Exodus 22:28
+ 22:28 Hebrew ch 22 v. 27 + 22:28. Ex 22:28 [Heb Bible Ex 22:27] (Ex 20:7) (#3.190): T. Not to blaspheme God / R. We are warned against blasphemy and the penalty is death T. Example: Blasphemy: idolaters, manifesting disrespect towards God, and insulting His chosen leaders R. Example: Judaism views blasphemy as: using God’s name when swearing, using God’s name to call as a witness for truth when lying, or by joining God’s name to inappropriate or unacceptable actions or objects (The Nine Commands, Freedman, p47-49) / Consequence: To put to death one who pronounces blasphemy in the name of Adonai (which in Hebrew is “ Yahweh”) (Lev 24:16). Death by stoning or sword as evidenced by (Ex 32:26-29 and Lev 24:10-17) “You shall not blaspheme God, + 22:28. Ex 22:28 [Heb Bible Ex 22:27] (#5.364): T. Not to curse a leader among your people / R. Not to curse a ruler; which is the King, or the head of the Great Rabbinical Court / the Sanhedrin ·Sitting together· in the Land of Israel [God prevails] + 22:28. Ex 22:28 [Heb Bible Ex 22:27] (#5.365): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text, it is implied / R. Not to curse or revile a judge nor curse a ruler of your people. + 22:28. Quoted in Acts 23:5
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Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
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Exodus 13:12+ 13:12. Ex 13:12 (Ex 13:11-13; Deut 15:18-23) (#8.483): T. To sanctify the firstborn of all clean animals and bring the firstborn as a sacrifice / R. To set aside the firstborn animals that you shall set apart to Adonai all that opens the womb, and every firstborn + 13:12. Quoted in Luke 2:23 which you have that comes from an animal. The males shall be Adonai’s.
Exodus 22:8If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he has not put his hand to his neighbor’s goods.
Exodus 23:19+ 23:19. Ex 23:19 (Ex 34:26) (#8.489): To bring the best of the first fruits of your land into the house of Adonai your God The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Adonai your God. + 23:19. Ex 23:19 (#3.193): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text (see Ex 34:26 OU195) / R. Not to seethe ·soak or saturate in liquid· a kid in its mother’s calav ·milk, fat· / R. Not to eat meat and milk cooked together Note: The Wycliffe Bible Commentary (1977 p.73) says from “the Ugarit literature discovered in 1930, it was learned that boiling a kid in its mother’s milk was a Canaanite [Descendant of Humbled] practice used in connection with fertility rites” / Note: Some scholars disagree about the interpretation of the Ugarit text, saying the translation is incorrect R. Note: In 1195, Rambam, also called Maimonides suggested, “As for the prohibition against eating meat ·boiled· in milk, it is in my opinion not improbable that – in addition to this being undoubtedly very gross food and very filling – idolatry had something to do with it. Perhaps such food was eaten at one of the ceremonies of their cult or one of their festivals” The Guide to the Perplexed (111:48) “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk fat. (6)
Psalms 82:1God presides in the great assembly. 2 He judges among the deities. 1
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:26-31
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 Thou… Read the whole commentary →