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Biblical Principle #317: Priest to Encourage Israel’s Army
Biblical Principles List Principle Before heading to war, a priest was to encourage Israel’s army with key reminders. Explanation Through Moses, GOD told Israel: 1 “Now if you go out to war against your enemies and see horse and rider and a people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the…
Biblical Principle #298: Israelites Not to Eat ‘Unclean’
Biblical Principles List Principle The Law of Moses distinguished between creatures that were clean and unclean, and Israel was forbidden from eating the unclean. Explanation In the Law of Moses, GOD gave Israel specific dietary guidelines regarding what they were permitted to eat and what was forbidden. Anything GOD said was unclean was disallowed from…
Biblical Principle #295: Warning Regarding Leprosy
Biblical Principles List Principle In the Law of Moses, God warned Israel to carefully obey the priests’ instructions regarding leprosy. Explanation As GOD concluded His instructions for Moses to write in the Law of the covenant for Israel, He finished with a warning to the Israelites about the importance of heeding the priests’ instructions about…
Biblical Principle #294: Israel’s Cleansing of Leprous House
Biblical Principles List Principle The Law of Moses gave instructions for how Israel was to cleanse a house that had a leprosy-like infection. Explanation We previously established that GOD gave Moses instructions for the Israelites for treating situations of leprosy, as well as other specific questionable skin illnesses that could be leprous. GOD also provided…
Biblical Principle #293: Israel’s Treatment of Skin Illnesses
Biblical Principles List Principle The Law of Moses instructed Israel on handling various skin-related illnesses, such as boils, burns, eczema, and diseases causing hair loss. Explanation We previously established that the Law of Moses gave instruction on handling cases of leprosy. GOD also equipped the priests with how to deal with other skin illnesses that…
Biblical Principle #228: Israel to Ceremonially Cleanse
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, an Israelite was to purify themselves following specific events that made them ceremonially unclean to GOD. Explanation In the Law of Moses, GOD specified four categories of uncleanness that required a form of ceremonial cleansing: Here is what the Law said about each of these categories:…
Biblical Principle #210: Israel to Tithe (for Specific Things)
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, God told Israel to tithe for certain specific things. Explanation GOD instructed Israel under the Law of Moses to tithe. However, certain details are often overlooked about tithing under the Law. For example: Here is what the Scripture says about tithing under the Law of Moses:
Biblical Principle #209: Israel to Offer its Firsts to God
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, God told Israel to offer its first and best to God. Explanation In the Law of Moses, GOD gave several instructions about “first’s.” Israelites were instructed to give or redeem these firsts: 28 You shall not delay to offer the first of your threshing floor and fruit…
Biblical Principle #173: Priests Received Israel’s Firstfruits
Biblical Principles List Principle God gave the firstfruits of Israel’s blessings to the priests as provisions for them and their family. Explanation GOD provided special blessings for the Levitical priests. Among these blessings were the first and best of Israel’s produce and reproduction.