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