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Why are certain Old Testament commandments still binding when others aren't? [duplicate]
Some of the laws in the OT are no longer considered binding to Christians as addressed in the linked question below. If that is the case, why are other laws still considered binding? What is the ...
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What is Deuteronomy 15 saying about the poor?
Deuteronomy 15 is giving laws and rules relating to the treatment of the poor in communities. Verse 4 says:
However, there will be no poor among you, since the Lord will surely bless you in the ...
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What are the natures of the different “priesthoods” mentioned in the old testament
In the old testament, there are three (maybe more?) references to a priesthood.
Genesis 14:18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.) 19 ...
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Why is this man free from guilt?
Numbers 5:11-31 gives us an adultery test used by the Hebrew people in their early days.
11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘If any man’s ...
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What happened to the Book of the Law?
2 Kings 22 (NIV)
8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found
the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan,
who read it.
11 When the ...
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What is the biblical support for the moral-civil-ceremonial distinction of Old Testament laws?
I just asked this question looking for where this view point came from and when it was made popular.
Ceremonial Law: This type of law relates to Israel's worship. (Lev 1:1-13) The laws pointed ...
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Where did the moral-civil-ceremonial distinction of Old Testament laws come from and when was it popularized? [duplicate]
When answering this question: How many laws from Old Testament are still valid in New Testament? I was reminded that my answer is not Biblically derived in making the trinary distinction of Old ...
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How many laws from Old Testament are still valid in New Testament? [duplicate]
I don't know this question is within the scope or not.
Its straightforward. How many of the Laws in OT can be transported to NT and usable?
These are some of the OT laws which are no longer useful ...
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Why did punishment differ in Leviticus 20:13 and 1 Kings 15:11-12?
Is there any reason behind why punishment differed in Leviticus 20:13 and 1 Kings 15:11-12? What's the context?
Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of
them have ...
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Was there a sacrifice in the Old Testament for intentional sins?
When reading through the law in the Old Testament it seems that there are only sacrifices for unintentional sins. Is this true? How does the New Testament handle intentional sins such as drunkenness, ...
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Does extreme use of capital punishment in ANE & Mosaic laws attest to a universal recognition of God's wrath, or God's tolerance of universal cruelty?
If you read any of the ancient near east (ANE) codes such as Hammurabi's Code of Laws there is a strikingly similiar severity in the widespread use of capital punishment. This gives a similiar feel to ...
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According the infallibility of scripture, do ancient near east laws (ANE laws) really explain the derivation of the laws of Moses?
In the last 100 years, archaeology has discovered many ancient bodies of law including Sumerian, Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian and Canaanite ancient laws. This has caused a lot of significant hoopla ...
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Is it a sin or forbidden to follow any of the parts of the Law of Moses?
In John 7:53-8:11, Jesus condemns fulfilling the Law of Moses when it requires that a crowd stone an adulteress to death. This seems to imply (if these passages are authentic, which is in question) ...
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Why were Aaron and his son only ones eligible for being a Priest?
In ancient times, the only people who were offered a chance to become the priest were Aaron and his sons.
Would not this be unfair? There might have been people who were more fitted to the position. ...
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Was “eye for an eye” law in the O.T. imperative or only permissive?
Was "eye for an eye" law in the O.T. permissive or imperative in its nature?
What I mean here is that if somebody took my eye in that time and I were one of the Israelites, then I could have taken ...
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Do Old Testament individual, family and social laws and guidance apply to Christians or did Jesus come to discard OT laws and guidance?
If OT laws are to be ignored by Christians, does God/Jesus provide substitute laws in the New Testament texts? I.e., if God thought it important to provide laws (in addition to requiring certain ...
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Was the marriage between Abraham and Sarah incestuous?
In the comments to this answer to the question of why Abraham lied to Pharaoh about his relationship with Sarah, the following question which I am about to pose, appeared:
Was the marriage between ...
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To what extent did God establish a law prior to the Mosaic law?
Genesis 4 has always bothered me. The story of God accepting Able's sacrifice and not Cain's has led me to wonder: How did they even know to sacrifice? Was this practice started by Adam? Or did God ...
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To what extent does the Law of Moses still apply?
Matthew 5:17-18 (KJV)
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot ...
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What is the origin of the moral-civil-ceremonial distinction of the Old Testament law?
This distinction is often called tripartite division of the law.
I ran across this series of blog posts:
http://maelandcindy.blogspot.com/2008/06/is-mosaic-law-tripartite.html
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