There is some reiteration about skin disease, discharge and restitution.....then we have the test for the unfaithful wife...seems cruel as it sits there as law...basically, without trust, there is no possibility for a good marriage. The major application is that they took it to the priest......now we have counselors that we can choose, but we also have a High Priest in Jesus Christ.....Jesus knows our heart....if we have guilt, he knows it. Marriage was to be a "mysterious union" like Christ loves the church....just remember that we are reading about a very Patriarchal society and that women could be temple prostitutes in pagan religions.....
The Nazarite is a vow one could take to dedicate himself to the Lord, or parents could do it for the child...Sampson, Samuel and John the Baptist were probably Nazarites. These were leaders that devoted themselves completely to God. They had very long hair as an outward sign to their dedication and did not drink wine.
And now I know where the ancient blessing that I heard every Sunday in the Lutheran church growing up is:
The Lord bless you
and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.
I love it and bless you!
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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