From ‘Whole Bible Christianity’ chapter 4 section on Law before Law.<\/p>\n
At least 40 observances of Law, implicit and explicit, before the Law was ‘given’ at Sinai.<\/p>\n
Genesis 2:2-3 \u2013 Sabbath
\nGenesis 2:17 \u2013 Choose life not knowledge Deut. 30:19.
\nGenesis 2:23-25 \u2013 One man, one woman for marriage.
\nGenesis 3 \u2013 Redemption, blood sacrifice, and atonement.
\nGenesis 4:3-7 \u2013 Offering first born of flock and fat Deut. 12:6, 15:19
\nGenesis 4:4 \u2013 acceptable and unacceptable sacrifices
\nGenesis 4:10 \u2013 manslaughter penalties; avenger of blood; see Numbers 35.
\nGenesis 6:5, 11-13, 17 \u2013 Flood destroys innocent people?
\nGenesis 7:2, 8 \u2013 clean and unclean animals on the ark.
\nGenesis 8 \u2013 Noah\u2019s burnt offerings, uses clean animals.
\nGenesis 9:4 \u2013 Don\u2019t eat blood Lev. 3:17, 7:26; Acts 15:20
\nGenesis 9:6 \u2013 Don\u2019t murder; equal justice; compare to Numbers 35:33.
\nGenesis 9:20-27 \u2013 Uncovering father\u2019s nakedness Lev. 18:7, 20:11
\nGenesis 14:20, 28:22 \u2013 Tithing or giving.
\nGenesis 17:13-14 \u2013 Circumcision given as sign of covenant made in chapter 15.
\nGenesis 19:4-7 \u2013 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed for homosexual sins.
\nGenesis 20:3 \u2013 Adultery wrong.
\nGenesis 22 \u2013 No sacrificing children.
\nGenesis 22:13 \u2013 Abraham makes a burnt offering.
\nGenesis 24:3, 28:1 \u2013 Don\u2019t marry Canaanites Deut. 7:3.
\nGenesis 26:4, 5 \u2013 Abraham obeys God\u2019s charges, commandments, statutes, laws
\nGenesis 27, 29:26 \u2013 Firstborn inherits Deut. 21:15-17; Genesis 48:18.
\nGenesis 30 \u2013 wrong to cheat a worker of his wages Lev. 19:13.
\nGenesis 31:35 \u2013 Rachel prevents finding idols while in the \u2018manner of women.\u2019 Compare to Lev. 15.
\nGenesis 31:54 \u2013 Jacob sacrifices.
\nGenesis 35:2 \u2013 Jacob has the family put away gods, purify themselves and change garments. Compare to Exodus 19:10, 14; Lev. 14:9, 15:3; Numbers 8:7; John 13:12; Heb. 10:22.
\nGenesis 35:14 \u2013 Jacob and drink offering with an altar and oil.
\nGenesis 38:6-26 \u2013 Er & Onan and an heir for a brother (Deut. 25:5)
\nGenesis 46:1 \u2013 Jacob sacrifices again.
\nExodus 4:26 \u2013 Circumcision again.
\nExodus 11 \u2013 Passover
\nExodus 12 \u2013 additional mentions of circumcision.
\nExodus 13:2 \u2013 The firstborn belong to Adonai, compare to Exodus 22:29, 27:26; Numbers 3:12, 13, 16-18.
\nExodus 13:16 \u2013 \u201cIt shall be for you a token upon thy hand\u2026\u201d
\nExodus 16:4 \u2013 Manna, \u201cthat I may prove them, whether they walk in my law or no.\u201d
\nExodus 16:26-28 – \u201cHow long will you refuse to keep my commandments & laws?\u201d
\nExodus 18:16 \u2013 Moses uses and teaches God\u2019s laws before Sinai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From ‘Whole Bible Christianity’ chapter 4 section on Law before Law. At least 40 observances of Law, implicit and explicit, before the Law was ‘given’ at Sinai. Genesis 2:2-3 \u2013 Sabbath Genesis 2:17 \u2013 Choose life not knowledge Deut. 30:19. … read more