Mar 3 2010 Deuteronomy 23:15-27:10

Moses reviews more laws. I read somewhere that there are 613 laws in the bible.

They were supposed to be kind to slaves who settled with them.
Shrine or cult prostitutes (sodomites) were forbidden whether male of female. God detests them both.
Interest was not to be charged to Israelites, it was ok for foreigners.
If a person made a promise, they were to keep it.
If a person was hungry they could eat from a crop, but they couldn't take any with them.
If a man divorced a woman, and she married another man, and he divorced her too, she could not marry the first husband again.
A man was not to be sent to war during his first year of marriage.
Millstones were not to be used for pledges.
Kidnapping was an evil deserving of death. (Like what happened to Joseph)
Infectious skin diseases were dangerous and the instructions of the priests were to be followed accordingly.
A person who accepted a pledge from someone was to wait outside the house while they went in and got it. They were to return it at sunset.
A person who was poor and needy was not to be taken advantage of.
Fathers were not put to death for their children, or children put to death for their fathers. Each is responsible for their own sin.
Be kind to people less fortunate than you.
When two men had a dispute they were to take it to the judge who would decide the verdict. If the guilty man deserved to be beaten, they received no more that 40 lashes.
They were not to muzzle the ox while it was treading out grain.
If a brother died the remaining brother was to marry his widow and provide an heir. If he refused, she could take him to court and there she could shame him by slapping him with her sandal and spitting in his face.
A wife was not to stop a fight between her husband and another man by grabbing the hub's privates. If she did her hand was to be cut off.
They were to use honest weights and measures.
They were to be sure to blot out all signs of the Amalekites from the land.
They were given instructions for offering firstfruits from the land they were about to possess.
In the third year they were to set aside a tenth of all produce and give it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the widow so they would be satisfied.
Moses told them of God's command to follow all His laws and walk in His ways. God would put them ahead of all other nations if they obeyed Him.
They were to set up some large stones, cover them with plaster and write the laws on them. After they crossed the Jordan into the promised land they were to set them up on Mount Ebal. There they were to build an altar, and make fellowship offerings to the Lord, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of God.
Moses told them again to obey God.

Tomorrow read Deuteronomy 27:11-ch28