Deuteronomy 22:11-13
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11 Don’t wear any material made of both wool and linen.
12 Make tassels for the four corners of the cloak you wear, as a reminder of God’s instructions.
The laws in the next group all address cases where sexual relations may have taken place outside of lawful marriage. This is considered not just immoral but also a threat to a foundational institution of Israelite society—the family. Sexual indiscretion is therefore punished with execution, in order to remove the threat from the midst of the community. In a context where a rival pagan value system exerts a constant push away from the pattern of life God outlined, such bold consequences are necessary to keep the nation on track while forming this new type of society.
Moses: 13 What if a man marries a woman and has sexual relations with her, but he ends up hating her,
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