You must understand how Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers (Genesis 37). Exodus 21:9 And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter. At this time, the children of Israel were fruitful, increased abundantly, became exceedingly mighty, and there were people everywhere. We must start by praying for them, seeking what God will do. In both cases, the forbidden fruit is available. Our Lord is teaching us that we must, unlike our culture, take sexual sin most seriously. We sanctify those things to which we attach great value. The sexually immoral, such as the woman caught in the act of adultery, honestly acknowledged their sin, but the scribes and Pharisees were hypocritical, refusing to acknowledge their own self-righteousness. 11-31). Not to mention, the Israelites were a faithful people who believed in God. It means a lot of people quit and left. Exodus is not used casually. Israel remained in the wilderness for forty years. Why Did Pharaoh Tell Joseph to Enjoy the 'Fat of the Land'? Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your GOD (Lev. 1 Cor. When we come to our last text, we come full circle: Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge (Heb. From the very beginning of creation, to commit adultery was to violate the sanctity of sex in marriage. (2) While David enjoys all the luxuries of the palace, Uriah refused to enjoy them, even when urged on him. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. God delivered Israel, but many things had to be worked out of them. What Is the Significance of Not the Letter but of the Spirit? The implications of the sanctity of sex and marriage are the subject of this lesson. Some of this may be cultural, but I think the primary reason is that in those days especially (and in other cultures still today) the woman is under the authority of her parents, and her parents authority over her is simply transferred to her husband. If we misrepresent God's design for marriage, then we distort His means of revealing His love for the church. Judah marries Shu'a the Canaanite. Sanctification is therefore one of the great, governing and guiding principles of the Word of God. 22-27). Abraham marries Keturah, who couldn't have been a daughter of Israel as Israel, Abraham's grandson was yet to have been born. 4:4), and holding the marriage bed in honor, keeping the marriage bed undefiled (Heb. Specifically, I am referring to what Paul has written in the Book of Ephesians, which especially relates to sexual impurity: Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. Here, the church is the bride of Christ, with the responsibility of exemplifying the relationship of Christ to His church (Eph. It is no wonder, then, that Eve was attracted to the forbidden fruit: When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate (Gen. 3:6). If these Jewish leaders condemned sins which were overtly wrong actions, Jesus chose to focus on those hidden sins which were attitudes. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. 4:11-12). 13-21). If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the bride price for virgins." . It can dull the mind, like wine, making one insensitive to reality (Hos. So David sent and inquired about the woman. For a while, Shaun was dating Dr. Carly Lever (Jasika Nicole), a pathologist. Why should I pardon you? 1 Corinthians 7:1-6 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Teenagers, culture is lying to you. There are other instances of sexual immorality in Genesis, but let us turn our attention to the bright light of Josephs character, in contrast to that of his close relatives.43 Joseph was a young man, with all of the sexual desires of any other healthy male. 20:14; Deut. The KJV Study Bible, Barbour Publishing, 2011, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. At other times, we are tempted to call clean what God has called unclean. One of the most important decisions the Christian can make is to rightly distinguish between the holy and the unholythe see what God has sanctified and what He has not. This intimacy can be both constructive and destructive. We would thus expect him to wage war on the marital union, for it is through marital union that the seed will be preserved and the promised seed will come. and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram. This union involved the husband's leaving of his parents 42 and cleaving to his wife. They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing after his neighbors wife. Intimacy. Sexual purity begins with highly esteeming that which God has givenmarriage, and the one whom God has givenour mate. Exodus 21:10 (MSG) If he marries another woman, she retains all her full rights to meals, clothing, and marital relations. Thus, in the gospels we see how our Lord pressed beyond the actual act of adultery to the attitudinal sins of adultery: You have heard that it was said, YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; but I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. We will discover in our lesson that marriage and sex were also sanctified by God. Those distinctions are spelled out in the Law, one of which is that of the maintenance of sexual and marital sanctity. Robert L. (Bob)Deffinbaugh graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary with his Th.M. And God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. And one said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house. from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods. Solomon held fast to these in love. who does sean marry in exodus. This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church (Eph. His indignation at discovering his daughter-in-law was pregnant out of wedlock (not knowing yet it was by him), reveals that sexual immorality was clearly condemned (cf. Thus Jesus majored on those sins which were more subtle, and which were more characteristic of the religious leadership of Israel. . To understand Johns response, you have to understand John. Exodus 22:16-17A man who seduces a virgin must marry her or pay the price of a virgins dowry. Pharaoh also instructed the midwives to kill the male children during birth but spare the female children (Exodus 1:15-16). Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Gen. 1:11-12, 31). Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More. Sexual intercourse with a harlot, contrary to popular thought, is no casual matter, it is a union as well. He equates sexual union with marital union. These three texts provide us with the essence of our Lords teaching on adultery and sexual immorality. First, I believe that a Christian has the right to divorce a spouse for adultery, but that this is never ones duty, and seldom ones highest calling. His brothers gave him an unplanned exodus simply because his father adored him (Genesis 37:3-4). Shaun and Lea got engaged in the Season 4 finale. Therefore, if a man cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. While depriving a partner tempts them, fulfilling a partner does not necessarily keep them from sexual sin. him--perhaps to share his tent. Indeed, in verse 16 Paul makes a statement of monumental importance. I think there is little evidence for this conclusion. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? Dr. Smith has freelanced for the Tri-State Defendernewspaper and Contempora magazine. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate (Matt. New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. and married, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth. In Genesis chapter 12 further revelation about mans salvation is given as the benefits brought about by human (and ultimately divine) seed: And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you; And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. 13:4) implies that not every sexual practice of the pagan world is permissible or beneficial for the Christian. Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst. He has also set this unity apart, distinguishing it from the previous parental-child entity. So thank you to whoever it was that posted about the last book being released and brought the series to my attention. The main focus of Exodus is to describe Gods deliverance of Israel and how He made them a great nation (The KJV Study Bible, Barbour Publishing, 2011). 3, 24-30). This event is described in detail in the second book of the Bible, called. We sanctify sex because we value it highly, as a good gift from the hand of a gracious God. We also see how the Lord made Pharaoh release His people. In 2 Timothy chapter 2 Pauls instruction is more general, but still very much to the point of sexual morality. Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take to himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan, and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram. The first is that the sanctity of marriage not only demands that we not defile the union in any way, including adultery, but that we actively seek to enhance the marriage. The sanctity of marriage is indicated by the statement in Genesis 2:24, that a man must leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife. and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods. Their numbers threatened the new Pharaoh. For this reason it says, Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you (Eph. The Hebrew midwives feared God and would not do what the king of Egypt asked. To play out her role as Gods priestly nation, Israel had to be separate, sanctified, different from the surrounding nations. Second, we move from an Old Testament dispensation (centered around the nation Israel) to a New Testament dispensation (centered around a predominantly Gentile church). As a matter of fact, my differences with John over the proper use of a wood chisel have a great deal to do with the commandment, You shall not commit adultery. The principle underlying this commandment is that of the sanctity of marriage. Genesis 31:38-40 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten, Philippians 4:11,12 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content, Exodus 4:20-25 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand, Exodus 18:2-6 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, . The apostle Paul has the most to say of the apostles on the subject of sexual purity. It also assured the integrity of the home and a righteous seed, through whom the Redeemer would come. But if they marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; thus it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance. They made their lives miserable with hard labor (Exodus 1). There is no explanation for this name change, but the title "priest of Midian" accompanies both names, and he is called Moses' father-in-law, so it is safe to assume this was the same man. Women, why do keep your silver in a special place, bringing it out only for special occasions? 4:11-12). This may be a matter of personal conviction, over which there is some disagreement, but marriage does not make every sexual practice holy. When we are willing to do whatever it takes to avoid a sin, we will likely take the steps necessary to avoid it. Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the kings house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance. The children of Israel had become a threat, for the Egyptians might not control them. The Old Testament prophets take up the themes already developed in the Pentateuch. Exodus. So, too, the pleasures of sexual sin are prominently proclaimed, but the price for immorality is exceedingly high (cf. Our Lord teaches us here that divorce causes adultery. Time will not permit further exploration, but take note of how often unity (e.g. And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. When we leave the gospels of the New Testament and come to the epistles, there is a change which we should recognize and appreciate. It's been a long road, but on . also 1 Tim. The Christian life therefore involves making many distinctions and then living them out. Sometime later, Moses was married to Zipporah, the daughter of Reuel, the priest of Midian ( Exodus 2:16-22 ). Exodus 22:16-17 "If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride price for her and make her his wife. Mohar is the cash gift the groom gives the bride, as Eliezer, Abraham 's servant, gave "precious things" to Laban, Rebecca 's father, and as Jacob gave seven years of service for the hand of Rachel.The great sage and the ketubah's most important . He had promised Abraham that his descendants would become a great nation (Genesis 17). In order to do this, Christians must be holy, sanctified, just as God is holy (1 Peter 1:14-16). It is against the backdrop of Israels history as described in Genesis that the Seventh Commandment is given to the Israelites: You shall not commit adultery (Exod. We know, of course, that the Lord Jesus was not born of the union of Mary and Joseph, but by a supernatural conception brought about by the Holy Spirit. The old dependent and submissive relationship of child to parent had to be set aside so that this unity of husband and wife could be established (v. 24). Fornication is a term used in the Bible for any sexual misconduct or impure sexual activity that occurs outside of the bounds of a marriage covenant. From the standpoint of our sin against God, attitudinal sins and action sins are both rebellion against God. Joseph ended up in Egypt away from his family and did not understand until decades later when his brothers came to Egypt why all these events occurred (Genesis 50:20). And the man said. Just as no man can have two masters, neither can one have two unionsone with Christ, and another with a harlot. Prior to education, she worked in local and national television news for 13 years including positions as an overnight news anchor, reporter, and assignments editor at two local network affiliate stations. Shaun and Lea exchanged their first kiss in a Season 3 episode of The Good Doctor. And I will destroy her vines and fig trees, Of which she said, These are my wages Which my lovers have given me. And I will make them a forest, And the beasts of the field will devour them (Hos. Q. When the first sin was committed by partaking of the forbidden fruit God pronounced punishments which were appropriate to each party involved, as well as the consequences for all mankind. As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love. Therefore do not be partakers with them; for you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Let us briefly consider the important truths our Lord taught on sex and marriage. The children of Israel did all work in the field as well. How many times have we heard that adultery breaks the marriage union, that is, that adultery (legitimately) causes divorce? For this and other reasons, the Seventh Commandment is of vital importance, not only to a pagan world, but to a carnal and permissive church. Then his father and his mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she looks good to me.. What does Exodus mean today? Away from his family, perhaps never again to return to his own people, how easy it would have been for him to succumb to the advances of his masters wife: And it came about after these events that his masters wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, Lie with me. But he refused and said to his masters wife, Behold, with me around, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my charge. Most importantly, we must get in the Word of God and ask for Gods help. How Is Harry Potter a Literary Christ Figure? It did not look bad, it did not taste bad. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org, Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take to himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,. Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I shall drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them. I started reading the series three days ago and devoured it! michigan state coaching staff; For starters, we need to get the nature of marriage right. He had to mature in Egypt away from his family. The word exodus literally means "the road out". Exodus 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. I did something which would make you cringe. 11. For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain among you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you. God has here joined a man and a woman so that they have become a unity. 20:22-27). There are several reasons for the difference in the emphasis of our Lord from that of the Old Testament, which condemned adultery and demanded the death penalty. This is not one of the high points in Abrams life. Exodus 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. The Bible says, Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needed not be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15). 5:15-20). 5:18). If one were so serious as to be willing to pluck out an eye or cut off a hand then that persons attitude is what it should be with regard to adultery. God is God, and He can manage timelines as well. Gen. 39:9; 2 Sam. 2:11-12). Reproduction. If the Seventh Commandment teaches the sanctity of marriage, it also teaches the sanctity of sex, for it is only in marriage that the pleasure and product (children) are to be experienced. Finally, we shall attempt to distill the biblical teaching into a few guiding and governing principles. (2) The sanctity of marriage. And if your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out, and throw it from you; for it is better for you that one of the parts of your body perish, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. In short, there has been both a leaving and a cleaving, a separation and a union. It Is So Painful to Care: How Do I Conquer Apathy? We must even distinguish between what is personally permissible and what is personally beneficial (1 Cor. An exodus of people left the company means the same thing. I honestly believe that. Moses consented, and in course of time took to wife Zipporah, one of Reuel's daughters. New Century Version Chapter Parallel Christianity.com is a member of the Salem Web Network of sites including: Copyright 2023, Christianity.com. 0. who does sean marry in exodus. Our culture protests that Christians disdain and demean sex, that we have little appreciation for it. Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart (2 Tim. We can cry out to God, and He will hear us. Drink water from your own cistern, And fresh water from your own well. If He said it, He will do it. God told Satan, Adam and Eve that the Savior of mankind would be the seed of the woman. Abrams request was for Sarai to lie, representing herself as an eligible bride, and thus potentially putting her in another mans bed in order to save his life. Our sanctification cannot be expressed or realized apart from a radical change in our sexual conductthat is, a radical change in the way we conduct ourselves sexually, as contrasted with our former conduct and that of the pagan world around us. NLT - 27 Moses told them, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Taken as a whole, I believe that the above passages convey several vitally important truths, which we must pause to underscore: (1) Adultery is a more serious sexual sin because it is a violation of a marriage. To John, a wood chisel is to be sanctifiedset apart for use only on wood. Pauls words in 1 Corinthians chapter 6 go much farther, showing the implications of a Christians sexual union with a harlot. Categories . The Bible says God is near the brokenhearted (Psalms 34:18). Numbers 5A test is given to determine whether or not a wife has been unfaithful to her husband. Some people seem to disdain sex in marriage as much as the Bible disdains it outside of marriage. He joined the first man and the first woman together in marriage. Our culture does not value sex, it thinks of it as very common, so common that virtual strangers will share lifes most intimate treasure. Ed, Issue 46, Winter 2023. Exodus 20:1-26 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. 1 . Uncovering the nakedness of a relative is prohibited (vss. For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Moses knew he had a big job because Israel was no longer just one family. It is significant that our Lord began by talking about adultery, but that He almost immediately came to the subject of divorce. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed (Gen. 12:2-3). Now David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with his lords servants, but he did not go down to his house (2 Samuel 11:1-13). While the seduction of a virgin entails either marriage to the virgin or the payment of her dowry price to the father, sexual union with a married woman is punishable by death. The differences between holy and unholy, clean and unclean are crucial. I would further suggest that these four areas (there are probably others, too) provide the glue which holds a marriage together. Note these points of contrast: (1) Uriahs military devotion in the front lines of battle is contrasted with Davids complacency, who never even makes it to the battle. In both cases, the forbidden fruit is forbidden. Answer. . And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. Marriage with the Midianites was allowed . First, since the sanctity of sex reflects its value, its beauty, its goodness, let us never think of sex as something dirty and defiling. her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish, Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not, Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular, To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold, Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular, Flesh, as living, for, food, food of any kind, kindred by blood, Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular, Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Law: Exodus 21:10 If he takes another wife to himself (Exo. The consequences of guilt or innocence are spelled out (vss. This incident reveals several important truths: (1) Joseph knew he could not lie with this woman because she was the wife of another man. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, but love from the Lord is its completion. Fornication is also applied symbolically in the Bible to the sins of idolatry and apostasy, or the abandoning of God. Some people did not enter the promised land that God had promised to give them because of their disobedience. More than this, it was very desirable: And out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:9). 13:27). If we have accepted the principle of sanctification in general, we must then see it in the particulars of our Christian experience. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. Jesus did not have nearly as much to say about adultery and sexual immorality as did the apostles. 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