Adultery Proper The Seventh Commandment Guard against all adultery. Leviticus 18:20 “And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor’s wife and so make yourself unclean with her.” 1 Corinthians 10:8 Leviticus 20:10 “If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.” Deuteronomy 22:22 “If ...
Nakedness and Fornication The Seventh Commandment Fornication begins in the heart. Leviticus 20:19 “You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for that is to make naked one’s relative; they shall bear their iniquity.” Leviticus 20:21 “If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered ...
Obeying without Fully Understanding The Seventh Commandment God has His reasons, and that’s enough for us. Leviticus 18:19 “You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.” Leviticus 20:18 “If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual period and uncovers her nakedness, he has made naked ...
Training Children for Modesty and Respect The Seventh Commandment Proper attitudes toward sexuality begin at home. Leviticus 20:17 “If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off ...
Uncovering Nakedness The Seventh Commandment God calls us to modesty and mutual respect. Leviticus 18:6-18 “None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the LORD. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you ...
Justice and Community The Seventh Commandment God’s Law forbids adultery. Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” Deuteronomy 5:18 “‘And you shall not commit adultery.’” Ephesians 5:3-13; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 Essentially, adultery is any unlawful sexual activity. It ranges from simple voyeurism to fornication, homosexuality, and bestiality. God is especially severe against sins of adultery, and for very ...
Protecting the Next Generation The Sixth Commandment God’s Law preserves the generations to come. Deuteronomy 25:11, 12 “When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the ...
Our Neighbors’ Keeper The Sixth Commandment God’s Law encourages neighbor-love. Deuteronomy 22:8 “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.” 1 Corinthians 8:9-12 Here is yet another way that neighbors exercised responsibility ...
Pledges and Livelihood The Sixth Commandment No pledge could jeopardize one’s livelihood. Deuteronomy 24:6 “No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.” Taking someone’s livelihood in pledge for a loan was absolutely forbidden. It is part of being in the image ...
Rights of a Slave The Sixth Commandment God’s Law allowed slavery, but with restrictions. Exodus 21:20, 21 “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be ...