3/25/23: Exodus 23

Exodus 23; Plethora of interpretations; Numbering chapter and verse in the bible; Masoretic text; Have you heard this before?; Have you been deceived?; Are you willing to change your mind - repent?; Going up by steps; Dominance; vs humility; Nakedness; Two trees; Hierarchy?; Ex 20:26; Altars; Coveting; Property rights; Bondage of Egypt - setting the captive free; Lowerarchy; Serving your neighbor; Covetous practices; Taxation; Misinformation and the "wicked"; Violence; Idolatry; Col 3:5; National adultery; Two commandments; Loving neighbor as yourself; False witness; Moses' government; Ruling over people?; Ruling vs leading; False reporting; Anti-democracy; Wresting judgement; Having one purse; Centralizing wealth; Italics in the bible; Israel the republic; Identifying "evil"; THE sin of Sodom and Gomorrah; Exercising authority; Deciding fact and law; Learning the Way of righteousness; Pure republics; Solvency of Social Security?; Annexing your labor; Waiving your rights; Countenancing the poor; Meat and milk; Loving your enemy; Forgiveness; Misunderstanding bible basics; Realizing blind spots; Precedents; Baptism of John the Baptist; Ex 23:7; Robbing widows and orphans; Gathering for others; Weakening Israel?; Land Sabbath?; Debt and the poor; Pure religion in a pure republic; Other gods making choices for you?; Reserve funds; Willingness to rob neighbors; Feast of unleavened bread; Force vs Charity; Bringing gifts to your god; Becoming a benefit; Not "if you have a need, let me know"; Turning ministers into beggars?; Food laws?; Ex 23:20; Cutting off other nations; Putting selves to death; Coming together to save others; Taking sickness away; Making righteousness your goal; Heb 11:17; Noah in the New Testament; Taking back responsibility; Peaceful invasion of Canaan; No covenanting with their gods; Seek His kingdom and righteousness.