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In reply to the discussion: Bible quotes to drive your MAGA relatives crazy [View all]Xolodno
(7,361 posts)Only women were capable of adultery and it was considered a violation of property rights.
Add to that, when they quote various sex laws, they are cherry picking. Because if you get all of them and try to put it all together, none of it works. That's because they changed over time and often borrowed the laws of neighboring lands of the day.
This is due to things in the OT being "re-written" over time. For example, David and Goliath. Supposedly Goliath had bronze armor, only problem is, it wasn't invented yet and the amount listed is physically impossible to carry. But the story was re-written during the time of the Greek occupation who had bronze armor and weapons. So they co-opted a story of a great warrior king in order to inspire the masses to revolt. That's what makes the OT so dis-jointed and why the Torah holds more precedence over everything else.