Read Deuteronomy 23:19-20 and then reflect on how we should apply that passage to our lives today (1 page). Try to incorporate the questions listed below as you seek to formulate your response.

Read Deuteronomy 23:19-20 and then reflect on how we should apply that passage to our lives today (1 page). Try to incorporate the questions listed below as you seek to formulate your response.

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Biblical law codes play an immensely important role in the development of Jewish faith. The laws are given for the purpose of maintaining the right relationship with God. In many ways, however, these laws have been misunderstood and misinterpreted. Here are some helpful questions to ask when interpreting these laws:
1. What does the law seek to promote or prohibit?
2. What is a larger narrative context of this particular law?
3. What laws precede and follow this law and how does it help us in dealing with this law?
4. Whom does it seek to help, hinder or punish?
5. What does the law reveal about societal expectations, values and norms?
6. How is it like and unlike the laws that govern our own lives?
7. What theological belief does it seek to protect?
8. What does the law possibly reveal about ancient Israelite culture?
9. What is a principle that a particular law is trying to promote?
Read Deuteronomy 23:19-20 and then reflect on how we should apply that passage to our lives today (1 page). Try to incorporate the questions listed below as you seek to formulate your response.

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