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Genesis 3:14
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Genesis 3:14
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14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:
“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And (A)you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
Genesis 3:14
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Genesis 3:14
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14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
Micah 7:17
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Micah 7:17
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17 They shall lick the (A)dust like a serpent;
(B)They shall crawl from their holes like [a]snakes of the earth.
(C)They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.
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- Micah 7:17 Lit. crawlers
Micah 7:17
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Micah 7:17
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Isaiah 65:25
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Isaiah 65:25
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25 The (A)wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
(B)And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says the Lord.
Isaiah 65:25
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Isaiah 65:25
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Psalm 72:9
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Psalm 72:9
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Psalm 72:9
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Psalm 72:9
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9 May the desert tribes bow before him
and his enemies lick the dust.
Isaiah 29:4
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Isaiah 29:4
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4 You shall be brought down,
You shall speak out of the ground;
Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
Your voice shall be like a medium’s, (A)out of the ground;
And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isaiah 29:4
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Isaiah 29:4
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Deuteronomy 28:15-20
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Deuteronomy 28:15-20
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Curses on Disobedience(A)
15 “But it shall come to pass, (B)if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
16 “Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country.
17 “Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
18 “Cursed shall be the [a]fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
19 “Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
20 “The Lord will send on you (C)cursing, (D)confusion, and (E)rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.
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- Deuteronomy 28:18 offspring
Deuteronomy 28:15-20
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Deuteronomy 28:15-20
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Curses for Disobedience
15 However, if you do not obey(A) the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,(B) all these curses will come on you and overtake you:(C)
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.(D)
17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.(E)
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(F)
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.(G)
20 The Lord will send on you curses,(H) confusion and rebuke(I) in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin(J) because of the evil(K) you have done in forsaking him.[a]
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- Deuteronomy 28:20 Hebrew me
Leviticus 20:25
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Leviticus 20:25
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25 (A)You shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, (B)and you shall not make yourselves [a]abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as [b]unclean.
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- Leviticus 20:25 detestable or loathsome
- Leviticus 20:25 defiled
Leviticus 20:25
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Leviticus 20:25
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25 “‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds.(A) Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you.
Genesis 9:6
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Genesis 9:6
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6 “Whoever (A)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(B)For in the image of God
He made man.
Genesis 9:6
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Genesis 9:6
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Exodus 21:28-32
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Exodus 21:28-32
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Animal Control Laws
28 “If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then (A)the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be [a]acquitted. 29 But if the ox [b]tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay (B)to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him. 31 Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. 32 If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master (C)thirty shekels of silver, and the (D)ox shall be stoned.
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- Exodus 21:28 exempt from punishment
- Exodus 21:29 was inclined
Exodus 21:28-32
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Exodus 21:28-32
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28 “If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death,(A) and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. 29 If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up(B) and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. 30 However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded.(C) 31 This law also applies if the bull gores a son or daughter. 32 If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels[a](D) of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.
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- Exodus 21:32 That is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams
Genesis 3:1
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Genesis 3:1
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The Temptation and Fall of Man(A)
3 Now (B)the serpent was (C)more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
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Genesis 3:1
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Genesis 3:1
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The Fall
3 Now the serpent(A) was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?(B)”
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