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The Law of Moses (Dt.5:31)
1. Two or Three witnesses needed to convict on any crime (Dt.19:15)
The commands, decrees, and laws against other gods1.Have no other gods before me(Ex.20:3) This is the first command the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to the whole assembly(Dt.5:22).
2. Mention no other gods (Ex.23:13)
3-4. Do not follow/bow down to other gods (Ex.23:24)
5. Break/Destroy every other god (Ex.23:24)
6. Make no covenant with them or their gods(Ex.23:32)
7. Worship no other god (Ex.34:14)
8. Do not eat their sacrifices (Ex.34:15)
9. Death for sacrificing to other gods (Ex.22:20)
10. Love the Lord with all your heart, soul and strength (Dt.6:5)
11-13. Fear/take oaths/serve the Lord only (Dt.6:13)
14. Do not test the Lord (Dt.6:16)
15. Keep commandments (Dt.6:17)
16. Do what is right (Dt.6:18)
17. Be blameless before the Lord (Dt.18:13)
The commands, decrees, and laws against idolatry
1. Make no images of any kind(Ex20:4)
This is the second command the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to the whole assembly (Dt.5:22).
2. Do not bow down or worship them (Ex.20:5)
3. Sacrifice no child to them (Lev.18:21)
4. Do not turn to them (Lev.18:21)
5. Do not set them up (Lev.18:21)
6. Do not be corrupted by them (Dt.4:16)
7. Do not be deceived by them (Dt.11:16)
8. Do not inquire about them (Dt.12:30)
9. Destroy all who worship them (Dt.13:1-18; 17:2-7)
The commands, decrees, and laws against blaspheme or irreverence
1. Do not misuse the name of the Lord (Ex.20:7)
This is the third command the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to the whole assembly (Dt.5:22).
2. Do not curse rulers (Ex.22:28)
3. Do not make oaths by God's name falsely (Lev.19:12)
4. Death for Blaspheme (Lev.24:10-16)
The commands, decrees, and laws regarding the weekly Sabbath
1. Remember to keep it holy (Ex.20:8)
This is the fourth command the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to the whole assembly (Dt.5:22).
2 The seventh day after six days of work is the weekly Sabbath (Ex.20:9-10) The Sabbath day changed on the day of Firstfruits,the 8th day after Passover (Lev.23:15-16with Ex.20:9-10)
3. Do not cook on the Sabbath (Ex.16:23)
4. Stay at home (Ex.16:29)
5. Do not work on the Sabbath (Ex.20:10) The following are not to work: A) Parents B) Children C) Servants D) Animals E)Alien (non-Israelites)
6. Rest(Ex.23:12)
7. Observe the Sabbath. Whoever does any work on this day must be cut off (Ex.31:14)
lawful work,i.e. Priestly duties were excluded (Num.28:8-10).
8. Do not light a fire (Ex.35:3)
Fire for sacrifices were permitted (Num.28:9-10).
9. Sacrifice every Sabbath (Num.28:9-10)
10. Keep as a sign between me and Israel. A memorial of deliverance from slavery in Egypt (Ex.31:13-17~Dt.5:15)
Additional Sabbath Days
1. The 1st or Passover Day and the 7th Day-which ends the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Lev.23:5-8)
2. The Day of Pentecost (Lev.23:15-21)
3. Day of blowing Trumpets, Oct.1st of our calendar (Lev.23:24-25)
4. The Day of Atonement, Oct.10th of our calendar(Lev.23:26-32)
5. The 1st and 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, Oct.15th and 23rd of our calendar (Lev.23:33-44)
Year-long Sabbath for the land,vine and olive yards
1. Every seven years (Ex.23:10-11;Lev.25:1-7,18-24)
Two year-long Sabbath for the land, vine and olive yards
1. Every 50 years (Lev.25:8,11-12)
The commands, decrees, and laws:For parents and children
1. Honor you father and mother (Ex.20:12)
This is the fifth command the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to the whole assembly (Dt.5:22).
2. Death for attacking parents (Ex.21:15)
3. Death for cursing parents (Ex.21:17;Lev.20:9)
4. Rise/respect the elderly (Lev.19:32)
5. Parents to teach laws to children (Dt.6:6-7)
6. To tie commandments on hands and foreheads(Dt.6:8)
7. To write commandments on house door frames and gates (Dt.6:9)
8. To explain law origins and reason for keeping them (Dt.6:20-25)
9. To give a double portion to firstborn (Dt.21:17)
For divorce and remarriage
1. Allowed for indecency (Dt.24:1)
2. To write/give a certificate of divorce (Dt.24:1)
3. The indecent person to leave home (Dt.24:1)
4. Cannot remarry the indecent person again after been defiled (Dt.24:2-4)
For marrying
1.Parents of virgin keep proof of virginity(Dt.22:13-17)
2-4. Husband to be fined 100 shekles for false accusation/give to wife's father/must never divorce (Dt.22:18-19)
5. Death by stoning if not a virgin (Dt.22:20-21)
6. Bridegroom exempt from war or any other duty for a year (Dt.24:5)
7. Can marry a captive woman (Dt.21:10-11)
8-11.Shave head/trim nails/give new clothes/let mourn for a month before consummating the marriage (Dt.21:12-13)
12. Cannot sell or treat as a slave if marriage fails (Dt.21:14)
13. Multiple wives allowed (Dt.21:15)
14. But cannot show favoritism (Dt.21:16-17)
15.Cannot take wife's sister as a rival wife while wife is living (Lev.18:18)
16. Death to all involved by fire for marrying a woman and her mother (Lev.20:14)
17. Cannot marry father's wife (Dt.22:30)
For widows and orphans
1. Death for taking advantage (Ex.22:22-24)
2. Brother of widows husband to marry her if childless (Dt.25:5)
3. First son to carry dead brothers name (Dt.25:6)
4.Widow to spit in face in front of elders for refusing to marry (Dt.25:7-9)
5. This mans line to be called The Family of the Unsandaled for refusing (Dt.25:10)
Idiom equivalence:The Family of Bums
Commands, decrees, and laws against killing
1. Shall not murder (Ex.20:13)
This is the sixth command the Lord proclaimed in aloud voice to the whole assembly (Dt.5:22).
2. Death for murder (Ex.21:12)
3. The avenger of blood to execute (Num.35:16-21)
4. Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer (Num.35:31)
5. No death penalty for killing unintentionally (Ex.21:13)
6. Assembly to judge (Num.35:22-24)
7. To send back to city of refuge until the death of high priest (Num.35:25)
8. Death for leaving city of refuge before the death of high priest (Num.35:26-29)
9. Do not accept a ransom for anyone who had fled the city of refuge (Num.35:32)
Commands, decrees and laws against sex crimes
1. Shall not commit adultery (Ex.20:14)
This is the seventh command the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to the whole assembly (Dt.5:22).
2. trial for suspicion of: (Num.5:11-30)
3. Both to be put to death for adultery (Lev.20:10-11;Dt.22:22)
4. Death to both for sleeping with a pledged city virgin (Dt.22:23-24)
5. Death to man only if rape in the country of a pledged virgin(Dt.22:25-27)
6-8. To marry if not a pledged virgin/pay bride-price of 50 shekles/to never divorce (Dt.22:28-29)
9. To pay the bride-price even if father refuses to allow marriage (Ex.22:16-17)
Sexual relationships with the following forbidden:
A. Close relatives (Lev.18:6)
B. Mother (Lev.18:7)
c. Father's wife (Lev.18:8)
D-F. Sister/father's or mother's daughter (Lev.18:9)
G-H. Son's daughter/daughter's daughter (Lev.18:10)
I. Daughter of father's wife born to your father (Lev.18:11)
J. Father's sister (Lev.18:12)
K. Mother's sister (Lev.18:13)
L. Father's aunt (Lev.18:14)
M. Daughter-in-law (Lev. 18:15)
N. Brother's wife (Lev.18:16)
O-Q Woman and daughter or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter (Lev.18:17)
R. During a woman's monthly period (Lev.18:19)
S. Neighbor's wife (Lev.18:20)
T. sex with the same gender (Lev.18:22)
U. with animal's (Lev.18:23)
1. Death/childless for above crimes (Lev.18:24;20:10-21)
2. Don't make daughter into a prostitute (Lev.19:29)
3. No man or woman to be prostitutes (Dt.23:17)
4. Money made from prostitution not to be brought to the Lord your God (Dt.23:18)
Commands, decrees and laws against stealing
1. Shall not steal (Ex.20:15)
This is the eighth command the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to the whole assembly (Dt.5:22).
2. Death for kidnapping (Ex.21:16)
3. Ox thief to pay back five head of cattle for each ox killed (Ex.22:1)
4. Sheep thief to pay back four head of sheep for each sheep killed (Ex.22:1)
5. No penalty for killing a thief caught breaking in during the night (Ex.22:2-3)
6. Killing a thief caught breaking in during the day is a crime (Ex.22:3)
7. Thief to make restitution or sold to pay for theft (Ex.22:3)
8. Restitution of a live animal in thief's possession to be two for each animal (Ex.22:4)
9. Animal's grazing in another's land to make restitution from the best of his land (Ex.22:5)
10. Restitution for vandalism (Ex.22:6)
11. Double restitution of goods in trust if thief caught (Ex.22:7)
12. Inquest if thief not found to determine negligence (Ex.22:8)
13. Inquest in all cases of illegal possessions to determine who pays back double (Ex.22:9)
14. No restitution for livestock kept in trust that die or are injured or stolen when not looking [night] but an oath required (Ex.22:10-11)
15. Restitution of animal in trust if stolen (Ex.22:12)
16. No restitution for the death of an animal in trust by a wild animal, but proof must be presented (Ex.22:13)
17. Restitution for a borrowed animal if injured or dies if owner not present. If animal was hired, no extra charge (Ex.22:14-15)
18. Do not hold back wages of a hired man overnight (Lev.19:13)
Commands, decrees and laws against lying
1. Shall not give false testimony (Ex.20:16)
This is the ninth command the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to the whole assembly (Dt.5:22).
2. Penalty for false testimony to be as witness intended (Dt.19:16-21)
3. Do not spread false reports (Ex.23:1; Lev.19:16)
4. Have nothing to do with a false charge (Ex.23:7)
5. Do not accept a bribe (Ex.23:8)
6. Do not deceive one another (Lev.19:11)
Commands, decrees and laws against coveting
1. Shall not covet (Ex.20:17)
A)neighbor's house
B)neighbor's wife
C)neighbor's servants
D) neighbor's livestock
E) Any of neighbor's possessions
This is the tenth command the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to the whole assembly (Dt.5:22).
2. Do not hold back offerings (Ex.22:29-30;13:2, 13-15)
A) From your granaries
B) Firstborn of your sons(on the 8th day-circumcised Lev.12:1-5)
B-1) Woman ceremonially unclean a total of 40 days for a boy, 80 days for a girl
B-2) To bring a year-old lamb for burnt offering/pigeon or dove for sin offering(Lev.12:6-7)
B-3) If poor to bring two doves or pigeons (Lev.12:8)
C) Firstborn of your cattle on the 8th day
D) Firstborn of your sheep on the 8th day
3. Redeem with lamb every firstborn donkey or break neck (Ex.13:13)
4. Or buy it back at its set value, adding 20% (Lev.27:27)
5. Or selling the animal, and fine owner 20% (Lev.27:27)
6. Redeem poor relatives land (Lev.25:23-25)
7. Redeem own land if able (Lev.25:26-27)
8. Return land year of Jubilee if not redeemed (Lev.25:28)
9. House in walled city can redeem with in a year or looses it permanently(Lev.25:29-30)
10. Houses in country can be redeemed whenever or returned Jubilee year (Lev.25:31)
11. Levites can always redeem in Levitical towns or returned Jubilee year (Lev.25:32-33)
12. Levitical pastureland belonging to town cannot be sold (Lev.25:34)
13-16. Help support the poor/don't charge interest to countrymen/don't treat as slave if he becomes one/ release in Jubilee year(Lev.25:35-43)
17. Foreign slaves can be for life (Lev.25:44-46)
18. Israelite slaves to temporary residents can be redeemed or set free Jubilee year(Lev.25:47-55)
vows
1. To dedicate males 20-60 years old charge 50 shekels/ females 30 (Lev.27:1-4)
2. To dedicate males 5-20 years old charge 20 shekels/ females 10 shekels(Lev.27:5)
3. To dedicate males 1 month-5 years charge 5 shekels/ females 3 shekels (Lev.27:6)
4. To dedicate males 60+ years charge 15 shekels/ females 10 shekels (Lev.27:7)
5. Priest to set price for those who can't afford the specified amount (Lev.27:8)
6. Can dedicate animals, house or land/are redeemable adding 20%(Lev.27:9-25)
7. But nothing a man owns and devotes may be sold or redeemed(Lev.27:28)
8. Those under the penalty of death cannot be redeemed (Lev. 27:29)
9. A tithe of everything from the land and flock set at 10%/ can redeem at worth plus 20% but no substitutions(Lev.27:30-34)
Special vows
1. As a Nazirite: abstain from fermented drinks, grapes (Num.6:1-4)
2. No haircuts during the entire period of vow (Num.6:5)
3. Not to go near the dead (Num.6:6-8)
4. Accidental death in presence: must shave after ceremonial cleansing of seven days/ bring the eighth day 2 doves or pigeons for offering/must re-dedicate by offering year-old male lamb (Num.6:9-12)
5. Ending Nazirite vow: present year-old male lamb, a ram, grain and drink offerings, and basket of bread without yeast. Shave hair and put in fire. Can have portion of offering and can drink wine. (Num.6:13-21)
1. Vow made by a man must be kept (Num.30:2)
2. Vow made by young woman can be nullified by father (Num.30:3-5)
3. Husband can nullify rash vow (Num.30:6-8)
4. Vow made by widow or divorced woman binding (Num.30:9)
5. Husband can nullify vow within a reasonable time period or bare her guilt (Num.30:10-16)
Exclusion from the Assembly
1. Emasculated man (Dt.23:1)
2. Illegitimate children and their descendants to the tenth generation (Dt. 23:2)
3. Ammorite or Moabite or their descendants to the tenth generation (Dt.23:3-6)
4. Edomites and Egyptians to the third generation (Dt.23:7-8)
Commands, decrees, and laws regarding the Tabernacle and service
1. Materials to be donated (Ex.25:1-9;35:4-9;38:21-31)
2. Skill, ability and knowledge to build given by the Spirit of God (Ex.35:10-36:7)
3. The Ark (Ex.25:10-22 completed in Ex.37:1-9)
4. The Table (Ex.25:23-30 completed in Ex.37:10-16)
5. The Lampstand (Ex.25:31-40 completed in Ex.37:17-24)
5-A. Oil for Lampstand that the lamps may be kept burning (Ex.27:20-21)
6. The Tabernacle (Ex.26:1-37 completed in Ex.36:8-38)
7. The Altar of Burnt offerings (Ex.27:1-8 completed in Ex.38:1-8)
7-A)The fire on altar must not go out(Lev.6:12-13)
8. The Courtyard (Ex.27:9-19 completed in Ex.38:9-20)
9. The Altar of Incense (Ex.30:1-10 completed in Ex.37:25-29)
10. The Basin for washing (Ex.30:17-21)
11. The Anointing oil (Ex.30:22-33)
12. The Altar of Sacrifice (Ex.20:24-26)
The Priesthood
1. The Priests from Levi tribe exchanged from firstborn of Israel(Num.1:47-54;3:5-13,40-42)
1.A) Age of service: 30-50 years (Num.4:1-3) reduced to 25-50 years in Num.8:23-26; reduced again to 20 years and upward in 1Chr.23:24-27)
1.B) Levites having physical defects disqualified for service (Lev.21:16-24)
1.C) Cannot drink alcohol during working hours or die (Lev.10:8-9)
1.D) To be judges (Lev.10:10;Dt.17:8-13)
1.E) To be teachers (Lev.10:11)
2. The Priestly garments (Ex.28:1-5 completed in Ex.39:1)
3. The Ephod(Ex.28:6-14 completed in Ex.39:2-7)
4. The Breastpiece with Urim and Thummin (Ex.28:15-30 completed in Ex.39:8-21)
5.Other Priestly garments (Ex.28:31-43 completed in Ex.39:2-31)
Consecration of the Priests
1. Offer young bull and two rams without defect(Ex.29:1)
2. Along with basket of bread without yeast/cakes mixed with oil/wafers spread with oil (Ex,29:2-3)
3. Wash Priests with water at entrance of Tent of Meeting (Ex.29:4)
4. Dress/anoint high Priest and his sons (Ex.29:5-9)
5. Priests lay hands on bull/sacrifice and put some blood on horns of altar,the rest at the base (Ex.29:10-12)
6. Burn fat/fat covering liver and kidneys (Ex.29:13)
7. Burn rest of bull outside the camp (Ex.29:14)
8. Priest lay hands on one of the rams/sacrifice and sprinkle against altar on all sides/cut ram/wash parts/burn entire ram (Ex.29:15-18)
9. Priests lay hands on other ram/sacrifice/put some blood on lobes of the right ears of priests and on their right thumbs and on right toes/sprinkle blood against the altar on all sides and on priests but with anointing oil(Ex.29:19-21)
10. Take from this ram(for the ordination)all these fats/kidneys and right thigh/a loaf,a cake and a wafer from basket/put in priests hands and wave as a wave offering/burn(Ex.29:22-25)
11. Wave the breast of this ram,it will be the share for the priest(Ex.29:26)
12. Breast and left thigh is always to be the regular share from Israelites fellowship offering for priests (Ex.29:27-28)
13. Sacred Garments past on to descendants to be anointed and ordained in them as Aaron was/wear seven days(Ex.29:29-30)
14. Cook meat of this ram in a sacred place at entrance of Tent of Meeting/only priests may eat the meat and bread that is in the basket/burn leftovers by morning(Ex.29:31-34)
15. Repeat the above seven days(Ex.29:35-37)
16. Fine flour with oil as a regular grain offering burnt half in morning and half at night/prepared by son who is to succeed high priest(Lev.6:19-23)
Daily Sacrifice Note:All offerings to be salted(Lev.2:13)
1. Two lambs each a year old(Ex.29:38)
2. One in morning/ one at twilight(Ex.29:39)
3. Offer with lambs measured flour,oil,and wine (Ex.29:40-41)
4. A perpetual sacrifice at entrance of Tent of Meeting with the Lord(Ex.29:42-46)
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