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The Seven Noachide Laws
The Seven Noachide Laws are:
1. Do Not Deny God
2. Do Not Blaspheme God
3. Do Not Murder
4. Do Not Engage in Incestuous, Adulterous or Homosexual Relationships.
5. Do Not Steal
6. Do Not Eat of a Live Animal
7. Establish a Court System to Ensure Obedience to the Law
The first Noachide Law, Do Not Deny God, is a reiteration of the First, Second and Third Commandments, Thou shalt have no other gods before me …. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image… and, Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them
Ex 20:1-6
1 AND GOD SPAKE ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING,
2 I AM THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH HAVE BROUGHT THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE.
3 THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
4 THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE, OR ANY LIKENESS OF ANY THING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, OR THAT IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH, OR THAT IS IN THE WATER UNDER THE EARTH:
5 THOU SHALT NOT BOW DOWN THYSELF TO THEM, NOR SERVE THEM: FOR I THE LORD THY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME;
6 AND SHEWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME, AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. KJV
The second Noachide Law, Do Not Blaspheme God, is a reiteration of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Commandments, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain …. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy …. and, honor thy father and mother….
Ex 20:3-6
3 THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
4 THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE, OR ANY LIKENESS OF ANY THING THAT IS IN HEAVEN ABOVE, OR THAT IS IN THE EARTH BENEATH, OR THAT IS IN THE WATER UNDER THE EARTH:
5 THOU SHALT NOT BOW DOWN THYSELF TO THEM, NOR SERVE THEM: FOR I THE LORD THY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME;
6 AND SHEWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME, AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. KJV
The third Noachide Law, Do Not Murder, is a reiteration of the Seventh Commandment, Thou shalt not kill.
The fourth Noachide Law, Do Not Engage in Incestuous, Adulterous or Homosexual Relationships, is a reiteration of the Seventh Commandment, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
In the New Testament, the word adultery includes fornication, (flee from fornication (1 Cor 6:18)), which contains every possible moral lapse.
1 Cor 6:18
18 FLEE FORNICATION. EVERY SIN THAT A MAN DOETH IS WITHOUT THE BODY; BUT HE THAT COMMITTETH FORNICATION SINNETH AGAINST HIS OWN BODY. KJV
Fornication speaks to every sin that we commit against another person, including but not limited to adultery, stealing (Eighth Commandment), bearing false witness (Ninth Commandment) and covetousness (Tenth Commandment). We can commit these sins against another person only after we have first committed spiritual adultery with another god, because Jehovah would never ask us, or tempt us to sin.
James 1:13
13 LET NO MAN SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED, I AM TEMPTED OF GOD: FOR GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED WITH EVIL, NEITHER TEMPTETH HE ANY MAN: KJV
Wherefore, the Commandment says, adultery (rather than fornication), because when we sin in any way against another person, we are presumed to have first sinned against the God of Israel by committing adultery with another god who justified our ungodly behavior.
