Answers to March 19 Questions

What is the limit on the lashes to give someone as punishment? 40 lashes

What is the principle in 25:4? Enable the one working for you to partake of the fruit of his labor

What is the responsibility of an unmarried brother of a married man who died before he had any children? He is to marry the widow to have children for his family line

What was the widow to do if the brother refused to fulfill his duty? After the elders of the town come out to talk to him to fulfill his duty, if he still refuses, she is to take the sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and say pronounce a curse on his house

What is the principle in 25:11-12? The reproductive organs represent the sanctity of life, so a woman has no right to touch another man’ reproductive organs, even if she is defending her husband

What is God’s attitude toward dishonesty? It is an abomination to Him

What is the last thing in chapter 25 that Moses tells Israel not to forget? To utterly destroy Amalek for attacking Israel in the wilderness

Is the command in 26:1-10 for the first year in the Promised Land or for every year? The first year after they enter

What differences do you see between the laws for giving in chapter 26 and the laws for giving in other passages in the law? There was a special basket of firstfruits to take iafter the first harvest in the promised Land. They were to acknowledge how God brought them out of Egypt and made it possible to produce the crops. More information about the third-year tithe is in this chapter. It was to be enjoyed while there in Jerusalem. It was not to be eaten while in mourning or for the dead or while one was unclean.

What did Israel declare that day that Moses spoke to them? That said that the Lord is their God and that would obey His voice and keep His laws

What did the Lord proclaim to Israel that day? That Israel is His special people as He promised, and they are to keep His words and be a holy people