Lessons From The Giants In Deuteronomy 2

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In Deuteronomy 2, Moses talks about Israel’s relatives in Canaan (Edom, Moab, and Ammon) and the giants they faced to get their land. In this chapter, Moses reveals two things. First, they have no reason to fear the giants dwelling among the Canaanites, as these are only a remnant of the Rephaites (giants) who were there before. The rest of whom were previously defeated by Israel’s relatives, so they are not immortal, nor is defeating them impossible. Second, the promised land is a specific geographical section that God will give to the Israelites, and they shouldn’t attempt to take land from their relatives unless God hands it over, as that is their allotted portion.

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Marry the Rapist Deut 22:28-29

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Does the Bible say a woman has to marry her rapist in Deut 22:28-29? Most translations don’t use the word rape because the Hebrew text doesn’t use that word in these specific verses. That verse describes what happens in the case of fornication when a woman is neither married nor engaged and just has sex. If they are caught, no one is stoned to death, and the man is required to pay her dowry and marry her, but only with her father’s permission.

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