Eighth Commandment
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These are notes for an incomplete "Concept" page.
- Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.
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You must not steal or withhold something that belongs to another.
- We must not take something that belongs to another, whether it be tangible or intangible. We must not withhold something we have, that others have a legitimate right to.
- As with the other commands, this command represents an entire "category" of attitudes and actions.
Exodus 20 | Deuteronomy 5 |
Exo 20:15 "You shall not steal. | Deu 5:19 "Neither shall you steal. |
Scripture Pages that Link to Here
- The original giving of the commandments.
- Restatement of the commands, just before entering the Promised Land.
- Examples of how to apply the Eighth Commandment.
- If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest. (Etc.) / God is gracious (the opposite of a person who does such things).
Leviticus 19 (selected verses)
- The obligation to share with the needy; to not keep back something that belongs to another; to have proper weight/measurements; etc.
- An application of the 8th comm. - A poor member of the community: Help him. Do not profit from his misfortune! (This includes giving him your food for profit and charging interest in borrowed money.)
- Do not withhold from your neighbor ("brother") anything you find that belongs to him.
- Achan stole things devoted to God, and that had a detrimental affect on the entire nation.
- Dishonest weights and measures are a violation of the Eighth Commandment and Ninth Commandment.
- Mic 2:2 They [the rich and powerful] covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
- Woe to such people (v. 1), because God will judge them (v. 3+).
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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