Now God continues to provide remedies for crimes against
humanity. So if a man were to entice a
maid, who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he was called upon to endow her to be his wife; but if her father
utterly refused to give her to him, the man was compelled to pay money to her
according to the custom of dowry for virgins.
God also
gave command that a witch should be put to death.
Whosoever
lies with a beast should also be put to death.
It was also
prohibited to sacrifice to any god other than the Lord; and who ever did so was
to be destroyed.
God’s
people were also warned against vexing or oppressing a foreigner, reminding
them that they, too, were once foreigners in the land of Egypt
It was also
prohibited to afflict or mistreat the fatherless and the widows. For if they were afflicted or mistreated in
any way, and they cried unto the Lord, He would hear their cry and kill the
oppressor with fire and sword, and make widows and orphans of his wife and
children.
Turning to
the poor, God said, “If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among
you, you shall not be to him a usurer, not burden them with usury.
Who
but the Creator of the universe, the All-Knowing, All-Seeing, Provident God
could have foreseen all there several contingencies? More www.chaberbooks.com
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