This might surprise some people, but I attend a weekly bible study on Monday nights. Two weeks ago, the study involved us reading a couple of chapters from Leviticus which, for those who are un-churched, is filled with the laws of the Ancient Jewish society. Among the laws I read about were:
- (18:19) You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
- (18:22) You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
- (19:9-10) When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest. You shall not strip your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the alien: I am the Lord your God.
- (19:13b) You shall not keep for yourself the wages of a labourer until morning.
- (19:19) You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your animals breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; nor shall you put on a garment made of two different materials.
- (19:33-34) When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.