Category T.M. Moore – Daily Devotionals

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Slavery The Eighth Commandment 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 may also buy from among the strangers…

Resting the Earth The Eighth Commandment Exodus 23:10, 11 “For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people…

Poor, but No Poor 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…