Leviticus 24:1-23
Aaron is to tend the lamps before the Lord from evening till morning, continually. The lamp be kept burning continually.
Set loaf two rows, six in each row, on the table of pure gold before the Lord.
If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible, anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death.
Anyone takes the life of a human being he must be put to death, anyone who takes the life of someone's animal must make restitution - life for life.
Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
Same law for the alien and the native-born.
The lamps which must be kept burning in God's Tent, and the weekly offering of twelve loaves.
They are not put there for God to eat. Aaron and the priests are openly instructed to eat the bread themselves.
Eye for eye: The principle is one of exact and limited public justice: it outlaw individual revenge and blood-feud(血世仇). The fact that literal retaliation(報復) by bodily mutilation(斷肢) was legally allowed does not necessarily mean it was practised. Compensation for injury often took the form of a fine.
Why?
The loaves remind the tribes of their complete dependence on God's provision.
Keep the lamp in God's Tent remind the Lord is among people always.
The loaves let peoepl remember the provision of the Lord.
Life to life is very simple and justice law and easy to be practised. Prevent other revenge and blood-feud. God is the Lord, God is great and completly in everything.
God's law is justice and equally to alien and native-born.
How?
Praise God for his mighty hands, great creature and his way.
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