Leviticus 24-27

As you might expect, the Lord spake unto Moses some more in Leviticus 24. Aaron is to tend to the lamps and put out the bread in the tabernacle.

An "Israelitish woman's son" curses the Lord. Big mistake. He is brought before Moses and stoned to death. This chapter repeats a familiar phrase - eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Somehow that explains getting murdered for taking the Lord's name in vain. By this measure, I'd be dead about 20 million times over by now.

Big shock, but in Leviticus 25, the Lord spake unto Moses some more. Fields are to be planted for six years and left fallow during the seventh year. What is it with the number seven? Every 50 years, there will be a jubilee during which slaves will be released. So for all you slaves out there, hold out hope. It's just 50 short years to freedom. It's all part of God's plan, see?

Leviticus 26 explains that all will be well if you keep God's laws. You will be fruitful and live in a peaceful land. If you do not obey God's commandments, you will be punished seven times over. Your farming will go to shit. Wild beasts will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Pestilence will visit you, and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. The land will become desolate, and your family will be scattered around the land. Ye shall eat the flesh of your children, and God's soul will abhor you. But he's a just God who loves you.

Leviticus 27 explains the tithing process. Hey, God needs dough like everybody else. You can also tithe land and livestock - clean beasts only, please.