29: Respect other’s property and right (#8 no steal) (Deut 23:19 – 24:7)

The command of not stealing should include respecting other’s property and legal rights.

πŸ‘‰ Read Deuteronomy 23:19 – 24:7

They should lower the interest of the loan to their fellow Israelites (T or F)

It is a sin if you refrain from making a vow even though you desire to serve the Lord. (T or F)

You can take fallen fruits in your neighbor’s garden, but not from the tree. (T or F)

Why should not a man remarry his ex-wife whom he had married to another man?


What would be the principle found in the three commands in verses 5 – 7?

 

Answers

False

They should not charge interest for their fellow Israelites. The Lord promised a blessing in the land when they kept this command.

False

We have the freedom to make a vow or not to make one.

False

You can eat in others’ gardens. But, you can not harvest it. We can see the balance between preserving human life and keeping one’s property.

It is offensive to the Lord.

When a man divorces his wife, he should give her the certificate of divorce, which is a permit to marry another man. In those days, if a woman without a divorce certificate slept with another man, she might be accused of adultery and be stoned. The certificate was a document that stated that she was free from any binding of marriage.

If a man remarries his ex-wife, he himself denies the reason for the first divorce. Divorce was not God's desired will but only permitted because of human wickedness. Remarrying his ex-wife is treating the marriage vow so lightly.

 

Protect others’ right to happiness, life, and dignity.

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