17“Therefore say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “And I shall gather you from the peoples, and I shall assemble you from the lands where you have been scattered, and I shall give you the land of Yisra’ĕl.” ’
18“And they shall go there, and shall take away all its disgusting matters and all its abominations from there.
19“And I shall give them one heart, and put a new spirit within you. And I shall take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,
20so that they walk in My laws, and guard My right-rulings, and shall do them. And they shall be My people and I shall be their Elohim.
21“But to those whose hearts walk after the heart of their disgusting matters and their abominations, I shall recompense their deeds on their own heads,” declares the Master יהוה.
Ezekiel 11
This coming week, 26 May-1 June 2024 (18-24 Iyar 5784), the Bible reading plan covers Bechukotai (In My Statutes).
26 May Lev 26:3-5 Isaiah 9:1-10:23 Rom 3:9-31 Prov 25:23-28
27 May Lev 26:6-9 Isaiah 10:24-13:12 Rom 4:1-25 Ps 89:1-7
28 May Lev 26:10-46 Isaiah 13:13-14:32 Rom 5:1-21 Ps 89:8-18
29 May Lev 27:1-15 Isaiah 15:1-18:7 Rom 6:1-23 Ps 89:19-29
30 May Lev 27:16-21 Isaiah 19:1-21:17 Rom 7:1-25 Ps 89:30-37
31 May Lev 27:22-28 Isaiah 22:1-23:18 Rom 8:1-19 Ps 89:38-45
01 Jun Lev 27:29-34 Jer 16:19-17:14 Rom 8:19-39 Ps 89:46-52
https://thebarkingfox.com/2024..../05/24/weekly-bible-
This coming week, 26 May-1 June 2024 (18-24 Iyar 5784), the Bible reading plan covers Bechukotai (In My Statutes).
26 May Lev 26:3-5 Isaiah 9:1-10:23 Rom 3:9-31 Prov 25:23-28
27 May Lev 26:6-9 Isaiah 10:24-13:12 Rom 4:1-25 Ps 89:1-7
28 May Lev 26:10-46 Isaiah 13:13-14:32 Rom 5:1-21 Ps 89:8-18
29 May Lev 27:1-15 Isaiah 15:1-18:7 Rom 6:1-23 Ps 89:19-29
30 May Lev 27:16-21 Isaiah 19:1-21:17 Rom 7:1-25 Ps 89:30-37
31 May Lev 27:22-28 Isaiah 22:1-23:18 Rom 8:1-19 Ps 89:38-45
01 Jun Lev 27:29-34 Jer 16:19-17:14 Rom 8:19-39 Ps 89:46-52
https://thebarkingfox.com/2024..../05/24/weekly-bible-
A Hebrew master of a non-Hebrew slave ought to be working to turn that slave into a Hebrew. If a Hebrew owns a non-Hebrew slave more than seven years, then he's not doing his job as a master. (Lev 25-26, Exo 21, Jer 34)
A Hebrew master knows he's done well when his foreign slave exhibits 3 behaviors:
1) Worships YHVH instead of false gods
2) Keeps the Sabbath
3) Reverences the Temple and his fellow Hebrews.
When a foreign slave exhibits these three signs, he is no longer a foreigner, but a Hebrew. Then the rules change.
"Who is my neighbor?"
Yeshua flips this question around and lays the burden on us.
WE CAN BE THE NEIGHBOR who lends his hands in the service of others. Even when we can expect nothing in return.
The burden becomes whether WE will be the neighbor to others rather than waiting for them to be the neighbor to us.
Luke 10:25-37