Week 42, Day 3: Dealing with property
Today’s Reading: Exodus 22:1-31
Some thoughts from the reading…
As an aside note, as we read through the commands given in the Law of Moses I want to encourage you to look for places in our current laws that reflect a basis on the statutes given here. I have already seen a few places where I believe our laws reflect similarities to the commands given in the law of Moses (ex. instructions given on manslaughter in 21:12-14).
Chapter 22 primarily deals with a person’s property. If it is stolen, borrowed, or put in someone else’s care. I think that some of these different instruction are good to reflect on because it does give us some concepts about God’s expectations for their conduct. I like to consider these things because, although not commanded to do the same, I do think that these instructions can give us some understanding of how we ought to treat one another. Some examples. Verse 14-15 talks about when someone borrows something. You can see here a principle stressed. If you borrow something then you are responsible for it. Take care of it and make sure that you return it in good condition. Verse 5 indicates a person needs to respect their neighbor’s property. If you have mismanaged your land then you do not have the right to just do what you want with your neighbors land. I mention some of these examples because when we talk about walking in integrity and treating others as we want to be treated, we can get some additional understanding for how to do these things. These passages can stir us to think about different areas of applications. What would we do or expect should happen in some of these situations.
Question: Why would God command that no interest be charged to money lended to poor people, vs 25.
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