Loving Every Neighbor
Deuteronomy: Changing Times and Our Unchanging God • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 47:15
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Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
In the case of a leader.
In the case of a leader.
8 “Take care, in a case of leprous disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.
The Levitical laws are recorded in Leviticus chapters 13-14. In it you will find detailed guidance for the Levites who would diagnose the individual and determine the course of action for the individual to protect them and the community.
What happened to Miriam?
What happened to Miriam?
1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.
2 And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it.
3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.
4 And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out.
5 And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.
6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
7 Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house.
8 With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.
10 When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
11 And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned.
12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
13 And Moses cried to the Lord, “O God, please heal her—please.”
14 But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.”
15 So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.
16 After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
A warning against being a false witness.
An example of how to deal with leprosy.
By placing this example here Moses points to the theme of the following commandments. In this section the ninth commandment is in view: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
This command connects two points, first what is being said or done is unfaithful to the truth and second what is being done or said wrongly injures a neighbor.
In the case of a brother.
In the case of a brother.
10 “When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge.
11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you.
12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.
13 You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.
In the case of worker.
In the case of worker.
14 “You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.
15 You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.
In the case of the defenseless.
In the case of the defenseless.
16 “Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 “You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge,
18 but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.
Directly opposes the code of Hammurabi
In the case of the poor.
In the case of the poor.
19 “When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
20 When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
22 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.
In the case of a criminal.
In the case of a criminal.
1 “If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
2 then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense.
3 Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight.
In the case of animals.
In the case of animals.
4 “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
We bear witness to God’s love
We bear witness to God’s love
As we honor and pray for authorities.
As we honor and pray for authorities.
Treat our brothers with respect.
Treat our brothers with respect.
Honor the needs of those who work for us.
Honor the needs of those who work for us.
Protect those who cannot protect themselves.
Protect those who cannot protect themselves.
Share what God has given with those in need.
Share what God has given with those in need.
Bring justice and not shame on the criminal.
Bring justice and not shame on the criminal.
Care for even the animals that we keep.
Care for even the animals that we keep.