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2. Kidnapping Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7 3. Striking or Cursing Parents Exodus 21:15; Leviticus 20:9; Proverbs 20:20; Matthew 15:4; Mark 7:10 4. Magic and Divination Exodus 22:18 5. Bestiality Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:15–16 6. Sacrificing to False Gods Exodus 22:20 7. Profaning the Sabbath Exodus 35:2; Numbers 15:32–36 8. Offering Human Sacrifice Leviticus 20:2 9. Adultery Leviticus 20:10–21; Deuteronomy 22:22 10. Incest Leviticus 20:11, 12, 14 11. Homosexuality Leviticus 20:13 12. Blasphemy Leviticus 24:11–14, 16, 23 13. False Prophecy Deuteronomy 13:1–10 14. Incorrigible Rebelliousness Deuteronomy 17:12; 21:18–21 15. Fornication Deuteronomy 22:20–21 16. Rape of Betrothed Virgin Deuteronomy 22:23–27 © 1993 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON 13:10 stone him to death. The convicting witness cast the first stone. Love for family and friends must not take precedence over devotion to God (cf. Luke 14:26).
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON 13:12 one of your cities. He has in mind an entire city of Canaan given by God to the Israelites, yet enticed to idolatry.
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON 13:13 worthless fellows. Lit., "sons of Belial (worthlessness)." Belial is used of Satan in 2 Cor. 6:15. It is a way to describe evil, worthless, or wicked men (Judg. 19:22; 1 Sam. 2:12; 1 Kings 21:10, 13).
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON 14:1 You shall not cut . . . or make any baldness. The two practices, lacerating the body and shaving the head, were associated with mourning customs of foreign religions. Though the actions could in themselves appear to be innocent, they were associated with practices and beliefs reprehensible to the Lord. Cf. Lev. 19:27–28; 21:5; 1 Kings 18:28; 1 Cor. 3:17.
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON 14:2 you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Again comes the important reminder of their peculiar relation to God. Over 250 times, Moses emphasized to Israel, "the Lord your God."
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON 14:3–21 This summary of clean and unclean animals is drawn from the list in Lev. 11:2–23. The ground for the allowances and