I would recommend to be a bit more careful about quoting from Numbers, Levitcus and Deuteronomy.
The moral lesson here is observance of the law. And my goodness, from honoring the possessions of others to regulation of every tiny detail is quite a stretch to go.
Think blessing and curses. It was written by the Priests with a perfect reason to keep people under their thumb. Just know that all these books were eh ... Lost, and found in the time of Jehosiah (If I am not mixing the names up) in some remote corner of the temple .....
So, at best, the time for the birth of these books goes to the 7th century BCE, and need not reflect the true and the facts, but merely that which the priestclass in its pursuit of exclusivity, found to be useful. (See also Ezekiel, Nehemiah and Ezra. These books contain the same moral lesson of observance or blood and guts you die horribly)
Take also careful note of the major difference between the 10-tribe Kingdom and the 3 tribe kingdom (Judah, Benjamin, Levites)
Between the books mentioned and the other prophets ..... quite a stark contrast ...
This leads to the supposition those books are political documents in the first place. When laws abound so does corruption.
And behold, that is exactly what Jesus railed against in relation to the Sadducees and, especially, the Pharisees: making Gods law mute by the imposition of human teachings. It is quite clear these have been incorporated in the OT.
I would recommend to be a bit more careful about quoting from Numbers, Levitcus and Deuteronomy.
The moral lesson here is observance of the law. And my goodness, from honoring the possessions of others to regulation of every tiny detail is quite a stretch to go.
Think blessing and curses. It was written by the Priests with a perfect reason to keep people under their thumb. Just know that all these books were eh ... Lost, and found in the time of Jehosiah (If I am not mixing the names up) in some remote corner of the temple .....
So, at best, the time for the birth of these books goes to the 7th century BCE, and need not reflect the true and the facts, but merely that which the priestclass in its pursuit of exclusivity, found to be useful. (See also Ezekiel, Nehemiah and Ezra. These books contain the same moral lesson of observance or blood and guts you die horribly)
Take also careful note of the major difference between the 10-tribe Kingdom and the 3 tribe kingdom (Judah, Benjamin, Levites)
Between the books mentioned and the other prophets ..... quite a stark contrast ...
This leads to the supposition those books are political documents in the first place. When laws abound so does corruption.
And behold, that is exactly what Jesus railed against in relation to the Sadducees and, especially, the Pharisees: making Gods law mute by the imposition of human teachings. It is quite clear these have been incorporated in the OT.