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The Eighth Commandment 8.7 Do justice in time of war Wage war when necessary without fear and in order to secure the promises of God. Deuteronomy 24:5 “‘When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the…
The Eighth Commandment Exodus 21:26, 27 “When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye. If he knocks out the tooth of his…
The Eighth Commandment Deuteronomy 15:12-18 “‘If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. And when…
The Eighth Commandment 8.6 Regulate slavery Slavery was allowed in ancient Israel, but only within strict parameters of justice and fairness for the enslaved. Leviticus 25:44-46 “As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy…
The Eighth Commandment Deuteronomy 14:28, 29 “‘At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. And the Levite, because he has…
The Eighth Commandment Leviticus 19:9, 10 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. And you shall not strip your…
The Eighth Commandment Deuteronomy 15:9-10 “‘Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give…
The Eighth Commandment Leviticus 25:35-38 “If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. Take no interest from him…
The Eighth Commandment Leviticus 19:33, 34 “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him…
The Eighth Commandment Exodus 22:21-24 “You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry…