LAWS OF THE BIBLE
A great scholar once said, "If a man-made law cannot be traced to a divine source, then not only should its effectiveness be questioned but, even more, its intent should be suspected."
The divine laws, as revealed to Moses and taught by Yahshua, must be discerned spiritually and put into practice in our daily life. Wise decisions, based on obedience to the laws of the Bible so abundant in mercy and justice, bring about the constant harmony and peace, which can be ours.
The following list shows the translation of Biblical laws into their modern application:
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CRIMINAL LAW
ADULTERY—Exodus. 20:14, Deuteronomy 22:22-25.
ARSON—Exodus 22:6
ASSAULT—Exodus. 21:18, 19, 26, 27, Leviticus. 24:19, 20.
BRIBERY—Exodus. 23:8, Deuteronomy. 16:19, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Job 15:34 , Amos 5:12.
FRAUD—Leviticus 6:1-5, Deuteronomy 25:13-16.
INCEST—Leviticus 20:11-21, Deuteronomy 22:30
KIDNAPPING—Exodus 21:16, Deuteronomy 24:7
LANDMARKS, REMOVAL OF—Deuteronomy 19:14
MANSLAUGHTER—Exodus 21:12-14, Numbers 35:6-34, Joshua 20:4-6
MURDER—Genesis 9:5-6, Exodus 20:13, 21:12 -14, Numbers 35:6-34
PERJURY—Exodus 20:16, Leviticus 19:12 Deuteronomy 19:16-20
PERVERTING JUSTICE—Exodus 23:1, 2, 6, 7, Deuteronomy 16:19, 20
POLYGAMY—1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Timothy 3:2
PROSTITUTION—Leviticus 21:9, Deuteronomy 23:17
RAPE—Deuteronomy 22:25-26
SEDUCTION—Exodus 22:16-17, Deuteronomy 22:28-29
SLANDER—Leviticus 19:16
SODOMY—Leviticus 18:22, 20:13 , Deuteronomy 23:17, 1 Kings 14:24, 15:12, 22:46, 2 Kings 23:7
THEFT—Exodus 20:15, 22:1-5
LAWS OF PROPERTY
ALIENS, RIGHTS OF—Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 24:22
ANIMALS, DAMAGES BY OR TO—Exodus 21:35-36, Leviticus 24:18-21
BOOTY, WAR—Numbers 31:9, 25-54, Deuteronomy 20:13-16, 1Samuel 30:21-25
BORROWED PROPERTY—Exodus 22:14, Nehemiah 5:11
CITIZENS, RIGHT OF—Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 24:22
DAMAGES FOR THEFT—Exodus 22:4-5
DEEDS—Jeremiah 32:9-14
FIRE, DAMAGE BY—Exodus 22:6
INDEMNITY, PAYMENT OF—2 Kings 3:4
INHERITANCE—See Laws of Inheritance
INTEREST—Exodus 22:25, Deuteronomy 23:19 -20, Nehemiah 5:11
LAND, ALLOTMENT OF—Numbers 26:52-56
LAND, RELEASE OF—Leviticus 25:8-34
LAND,
LAND, TRANSFER OF—Ruth 4:3-11, Jeremiah 32:9-14
LANDMARKS, REMOVAL OF—Deuteronomy 19:14
MORTGAGES—Nehemiah 5:2-5
PERSONAL PROPERTY,
PLEDGES—Exodus 22:26-27, Deuteronomy 24:26, 10-11, 13, 2 Kings 4:1-7
THEFT—Exodus 20:15, 22:1-4
TRUST, BREACH OF—Leviticus 6:1-5
TRUSTEES—Matthew 25:14-30, Luke 19:11-27
LAWS OF INHERITANCE
DAUGHTERS—Numbers 27:7-8
FIRSTBORN—Deuteronomy 21:15-17, 1 Chronicles 5:1
ORDERS OF—Numbers 27:8-11
SLAVES—Leviticus 25:46
SONS—Genesis 21:10-13, Deuteronomy 21:15-17, 1 Chronicles 5:1
WHEN A MAN DIES CHILDLESS—Deuteronomy 25:5-10
WIVES—Ruth 4:1-12
CONTRACTS
DEBTS—Exodus 22:25, Deuteronomy 15:1-3, 23:19 -20, Nehemiah 5:11
WITH FELLOW CITIZENS—Deuteronomy 15:1-3, 23:19-20
WITH FOREIGNERS—Deuteronomy 15:1-3, 23:19-20
INTEREST—Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 25:36, Deuteronomy 23:19-20, Ezekiel 18:10-13
LOANS—Exodus 22:25, Deuteronomy 23:19-20, 2 Kings 4:1-7, Nehemiah 5:2-5
MORTGAGES—Nehemiah 5:2-5
PLEDGES—Exodus 22:26-27, Deuteronomy 24:6, 10-11, 13, 2 Kings 4:1-7, Ezekiel 18:10-13
SALES—Leviticus 25:14
SALES OF LAND—Leviticus 25:23-28, Ruth 4:3-11, Jeremiah 32:9-14
OF SERVITUDE—Exodus 21:2-4, Leviticus 25:39, Deuteronomy 15:12
SURETIES—Proverbs 6:1-2, 11:15, 17:18 , 22:26
TRUSTEES—Exodus 22:12, 14, 15, Leviticus 6:1-5
USURY—Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 25:36, Deuteronomy 23:19-20, Ezekiel 18:10-13,
WAGES—Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:15
LAWS OF FAMILY LIFE
CONCUBINES—Genesis 21:10-14, Exodus 21:7-11, 1 Kings 11:3
DIVORCE—Leviticus 21:7, 14, 22:13, Numbers 30:9, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Isaiah 50:1, Jeremiah 3:8, Matthew 5:32, 19:3-9, Mark 10:2-12, Luke 16:18, 1 Corinthians 7:10, 39
FATHERS, AUTHORITY OF—Genesis 22:1-13, 24:4, Numbers 30:3-5, Judges 11:30-39, Job 1:5, 9
FATHER, DUTIES OF—Ephesians 6:4
HUSBANDS, DUTIES OF—Ephesians 5:22-30
LEVIRATE MARRIAGE—Genesis 38:6-11, Deuteronomy 25:5-10
MARITAL FAITHFULNESS—Deuteronomy 22:30, Matthew 19:3-9, 1Corinthians 7:2
MARRIAGE—Genesis 2:18-24, 24:4, 34:14, Numbers 36:6, Judges 14:1-4, 15:1-2, Ephesians 5:31
MARRIAGE, RESTRICTIONS ON—Exodus 34:15-16, Leviticus 18:10, 15, 20:14, 17, 19, Numbers 36:6, Deuteronomy 7:1-3, 22:30, 1Timothy 3:2
PARENTS, RESPECT FOR—Exodus 20:12, 21:15 , 17
POLYGAMY—Genesis 16:1-3, 29:21-30, 1 Samuel 1:1-2, 1 Kings 11:1-8, 1 Timothy 3:2
SERVANTS, TREATMENT OF—Exodus 20:10, 21:2, 4, 7, 8, 20, Leviticus 25:40-41, Deuteronomy 24:14-15
WIVES, DUTIES OF—Ephesians 5:22-30
KINDS AND POWERS OF GOVERNMENTS
ALIENS, RIGHTS OF—Exodus. 12:49, Leviticus 24:22
ELDERS—Numbers 11:16, 24, Deuteronomy 22:15 , 27:1, Judges. 8:16, 11:5-11, Ezra 10:8
GOVERNORS—Ezra 5:3, 6, 6:6, 8:36, Esther 3:12 , Matthew 27:2, Luke 20:20 Acts 23:26
JUDGES—Judges 2:13-18
LIEUTENANTS—Ezra 8:36, Esther 3:12
MONARCHY—1 Samuel 10:24-25, 1 Kings 7:7, 2 Kings 15:1, 19
PATRIARCHAL—Genesis. 22:1-14, Judges 11:30-39, Job 1:5
PRINCES—1 Kings 14:7
SATRAPS—Ezra 8:36, Esther 3:12
THEOCRATIC—Exodus 18:13-26, 19:3-8, Deuteronomy 17:14 -20, 18:15 -19
COURT PROCEDURE
APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES—Exodus. 18:13-26, Deuteronomy 16:18, 2Chronicles 19:5-11
BEHAVIOR OF JUDGES—Exodus 23:6-8, Deuteronomy 16:18-20
COURTS, LOCATION OF—Deuteronomy 21:19, 25:7, 1 Kings 7:7
COURT OF APPEALS—Exodus 18:26, Deuteronomy 17:8-11
COURT OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION—Deuteronomy 25:1-2
EXECUTION OF SENTENCE—Deuteronomy 17:5-7
PERJURY—Deuteronomy 19:16-19
SOLOMON AS JUDGE—1 Kings 7:7
SOURCE OF JUDGMENT—Deuteronomy 1:17
SUPERIOR COURT—Deuteronomy 17:8-12
SUPREME-COURT—Numbers 5:12-31, Deuteronomy 19:17-19, 21:1-9
TRIAL BEFORE ELDERS—Deuteronomy 22:15
TYPICAL TRIAL—1 Kings 3:16-28
WITNESSES, NUMBER OF—Deuteronomy 17:6-7, 19:15-19, Matthew 18:16
LAWS OF CITIZENSHIP
ALIENS, OBLIGATIONS OF—Exodus 12:48-49, Leviticus 17:8-9, 24:22
ALIENS, RIGHTS OF—Exodus 12:48-49, 20:10, Leviticus 16:29
ELIGIBILITY—Deuteronomy 23:7-8
EXCLUSIONS—Deuteronomy 23:3
FREEDOM FROM PAYING INTEREST—Exodus 22:25 , Deuteronomy 23:19-20
MARITAL RIGHTS—Genesis 34:14, Exodus 34:15-16, Deuteronomy 7:1-3
QUALIFICATIONS FOR—Exodus 19:5-6
RIGHT OF APPEAL—Acts 25:11
RIGHT TO TRIAL—Acts 16:37-39
ROMAN—Acts 16:37-38, 22:25 -29, 23:27
OF SLAVES—Exodus 21:1-11, Leviticus 25:39-55, Deuteronomy 15:12-18, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Galatians 3:28 , Colossians 3:11
RELIGIOUS LAWS
BAPTISM—Matthew 3:13-17, 28:19, Mark 1:9-11, John 4:1-2, Acts 2:38, 19:3-6, Romans 6:3,4 1 Corinthians 10:1-2, Colossians 2:12, 1Peter 3:20
BLASPHEMY—Leviticus 24:10-16, Deuteronomy 5:11, Matthew 5:19-20
BURNT OFFERING—Leviticus 1:1-17, Numbers 6:11, 15:3
CHILDBIRTH SACRIFICES—Luke 2:22-24
CIRCUMCISION—Genesis 17:9-14, 34:14-17, 22, Exodus 4:25-26, 12:48, Luke 2:21 , Acts 15:13-29, 16:1-3, Romans 4:10, 12, Galatians 2:3
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN—Leviticus 11:1-47, Deuteronomy 14:3-21
COLLECTION IN CHURCH—1 Corinthians 16:1-2
COMMUNION—Matthew 26:26-29, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:19 -20
DAY OF ATONEMENT—Exodus 30:1-10, Leviticus 16:1-34, 23:26-32, Numbers 29:7-11, Hebrews 9:6-15
DRINK OFFERINGS—Numbers 28:9-10, Deuteronomy 32:38
EATING—Exodus 22:31, Leviticus 3:17 , 19:23-25
EUCHARIST—Matthew 26:26-29, Luke 22:17-20
FALSE GODS, WORSHIP OF—Exodus 20:1-5, 22:20
FASTS—Luke 18:12
FEAST OF HARVEST—Exodus 23:16
FEAST OF INGATHERING—Exodus 23:16
FEAST OF TABERNACLES—Leviticus 23:33-44, Numbers 29:12-40, Deuteronomy 16:13 -17, 31:10-13
FEAST OF THE NEW MOON—Numbers 10:10, 28:11-15, Psalms 81:3, Isaiah 66:23, Ezekiel 46:3 Amos 8:5
FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD—Exodus 24:18
FEAST OF WEEKS—Deuteronomy 16:9-12
FIRST BORN—Exodus 13:2, 34:19-20
FIRST-FRUITS—Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 18:3-4
FREEWILL OFFERINGS—Leviticus 22:17-25, Numbers 15:3
GOD IS RULER—Exodus 19:3-8
GUILT OFFERINGS—Leviticus 5:1-19
HEAVE OFFERINGS—Exodus 29:26-27
HUMAN SACRIFICE—Genesis 22:1-19
JUBILEE—Leviticus 25:8-55
JUDGMENTS FROM GOD—Deuteronomy 1:17
LEVITES, EXEMPTION OF—Numbers 1:49
LORD AS JUDGE—Numbers 5:12-31, Deuteronomy 19:17-19, 21:1-9
LORD'S SUPPER—1 Corinthians 11:18-34
MEAT OFFERING—Leviticus 2:1-11, Numbers 28:9-10
MEMORIAL OFFERING—Leviticus 2:2, 9, 16
MERCY PREFERRED—Matthew 9:13, 12:7
NAZARITES—Numbers 6:1-21
OFFERINGS—Genesis 4:3-5, Leviticus 1:1-7, 38
OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS—Leviticus 2:12-16, Deuteronomy 26:2, 10
OIL OFFERINGS—Genesis 28:18
PASSOVER—Exodus 12:1-14, 21-21, Deuteronomy 16:1-8, Ezekiel 45:21-24,
Luke 22:7-18
PEACE OFFERINGS—Leviticus 3:1-17
PENTECOST—Leviticus 23:15-21, Acts 2:1-4
POLL TAX—Exodus 30:12-16
PURIFICATION—Leviticus 12:1-8, 14:1-32, 15:1-33, Numbers 19:1-22, Luke 2:21-24
PURIM—Esther 9:20-32
SABBATH—Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 16:23, 20:8-11, 31:14-17, Leviticus 23:3, 24:5-9, Numbers 15:32-36 28:9-10, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Nehemiah 10:31, 13:15-22, Ezekiel 46:3, Amos 8:5, Mark 2:23-28, Luke 13:14-16, 14:3-5, John 5:8-10
SABBATICAL YEAR—Exodus 21:2-6, 23:10-11, Leviticus 25:1-7, Deuteronomy 15:1-14, 31:10, 13, 2 Chronicles 36:21, Nehemiah 10:31
SHEW-BREAD—Exodus 25:30, 35:13, 39:36, Leviticus 24:5-9, Numbers 4:7, 1 Samuel 21:1-6, Matthew 12:3-8
SIN OFFERING—Leviticus 4:1-35, Numbers 6:11
SORCERY—Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 20:27
TEN COMMANDMENTS—Exodus 20:1-17
THANK OFFERINGS—2 Chronicles 29:31
TITHES—Genesis 14:20, 28:20-22, Leviticus 27:30-33, Deuteronomy 14:22-27, 2 Chronicles 31:4-12, Malachi 3:8-11, Matthew 23:23
TITHES OF ALMS AND CHARITY—Deuteronomy 14:28-29, 26:12-15
TITHE OF A TITHE—Numbers 18:21, 26-28
TRESPASS OFFERING—Leviticus 5:1-19, Numbers 6:12
UNCLEAN ANIMALS—Leviticus 11:3-4, 9-31
VOLUNTARY OFFERING—Leviticus 7:16
WATER OFFERING—1 Samuel 7:6, 2 Samuel 23:16
WATER OF SEPARATION—Numbers 19:1-22
WAVE OFFERING—Exodus 29:26-27, Leviticus 23:10-11
WHOLE BURNT OFFERING—Deuteronomy 33:10
WORSHIP—Acts 20:7, Colossians 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:27
SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS
BLIND, CARE OF—Leviticus 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:18, Luke 14:13-14
CHILDREN,
DEAF—Leviticus 19:14
DEBTS—Deuteronomy 15:1-12
EMPLOYEES—Exodus 20:10, Deuteronomy 24:14-15, Malachi 3:5
HANDICAPPED—Leviticus 19:14. Luke 14:13-14
LAME—Luke 14:13-14
LOANS—Exodus 22:25
ORPHANS—Exodus 22:22-23, Deuteronomy 14:28-29, 24:17-22, 26:12-13, Jeremiah 7:6-7, Zechariah 7:10-12 Malachi 3:5
PLEDGES—Exodus 22:26-27, Deuteronomy 24:6, 10-13
POOR—Exodus 22:25-27, Leviticus 19:9-10, 25:35-37, Deuteronomy 14:28-29, 15:7-11, 24:19-22, 26:12-13 Zechariah 7:10-12, Luke 3:11, 14:13-14
SERVANTS—Exodus 20:10, Leviticus 25:39-46, Deuteronomy 24:14-14, Ephesians 6:5-9
SLAVES, FREEING OF—Exodus 21:2-4, Leviticus 25:40-41, 47-55, Deuteronomy 15:12-18, 23:15-16
SLAVES, INHERITANCE OF—Leviticus 25:46
SLAVES, REDEMPTION OF—Leviticus 25:47-55
SLAVES, TREATMENT OF—Exodus 21:1-11, 20, Leviticus 25:39-55, Deuteronomy 23:15-16
STRANGERS—Exodus 20:10, Leviticus 16:29, 19:33-34, Deuteronomy 10:19, 14:28-29, 24:17-22, 26:12-13, Jeremiah 7:6-7, Zechariah 7:10-12, Malachi 3:5
USURY—Exodus 22:25, Deuteronomy 23:19 -20
WAGES—Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:14-15
WIDOWS—Exodus 22:22-23, Deuteronomy 14:28-29, 24:17-22, 25:5-10, 26:12-13, Ruth 4:1-12, Jeremiah 7:67, Zechariah 7:10-12, Malachi 3:5, Mark 12:40, Acts 6:1-4, 1 Timothy 5:3-16
WOMEN, PROTECTION OF—Exodus 20:10, 21:7-11
TAX LAWS
BY CAESAR—Matthew 22:16-21
CENSUS FOR—Numbers 1:1-47, 4:1-3, 26:2, 2 Samuel 24:1-9, Luke 2:1-3
FOR CHARITY—Deuteronomy 14:28-29, 26:12-15
COLLECTORS—Matthew 9:9-13, Luke 19:1-10
EMERGENCY—2 Kings 23:35
EXEMPTION—Ezra 7:24
METHOD OF—Luke 2:1-5
FOR REDEMPTION—Leviticus 27:1-13
SIZE OF—1 Samuel 8:10-18
FOR SUPPORT OF KING—1 Kings 4:7, 27-28 Nehemiah 5:1-5
FOR TABERNACLE OR
MILITARY LAWS
AGE OF SERVICE—Numbers 1:2-3
BOOTY—Numbers 31:9, 26-52, Deuteronomy 20:14, Joshua 6:19, 1Samuel 30:22-25
BURIAL OF DEAD—1 Kings 11:15
CAPTURED CHILDREN—Numbers 31:9, Deuteronomy 20:14
CAPTURED WOMEN—Numbers 31:9, Deuteronomy 20:14
EXEMPTION FROM SERVICE—Numbers 1:47-53, Deuteronomy 20:5-8
HOSTAGES—2 Kings 14:14
INDEMNITY—2 Kings 3:4
PREPARATION FOR
PRISONERS OF WAR—Deuteronomy 20:10-14
SANITATION IN CAMP—Deuteronomy 23:9-14
SELECTIVE SERVICE—Numbers 31:3-6
SIEGE OF CITIES—Deuteronomy 20:19-20
SURRENDER OF CITIES—Deuteronomy 20:10-11, 16-17
TRIBUTE—1 Kings 9:21, 2 Kings 14:14 , 18:14, 23:33, 2 Chronicles 8:8
LABOR LAWS
EMPLOYEES TREATMENT OF—Exodus 20:10, 21:2-11, 20, 26, 27, Leviticus 25:39-55 Deuteronomy 23:15-16, 24:14-15
SERVANTS, FREEDOM OF—Exodus 21:2-11, Leviticus 25:39-46, Deuteronomy 15:12-18, 23:15-16
SERVANTS, REDEMPTION OF—Leviticus 25:47-55
UNIONS—Acts 19:24-29
WAGES—Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:14-15, Matthew 20:1-16
WOMEN—Exodus 21:7-11
HUMANE LAWS
ANIMALS—Exodus 20:8-11, 23:5, 11-12, Leviticus 22:28, 25:5-7, Deuteronomy 25:4
ASSES—Exodus 23:5, 12
BIRDS—Deuteronomy 22:6-7
BLIND—Leviticus 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:18, Luke