Difference between revisions of "Other Laws"

<p> While the ten commandments constituted the basis of the covenant Between [[God]] and Israel, many other laws were given looking to their Enforcement. When the people heard the voice of the Lord, they were [[Greatly]] frightened and requested [[Moses]] to hear the law and speak to Them ( <span> [[Exodus]] 20:18-21 </span> ; <span> [[Deuteronomy]] 5:22,33 </span> ). The following evidences are furnished that Moses left a record of the law and his other works: </p> <ol> <li> The [[Lord]] told him to write these words, meaning the law ( <span> Exodus 34:27 </span> ); </li> <li> it is said that Moses wrote all the words of the Lord ( <span> Exodus 24:4 </span> ); </li> <li> Moses told the people to write the law upon the posts of their houses, their gates, and upon plastered stones ( <span> Deuteronomy 6:4-9 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 11:18-20 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 27:1-8 </span> ); </li> <li> it is said that Moses wrote the goings of the children of [[Israel]] ( <span> [[Numbers]] 33:2 </span> ); </li> <li> it is said that Moses wrote the law and delivered it to the priests ( <span> Deuteronomy 31:9-13,24-27 </span> ); </li> <li> it is said that Moses wrote a song ( <span> Deuteronomy 31:22 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 32:1-43 </span> ). </li> </ol> <p> Moses learned the will of God as no other mortal man ever learned it-- God spoke to him face to face ( <span> Numbers 12:6-8 </span> ). [[He]] spent eighty days and nights in [[Mount]] [[Sinai]] with the Lord ( <span> Exodus 24:12-18 </span> ; <span> Exodus 31:18 </span> ; <span> Exodus 34:1-28 </span> ). These laws covered the whole range of human activity: </p> <ol> <li> <i> [[Duties]] to God </i> . They were to love him with all their soul, mind And strength ( <span> Deuteronomy 6:5 </span> ). The reasons assigned for this commandment were, <ol> <li> because He had chosen them above all people ( <span> Deuteronomy 10:15 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 11:1 </span> ); </li> <li> because He had done great and terrible things for them which they had seen ( <span> Deuteronomy 10:21 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 11:1 </span> ). </li> <li> because He had made a great multitude of them ( <span> Deuteronomy 10:22 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 11:1 </span> ). </li> </ol> <p> They were required to </p> <ol> <li> honor [[His]] name ( <span> Deuteronomy 20:7 </span> ), </li> <li> add nothing to his law and take nothing from it ( <span> Deuteronomy 4:2 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 12:32 </span> ), </li> <li> keep his statutes and judgments ( <span> Deuteronomy 12:1 </span> ), </li> <li> and give him the first and best of everything ( <span> Exodus 13:2 </span> ; <span> Exodus 22:29,30 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 26:1-11 </span> ). </li> </ol> </li> <li> <i> [[Personal]] Duties </i> . [[Every]] man was required, <ol> <li> to be honest, </li> <li> and tell the truth ( <span> Exodus 23:1 </span> ; <span> [[Leviticus]] 19:11 </span> ). </li> </ol> </li> <li> <i> Duties of [[Parents]] to Their [[Children]] </i> . Parents were required, <ol> <li> to circumcise their sons when they were eight days old ( <span> Leviticus 12:1-3 </span> ); </li> <li> to impress upon them the great importance of the great events of the nation's history ( <span> Exodus 13:14-16 </span> ); </li> <li> to teach them the law ( <span> Deuteronomy 6:1-6 </span> ); </li> <li> to give them possession of the inheritance ( <span> Numbers 36:1-13 </span> ); </li> <li> to give the firstborn a double portion of the estate ( <span> Deuteronomy 21:15-17 </span> ); <lito> Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ). </lito> </li> </ol> </li> <li> <i> Duties of Children to Their Parents </i> . Children were required, <ol> <li> to honor their parents ( <span> Exodus 20:12 </span> ); </li> <li> to fear them ( <span> Leviticus 19:3 </span> ); </li> <li> and to refrain from cursing or smiting them ( <span> Exodus 21:15,17 </span> ). </li> </ol> </li> <li> <i> Duties of Husbands and [[Wives]] to Each Other </i> . <ol> <li> Husbands were to cheer their wives, to give them a divorce if they did not love them and to confirm or disannul their vows ( <span> Numbers 30:6-15 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 24:1-5 </span> ); </li> <li> wives were required to submit to their husbands ( <span> Numbers 30:6-15 </span> ). </li> </ol> </li> <li> <i> Duties of [[People]] to Their Rulers </i> . The people were required to [[Honor]] their rulers ( <span> Exodus 22:28 </span> ), and to submit to their decisions ( <span> Deuteronomy 17:8-13 </span> ). </li> <li> <i> Duties of Rulers to the People </i> . Rulers were required to measure Out justice to men without regard to their financial standing ( <span> Exodus 23:3,6 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 16:18-20 </span> ). </li> <li> <i> [[General]] Duties </i> . Masters were required to treat their servants [[With]] kindness ( <span> Exodus 21:18-27 </span> ; <span> Leviticus 25:47-54 </span> ). <p> The Hebrews were required </p> <ol> <li> to be generous to the poor and helpless ( <span> Deuteronomy 15:7-11 </span> ), </li> <li> to love strangers ( <span> Exodus 22:21-23 </span> ; <span> Leviticus 19:33 </span> ; <span> Leviticus 25:35 </span> ; <span> Deuteronomy 10:19 </span> ), </li> <li> to love their neighbors as themselves ( <span> Leviticus 19:18 </span> ), </li> <li> and to be honest in their dealings ( <span> Leviticus 19:35,36 </span> ). </li> </ol> </li> </ol>