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Divorce The Seventh Commandment 7.4 Regulate divorce Deuteronomy 24:1-4 “‘When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a…
Homosexuality and Bestiality The Seventh Commandment Leviticus 18:22 “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.” Leviticus 20:13 “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have…
Cult Prostitution The Seventh Commandment Leviticus 19:29 “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.” Prostitution was closely linked to idolatry in pagan practice. It…
Rape The Seventh Commandment Deuteronomy 22:25-27 “But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.…
Adultery with a Betrothed Woman The Seventh Commandment Deuteronomy 22:23, 24 “If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of…
Premarital Sex The Seventh Commandment Exodus 22:16, 17 “If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. If her father…
Adultery (4) The Seventh Commandment 7.3 Do not commit other unlawful relations Leviticus 20:14 “If a man takes a woman and her mother also, it is depravity; he and they shall be burned with fire, that there may be no…
Adultery (3) The Seventh Commandment Leviticus 20:20 “If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.” Leviticus 20:12 “If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both…
Adultery (2) The Seventh Commandment Deuteronomy 22:30 “A man shall not take his father’s wife, so that he does not uncover his father’s nakedness.” 1 Corinthians 5:1, 2, 13 Leviticus 20:11 “If a man lies with his father’s wife, he…
Adultery (1) The Seventh Commandment 7.2 Do not commit unlawful relations between men and women 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…