Do Not Test the Lord The Ninth Commandment Deuteronomy 6:16-19 “‘You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah. You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. And you shall do ...
Truthful, Like God The Ninth Commandment Exodus 20:16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Deuteronomy 5:20 “‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.’” God is a God of truth. Anything less than or opposed to truth is therefore contrary to the very being of God and cannot further ...
Utterly Destroy The Eighth Commandment Deuteronomy 20:10-18 “‘When you draw near to a city to fight against it, offer terms of peace to it. And if it responds to you peaceably and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall ...
Exemptions from War The Eighth Commandment Deuteronomy 20:1-9 “‘When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land ...
Family First The Eighth Commandment Deuteronomy 24:5 “‘When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.’” We note here, first of all, ...
Runaway Slaves The Eighth Commandment Deuteronomy 23:15-16 “‘You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not ...
A Different Institution The Eighth Commandment Leviticus 25:47-55 “If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger’s clan, then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One ...
Slaves and the Law 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 slave, male or female, he shall let the slave ...
A Slave of One’s Daughter? The Eighth Commandment Exodus 21:7-11 “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have ...
Indentured Servitude The Eighth Commandment Exodus 21:2-6 “When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. If ...