The Ninth Commandment 9.1 Be truthful to God We are to be holy to the Lord in all things and diligent to fulfill our vows. 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 ...
The Ninth Commandment The Commandment God is a God of Truth, and He has entrusted to us a stewardship of His Truth, such that we must always be diligent to speak the truth in love, and to deal truthfully with God and with our neighbor. Exodus 20:16 “You shall not bear false witness ...
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 ...
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 army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free ...
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 go free ...
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 you let him go free from you, you shall not let him ...
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 male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you. You ...
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 no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the ...
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 vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of 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 him nothing, and he cry to the LORD against you, and you ...