The tension: The Priestly legislation in Numbers 18 and Leviticus 17 restricts sacrifice to Aaronide priests at the tabernacle door, threatening death for any layperson who…
The tension: The Torah and the prophets repeatedly insist the Sabbath is a perpetual sign of the covenant — Exodus 31:13-16 calls it an everlasting obligation and Isaiah 56…
The tension: Jesus in Matthew 7:1 and Luke 6:37 commands his followers not to judge, and Paul echoes that in Romans 2:1 and 14:10 along with James 4:12.
The tension: Jesus in Luke 14:26 says no one can be his disciple unless they hate father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and even their own life.
The tension: The Torah, prophets, and Wisdom literature relentlessly command fear of YHWH — Deuteronomy 6:13, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Proverbs 9:10, Matthew 10:28, and Hebrews…
The tension: Deuteronomy 2:9 has Yahweh forbid Israel from picking a fight with Moab or seizing Moabite land, because Yahweh assigned Ar to the descendants of Lot.
The tension: Deuteronomy 2:19 and 2:37 forbid Israel from invading or seizing Ammonite land, because Yahweh assigned that land to the descendants of Lot.
The tension: Deuteronomy 7:9, 11:1, 12:1, and Psalm 119:151-160 declare the commandments and statutes binding 'forever,' 'always,' and 'to a thousand generations.' Jesus in…
The tension: Deuteronomy 20:19 prohibits destroying fruit trees during a siege: 'thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them.' 2 Kings 3:19 has…
The tension: Deuteronomy 23:7 forbids Israel from despising the Edomite because he is a brother, but later texts — 2 Kings 14, Ezekiel 25, and the entire book of Obadiah —…
The tension: Deuteronomy 24:1-2 explicitly permits a divorced woman to become another man's wife, but Luke 16:18 has Jesus declaring that anyone who marries a divorced woma…
