The Skeptics Annotated Bible (192 page)

(22.29)
“Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife.”

30
A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.

(22.30)
“A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.”

23
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

(23.1)
“He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.”

2
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation
shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

(23.2)
“A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation.”
God won’t let bastards attend church. Neither can the sons or daughters of bastards “even to the tenth generation.”
41 Are we punished for the sins of others?

3
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation
shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:

(23.3)
“An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation.”
152 Did any Moabite enter the congregation of the Lord?

4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

7
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother:
thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

(23.7)
“Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother.”
153 How should the Edomites be treated?

8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

10
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night
, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

(23.10)
God law for wet dreams “If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night….”