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  God told Moses to come up to Him and to bring Aaron, Nadab and Abihu  (sons of Aaron) , and seventy of the elders of Israel and worship from afar. Then God said that only Moses should come near Him, but the others shouldn't come near. Neither should the people go up with him. Moses went and told the people all the words and judgments of the Lord. All that the Lord told Moses, the people agreed to do with one accord. Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. He had young Israelite men to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. Moses took half the blood and put it in basins and the other half, he sprinkled on the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it for the people to hear. Again, all the people being on one accord agreed to do all that the Lord said in obedience. Moses took the blood and sprin...

  Do Right By Others Don't spread malicious gossip. Don't agree with the wicked to be a lying witness. Don't follow the crowd to do evil.  I can hear my Grandma (in heaven now) saying, "If everybody else jumps off the bridge, does that mean you gonna jump off the bridge? Learn how to think for yourself!" The Bible says in Matthew 7:13, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it."  Don't give a false testimony in a dispute to please the crowd and pervert justice. Don't show favoritism to a poor man in a dispute.  Justice for all, "underdog" or not. If you see your enemy's ox or donkey straying off, you should take it back to him.  This is truly a "trust God moment" because your enemy could accuse you of trying to steal the animal or you could win him over and turn the enemy into a friend. If you see the donkey of one of your haters lying he...

  If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and then kills or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for the one ox and four sheep for the one sheep.  With God restitution isn't just replacing what was taken/stolen, but replacing it many times over (basically, with interest). If a thief is caught breaking in and gets killed, there shall not be any guilt for his death. If the sun rises on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed.  A number of googled commentaries interpret the scripture as saying that if the thief broke in during the night and was killed, the killer would not be guilty of the bloodshed. The reason being that at night the person really couldn't be seen or the intent could be to cause harm because the residents of the home would be more defenseless at night, perhaps asleep in bed. However, if the thief broke in during the day and was killed, the killer would be guilty of the bloodshed. The reason being that the thief may have just been there to steal or the owner c...

Genesis 17:1 - When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. (NKJV) Are you walking blameless before the Lord? Genesis 7:1 - Then the Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. (NKJV) Would God consider you righteous in this generation? Please feel free to post the 1st Verse of a Bible Chapter ending with the Number 7 in  the Comments Section. Click here to visit My Bible Reading Journal