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Today's Bible Reading...
Bible Application - January 24 - Exodus 20-22
Questions:
1. “And God spoke all these words, saying, ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought
you out of the land of ________, out of the house of bondage.’” (20;1- 2)
2.”Now these are the____________which you shall set before them.” (21:1)
3. “He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to_______ ____
(21:12)
4. “If a man strikes the ______ of his male or female servant, and destroys it,
he shall let him go free for the sake of his _______.” (21:24)
5. “Burn for burn, ____________ for ____________, stripe for stripe.” (21:25)
6. He who sacrifices to any god, except to the __________ only, he shall be
utterly destroyed.” (22:20)
7. “You shall not afflict any __________ or fatherless child.” (22:22)
8. “You shall never revile God, nor curse a ________ of your people.” (22:28)
Chapter 20 - The Ten Commandments
Chapter 21 - Laws regarding the Treatment of each other
Chapter 22 - Continuation of Laws
What do we learn from this lesson?
1. The Ten Commandments are laws of God by which His people should abide. They
are not Ten suggestions leaving each of us to choose which we will obey and
which we will overlook in our dealings with God and our fellowmen. Most of our
laws today are based on the original Ten Commandments. For from these 10
Commandments thousands of our laws have been gleamed.
2. God also gave judgments. These Moses was to place before the people so that
they would respect all the rights of one another. The Golden Rule is not listed
here but it would cover many of the judgments placed upon the people. Slavery,
treatment of slaves, eye for an eye, parental honor, even swearing at their
parents was cause for death. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, hand for hand,
foot for foot, life for life. These are cruel but necessary to keep peace and
order among so large a group of people who had no other way to maintain order.
3. Within these judgments, theft is forbidden, duty to our neighbors, and the
need for restitution for wrongs must be taken care of. These were needed to keep
down local problems.
4. Again, God warns the people that the sacrifice to the gods of the land rather
than to Himself would bring complete destruction to all who made such sacrifices
against God.
Prayer:
O God, keep reminding us that the commandments, the laws and judgments, which
you gave to the Israelites will suffice for today. For if we kept them, we would
also enjoy your presence among us. Amen.
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