Tuesday – Pentateuch

Reading – Deuteronomy 23-24

Highlight Verse:

““Never take advantage of poor and destitute laborers, whether they are fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns.”
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭24‬:‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Mixed among the various rules about purity are several rules about treating people fairly and with compassion.

I dare say, if employers had followed these principles with the compassion with which they were intended, slavery would have been gone long before it was, the Civil War may have never been fought, and unions would have been unneeded.

We cannot change the past. But we can change the future.

While the specifics have changed with the passing of time, the heart of compassion behind these rules can still be found and acted upon.

I say let’s do it.

In what ways can you extend a heart of compassion to those around you?
What other rules here reflect God’s heart.