EXODUS –LESSON 39
LEARN: I Peter 1:14-16
as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
READ: Exodus 22:1-31
The title of this lesson might be called Holy living, for God uses his laws to teach the kind of lifestyle that pleases him. Laws concerning theft:
1. What restitution did the LORD require under Mosaic law of a person that had stolen and killed someone’s animal? v 1`
2. Why was the restitution different for stealing an animal according to verse 4?
3. Verses 2 and 3 speak of penalties for what we today call breaking and entering. What is the difference for someone caught breaking in during the night versus someone caught breaking in during the day?
4. Find New Testament Scripture that warns a believer against stealing.Laws concerning property damage:
5. Carelessness in corralling one’s animals can cause great harm to a neighbor’s livelihood, and can be the beginning of great strife if not made right. What did the LORD require of those responsible for damage to another’s crops? v 5
6. Find New Testament Scripture that explains why a believer should be very sensitive and would want to be careful that his animal would never cause damage or distress to another’s property.
7. Is a person responsible if they start a fire that damages someone else’s property? v 6 Explain. Laws concerning dishonesty:
8. If someone deposited some property for safekeeping with another person while he was away, what was to happen if that property was stolen? vv 7, 8
9. I f someone’s property was found to be missing, and he brought accusation against another person for taking it, how was it decided who was in the wrong? v 9
10. If an animal left with someone else died or went missing while in the charge of that person, what was to be done? vv 10-13
11. Explain the difference of outcome depending on whether the owner were present or absent, in the case where one borrows from a neighbor and the item be hurt or lost or die? vv 14, 15
12. Using the law from verses 14, 15, explain why the poor prophet was so upset when he lost the axe head. II Kings 6:1-7, Laws concerning immorality:
13. If a man entice an unmarried young lady to sexual sin, what is his responsibility? v 16
14. What is required of the man of verse 16, if the father refuses to allow a marriage to his daughter? v 17
Laws concerning civil and religious obligations:
15. A witch is to be_________ to ________________. v 18
16. The penalty of the sexual perversion of man with animal is _______________. v 19
17. The penalty for giving sacrifice to gods other than the true God is ______________. v 20
18. What 2 things were the Israelites forbidden to do in verses 21, 22?
19. How would God himself deal with any Israelite who disobeyed verses 21, 22? vv 23, 24
20. How were the poor protected if they from necessity had to borrow money? vv 25-27
21. What is the meaning of the word “gods” in verse 28? Leviticus 24:15, 16
22. How were the people to regard their rulers? v 28
23. When it came to offering the sacrifices to God specified by the law, WHAT was to be offered and WHEN? vv 29, 30
24. Use I Corinthians 15:20-23 to help you explain the concept of “first fruit.”
25. What provision did God make for the firstborn of the sons of Israel that were to be given to him? Numbers 3:44-48
26. In verse 31, God said that the men of Israel were to be “holy” unto him. Use a dictionary and explain what that means.
27. Find Scripture to show that God has the standard of holiness for those who are part of his church as well as the nation of Israel.
29. To be holy men unto God, required that Israel keep the law that God had prescribed. How did being “holy” affect the eating of flesh? v 31