Social Responsibility and Young Goats (day 24/365)

Day 24: Exodus 22-24

Main People:

Moses, Aaron, Israelites

Key Points:

*This section has a lot of laws in it. Here are some that stood out to me…

·         Don’t kill a thief in the daylight. That’s murder.

·         Pay back more than you stole.

·         You have to pray the wedding price if you seduce a virgin

·         Don’t sleep (sleep) with an animal

·         Don’t sacrifice to other gods

·         Don’t exploit widows or orphans

·         Don’t dishonor God or curse your rulers

·         Don’t hold anything back from God.

·         Don’t spread false rumors

·         Don’t follow the crowd into doing wrong

·         Don’t slant testimony to slander a poor person.

·         Don’t take bribes

·         Don’t walk by enemy if he/she is hurt

·         Don’t cook a young goat in its mother’s milk (eeewww… that one’s sad)

*74 people ate and drank on Mt. Sinai in the presence of the God.

Verses that Jumped Out at Me:

Exodus 24:18—And he Moses) remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights

Question:

Which law that you read jumped out at you like, “They needed a law against THAT?”

Tomorrow’s Reading: Exodus 25-27

*To find the reading plan I’m doing, click on the “Our Reading Plan for 2013” tab.

*On January 31^st, I’ll have a giveaway (I’m doing this at the end of every month). It will have to do with the reading (so I hope you’re keeping up ;) ) This month’s prize is an ebook copy of my book CROSSING THE DEEP and a $5 Amazon Gift Card

~Kelly