1. What comfort did the children of Israel have when they went into battle? 2. Who could be “excused” from battle? 3. What difference was there in war against some people, versus war with the people of the land God was giving the children of Israel for an inheritance? 4. Why were the children of Israel to kill everyone in the land which they were to inherit? 5. What was to be done if a person was murdered and no one knew what occurred? 6. Outside of the land inherited by the children of Israel wherein all were to be killed, what would a man of Israel do if he wanted a wife of a conquered land? 7. If a man took a woman of a land Israel conquered to be his wife, did he have to keep her as his wife if he had no delight in her? 8. Could a man have more than one wife under the Law of Moses? 9. If a man had two wives and hated one, could he dismiss a son from that relationship by withholding that boy’s inheritance? 10. What was done to a stubborn and rebellious son in Israel? 11. Was the idea of “if I find it, I keep it” lawful amongst the children of Israel? 12. Should a man or woman try to dress themselves to look as the opposite sex? 13. Why were the children of Israel instructed to construct the roofs of their houses with safety in mind? 14. Did God try to instruct His children not to mix things which do not belong together? 15. What would occur if a man took a wife and charged her as not being a virgin? 16. What was the punishment of adultery? 17. What was the difference between the punishments of a betrothed virgin having a consensual sexual relationship with another man and her being forced into a sexual encounter with another man? 18. What was expected of a male and female who had “premarital” sex wherein the woman was not betrothed to another? 19. What did a Eunuch, Bastard, Ammonite, and Moabite have in common? 20. Why were the Edomite and Egyptian not to be abhorred by the children of Israel? 21. Was it okay to be a whore or a sodomite? 22. Could the children of Israel take as much as they wanted from each other’s vineyard’s and crops? 23. Could a man put away his wife and take her back later at his will? 24. Why were the children told to remember Miriam? 25. Were children considered guilty for the sins of their fathers? 26. Were the children of Israel expected to be considerate for the strangers, widows, and the fatherless? |
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| © 2008 This study was prepared for the midweek studies of the Sunrise Acres church of Christ in El Paso, TX by Brian A. Yeager. |
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