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  2. Incest in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Ezekiel implies [33] that, in his time, marriage between a man and his stepmother, or his daughter-in-law, or his sister, were frequent. [37] This situation seems to be the target of the Deuteronomic version of the incest prohibition, which only addresses roughly the same three issues [ 1 ] [ 33 ] (though prohibiting the mother-in-law in place ...

  3. Crime and punishment in the Torah - Wikipedia

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    After Onan's brother Er died, his father Judah told him to fulfill his duty as a brother-in-law to Tamar, by giving her offspring. Centuries later, in the days of Moses, this practice was formulated into a law of a Levirate marriage, where the brother of the deceased would provide offspring to the childless widow [9] to preserve the family line ...

  4. Law of Moses - Wikipedia

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    The Law of Moses or Torah of Moses (Hebrew: תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה ‎, Torat Moshe, Septuagint Ancient Greek: νόμος Μωυσῆ, nómos Mōusē, or in some translations the "Teachings of Moses" [1]) is a biblical term first found in the Book of Joshua 8:31–32, where Joshua writes the Hebrew words of "Torat Moshe תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה ‎" on an altar of stones at Mount Ebal.

  5. LIVING GRACE: Do not dismiss Old Testament laws

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    Aug. 19—"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a ...

  6. Rape in the Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    Renita J. Weems' Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets (1995) on sexual violence in marriage metaphors in Hosea, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. Jonathan Kirsch 's The Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible (1997) on Lot's daughters (Genesis 19), Dinah (Genesis 34), and Tamar (2 Samuel 13) as three rape ...

  7. Leviticus 18 - Wikipedia

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    The chapter begins with God speaking to Moses (verse 1) and giving him a message for the Israelites (2), warning them to keep God's laws rather than Canaanite or Egyptian practices (3–5). Then God is quoted as listing people with whom sex is forbidden due to family relationships (6–19).

  8. Deuteronomic Code - Wikipedia

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    The Deuteronomic Code is the name given by academics to the law code set out in chapters 12 to 26 of the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible. [1] The code outlines a special relationship between the Israelites and Yahweh [2] and provides instructions covering "a variety of topics including religious ceremonies and ritual purity, civil and criminal law, and the conduct of war". [1]

  9. Capital punishment in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    [32] According to the Talmud, this verse is a death penalty. [33] In Genesis 38:24-26, when Judah is told that Tamar (his former daughter-in-law) had become a harlot and was pregnant, he sentences her to death by burning. However, she proves that he (Judah) is the father, and (apparently) the ruling is reversed. [3] [4]