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NASB | Exodus 21:10 "If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 21:10 "If her master marries another wife, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her privilege as a wife. |
Bible Question:
Here is what puzzles me. All these guys in the Bible were used of God and even in David's case was called a man after God's own heart. But adultry didn't seem to be a problem to them. I mean David was just out one night starring at the stars or thinking about some kingly business, and saw this woman and decided to have sex with her. Naturally it led to other problems, but what was he thinking? Adultry was wrong then, how could he have so easily done this? And Judah in Gen. 38, he was just going down the road to work and saw a woman of the side of the road and decided to have sex. But today such a big deal is made over a pastor that is divorced or married to a divorced woman (it's almost as if that is the only qualification given in the N. T. for pastors and deacons)that it causes me to wander, if the men in the O.T. could take sex so lightly and God still blessed them and used them, how come it is so serious in the N.T.? It seems that Paul mentions sexual sins every few verses. I am not having immoral thoughts or wanting another wife, I have just always wandered about this. Any ideas or thoughts? wdc |
Bible Answer: it is not a common custom to have sex out of marriage or having more than one wives anyone in OT. it is the heart of the people hard and always wanting to do that. For example God prohibit even to eat the fruit of forbidden tree but it happened. God even in OT want God the person to have only one wife: Ge 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. "and shall cleave unto his wife" not unto his wives "and they shall be one flesh" the two shall be one flesh, and four wives will be "one flesh" David was punished because of his immoral relationship with bathseba, his son was died and even david ready to accept if the Lord will take his life. It means it is not really a common to have immoral life. 2Sa 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. God forgive david when he repent. Christ said that having more than one wives is not a custom even in OT: Mt 19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? Mt 19:8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Will see that because of the "hardness of thier heart" moses done a writing of law in divorcement. But in the beginning it was not so. Why it is because it so serious of NT? because it is the law of Christ, and Christ want us to leave in Holiness. 1Th 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. As He said He made a new covenant for us not according to thier fathers: Heb 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. God bless, |