The reading for Thursday, February 23, 2023 , is Deuteronomy 23 - 25

Deuteronomy 23 - 25 

Why was all this emasculation going on? So weird from today's cultural world. 

23:7 says not to despise an Egyptian because the Israelites had resided as foreigners in Egypt. Yet, the Egyptians had made them slaves and order their sons be killed. To my human way of thinking, despising the Egyptians would be a given. 

Here we see the protection of an slave seeking refuge from their master. 

I love the leaving of various foods for the fatherless, the foreigner and the widow. Sounds like a social program with responsibilities

The duty of the brother-in-law. Yuck! in my opinion. Very different culturally. 

If somebody was attacking my man, I might think it worth it to have my hand cut off in order to stop the fight. Probably my modern day cultural thinking. 

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