Tag Archives: Deuteronomy
Is God gender biased? Does the Bible warn against men’s sexual sins more than women’s?
Barbara Roberts ♦ 31st August 2019 ♦ 17 Comments
Does Scripture indicate that MEN are more prone to sexual sin than WOMEN? The sexual sins of both sexes are recounted in the Bible. Is God pointing the finger at one sex in particular? For those who are stuck in the sinkhole of sexual immorality, I urge you to read to the bottom of this …
Divorce in Deuteronomy 21 gives dignity and rights to the woman
Barbara Roberts ♦ 21st June 2019 ♦ 3 Comments
Men must NOT treat their wives as persons they can disrespect or demean. The law in Deuteronomy 21:10-14 is designed to restrain misogyny. Deuteronomy 21 stipulates that if an Israelite man took a female prisoner of war (POW) as his wife, he must first allow her time to grieve her losses. He could not just …
Does Scripture differentiate between ‘putting away’ and ‘divorce’?
Barbara Roberts ♦ 17th June 2019 ♦ 30 Comments
Some people claim we can cut through the knotty DIVORCE scriptures by simply differentiating words and their meanings. Their argument goes like this: (i) The Hebrew word shalach and the Greek word apoluo should be translated ‘put away’. Both of those words are used for the husband orally dismissing and sending away his wife without …
The Jewish divorce certificate gave women the right to remarry, but some men used it rule over women
Barbara Roberts ♦ 17th May 2019 ♦ 2 Comments
For centuries Jewish religious leaders have insisted that in order for a divorce to be legal, the husband must write a certificate of divorce. The essential words in the certificate were “You are free to marry any man”. Jews call this divorce certificate a ‘get’ – it is a Hebrew word unrelated to our English …
Jesus did NOT say “Hardness of heart is grounds for divorce”. Deuteronomy 24 has been greatly misunderstood.
Barbara Roberts ♦ 6th May 2019 ♦ 39 Comments
Jesus didn’t say “Hardness of heart is grounds for divorce”. In Deuteronomy 24, Moses didn’t say that hardness of heart is grounds for divorce, he only set limitations on the future conduct of men who chose to divorce their wives. That is the take-home message of this post. In this series I am doing my …
The Bible has one law for unintentional sin, and another law for intentional sin
Barbara Roberts ♦ 16th July 2018 ♦ 11 Comments
The Bible makes a distinction between unintentional sin and intentional sin. This is important when we consider how we, as Christians, are to respond to domestic abusers. The distinction is set out in the Law which Moses gave to the people of Israel. Numbers 15:22-31, NKJ – Laws Concerning Unintentional Sin If you sin unintentionally, and do …
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