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Introduction

Peter was arguably the greatest ever imitator of Jeshua and Jeshua confirmed that Peter (or Peter's faith) would be the rock on which His Church would be built - Matt 16:18.

In Acts 10:14, Peter declared that he had never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean. There is no way that Jeshua ate, for example, pork. Why should I.


Before we go any further at all, if any of the following words cannot be interpreted as either "Love God" or "Love your neighbour", then I have failed to transfer that meaning or you have failed to understand my intended meaning.

I need to be set apart and holy.

I want to see the signs and wonders currently being experienced in Fiji and 800+ other places as documented by George Otis and the teams from the Sentinel Group.

My path back towards better pleasing God involves short term compromise as I sort out how to obey God's Instructions – noted WIP.

So I'm noting my current responses to these instructions. Please contact me should you believe I'm missing a point. I will review and amend this assessment at least quarterly.

I'm noting all this publicly to make my progress accountable and to prompt discussion and challenge.

Excerpt from NIV, Matthew 22.

The Greatest Commandment

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"

37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

 

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Genesis & Exodus

Torah ref Bible verses Requirement My response
- - - -
63 Gen 1 : 28 You shall take a wife...be fruitful and multiply Obedience
17 Gen 17 : 9 - 10 You shall circumcise your male children... Baptism - Circumcision of the heart as argued by Paul in Romans 2 : 25 - 29
- Gen 32:32 You shall not eat the sinew... Obedience
165 Gen 32:33 Don't eat the thigh-vein which shrank Obedience
107 Ex 12:2 You shall determine the appointed times... Obedience. Get dates into diary at the beginning of each year
460 461 462 463 Ex 12:6 - 10 You shall slaughter the Pesach...eat the Pesach...roasted whole in fire...none to remain. Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
115 Ex 12:15 You shall remove all Chametz... Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
116 117 118 119 Ex 12 : 16 Lev 23 : 7 - 8 Rest / no work on the 1st and 7th day of Passover Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
120 121 122 Ex 12 : 18 - 20. Ex 13 : 3, 7 ...during Chag Matzah... Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
402 464 465 466 467 468 Ex 12 : 43, 45, 46, 48. Ex 13 : 8 ...the Pesach... Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
459 Ex 13:2 You shall sanctify the first born of man... Dedication of all children. Prayer at Harvest thanksgiving.
123 Ex 13:3 You shall sanctify the first born of man... Dedication of all children. Prayer at Harvest thanksgiving.
124 Ex 13:7 Chametz shall not be seen in an Israelite's home during Passover WIP. Obedience
125 Ex 13:8 Discuss the departure from Egypt on 1st night Passover Acknowledge in diary. Pray.
- Ex 13:12 ...sacrifice a lamb... Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice.
368 369 370 Ex 13:13 Redeem the first born human male Too late. I can only apologise to Yahweh
108 Ex 16:29 ...not leave your home to work or for food on Sabbath WIP. My Sabbath is on Sunday - Sunbath. I'm trying to make my Sunday's special. No work. Don't look at email.
1 Ex 20:2 Know that Yahweh exists Obedience
2 Ex 20:2 1. Only 1 god - Yahweh Obedience
312 318 319 Ex 20:4 - 5 No idols Obedience
204 Ex 20:7 You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God Obedience
109 110 Ex 20:8, 10 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. On it you shall not do any work. Obedience but as above
59 Ex 20:12 Honour your father and your mother Obedience
278 279 Ex 20:13 You shall not murder. Obedience
282 Ex 20:14 You shall not commit adultery. Obedience
- Ex 20:15 You shall not steal. Obedience
241 Ex 20:13 & 16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour. Obedience
- Ex 20:17 You shall not covet your neighbour's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour. Obedience
313 Ex 20:20 Don't make any figures for ornament even if not worshipped Not sure - promise definitely not to worship them?
426 427 Ex 20:22 - 23 Don't build an altar of hewn stone. Don't climb the altar by steps Obedience
- Ex 20:23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold. Obedience
- Ex 20:25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. Obedience
- Ex 20:26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed. Obedience
189 Ex 21:2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. Obedience
196 197 198 Ex 21:8 - 9 If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. Obedience
73 Ex 21:10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. Obedience
60 Ex 21:15 Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death. Obedience with the proviso that Jeshua said that the one without sin should throw the first stone. Jeshua sacrificed himself so that we don't have to take another life.
298 Ex 21:16 Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper's possession. Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Obedience with the proviso that Jeshua said that the one without sin should throw the first stone. Jeshua sacrificed himself so that we don't have to take another life.
61 Ex 21:17 Don't curse a father or mother. Obedience
299 Ex 21:18 - 19 If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed. Obedience
285 Ex 21:20 Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result. The Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword Obedience with the proviso that Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life
162 Ex 21:28 If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. Obedience with the proviso that Jeshua said that the one without sin should throw the first stone. Jeshua sacrificed himself so that we don't have to take another life.
233 Ex 21:33 If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange. Obedience
234 Ex 21:35 - 36 Judge cases of injuries caused by beasts Accept on behalf of Israelis. Obedience.
298 Ex 22:1 - 3 Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft. Obedience
235 Ex 22:4 If someone steals an ox or a donkey or a sheep and it is found in the thief’s possession, then the thief must pay double the value of the stolen animal. Obedience.
236 Ex 22:5 If an animal is grazing in a field or vineyard and the owner lets it stray into someone else's field to graze, then the animal's owner must pay compensation from the best of his own grain or grapes. Obedience.
- Ex 22:6 If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution. Obedience
237 Ex 22:7 If anyone gives a neighbour silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbour's house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double. Obedience
238 Ex 22:8 But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person's property. Obedience
230 Ex 22:9 In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, 'This is mine, ' both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other. Obedience
231 Ex 22:14 If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbour and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution. But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss. Obedience
300 301 Ex 22:16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. Obedience
334 Ex 22:17 Don't allow any one practicing witchcraft to live Jeshua died so that I don't have to take another life. I can and do pray against those praying against Christians.
- Ex 22:18 Do not allow a sorceress to live. Obedience with the proviso that Jesus said that the one without sin should throw the first stone. Jeshua sacrificed himself so that we don't have to take another life. I can and do pray against those praying against Christians.
54 Ex 22:20 Do not wrong the stranger in speech Obedience
55 Ex 22:20 Do not wrong the stranger in buying or selling Obedience
- Ex 22:21 Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner Obedience
40 Ex 22:21 Don't afflict an orphan or a widow Obedience
- Ex 22:22 Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. Obedience
173 Ex 22:24 Don't take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for them Obedience
174 175 Ex 22:24 Don't lend to a poor person nor demand repayment from a poor man Obedience
- Ex 22:25 If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. Obedience
3 239 403 581 Ex 22:27 - 28 Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people. Obedience
- Ex 22:29 Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. Obedience
155 Ex 22:30 Don't eat the flesh of a beast that is terefah or torn WIP. Obedience
- Ex 22:31 You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs. Obedience
243 245 Ex 23:1 Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness. A transgressor shall not testify. Don't hear one of the parties to a suit in the absence of the other party Obedience. WIP as regards transgressor
248 249 250 Ex 23:2 Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd, and do not show favouritism to a poor person in a lawsuit. Obedience
37 Ex 23:5 Relieve a neighbour of his burden and help to unload his beast Obedience
254 Ex 23:8 Don't accept a bribe Obedience
210 Ex 23:11 Lev 25:2 Let the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year WIP. Obedience?
211 212 Ex 23:11 Lev 25:4 Don't till the land in the Sabbatical year Obedience?
111 Ex 23:12 Rest on the Sabbath Obedience albeit Sunbath
320 322 330 Ex 23:13 Don't prophesy in the name of an idol Obedience
112 471 Ex 23:14 - 15 Celebrate the festivals In diary. Pray
469 470 Ex 23:18 Don't slaughter the Paschal lamb while there is chametz in the home In diary. Pray
163 472 Ex 23:19 Don't boil meat with milk. Bring first fruits to Sanctuary Obedience. Tithe
354 Ex 23:23 Don't settle idolators in our land Obedience
22 Ex 23:35 Pray to Yahweh Obedience
428 Ex 25:8 Build the Sanctuary Obedience. Tithe
429 Ex 25:15 Don't remove the staves from the Ark Obedience
430 Ex 25:30 Set the showbread and frankincense before Yahweh every Shabbat Honour Sunbath
431 Ex 27:21 Kindle lights in the Sanctuary Tithe. Serve church community
372 Ex 28:2 Kohanim shall put on priestly vestments for the service As part of the priesthood of all believers and as best I can, my life will give praise and glory to Yahweh.
432 Ex 28:28 Don't loosen the breastplate from the ephod As part of the priesthood of all believers and as best I can, my life will give praise and glory to Yahweh.
373 Ex 28:32 Don't tear the High Kohein's robe Obedience
473 474 Ex 29:33 Eat the flesh of a sin offering and guilt offering. Don't eat the flesh of holy sacrifices if not of the seed of Aaron Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe
433 Ex 30:7 Offer up incense twice daily Start day with Bible and prayer. Pray without ceasing - WIP
434 Ex 30:9 Don't offer strange incense nor any sacrifice upon the golden altar Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
404 Ex 30:13 Give half a shekel every year Tithe
435 Ex 30:19 Kohein shall wash his hands and feet at the time of service Honour Sunbath. Pray without ceasing - WIP
436 Ex 30:31 Prepare the oil of anointment and anoint high kohanim and kings with it Honour our High Priest, Jeshua, with our circumcised hearts
437 438 Ex 30:32 - 33 Don't compound oil for lay use after the formula of the anointing oil. Don't anoint a stranger with the anointing oil As part of the priesthood of all believers and as best I can, my life will give praise and glory to Yahweh,
439 Ex 30:37 Don't compound anything after the formula of the incense As part of the priesthood of all believers and as best I can, my life will give praise and glory to Yahweh,
314 Ex 34:17 Don't make idols even for others Obedience
164 Ex 34:26 Don't eat flesh with milk Obedience
303 Ex 35:3 Don't inflict punishment on Shabbat Jeshua died for me so that I don't have to inflict punishments

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Leviticus

Torah ref Bible verses Requirement My response
- - - -
475 Lev 1:1 -17 Burnt offering - sin Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
476 477 478 479 Lev 2:1 - 16 Grain offering - worship thru a gift Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe, worship
- Lev 3:1 - 17 Peace offering - worship thru fellowship with Yahweh and other people Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Worship, community service
480 481 482 483 484 485 Lev 4:1 - 5:13 Sin offering (High Priest only for whole community?) Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe, Repentance
240 Lev 5:1 Whoever possesses evidence shall testify in Court Obedience
440 441 442 443 486 487 488 489 Lev 5:14 - 6:13 Guilt offering Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe, Repentance
275 Lev 5:23 Restore that which one took by robbery Obedience
490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 Lev 6:8 - 7:38 Priestly and other regulations Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
166 Lev 7:23 Don't eat the chelev or tallow-fat WIP. Obedience
167 Lev 7:26 Don't eat blood Obedience
444 445 446 447 500 Lev 8:1 - 10:20 Priesthood Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
- Lev 11:1 - 15:33 Purity - Holy - Clean - Unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
- - Holy -
- Profane. Blaspheme. - Hallow. Sanctify. Dedicate.
- - Clean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
- Defile. Pollute. Corrupt. - Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
- - Unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
143 Lev 11:2 Examine the marks in cattle (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean) Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
144 Lev 11:4 Don't eat the flesh of unclean beasts Obedience. Forbidden. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
145 Lev 11:9 Examine the marks in fishes (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean Obedience. Forbidden. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
146 Lev 11:11 Don't eat unclean fish Obedience for forbidden foods but Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices / clean or unclean.
148 Lev 11:13 Don't eat unclean fowl Obedience for forbidden foods but Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices / clean or unclean.
149 Lev 11:21 Examine the marks in locusts, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
561 Lev 11:29 - 30 Eight species of creeping things that defile by contact Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
562 Lev 11:34 Foods become defiled by contact with unclean things Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
563 Lev 11:39 Anyone who touches the carcass of a beast that died by itself shall be unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
150 Lev 11:41 Don't eat a worm found in fruit Obedience
151 Lev 11:41 - 42 Don't eat of things that creep upon the earth Obedience
152 Lev 11:44 Don't eat any vermin of the earth Obedience
153 Lev 11:43 and 46 Don't eat things that swarm in the water WIP. Obedience
501 564 Lev 12:2 - 6 A woman after childbirth shall bring an offering. Lying in woman is unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
565 566 567 568 577 Lev 13:2 - 49 A leper is unclean and defiles Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean. Praise Yahweh when healed of anything. Jeshua healed lepers
502 578 579 Lev 14:1 - 10 A leper shall bring a sacrifice once cleansed Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Praise Yahweh when healed of anything
503 569 570 571 Lev 15:1 - 16 If you experience a discharge, bring a sacrifice after being cleansed Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
504 572 573 Lev 15:19 - 30 If you experience a discharge, bring a sacrifice after being cleansed Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
505 Lev 16:1 - 34 Day of Atonement Atone for corporate sins of the community. Live the Torah as modified by New Testament personally as testimony to neighbours.
374 Lev 16:2 The kohein shall not enter the Sanctuary at all times (i.e., at times when he is not performing service) As part of the priesthood of all believers and as best I can, my life will give praise and glory to Yahweh.
506 Lev 17:1 - 9 Inappropriate worship of Yahweh Obedience. Only 1 God.
168 Lev 17:10 - 16 Handling Blood No uncooked food
- Lev 18:1 - 30 Forbidden sexual practices Obedience
332 Lev 18:3 Don't adopt the institutions of idolators nor their customs Obedience
82 Lev 18:6 Don't act to encourage incest Obedience
83 84 85 90 Lev 18:7 - 8 Close relative. Mother. Father's wives. Obedience
86 Lev 18:9 Sister or half-sister. Granddaughter. Obedience
87 88 89 Lev 18:10 - 11 Stepsister. Aunt. Daughter-in-law. Obedience
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Lev 18:12 - 18 Sister-in-law. Woman and daughter. Sodomy Obedience
101 102 Lev 18:19 - 20 Menstrual period. Neighbour's wife. Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean. But. Love your neighbour demonstrated by not having sexual intercourse with your neighbour's wife.
333 Lev 18:21 Don't pass a child through the fire to Molech Obedience
103 Lev 18:22 Sacrifice children. Homosexuality. Obedience
104 105 Lev 18:23 Animal. Obedience
- Lev 19:1 - 37 Holiness in personal conduct -
- - Respect Mother and Father. Obedience
- - 4. Observe the Sabbath. Sunbath. My Sabbath is on Sunday.
- - 2. No idols Obedience
- - 1. Only 1 god - Yahweh Obedience
- - Look after neighbours Obedience
- - 8. Don't steal Obedience
- - 3. Don't blaspheme. Obedience
- - 9. Don't bear false witness. Obedience
- - ? 7. No adultery Obedience
- - 6. Don't murder Obedience
- - 10. Don't covet Obedience
62 Lev 19:3 Reverently fear father and mother Obedience
331 Lev 19:4 Don't pay attention to idolatry Obedience
507 Lev 19:8 Don't eat the flesh of a sacrifice that has been left over Obedience. Don't withhold tithe
41 Lev 19:9 Don't reap the entire field Obedience
42 Lev 19:9 Leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard for the poor Obedience. Tithe.
43 Lev 19:9 Don't gather gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the ground while reaping) Obedience. Tithe.
44 Lev 19:9 Leave the gleanings for the poor Obedience
45 Lev 19:10 Don't gather ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard Obedience
46 Lev 19:10 Leave the ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard for the poor Obedience. Tithe.
47 Lev 19:10 Don't gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the ground Obedience
48 Lev 19:10 Leave the peret (single grapes) of the vineyard for the poor Obedience. Tithe.
271 272 274 Lev 19:11 Don't swear falsely in denial of another's property rights. Don't steal personal property Obedience
205 Lev 19:12 Don't violate an oath or swear falsely Obedience
280 281 Lev 19:13 Don't rob or be violent Obedience
184 Lev 19:13 Don't delay payment of a hired ma's wages Obedience
34 Lev 19:14 Don't curse any other Israelite Obedience
35 Lev 19:14 Don't cause the simple minded to stumble (or anything that will cause another to sin) Obedience
251 252 253 256 Lev 19:15 Treat parties in a litigation with equal impartiality. Don't render iniquitous decision Obedience
27 Lev 19:16 Don't stand idly by when a human life is in danger Obedience
29 Lev 19:16 Don't carry tales Obedience
30 Lev 19:17 Don't cherish hatred in one's heart Obedience
33 Lev 19:17 Don't put any Jew to shame Obedience
36 Lev 19:17 Rebuke the sinner Encourage with love - don't condemn
26 Lev 19:18 Love all human beings who are of the covenant Obedience
31 Lev 19:18 Don't take revenge Obedience
32 Lev 19:18 Don't bear a grudge Obedience. WIP.
358 359 Lev 19:19 Don't cross-breed cattle of different species. Nor sow different kinds of seeds together Obedience. WIP
360 Lev 19:23 Don't eat the fruit of a tree for 3 years from the time it was planted WIP. How do I know?
361 Lev 19:24 The fruit of fruit bearing trees in the 4th year of planting shall be sacred like the 2nd tithe and eaten in Jerusalem WIP. How do I know?
335 336 Lev 19:26 Don't practice astrology Obedience
169 Lev 19:26 Deu 21:20 Don't eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard - don't rebel against father or mother Obedience
345 346 Lev 19:27 Don't remove the entire beard or try anything else to look like an idolator Obedience
347 348 Lev 19:28 Don't cut oneself or make incisions in one's flesh in grief, like the idolaters. Don't tattoo the body like the idolaters Obedience
448 Lev 19:30 Revere the Sanctuary Obedience
337 338 Lev 19:31 Don't consult ghosts or wizards Obedience
11 Lev 19:32 Honour the old and the wise Obedience
181 Lev 19:35 Don't commit fraud in measuring Obedience
182 Lev 19:36 Ensure that scales and weights are correct Obedience
- Lev 20:1 - 27 Punishments for disobedience Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
286 Lev 20:10 The Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation. Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life
287 Lev 20:14 The Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life
- Lev 21:1 - 22:33 Instructions for Priests Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience. Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
375 376 Lev 21:1 - 3 The ordinary kohein shall not defile himself by contact with any dead, other than immediate relatives Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
377 Lev 21:6 That a kohein who had an immersion during the day (to cleanse him from his uncleanness) shall not serve in the Sanctuary until after sunset Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
378 379 380 Lev 21:7 That a kohein shall not marry a divorced woman Not sure it applies but. Obedience.
381 Lev 21:8 To show honour to a kohein, and to give him precedence in all things that are holy Obedience but only as long as Jeshua comes first
382 383 Lev 21:11 That a High Kohein shall not defile himself with any dead, even if they are relatives Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
384 385 Lev 21:13 That a High Kohein shall marry a virgin. Not marry a widow Not sure it applies but. Obedience.
386 Lev 21:15 That the High Kohein shall not cohabit with a widow, even without marriage, because he profanes her Not sure it applies but. Obedience.
387 Lev 21:17 That a person with a physical blemish shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Jeshua healed lepers and people with blemishes
388 Lev 21:21 That a kohein with a temporary blemish shall not serve there Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
389 Lev 21:23 That a person with a physical blemish shall not enter the Sanctuary further than the altar Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
390 405 Lev 22:2 - 4 That a kohein who is unclean shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
406 407 Lev 22:10 Only a kohein or wife or unmarried daughter shall eat trumah. Don't believe applies but. Obedience
408 Lev 22:15 Don't eat tevel WIP. Complicated but seems to be make sure tithe is removed before eating? I will continue to tithe
508 509 510 511 512 Lev 22:20 - 22 Don't sanctify blemished cattle for sacrifice Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean. Don't withhold or reduce tithe
106 513 514 Lev 22:24 - 25 Don't castrate the male of any species. Sprinkle blood of blemished cattle. Offer up a beast from non-Israelites Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
159 515 Lev 22:27 - 28 Don't slaughter an animal and its young on the same day Obedience
516 Lev 22:30 Don't leave any flesh of the thanksgiving offering until the morning Obedience. Value Yahweh's provision
4 Lev 22:32 Hallow Yahweh's name Obedience
5 Lev 22:32 Don't profane Yahweh's name Obedience
127 128 129 130 131 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 517 518 519 520 521 522 Lev 23:1 - 44 Appointed Festivals Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Sabbath Sunbath
- - Passover Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Unleavened bread Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - First Harvest Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Harvest - Pentecost - Shavuot Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Trumpets - Rosh Hashanah - New Year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
172 Lev 23:20 Don't borrow from an Israelite on interest Obedience
133 134 Lev 23:27 - 29 Atonement Only day of fasting
- - Shelters Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- Lev 24:1 - 9 Provide for Tabernacle Tithe.
3 Lev 24:10 - 23 Penalty for blasphemy Tithe. Jeshua sacrifice
- Lev 25:1 - 55 Sabbath Year. Year of Jubilee. Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - - Apply restitution
213 Lev 25:4 Don't work on any trees in the Sabbatical year Obedience?
214 215 Lev 25:5 Don't reap the aftermath that grows nor gather fruit of the tree in the Sabbatical year in the same way as it is reaped in other years Acknowledge in diary. Pray
221 Lev 25:8 Count the years of the Jubilee by years and by cycles of seven years Acknowledge in diary. Pray
216 Lev 25:9 Sound the Ram's horn in the Sabbatical year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
222 Lev 25:10 Keep the Jubilee year holy by resting and letting the land lie fallow Acknowledge in diary. Pray
223 Lev 25:11 Don't cultivate the soil nor do any work on the trees in the Jubilee year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
224 225 Lev 25:11 Don't reap the aftermath of the field that grew of itself nor gather the fruit of the tree in the Jubilee year in the same way as in other years Acknowledge in diary. Pray
170 229 Lev 25:14 Don't wrong anyone in buying or selling Obedience
28 Lev 25:17 Don't wrong anyone in speech Obedience
267 Lev 25:23 Don't sell a field in the land of Israel in perpetuity Obedience
226 Lev 25:24 Grant redemption to the land in the Jubilee year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
269 Lev 25:29 Houses sold within a walled city may be redeemed within a year Obedience
268 Lev 25:34 Don't change the character of the open land (about the cities of) the Levites or of their fields; not to sell it in perpetuity but it may be redeemed at any time Obedience
171 Lev 25:37 Don't make a loan to an Israelite on interest Obedience
190 Lev 25:39 Don't compel the Hebrew servant to do the work of a slave Obedience
191 Lev 25:42 Don't sell a Hebrew servant as a slave Obedience
192 Lev 25:43 Don't treat a Hebrew servant rigorously Obedience
199 Lev 25:46 Keep the Canaanite slave forever Obedience
193 Lev 25:53 Don't permit a gentile to treat harshly a Hebrew bondsman sold to him Obedience
- Lev 26:1 - 46 Blessings and Curses Obedience. Repentance.
- - - Affects to what extent Yahweh is attracted to Earth
25 Lev 26:1 Don't lay down a stone for worship Obedience
409 410 411 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 Lev 27:1 - 34 Vows and Tithes Obedience. Repentance. Jeshua sacrifice

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Numbers

Torah ref Bible verses Requirement My response
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391 392 Num 5:2 - 3 To send the unclean out of the Camp of the Shechinah, that is, out of the Sanctuary Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
457 533 Num 5:6 - 7 Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the Lord is guilty and must confess the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged. Obedience
534 535 Num 5:15 Don't put olive oil or frankincense in the meal offering of a woman suspected of adultery Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to judge others
74 Num 5:30 That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt with as prescribed in the Torah Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to judge others
588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 Num 6:3 - 9 Nazarites shall not drink wine nor eat fresh grapes nor raisins. Shall not cut hair. Enter a building containing a corpse Prayer. Otherwise, don't think this applies to me
393 Num 6:23 That the kohanim shall bless Israel Not sure it applies but. Obedience
449 Num 7:9 When the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder Not sure it applies but. Obedience
450 451 452 453 Num 9:11 - 12 Observe the second Passover. Eat the flesh of the Paschal lamb Put in diary. Pray
454 Num 10:9 - 10 Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts—you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. Acknowledge in diary. Pray
394 Num 15:20 To set apart a portion of the dough for the kohein Tithe
18 Num 15:38 Put tzitzit on the corners of your clothing WIP. I now carry 4 tzitziot in separate pockets
284 Num 15:39 Don't indulge in evil thoughts and sights Obedience
455 Num 18:2 Watch over the edifice continually Not sure it applies but. Obedience. Pray
395 Num 18:3 That the Levites shall not occupy themselves with the service that belongs to the kohanim, nor the kohanim with that belonging to the Levites Not sure it applies but. Obedience. Pray
396 456 Num 18:4 - 7 That one not a descendant of Aaron in the male line shall not serve (in the Sanctuary) As part of the priesthood of believers, I try to serve Yahweh everywhere
371 Num 18:17 Don't redeem the firstling of a clean beast Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
397 Num 18:23 That the Levite shall serve in the Sanctuary As part of the priesthood of believers, I try to serve Yahweh everywhere.
412 Num 18:26 That the Levite shall donate 10% Not sure it applies but. Obedience. Tithe
574 Num 19:9 Carry out the ordinance of the red heifer Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
575 Num 19:11 - 16 That a corpse defiles Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
576 Num 19:19 - 22 Waters of separation defile on who is clean and cleanse the unclean after touching a corpse Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
232 Num 27:8 - 11 Adjudicate cases of inheritance Not sure it applies but. Obedience
536 537 538 539 Num 28:3 - 27 Offer up the daily and additional sacrifices Prayer. Tithe
132 540 541 542 543 Num 29:1 - 38 Hear the sound of shofar on Rosh Hashahah. Sacrifices. Sukkot Acknowledge in diary. Pray
206 Num 30:2 - 17 Decide in cases of annulment of vows, according to the rules set forth in the Torah Not sure it applies but. Obedience
207 Num 30:3 Don't break a vow Obedience
398 Num 35:2 Give the Levites cities to dwell in Tithe
260 Num 35:12 Don't execute one guilty of a capital offence before he has stood his trial Obedience but with the proviso that Jeshua died so that we don't have to take another life
293 Num 35:25 To exile one who committed accidental homicide WIP. Jeshua died so that I don't have to judge others?
242 Num 35:30 A witness who has testified in a capital case shall not lay down the law in that particular case Obedience
292 Num 35:31 Don't accept ransom from a murderer Obedience
295 Num 35:32 Don't accept ransom from an accidental homicide Obedience

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Deuteronomy

Torah ref Bible verses Requirement My response
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228 255 Deu 1:17 Don't appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, even if he is expert in other branches of knowledge. Don't be afraid of a bad man when trying a case Not sure it applies but. Obedience
598 Deu 3:22 Those engaged in warfare shall not fear their enemies Obedience. Pray
- Deu 4:16 - 31 No idols Obedience
- Deu 4:32 - 40 1. Only 1 god - Yahweh Obedience
1 Deu 5:7 Know that Yahweh exists Obedience
2 Deu 5:7 1. Only 1 god - Yahweh Obedience
- Deu 5:8 - 10 No idols Obedience
- Deu 5:11 3. Don't blaspheme. Obedience
- Deu 5:12 4. Observe the Sabbath. Sunbath
- Deu 5:16 5. Respect Mother and Father. Obedience
- Deu 5:17 6. Don't murder Obedience
283 Deu 5:18 7. No adultery Obedience
- Deu 5:19 8. Don't steal Obedience
- Deu 5:20 9. Don't bear false witness. Obedience
- Deu 5:21 10. Don't covet Obedience
7 Deu 6:5 Love Yahweh Obedience
12 Deu 6:7 Learn Torah and teach it Obedience
23 Deu 6:7 Read the Shema in the morning and at night Morning Devotions
19 Deu 6:8 Bind tefillin on the head As best I can, my life will give honour to Jeshua
20 Deu 6:8 Bind tefillin on the arm As best I can, my life will give honour to Jeshua
21 Deu 6:9 Affix mezuzah to the doorposts and gates of your house As best I can, my life will give honour to Jeshua
8 Deu 6 : 13 Deu 10 : 20 Fear Yahweh reverently Obedience
22 Deu 6:13 Pray to Yahweh Obedience
9 Deu 6:16 Don't put the word of Yahweh to the test Obedience
6 Deu 6:24 Yahweh is One, a complete Unity Obedience
352 353 Deu 7:2 Don't show favour to idolators. Nor make covenant with idolatrous nations Obedience? WIP regarding nations?
56 Deu 7:3 Do not intermarry with gentiles Paul said marriage not a sin
315 Deu 7:25 Don't use the ornament for idolatrous worship Obedience
316 Deu 7:26 Don't make use of an idol, etc Obedience
24 Deu 8:10 Recite grace after meals WIP Give thanks
53 Deu 10:19 Love foreigners Obedience
13 Deu 10:20 Cleave to those who love Yahweh Obedience
208 Deu 10:20 Swear by His name truly Obedience
324 458 Deu 12:2 - 4 Destroy idolatry and its beliefs. Don't destroy anything of the Sanctuary Obedience. Prayer.
544 Deu 12:5 - 6 Bring all offerings as required Tithe
545 546 Deu 12:13 - 14 Don't offer up sacrifices outside the Sanctuary Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Don't water down thanks to Yahweh
547 Deu 12:15 Redeem cattle that contract blemishes Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
- Deu 12:16 Don't drink blood No uncooked food
413 414 415 548 549 550 551 552 Deu 12:17 Don't eat the 2nd tithe outside Jerusalem Don't think it applies but. Obedience
416 Deu 12:19 Don't forsake the Levites; but their gifts (dues) should be given to them, so that they might rejoice therewith on each and every festival Tithe
157 Deu 12:21 Slay cattle, deer and fowl according to the laws of shechitah if their flesh is to be eaten WIP. Obedience
158 Deu 12:23 Don't eat a limb removed from a living beast WIP. Obedience
553 Deu 12:26 Bring sacrifices to the Sanctuary from places outside of Israel Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
14 Deu 13:1 Don't add to the commandments of Torah Obedience
15 Deu 13:1 Don't take away from the commandments of Torah Obedience
321 Deu 13:4 Don't listen to anyone who prophesies in the name of an idol Obedience
325 326 327 328 329 Deu 13:9 Don't love the enticer to idolatry WIP. Obedience? Or did Jeshua die for me to be able to love everybody?
323 Deu 13:12 Don't entice an Israelite to idolatry Obedience
246 Deu 13:15 Examine witnesses thoroughly Obedience
355 356 Deu 13:16 - 17 Slay inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous Jeshua died so that we don't have to take another life.
357 Deu 13:18 Don't make use of the property of a city that has been led astray Obedience
349 Deu 14:1 Don't cut yourself or shave your head in mourning Obedience
554 Deu 14:3 - 21 Dietary I continue to be surprised by how much pork (for example) there is in so many different dishes. I am now looking far more closely at ingredients. If I am given forbidden foods, it reminds me to fast for a day. I won't order forbidden foods for myself but, if I get it wrong, it reminds me to fast for a day.
147 Deu 14:11 Examine the marks in fowl (so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices.
154 Deu 14:19 Don't eat winged insects Obedience
156 Deu 14:21 Don't eat of the flesh of a beast that died of itself WIP. Obedience
417 418 Deu 14:22 - 29 Tithes Tithe
217 218 219 Deu 15:1 - 11 Cancel debts in the 7th year. Help the poor. Don't demand the return of a loan after the Sabbatical year WIP. Tithe. Community action.
57 Deu 15:3 Do not exact the debt of an alien Obedience
51 Deu 15:7 Don't refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs Obedience
52 Deu 15:11 Give charity according to one's means Obedience
194 195 Deu 15:12 - 18 Release servants WIP. Not sure what required yet?
555 556 Deu 15:19 - 23 Sacrifices Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe
126 557 Deu 16:1 - 8 Passover Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- - Unleavened bread Acknowledge in diary. Pray
- Deu 16:9 - 12 First Harvest Acknowledge in diary. Pray
113 114 Deu 16:13 - 17 Appoint judges and officers in every community of Israel Not sure this applies to me. Obedience
227 Deu 16:18 Shelters Acknowledge in diary. Pray
350 Deu 16:21 Don't plant a tree for worship Obedience
351 Deu 16:22 Don't set up a pillar for worship Obedience
558 Deu 17:1 Don't offer up a beast with a temporary blemish Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Tithe
261 262 Deu 17:11 Accept the rulings of every Supreme Court in Israel. Don't rebel against the orders of the Court Not sure this applies to me. Obedience.
273 582 583 584 585 586 587 Deu 17:15 - 18 Never settle in the land of Egypt. Appoint a king who is an Israelite. Not excessive number wives nor horses nor gold. Write 2 Torah scrolls Not sure this applies to me.
399 400 401 419 420 421 Deu 18:1 - 8 Look after priests Tithe. Prayer. Support congregation as part of priesthood of believers
- Deu 18:9 - 14 Holy living Purity. Clean hands
339 340 341 342 343 344 Deu 18:10 - 11 Don't practice magic using herbs, stones and other objects. Don't cast spells. Don't enquire of a ghost Obedience
309 Deu 18:15 Heed the call of every prophet provided he neither adds to nor takes away from the Torah Obedience
310 Deu 18:20 Don't prophecy falsely Obedience
311 Deu 18:22 Don't refrain from putting a false prophet to death nor be in fear of him Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
294 Deu 19:3 Establish six cities of refuge Don't believe any necessity any longer as Jeshua is all of our refuge
306 Deu 19:13 Don't spare the offender in imposing the prescribed penalties Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
270 Deu 19:14 Don't remove landmarks / property boundaries Obedience
247 Deu 19:15 Don't decide a case on the evidence of a single witness Not sure it applies but. Obedience
307 Deu 19:19 Do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do to others Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
599 Deu 20:2 Appoint a special kohein to speak to soldiers in a war WIP. Don’t believe this applies to me
600 Deu 20:10 Observe the procedure prescribed in Torah during war WIP. Don’t believe this applies to me
601 602 Deu 20:16 - 17 Don't keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations Jeshua died so that I don't have to take another life
603 Deu 20:19 - 20 Don't wantonly destroy fruit trees during war WIP. Don’t believe this applies to me
296 297 Deu 21:4 Decapitate the heifer in the manner prescribed Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to sacrifice. Tithe.
604 605 606 Deu 21:10 - 14 Deal with captives in war as prescribed in Torah WIP. Jeshua died for me so that I don't have to take or degrade another life
289 Deu 21:22 Hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penalty Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life or seek retribution
290 291 Deu 21:23 The dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over night Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life or seek retribution
276 277 Deu 22:1 - 4 Help your neighbour. Return lost property Tithe. Community action
38 Deu 22:4 Assist in replacing the load upon a neighbour's beast Obedience
39 Deu 22:4 Don't leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its burden, unaided Obedience
365 366 Deu 22:5 Don't wear women's clothing Obedience
160 161 Deu 22:6 - 7 Look after young animals, sustainability Obedience
263 264 Deu 22:8 Railings to flat roofs Obedience
362 363 Deu 22:9 Don't sow grain or herbs in a vineyard. Don't eat produce of diverse seeds sown in a vineyard WIP. Obedience
364 Deu 22:10 Don't work with beasts of different species yoked together Obedience
367 Deu 22:11 Don't wear wool and linen WIP. Obedience
- Deu 22:12 Wear 4 tassels As best I can, my life will give honour to Jeshua
- Deu 22:13 - 30 Sexual purity Obedience
75 Deu 22:19 One who defames his wife's honour (by falsely accusing her of unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime Obedience
76 Deu 22:19 A man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he has published an evil report (about her unchastity before marriage) Obedience
288 Deu 22:24 The Court shall pass sentence of death by stoning Jeshua died for me so that we don't need to take another life
308 Deu 22:26 Don't punish anyone who has committed an offense under duress Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
301 302 Deu 22:28 - 29 The violator of an unbetrother virgin shall marry her WIP. Obedience
64 Deu 23:2 A eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel Obedience
65 Deu 23:3 A mamzer shall not marry a daughter of a Jew Obedience
66 Deu 23:4 An Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the daughter of an Israelite Obedience
258 Deu 23:6 Don't pervert the judgment of a sinner (a person poor in fulfilment of commandments Obedience
259 607 Deu 23:7 Don't render a decision on one's personal opinion but only on the evidence of 2 witnesses who saw what actually happened. Wage war on Ammonites and Moabites Obedience. But. Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to take another life
67 Deu 23:8 - 9 Don't exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations Obedience
68 Deu 23:8 - 9 Don't exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel for three generations Obedience
608 Deu 23:11 Don't enter the camp of the Levites while unclean Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices, ceremonial clean / unclean.
609 610 Deu 23:13 Have a place outside camp for sanitary purposes Obedience
200 Deu 23:16 Don't surrender a slave, who has fled to the land of Israel, to his owner who lives outside Palestine Obedience
201 Deu 23:17 Don't wrong such a slave Obedience
69 559 Deu 23:18 - 19 There shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there shall be no intercourse with a woman, without previous marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration of marriage. Don't offer sacrifice derived from hire of a harlot Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience
58 Deu 23:21 Lend to an alien at interest Obedience
209 Deu 23:22 Don't delay in fulfilling vows or bringing vowed or free-will offerings Hebrews confirms that no further need for sacrifices. Obedience
203 Deu 23:24 Fulfil whatever I utter Obedience
185 Deu 23:25 Permit the hired labourer to eat of the produce he is reaping Obedience
186 Deu 23:25 The hired labourer shall not take more than he can eat Obedience
187 Deu 23:26 The hired labourer shall not eat produce that isn't being harvested Obedience
70 Deu 24:1 Take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage Obedience
77 Deu 24:1 To divorce by a formal written document Obedience
78 Deu 24:4 One who divorced his wife shall not remarry her, if after the divorce she had been married to another man Obedience
71 Deu 24:5 The newly married husband shall (be free) for one year to rejoice with his wife Obedience
72 Deu 24:5 A bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year from taking part in any public labour, such as military service, guarding the wall and similar duties Obedience
176 Deu 24:6 Don't take in pledge utensils used in preparing food Obedience
580 Deu 24:8 Don't pluck out the marks of leprosy Obedience. Prayer
177 Deu 24:10 Don't exact a pledge from a debtor by force Obedience
178 Deu 24:12 Don't keep the pledge from its owner at the time when he needs it Obedience
179 Deu 24:13 Return a pledge to its owner Obedience
188 Deu 24:14 - 15 Don't take advantage of poor, pay labourers Obedience
244 Deu 24:16 The court shall not accept the testimony of a close relative of the defendant in matters of capital punishment WIP / Obedience
180 257 Deu 24:17 Don't take a pledge from a widow. Don't pervert the judgement of strangers or orphans Obedience
50 Deu 24:19 - 20 Leave the forgotten sheaf for the poor Obedience
49 Deu 24:20 Don't return to take a forgotten sheaf Obedience
304 305 Deu 25:2 - 3 Punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to inflict punishment
202 Deu 25:4 Don't muzzle a beast, while it is working in produce which it can eat and enjoy Obedience
79 Deu 25:5 A widow whose husband died childless must not be married to anyone but her deceased husband's brother WIP - still working this one out. Take care of family?
80 Deu 25:5 Marry the widow of a brother who has died childless WIP - still working this one out. Take care of family?
81 Deu 25:7 - 9 The widow formally release the brother-in-law (if he refuses to marry her) WIP - still working this one out. Take care of family?
265 266 Deu 25:12 Save the pursued even at the cost of the life of the pursuer WIP - still working this one out
183 Deu 25:13 - 14 Don't possess inaccurate measures and weights Obedience
611 612 613 Deu 25:17 - 19 Treatment of the Amalekites Jeshua died for me so that I don't need to take another life
560 Deu 26:5 - 10 Read the Instructions for bringing the first fruits WIP. Obedience?
422 423 424 425 Deu 26:13 - 14 Don't expend the proceeds of the 2nd tithe on anything but food and drink. Declare 2nd tithe WIP. Obedience?
10 Deu 28:9 Imitate Yahweh good and upright ways Obedience
220 Deu 31:12 Assemble the people to hear the Torah at the close of the 7th year Acknowledge in diary. Pray
16 Deu 31:19 Every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for himself Obedience
317 Deu 32:38 Don't drink wine of idolaters Obedience

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Responses

Bible verses Comment My response
Jesus has done it all. Torah does not apply any more. When Jeshua was on the cross and said "It is finished", he hadn't risen and he is coming again. What was finished? I would suggest that he had finished living his perfect life as a human being. I need to continue trying to do the same with the blessed knowledge that Jeshua is our perfect sacrifice and I'm forgiven for errors as long as my heart is right and I repent of those errors.
Dietary rules don't apply any more. As a Christian, I need to imitate Jeshua. Jeshua is my Lord and, from my heart, Yahweh raised him from the dead. Romans 10:9. Peter was arguably the greatest ever imitator of Jeshua and Jeshua confirmed that Peter would be the rock on which His Church would be built - Matt 16:18. In Acts 10:14, Peter declared that he had never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean. There is no way that Jeshua ate, for example, pork. Why should I.
One of my Christian sisters said that it didn't feel fair that she was treated differently simply because she was having her period. I'm not sure fairness applies but the Purity Rules were made obsolete by Jeshua's sacrifice of His body – Hebrews 10:10.
Matt 5 : 17 Torah doesn't apply any more "I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." Quite often used as reason that Torah is no longer applicable. But why did Jeshua carry on in Matt 5 : 18 - 19 to say "18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Jesus fulfilled the Torah, the only human ever to do so. Torah still applies as amended by Jeshua and recorded in the New Testament.
Matt 22 : 37 - 40 Torah doesn't apply any more as Jesus gave us 2 commandments I would ask about how we love the Lord our God as Matt 22 : 37. Is it not by trying to live using Yahweh's instructions as amended by Jeshua and recorded in the New Testament.
Matt 15 : 1 to 20 Jesus says that all foods are clean. Jesus is more concerned about our hearts than ceremonial cleanliness. Hebrews confirms that there is no longer clean or unclean. There are foods which are forbidden.
Acts 10 : 1 to 11 : 18 Peter's vision means that all foods are clean. Yahweh was preparing Peter to go into the homes of Gentiles. Yahweh was showing Peter that he was about to cleanse the hearts of people whom the Jews considered to be unclean. This wasn't according to Torah but oral torah or local tradition. Peter’s reaction shows that neither Jesus nor Peter ate forbidden foods.
Galations 3 : 19 Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. Seems that Torah doesn't apply any more? But v21 says "Is there a conflict, then, between God's law and God's promises? Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it." We aren't able to fully and properly obey Torah so Jesus died as the sacrifice for our sins so we are saved. This doesn't mean that sin has gone away. Torah still lists sins that need to be avoided and demand our repentance when we fail. Or - which of the Commandments do we think Yahweh has done away with? We're not saved by Torah but we can't ignore its listed sins either. This intention honours, and shows love for, Yahweh. Love Yahweh is still one of the two great Commandments as stated by Jesus.
Mark 7 : 19 Jeshua declares all animals clean. Hebrews confirms no longer need to be ceremonially clean to worship God. There are forbidden foods.
1 Tim 4 : 1 - 5 Paul tells Timothy he can eat all things? The Greek word used that is translated as "meats" in the King James Bible is "bróma" and it literally means: food, especially allowed or forbidden by Jewish Law (Strong's Concordance 1033). What this word actually refers to is food as it is defined under Mosaic/Levitical Law, which includes the instructions regarding what meats are clean and unclean. The false teachers were not commanding to abstain from unclean things, quite the contrary. They were actually teaching to abstain from eating all animals, including clean ones, and from marriage. This was a belief held by groups like the Gnostics and Montanists, not the followers of The Way.
Col 2 : 16 Don't judge what I eat. I won't but we all have to face eternal judgment.
Col 2 : 14 Torah was nailed to the Cross. Jeshua as the Word of Yahweh was nailed to the cross for my sins. I don't understand how anyone can think this verse means that Torah has died after Yeshua specifically said He came not to abolish The Law and that until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or punctuation mark would pass from The Law (Matthew 5:17-20). Hebrews 6:4-6 reminds us that if we sin after we know what The Law says we crucify AGAIN the Son of God and put him to an open shame. This passage also says it is impossible to be renewed again through repentance if you are openly sinning after having received the knowledge of the truth.
1 Cor 8 : 8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. This verse is part of a chapter all about whether we should eat meat previously used as sacrifices to idols. Paul says he has no problem with this act but warns against such action if it causes someone to misunderstand what is sin and to go astray as a result.
1 Cor 10 : 25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience. This verse is part of a chapter all about whether we should eat meat previously used as sacrifices to idols. Paul says he has no problem with this act but warns against such action if it causes someone to misunderstand what is sin and to go astray as a result.
Acts 15 : 19 - 21 19 It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath. James accepts that I am a work in progress. Do not make that journey harder than necessary. Let me progress stage by stage. Difficult to see how this can be interpreted that Moses Law is no longer applicable as the suggested compromise is straight from Torah.
Acts 15 : 19 - 21 19 It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath. The compromise is not the final solution. The key phrase is “Gentiles who are turning to God”. This is a compromise on the way to more fully understanding and obeying Yahweh's instructions.
What is Torah for in this day and age? Torah is holy and righteous. Torah cannot save us because it is impossible for us to obey all the instructions. Torah is a benchmark or plumbline for what is righteous and loving to Yahweh. Torah does tell us what is sin and hence tells us of what we need to repent so that we are more aligned with Yahweh. Jeshua is the only reason that Yahweh accepts our repentance.
Romans 14 : 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. Paul was making the same point he had made earlier to the Corinthians. Just because meat that was otherwise lawful to eat may have been associated with idol worship does not mean it is no longer fit for human consumption. As seen from the context, Paul was not discussing biblical dietary restrictions at all. But beware of leading others astray.

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