Tuesday, 3/22: Not much stood out here. I thought the whole "murderer-asylum" thing was a little silly. He could have just said, "If he kills a man on purpose, he should be put to death. If not, he may take asylum." That guy needed a total copyeditor.
Wednesday, 3/23: OK, this is like the follow-up to the thing you thought was "girl-power" and I thought was a giant insult. Women getting to inherit property was only to keep it in the family, the whole passage basically boiled down to: "Give it to the woman if there isn't any other male suitable of taking it." It was a last resort, not an empowerment. Now we have the next part of the passage: "Hey, if we women marry outside the family, some other tribe will get our land." And the answer: "So only marry within the family." Uh, what about, you keep the land even IF you get married?
Thursday, 3/24: I liked this part: 37 "Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults-unless, of course, you want the same treatment. Don't condemn those who are down; that hardness can boomerang. Be easy on people; you'll find life a lot easier.38 Give away your life; you'll find life given back, but not merely given back-given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity."
Friday, 3/25: About the Mount Pigsah sermon - if people aren't supposed to have any carved or painted images of God - is a crucifix wrong? A statuette of Jesus? It seems like that would fall under the category of putting God into a likeness to worship.
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