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Originally Posted by Aquila
I didn't want to bring up the above passage from Numbers 5 because it is so disturbing to me. The implication is that any child conceived in sin doesn't have an inherent right to live according to the Law of Moses. In fact, this is why living children conceived in sin were regarded as being of lower class in ancient Israel. The primary reason was inherentance of property and wealth. To sire a child from a man other than one's husband, especially if it were the first born, would essentially hijack the family inheritance from the lawful bloodline. A child conceived in sin was a threat to the family's continued prosperity.
That would mean that, according to the Law of Moses, only children conceived in the bonds of holy wedlock inherently have the right to live.
Now, to me, that's disturbing. |
Of course it's disturbing.
It's about as disturbing as is
Deut. 21:18-21 and
7:14 You will be blessed more than any other people;
none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young. 15 The LORD will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you. 16
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God gives over to you.
Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
Do you wish to say these verses are not disturbing? Kill other people's babies so your own wives will not be childless?
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