts?\u00a0 We don’t know, but you would think that it probably happened at least once for Moses to mention it.\u00a0 Moses probably laid down this law to communicate to the Israelites what fair fighting looks like.\u00a0 One should not try to “low blow” another so that it affects his ability to have children.<\/p>\n

How can we apply these strange sounding verses?\u00a0\u00a0Unless it\u2019s your job to intervene, try not to get involved in the fights and arguments that go on between two other people.\u00a0 Otherwise, you might complicate the matter and get hurt in the process.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 25:13-16 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Do not have two differing weights in your bag–one heavy, one light.
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Do not have two differing measures in your house–one large, one small.
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God is giving you.
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 13-16: \u00a0When you buy bananas at the grocery store or meat at the butcher, you expect the scale that they use will be accurate.\u00a0 In Moses’ time, people relied even more so on weights and measures when buying and trading goods.\u00a0 So Moses insisted that the Israelites use accurate weights and measures.
\nWhat can we learn from this?\u00a0 Be honest in your business dealings.\u00a0 This comes with a promise: “so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you” (v15).\u00a0\u00a0Don’t cut corners and cheat people in business.\u00a0 For while dishonesty may bring you short-term gain, it will also bring you long term pain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 25:17-19 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt.
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and cut off all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 17-19: \u00a0In contrast to Moses’ teaching in\u00a0Deuteronomy\u00a0about showing mercy to society\u2019s most vulnerable, the Amalekites mercilessly attacked the youngest, weakest and most vulnerable of the Israelites while they were wandering in the desert (v18).\u00a0 So Moses tells the Israelites to annihilate the Amalekites (v19).\u00a0 This reminds me of what James 2:13 says: “judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.”<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 God is merciful and prefers to show all of us mercy.\u00a0 That is why He sent Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our sins, so that through Jesus we can be forgiven.\u00a0\u00a0But if we think we don\u2019t need God\u2019s mercy or refuse to extend God\u2019s mercy to others, we\u2019re effectively asking to be treated in the same way: without mercy.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0In fact, God promises to avenge all those who have been mercilessly attacked and brutalized, for He is also a just and righteous God.<\/p>\n

Holy Spirit, I pray that when I fight with others, I would be wise and fair.\u00a0 When I deal with others, may I be honest and full of integrity.\u00a0 And toward people who hurt me or the ones I love, may I be merciful just as You have been merciful to me, and trust You to be my defender and avenger.\u00a0 In Jesus’ name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Deuteronomy 25:11-19.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 25:11-12 (NIV)
\n11\u00a0\u00a0If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts,
\n12\u00a0\u00a0you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.<\/p>\n

On verses\u00a011-12: \u00a0To us today, verses 11-12 might sound like two of the strangest verses you have ever read in the Bible.\u00a0 Was it common in Moses’ time for a wife to intervene in a fight between her husband and another man by grabbing the other man’s private parts?\u00a0 We don’t know, but you would think that it probably happened at least once for Moses to mention it.\u00a0 Moses probably laid down this law to communicate to the Israelites what fair fighting looks like.\u00a0 One should not try to “low blow” another so that it affects his ability to have children. \u00a0<\/p>\n

How can we apply these strange sounding verses?\u00a0\u00a0Unless it\u2019s your job to intervene, try not to get involved in the fights and arguments that go on between two other people.\u00a0 Otherwise, you might complicate the matter and get hurt in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22561,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22558\/revisions\/22561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}