1. Were the children of Israel expected to be holy?
• While we don’t always cross reference every point in our study, it is significant to establish that we are expected to be holy too (Ephesians 1:4; 5:27 and I Peter 1:13-16).
3. Were peace offerings to be offered by choice or to be forced upon the people?
4. Why were the children of Israel expected to leave some of their harvests in the field and some of the grapes in the vineyard?
5. Was honesty expected of the children of Israel?
6. Was there to be any respect of persons in judgment?
7. Were talebearers in violation of the commands of God?
8. Was vengeance acceptable to God?
9. Why wouldn’t a betrothed bondmaid, who is not redeemed or freed, be put to death if she were to lie carnally with a man?
• If she were free, then death would be upon both parties (Deuteronomy 22:23-24). 10. When the children of Israel planted fruit trees in a new land, how long did they have to wait to eat of that fruit?
11. Would tattoos have been okay with the Lord?
12. Prostitution does what to a land?
13. Would the children of Israel look to mediums and wizards for answers?
14. Were older men to be shown respect under the Law of Moses?
15. How were strangers to be treated under the Law of Moses?
• With some exceptions (cf. Exodus 12:43-45). • As many of the principles in this chapter, this too is under our law today (Hebrews 13:1-2). 16. How many of God’s laws were expected to be followed?
17. Was the penalty for giving children to Molech [Jeremiah 32:35] a light penalty?
he and his family (Leviticus 20:1-5). • Molech was the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians. 18. What was the penalty for cursing one’s father or mother?
19. Name three sexual sins that resulted in the death penalty:
• A man having sex with his father’s wife, both die (Leviticus 20:11). • A man having sex with his daughter in-law, both die (Leviticus 20:12). • Homosexuality, both die (Leviticus 20:13). • If a man take his wife and her mother, they all are burnt with fire (Leviticus 20:14). • Bestiality, the man / woman and the beast die (Leviticus 20:15-16). 20. Name two sexually related sins that would cause the guilty to be cut off from among the people:
nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity” (Leviticus 20:17). • “And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people” (Leviticus 20:18). 21. What two sins would ensure you would die childless?
22. Were the children of Israel to follow in the ways of those whose land they’d dwell in?
22. Would being a wizard be a good career choice?
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