Everything Wrong With Leviticus 27 in the Bible

[@heidigone]

I would love to watch a Bible movie made by Hemant Mehta.

[@toddfallon179]

He should collaborate with Mel Brooks! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@randyg.7940]

It would be the most accurate version.

[@naomitheminion6275]

It would be a horror movie.

[@toddfallon179]

@@naomitheminion6275 ...it already is As such, it could seriously use some 'comic relief' 😂🤣😂🤣

[@Keith_Castillo]

Wait until he gets to Malachi 3.

[@chrisk5305]

"I'm going to read you the Leviticus" was the frase of our mom when our behaviour was inappropriate. She never did, and I appreciate. Keep it rocking Hemant

[@noahmclaughlin7921]

The lesson probably would've been to sacrifice an animal if she did read it anyway

[@floptaxie68]

That’s hilarious, is that slang or she was for real?

[@richardmooney383]

Religion is the gift that keeps on taking.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

As a child I always wondered if God is so perfect why does he/she/it need anything from anyone especially worship?😕 Why do I have to make you feel good about yourself? You are perfect right?

[@Zeus-bn3nc]

Usually the answer is that he is indeed perfect yet that we are the ones to benefit from worship so he instructs it for our sake. In what that is supposed to help us, I have no idea since I've never heard an even half-decent answer.

[@heidigone]

@@Zeus-bn3nc Sounds like something a narcissist would say.

[@quercus4730]

@Ronnie Alexander If it doesn't do any good to the entity you are worshiping "why do it"? A person would just be rattling their own cage.

[@tomsenior7405]

@Ronnie Alexander Thank you for your clarification. I am not sure I understand what you are trying to say. Can you elaborate please? "Either way, it is on you." I thought the Sabbath was to be set aside for the Lord. Should we Worship Him or not Worship Him? "...It is on you." sounds rather menacing. And "He does not feel bad", what does that mean? God has regrets, God gets Angry, God is Jealous, God owns Vengeance.. Are you talking about a different God? You do not have to explain anything to me. I am but a humble man. Either way, IT IS ON YOU.

[@TBomb39]

@Ronnie Alexander We all know that the consequences for not worshiping your gawd is eternal suffering. How is that not forcing worship?

[@dpcnreactions7062]

My sister went to a mega church once and got a little weirded out when they started playing with snakes!

[@georgem2334]

The best way to leave religion is to read the bible from beginning to end. I have, and the obvious nonsense in there is just unbelievable.

[@Fashionistasince73]

💯

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

It's not nonsense, it's like reading the constitution--- you get to learn a lot about ancient societies and how they overcame their issues of morality during a time of slavery and brutality.

[@floptaxie68]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 don’t compare this sht with the constitution

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

@@floptaxie68 It's better than the constitution, the compromises on slavery are less odious.

[@Grim_Beard]

The text says "dedicate to the Lord" but what it's describing is clearly the priests running a pawn shop.

[@fenman1954]

Ah the 10 percent tithe that medieval churches used to tax the peasants with, no wonder the churches got so rich.

[@condorboss3339]

This sounds a lot like those 'Terms of Service' agreements you have to sign with your ISP or phone provider.

[@donnag4790]

As an atheist, I love my Sundays listening to the Bible. Are you going to continue with The Book of Numbers?

[@seancrane278]

It's coming next week. Teaser is already up

[@hayley1868]

@@seancrane278so Excited. Can't wait for more fun. 🤣🤣🤣

[@d.o.m.494]

I still don't understand why an omni everything god needs anything from humans?

[@freedapeeple4049]

As far as I can see, an omni-everything being would be basically inert. It could not even so much as have a thought, for the simple reason that it has already had them all...

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

Something perfect wouldn't have desires. To want something reveals needs. It makes no sense for a perfect god to even want to create something.

[@visaman]

@@tangerinetangerine4400 Unless the gods are competitive with each other? This god made Himself God over the "lesser" gods.

[@sandranorman5469]

$$$$$

[@heidigone]

God likes to play games.

[@toddfallon179]

The "baby under one month" is about the only thing in the whole book I can think up a reason for; infant mortality. Back in the enlightened days of the god of the gaps I can only imagine the SIDS rate, what with all the sacrificial blood (a great vector for disease, infection and/or contamination) dripping off of everything

[@jtrot5825]

As a agnostic Christian I honestly love hearing you read the bible! There are things in the bible I never realized, also it fun to see someone else's views on it!

[@bladerunner3314]

Everybody's agnostic regarding the question IF there are deities. We just can be pretty damn sure, it isn't the abrahamic one.

[@Chris-op7yt]

@@bladerunner3314 : personally i'm sure there are no such things as gods, which are clearly fictional inventions of humans. i'm not too fond of being philosphically technically correct so as to avoid a burden of proof, which leaves the door wide open to virtually anything and everything. abrahamic god is equally false to all other gods. might as well be an agnostic believer in aliens, and pretend it's a feasible option when we havent seen any.

[@bladerunner3314]

@@Chris-op7yt Being sure isn't the same as knowing. Well, while you are correct in regards to the burden of proof, the scientific evidence contradicts the buybull in so many instances, it's 100% bs, including it's gawd that is a contradiction within itself.

[@Chris-op7yt]

@@bladerunner3314 : i know 100% that all scriptures are written by men and that gods are 100% fiction. it seems we like the gambler's fallacy so much that we still give religions room to do as usual. maybe we should have abortion policy according to santa claus

[@hitman5782]

What is the reason that you are a Christian? If there is one, except that this is the religion of your family and culture and you just accepted it without having an actual reason.

[@scienceexplains302]

Leviticus 27:29 All proscribed people will be put to death. Nahum Sarna wrote that this refers to non-Israelite slaves. That would be consistent with most of the rest of the Tanakh regarding non-Israelite slaves

[@IO23777]

Here's an epiphany - This book was written by people - Gangsters to be precise - Same as all the other holy books

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

This isn't a book of gangsters, it's a book of priests. You have to understand ancient power structures to understand it--- in the ancient world, power is divided between kings and large slaveholders. The priesthood subverts the power of kings by holding them responsible for keeping religious law, and they subvert the power of slaveholders by forcing them to release the slaves after 6 years of labor. This creates a feudal society, rather than an ancient slave society. Please understand the purpose of these laws. This chapter is describing the priestly pawn-shop function, they can lend money on collateral of either livestock or slaves. The 'promise' isn't a promise in the modern sense, it's best translated as 'collateral'.

[@Paid2Help]

Since I've found your Channel I've watched you read the Bible twice and this is my first time a new video has come out that's how much I've been watching you. You are making this so interesting for me thank you!

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

I note that in this chapter, God saw no need to remind us anything like "I am the lord thy god" (and you better be listening!). At the end we are told all these rules (for pawn shops, too?) were given to Moses on Mount Sinai. I'm wondering just how many tablets the old man had to lug down that mountain every time he was summoned to have another SuperChat. because maybe god doesn't know how to make paper and pen to write down his thoughts or employ passenger pigeons to deliver the message on bits of paper...?

[@Malidictus]

Yeah, that felt very odd. How can I remember who He is now?

[@Featheryfaith7]

Because God takes time. He is not cheap. God wants to create history to show us how bad it was back then.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@Featheryfaith7 It was terrible in the 1560s, I must say, and even worse for slaves. But there did... not really.... NEED to be any slaves, in Christendom, after 33 AD, did there? Numbers 5:18 not withstanding? Not like Leviticus 25:46 and Exodus 21:20 had ANY VALUE or purpose by that point, anyway. And what's more important too - clearly and outwardly punish ONE man for gathering sticks on Sabbath, or for critiquing and shutting down an entire Inquisition, or slave trade, or blood libel? Deeds, say, more than, words? Also, didn't sin BEGIN in heaven - coming from... well, almost nowhere?

[@Featheryfaith7]

@@chrissonofpear1384 Slaves needed to exist so that we can all understand why it was bad to be slaves so that we can repent in the future. Apparently, people love to be enslaved according to the covid 19 vaccination scam.

[@shriggs55]

"Anything that you completely dedicate to me must be completely destroyed. It cannot be bought back or sold.Every person,animal,and piece of property that you dedicate completely is only for me.In fact,any humans that have been promised to me in this way must be put to death."(Lev.27:28-29)

[@evidencebeforefaith5304]

I feel like this human sacrifice part got glossed over

[@shriggs55]

@@evidencebeforefaith5304 Yeah,big time!

[@christyadams1722]

Damnit I was late for Bible class! There's Sunday school classes are awesome! I've learned so much, thank you

[@aaronyoung8301]

Can we pause to admire that all this wasn't written down in stone like the first 19 commandments (there was a repeat in there somewhere). Moses must have some amazing memory of he can recall all that and not mess it up... unless in actually he *did* make a portion of it up on the spot; he's need to ease it on the burning bush if he did.

[@shriggs55]

God had a "holy secretary" traveling with Moses-and butting in on any private conversations when he could. And "behold!"-the Bible.

[@oscargordon]

According to the Cecil B. DeMille version of the Bible, the first 10 commands out of the 91 rules in Exodus 20 were written on stone tablets. In the actual story of Exodus. “Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.” And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord.” So, yeah, Moses had a great memory and wrote those first 91 rules from memory. The stuff written on tablets and then smashed were the massive amounts of ritual and tabernacle rules from Moses’ second trip up the mountain, but Moses seemed to have memorized them all just fine anyway. The ACTUAL Ten Commandments written in stone were from the third trip and concluded with not boiling a baby goat in its mothers milk, because that is just creepy.

[@hitman5782]

"God told me to tell all of you that you have to give me your money" Sounds legit if you ask me.

[@jeanine219]

Not legit at all, but unfortunately very effective. The Roman Church Vatican is one of the wealthiest corporations on earth, and Catholicism constitutes over 50% of the 3,500+ registered disagreeing denominations of the Christian religion.

[@istvansipos9940]

- Hey, Mosie! Where have you been? - On that mountain. Talking to God. Alone. yeah, the bible is full of legit stories :- )

[@vegasemerald9657]

This is the last chapter and oh boy, what a way to end Leviticus with a BANG! Let’s get started! Leviticus 27:1-8 Right off the bat, there is a bit of sexism in this chapter. Where is the sexism in this chapter you may ask? Let me break it down: Anyone who makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value: Male (Ages 20-60) - Fifty Shekels of Silver (According to the sanctuary shekel) Female (Ages 20-60) - Thirty Shekels of Silver Male (Ages 5-20) - Twenty Shekels of Silver Female (Ages 5-20) - Ten Shekels of Silver Male (One Month to Age 5) - Five Shekels of Silver Female (One Month to Age 5) - Three Shekels of Silver Male (Ages 60 and up) - Fifteen Shekels of Silver Female (Ages 60 and up) - Ten Shekels of Silver This is the equivalent value based on a special vow to dedicate themselves to YHWH. It was to be presented to the priest who sets the values accordingly to what the one thing the vow can afford. Does the vow have limits? If so, what are they? Where did they get the shekels of silver from? Was that poofed into existence just like the Earth? Leviticus 27:9-13 How does a vow make an accepted animal offering holy to the Lord? How does He recognize what’s holy (being all-knowing)? How can He tell which vows are genuine? Which one isn’t? Why can’t they substitute the bad one for a good one? Why would anyone want to get rid of the good one for a bad one? Who would want that? How does the original and substitute animal offering become holy? How would the priests know about the quality of the offering as good or bad? How can they tell what’s holy and what isn’t? How does an owner redeem animal for a fifth to its value? Leviticus 27:14-15 Does that mean the priest will need to inspect a person’s house for how dedicated someone is to the Lord? How would they know if the house is good or bad? I guess dictators who claim to speak for God should clean their houses for Holy Inspection by the Priest to see if they are dedicated enough to YHWH (Ex: Vladimir Putin, Mike Lindell). How does one redeem their houses to a fifth of its value? How does house redemption work? Leviticus 27:16-21 We went from shekels of silver to a fifth of value to x amount of seeds. What’s a homer of barley seed? Can the farmers dedicate their fields before the Year of Jubilee? How would a priest calculate the value according to the number of years? Why would it’s set values be reduced? Is it because sin? Or is it because it resets after a certain number of years? How does the field owner redeem their field (if interested)? How can they “never redeem the field” if they don’t redeem the field? Can the new owner redeem the field by adding fifth of its value? Leviticus 27:22-25 What happens if they don’t pay on that same day? Would they not be able to redeem the field? Does that mean the field would return to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee? Twenty gerahs? What is a Gerah? Leviticus 27:26-27 Why is anyone not allowed to dedicate the firstborn of an animal? How would anyone know which of an animal’s children is a firstborn? Set values? What does the author mean by “set values”? Leviticus 27:28-29 So, does this mean no selling (or redeeming) land, slaves or animals to other people? “No person devoted to destruction may be ransomed…” Let me, because sin. Leviticus 27:30-34 Why is anyone forbidden to pick out the good from the bad or make any substitutions? What’s a tithe? This seems to be a theme with this chapter. If I have to sum up this chapter in a nutshell with one word, it would be dedication. From the shekels of silver to the Year of Jubilee, it seems to me that YHWH created everything (according to the Bible) so everything must go to Him. I find some of the verses here confusing.

[@jeanine219]

Vegas Emerald: What can I say. Concise, analytical, comprehensive, and SPOT ON as usual.

[@Malidictus]

Wait, this is the last chapter of Leviticus? You mean we'll actually get something less dull and depressing next week?

[@vegasemerald9657]

Yes, it is. As for something less dull and depressing, nope, it would be just as bad. There’s some disturbing verses in the next book Hemant is about to read.

[@Malidictus]

@@vegasemerald9657 So this might be a "the Lord moves in mysterious ways" moment, but I genuinely can't imagine anything more boring than Leviticus. Any time I think back to what I've seen of it, all I can remember is white noise, "the long lobe of the liver" and "I am the Lord, your God." I don't see how it can get any worse. Or am I tempting fate?

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

There's a surprising theme here in this chapter. Slavery and surprising amount of animals not being worth as humans..

[@realandar]

20% rate of return, not bad for a loan shark.

[@redmi8781]

"god" basically means "power", "the ones who is in power" : king, prince, queen, pope, lords, nobles, slaveowners etc.

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

My father walked in while I was watching this video, then he angrily asked me, "where do the proceeds go?" I didn't answer because I was so confused by the question. It had nothing to do with the video. At the time, you were critiquing how the bible puts a price on people who could be sold. At that point, why would you be hung up on where the money goes?🤔

[@paulpinecone2464]

The extra 20% is a restocking fee. The Lord has a lot of stuff and it's hella work to find a specific receipt.

[@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος]

God is a mob boss, this chapter once again confirms that

[@soyevquirsefron990]

In the opening when you were saying, we learn about rules for this and value of that, I said to myself I bet this all works out well for the priests. Yup, it does. Who wrote these books again?

[@jeanine219]

The archeological evidence indicates post Babylonian exile Judaic leaders/priests/scribes likely wrote, transcribed, edited, and assembled the written Torah around the 5th to 4th century BCE. Prior to that it was spread and passed down by the inconsistent and ever changing oral stories.

[@redmi8781]

Another interpretation: WE are "god" we are "angels" we are "heaven" we are "kingdom of god" we are "the light" we are "the good" THEY are "devil" they are "satan" they are "hell" they are "demons" they are "darkness" they are "evil"

[@jeanine219]

Whether all Christians come right out and say it or not, you nailed down EXACTLY what each and every one of them is thinking, when in the presence of a person outside of their particular Christian denomination.

[@quercus4730]

Hopefully gods are being put on the bookshelves where they belong as part of history.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

quercus Even if they are, there’s still plenty of gods all over, influencing and misdirecting people all the time.

[@TBomb39]

I throw gods into the dustbin of history. They don't deserve a place on the shelf next to the Lord of the Rings.

[@vickiebuchanan9116]

Sounded like if you sold a piece of property, it would come back to you and then you'd have to pay. So, it's a bit like a short term loan with balloon payment at the end.

[@Ajhcr]

I missed the class that explains “year of jubilee” Context clues maybe before harvest and after harvest? I’m such a heathen because it really means nothing to me but it’s mentioned so much ….

[@bobortega3886]

You are so funny I have learnt so much watching your videos. Keep at it

[@beat0life]

I like the idea of Hemant walking to his studio ready to record more bible verses but first grabbing his favorite shirt

[@DrBear-rk4qb]

I didn't expect the Bible to spell out its misogyny so clearly, and numerically quantified! At least now I know some easy verses to point to the next time I hear someone say that women should be Christian.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

This isn't misogyny,, it's telling you the price-ratio of female vs. male slaves, through their pawn-value. This same price ratio, about 40% more for the male slaves, half price for children, infants and elderly next to nothing, was observed during the period of American slavery.

[@mariolis]

Is Leviticus finally over ? Will we finally continue the story ?

[@FriendlyAtheist1]

Next week!

[@GeneralArmorus]

hail hydra

[@kellydalstok8900]

Thank Hitchens this endless list of arbitrary rules is finally done.

[@trishayamada807]

I dealt with the monetary differences inflicted by religion. I was bought a life insurance policy at birth for 1/3rd what both my brothers were given. It was because I would have a husband when I grew up.

[@trishayamada807]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 god literally puts a monetary value on people, well some people, newborns don’t count at all.

[@trishayamada807]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 does it matter? Either way god is really immoral.

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 in biblical times they were the same

[@travis1240]

Life insurance for babies is a scam anyway, but I get what you're saying.

[@trishayamada807]

@@travis1240 well I did cash it out when I was 21 but unlike my brothers, it wasn’t enough for a down payment on a house, but you know I had a husband.

[@Chris-op7yt]

yep, as i've been saying, religion has been politics (and money) since inception.

[@shldnfr]

Yep. reminds me of that old George Carlin bit: i.imgur.com/utciPUo.jpg

[@jeanine219]

Religion and politics are 2 sides of the same coin. Propaganda eliciting control, power and money for the promoters, and delusions of magic tricks and eternal immortality for the gullible followers.

[@istvansipos9940]

politics. Religion is way older than money. But yeah, it has been big money for millennia now.

[@Chris-op7yt]

@@istvansipos9940 : money in various forms been around for at least 6000 years. before that i'm sure that anything of value would suffice.

[@garryferrington811]

"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on." Samuel L. Goldwyn

[@grapeshot]

Yes when I think of the invisible sky wizard. I don't think that that's a deity that gives much of a damn about human life.

[@kellydalstok8900]

@Ronnie Alexander Don’t you have your imaginary friend take care of that?

[@jeanine219]

@Ronnie Alexander Using blasphemous curse words AND pulling your Christian persecution card at the same time. Just wow🤗

[@danielmalinen6337]

And then, people got mad, lost their minds and rebelled when Pontius Pilate took a little money from the temple treasure to fund the Jerusalem Aceduct, as Josephus says (and also to cover the stepped pilgrim street through the Tyropoeon Valley - according to archaeologists).

[@panqueque445]

The more you read the bible the more obvious it is that this whole book is just a ploy for priests to have power over the people. Literally look at all the things they get, all the things they decide, all the power they have.

[@travis1240]

What strikes me most about Leviticus is how much time/energy/trees/animal skins have been wasted throughout history making copies of this stuff that hasn't had any applicability to anyone living since the bronze age. Seriously what were future generations supposed to learn from the specific contracts these people had with their priests (who were obviously taking advantage of them)?

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

I'm sorry, but every time I hear the word jubilee, I immediately think of the South Park episode. You know, where Kyle goes to Jewbilee and they make macaroni necklaces for Moses.

[@oscargordon]

Let me see if I get this straight because I’m not sure of the meaning of this “special vow” thing. Let’s start with the easy case. Leviticus 27:14. “‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord”, the priest assigns a value to my house. Now my house belongs to the priests and they can do with it whatever they want. If I want my house back, I have to pay them 20% more than what they said it was worth. The same with animals. From all the previous chapters, people were regularly taking animals to the priests to be sacrificed. Apparently there were so many animals that the priests kept a stockyard because they couldn’t sacrifice and eat them fast enough. So if your goat was still in the priests stockyard, you could buy your goat back at 20% more than what it was worth apparently. So what does it mean to dedicate a person to the Lord? You can’t find your car keys so you dedicate your 12 year old son to the Lord/priests if Yahweh helps you find them. You pay the priests 20 shekels and give then your son to do with whatever priests do with 12 year boys. This seems to be different from your land, house, and livestock because there doesn’t seem to be any recourse to buy your son back for 24 shekels whether the vow is upheld or not. Is your son now a slave to the priests? Does it matter whether you find your keys or not?

[@laurajarrell6187]

Friendly Atheist, well, I missed the live, of course! A stray cat I've been feeding, (had a home lined up but she dashed when they came!). I'd set up a bed, seeing getting fat. Well, she's now catchable, she had 6 beauties this morning! Worth nothing because cats are unclean, lol. Great read. Rich priests. Hahahaha. Thankyou! I agree about the movie, you could pass as 'middle-east'. Actually, you could play most any ethnicity. 👍❤🥰✌

[@zeemon9623]

My biggest complaint is that the ratio between male vs female worth is not constant. I hate it when that happens.

[@willievanstraaten1960]

You make the silly, very interesting, thanks for the program.

[@evidencebeforefaith5304]

I feel like the human sacrifice part was glossed over. (Lev 27:29) This goes hand in hand with the story of Jephthah sacrificing his daughter with God's approval and even blessing for promising to do so. (Judges 11, 12)

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

EvidenceBeforeFaith Human sacrifice is not glossed over, look back in Leviticus 18, and you’ll find the sacrifice forbidden; and if you double check Jephthah’s story, you’ll find God neither approves nor blesses Jephthah’s promise.

[@evidencebeforefaith5304]

@@Daniel-cz7kd While I can appreciate your point of you, this is exactly why I feel it was glossed over. Jephthah made a deal with God. (Judges 11:30-32 - 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, “If You will indeed hand over to me the sons of Ammon, 31 then whatever comes out the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from the sons of Ammon, it shall be the LORD’S, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.” 32 So Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD handed them over to him.) God could have responded by punishing Jephthah (if it was actually considered a bad thing to promise), but God didn’t even sit by idly (as neutral). Instead, God “handed them over to him”. To claim God didn’t REALLY sanction the human sacrifice of Jephthah’s daughter is an apologetic that struggles with what the words actually say.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@evidencebeforefaith5304 So you wanted God to respond by either punishing Jephthah or causing Jephthah to lose?

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@Daniel-cz7kd He could just have everyone sit down, have a cup of water or something, and reflect on what had happened. No need to rush or pressure anyone. And if Jephthah was still so reckless with his words, maybe he had more to learn. Also, did I EVER hear what happened to those women from Numbers 31:18?

[@jeanine219]

@@Daniel-cz7kd Actually God DID respond by praising Jephthah’s faithfulness and obedience.... you know for keeping his end of the bargain.... first committing mass genocide with god’s assistance, then returning home and offering his innocent virgin daughter to yahweh as a burning sacrifice. The “omniscient” yahweh god knew that the daughter would be the first one out of the house to greet her father, before his pact with Jephtha was even made, correct? And yet he didn’t stop Jeptha, and tell him that he had changed his mind. You know, like he did with Abraham after he told him to bind, kill and sacrificially burn his own son Isaac.

[@pandora8610]

Fun fact: We can actually calculate the approximate biblical value of human life based on this chapter, the weight of a shekel, and the current price of silver. Spoiler: It's not very high. Let's start by looking at the upper value. Fifty shekels for an adult male. The weight of a shekel varies a bit, but we're looking for the maximum value, and that's about 17 grams. Silver is currently about 73 American cents per gram. So the highest value is a massive $630. So that's our upper limit, but the more *likely* weight of an Israelite shekel is about 11g. Which gives us values of under $25 to a touch over $400, depending on age and sex.

[@EdwardThompson-417k]

Wait, females 30 sheckles, males 50 sheckles....3/5. Uhhhh, is this the basis of the 3/5 compromise? Maybe it's just coincidence, there's no separate value listed for slaves

[@TSSmith]

God is very greedy. WHY DOES HE NEED MY HOUSE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!?!

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

T. S. Smith In case you missed it, the verses refer to the people who want to dedicate their house to God, so there’s no reason for any outburst.

[@tqnohe]

Why are all these property laws being laid down for people who are wandering in the desert for the next 40 years. Which again brings up the question: where are they grazing all this livestock and planting all this grain for 2 million people? How is the population of a moderately large city (think Washington DC Metro) moving around the desert for 40 years? These books are so stupid if you dare to think about them.

[@joshuaa7266]

My guess is that the first 5ish books were written down as a sort of "origin story" for Israelites, documenting some legends. It would make sense, given the plagiarism, and the laws could have been explanations and justifications for already existing rules.

[@jeanine219]

More evidence that this was written post Babylonian exile around 5th to 4th century BCE, by Judaic leaders, priests, scribes as a template for sacrificing everything to the priests and temples.

[@mahimhossain1018]

Next book please

[@lucywillis4535]

What does god want with a starship??

[@thegreatgazoo2334]

Wiki has all the answers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UFO_religions

[@emmanuellynch4713]

Thus saith the Lord "It's not like I need it but YOU GOT TO PAY ME BOI!!!!!"

[@Featheryfaith7]

The money was giving to places that need it. Charities for example. Why would you listen to an athesist?

[@emmanuellynch4713]

@@Featheryfaith7 Hmm.... Caiaphas? Jesus anger towards the Pharisees & Sadducees for generations of misusing religion for financial and political power. Biblical punishment being common because the abuses of religious leaders. Fox News existence. Centuries of Catholic leadership abusing power and money on vanity projects and gaining more power at the cost of human lives. The murder and theft of the Crusades. Centuries of Christian on Christian theft and murder after the Great Schism and later Reformation. Televangelists' private jets and mansions. Republicans turning GREED 1 of 7 Deadly Sins into the highest virtue in America and gaining massive political power in America for it. The conservative Supreme Court view of using money to overcome popular opinion is Free Speach. The Prosperity Gospel existence. Should I continue?

[@starofjustice1]

@@Featheryfaith7 What is an athesist?

[@Featheryfaith7]

@@starofjustice1 What is a starofjustice1?

[@starofjustice1]

@@Featheryfaith7 It's an internet username. We have just cracked the mysteries of the universe.

[@Malidictus]

Ah, right. I forgot about "the year of jubilee." That's what we were talking about last time, right? Selling stuff then buying it back in the year of jubilee? That's... Important?

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

That line about "this is what Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai" seems out of place, like the editors accidentally brought it from Exodus.

[@oscargordon]

Yep, it was Exodus 33 where Yahweh told Moses and the Israelites to leave Mt. Sinai. But I guess Yahweh just kept right on droning on. What was Moses to do?

[@redmi8781]

"The King in the centre with nine angelic figures, each of them represents, higher row: Dominions, Cherubim, Seraphim, and Angels; lower row: Principalities, Thrones, Archangels, Virtues, and Powers."

[@stylis666]

FINAL chapter? Is it finally over? **burns a leper and cures some incense** god will surely be pleased!

[@patelk464]

So Moses was supposed to have remembered all the details given to him by God at Mount Sinai. Reminds me of fake preacher's who claim God spoke to them when what they really mean is that they are making things up.

[@c.guydubois8270]

This deity is a tyrant...

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

Is there a tyrant who hasn't thought [him]self to be akin to a god? Hmmm... I think even the nice [guys] deserve our skepticism...

[@KeriRautenkranz]

That's a bit like saying the Atlantic Ocean is "a bit damp"😀

[@firstcentury1885]

You don't think God existed before tyrants?

[@margaretbarrett6087]

@@KeriRautenkranz Brilliant 😂

[@Demopans5990]

I ran out of ideas for drinking games. And booze. Most importantly, booze

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

I'm glad I didn't read this as a Christian. I would have been heartbroken to know how much less god values me than a man.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

You know, god doesn’t value you in any way, except how to torment you.

[@jcox4904]

Wow...... o r an animal too!

[@jannett4333]

More than heart broken why is a woman life less of a value to God why he's hate women

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

@@jannett4333 Because the christian god was created by men and men have historically treated women like slaves

[@brunozeigerts6379]

Whew... finished with the horrors of Leviticus. Numbers can't be worse... can it?

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Bruno Zeigerts There are no horrors in Leviticus or Numbers, unless you mean disobedience and rebellion, in which case sure, Numbers is worse.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

@@Daniel-cz7kd Wow... have you not been paying attention? How did Aaron's sons disobey God... by lighting a fire the wrong way?

[@MarijnvdSterre]

And then inflation started to make fun of those commands.

[@kevinmitchell6856]

on another note should have I been calling Tony soprano "holy God father"? 🤣

[@AECRADIO1]

LET'S BUY PEOPLE!

[@hansj5846]

God clearly has mental health issues and need help.

[@tomsenior7405]

Knowing that Women Cost less, I now know how to use my Pocket Money Wisely. Somehow, I suspect that this Leviticus Chap was not speaking for a god. I find it more likely that Leviticus was running a Protection Racket as well as just plain Racketeering in general.

[@jeanine219]

Hello Tom! Agreed. As I said in the live chat, mythical Moses was a mafioso, and this chapter is a contrived template for promoting millennia of the monetary buying and selling of humans and religious racketeering under the mandate of an evil yahweh myth god.

[@tomsenior7405]

@@jeanine219 Yay. Great to hear from you. Our views seem so intertwined, I can not tell where mine end and yours begin. Please do not think me guilty of plagiarising you, everything you say matches my thought process almost precisely. I especially like your alliteration of "Mythical Moses". Nice one. (I might borrow that). I trust you are healthy, hearty and hale. I look forward to your Comments. I admire your insight. May Day Bank Holiday Monday was once strongly affiliated with the Red Flag and Communism. My Grandfather was a staunch believer in sharing Wealth. He was unwittingly following Jesus' teachings, simply by supporting the Labour Party Political Manifesto. Do you have any plans for this Glorious Day Comrade? Or is it not a thing where you are? Grandfather went to his Grave, before Stalin's atrocities became public knowledge. I can take comfort in that much. Please take care.

[@jeanine219]

@@tomsenior7405 I was not familiar with May Day Bank Holiday, but I looked it up, and educated myself. Yes, people confuse and jumble together the base definitions of words and concept like socialism, communism, capitalism, fascism, authoritarianism, dictatorships etc. My grandmother immigrated from Russia back around 1923. Her first husband had been shot to death because he defected from the Red Army. She subsequently felt that she and her baby were also in danger, so at the age of 26, she made a dramatic winter escape across the Russian border into Poland, and then to the US. She later met and married another Russian immigrant. So fortunately she escaped Russia before authoritarian dictator Joseph Stalin took power. But as a child, she had very hard times before that, facing wars, drought, and famine. Russia has an interesting, but very complex and difficult history. Even before Lenin and Stalin and establishment of the USSR, many of the tzars were autocratic tyrants.

[@tomsenior7405]

@@jeanine219 Beautiful. I do not know how to thank you for sharing your family history. I am externally grateful for your time and effort. Ironic then, that my Grandfather was in such disgust of the Tories that he supported Labour. So much so that he admired The Russian Revolution. (Tsars were certainly an exploitative bunch of Autocrats and long overdue reform). Meanwhile, your ancestors experienced the reality of a Communist Regime. I am not in the least bit Political. It is the Human stories that fascinate me. I do not keep the Red Flag Flying Here. I am extremely proud of the NHS, but do not consider myself a Socialist. I fully support our Benefits system, this does not make me a Communist. And I did not consider myself a Capitalist when I was a Bank Manager. The Army didn't make me a fascist... Your story is truly inspirational. Thank you.

[@jeanine219]

@@tomsenior7405 Hi Tom! Hope all is well for you and yours. I rewrote my comment and submitted it again. Then I saw your response in my alerts. I think there are some interesting parts of Numbers coming up. Interesting in a violent, barbaric, nonsensical way that is. Yahweh perpetrated murder, pestilence, plagues, speaking donkeys, mass genocide of entire families, etc.

[@PintoSixty]

The first scripture is so darn close to the Code of Hammurabi

[@daffodilunderhill7066]

Isn't Jubilee every 50 year when all debt is forgiven? Thus giving something the year before you get it back is not as god [for the priests] as giving something the year after Jubilee.

[@jcox4904]

So .....an animal can become Holy .....Wow ! .....that's nuts .

[@kewakl8891]

NO one can make a substitution.... if anyone does make a substitution. Hmmm If you CANNOT MAKE a substitution, HOW does one MAKE a substitution? Such crappy literature!

[@sheilbwright7649]

The ad that came with this is for a Christian App. If they think they are going to convert me they truly believe in miracles.

[@harrylinka5227]

So so who is in charge of the temple and you bring all your stuff to the temple they own it then but say they give it to the Lord's and then they can sell it man it's unbelievable

[@djfrank68]

Moses invested in Bored Ox NFT

[@harrylinka5227]

How did God collect all this stuff this is what I still don't understand what is it go to

[@scerdy3]

Next: Numbers.

[@Isaac-hm6ih]

The reason people would "owe" these goods, people & livestock in the first place is the various laws about having to hand over certain ones: firstborn, specific animals or grains at rituals for different times & events, plus a tenth of what's left, etc. I theorise that all these rules from this video are basically to allow people to pay an inflated price to buy back a favourite pet or child or whatever who's fallen afoul of one of the MANY ways to end up "owing" them to Yahweh.

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

1. "The value of human life." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...oh wait, are you serious? Last chapter of Leviticus, though? Krishna be praised! I hate this legal shit. 2. Ah. Good to know that us women are worth ROUGHLY two thirds of you dudes. Amazing. 3. New Testament stuff here, Hemant, but the woman Prisca offered her house as a sanctuary and place of worship to Paul's commune of Christians, way near the very start of the religion. I don't know if you know about her: she was wealthy and able to give property to the commune so that the early Christians wouldn't be wiped off the map. I actually respect that, eh, because religious persecution is a "nope" in my book. I DON'T like Paul, but we'll get to him. 4. You know, it's weird that God likes the firstborn of animals, but NOT of humans. Cain got the short end of the stick, David's older brothers, Joseph and Judah were BOTH not-eldest brothers, Isaac, Jacob, same thing, Rachel was younger than Leah, Jesus was...oh wait, I think he was the eldest of his four brothers. Yeah, Jesus canonically had blood brothers. Judas, Joseph, and James. Judas ISN'T the one you're thinking of, but James is. James was also the youngest Apostle. Other than Jesus, though, it seems to be a "younger brother gets the goods" trick God plays. Not Abel, so much, because Cain was feeling stabby, but Seth. 5. Hemant, "The Giving Tree" is a metaphor for the kid's mother, and that book makes me cry like a baby.

[@tqnohe]

We have no way of knowing if Jesus’ “brothers” were brothers in the sense that we know it or cousins. But let’s grant for argument that they were brothers. From all appearances, if they were Joseph’s sons from a prior marriage (Joseph was older than Mary and so could have been a widower) they would have been seen as Jesus’s half brothers. There is nothing biblically stating that Jesus’s brothers were Mary’s sons. That’s how I was taught growing up Catholic in the effort to preserve the myth of Mary’s eternal virginity. And all the other mythology surrounding the Church.

[@storyspren]

Oh look, it's the three-fifths compromise, gender edition!

[@jhill4874]

And just who gets to handle all this money, etc. for god? Hmmm. 3 priests wanted to give money to god. So they put a circle on the ground. Priest 1: I will throw the money into air and what money lands outside the circle is god's. Priest 2: I will throw the money into air and what money lands inside the circle is god's. Priest 3: I will throw the money into air and what god wants he keeps, and what lands on the ground is ourts.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

J Hill Priest 4: Don’t give any money to god, he’s a thief, liar and murderer who is unworthy and deserves judgment.

[@puirYorick]

Can you imagine the older siblings bringing their younger brothers and sisters to a priest and trying to cash them in for pocket money? I wonder if the value market worked in that direction or only for bailing persons out from serving the priests.

[@GJCServices]

god gets jack .. its part of the con

[@AHALin-hn8lm]

I absolutely love what you do! Keep up the great work.

[@redmi8781]

More interpretation: "god", "heaven", "angels", "light" - is a church "devil", "hell", "demons", "darkness" - is world outside of church "US vs THEM" mentality. Dehumanisation is basic method of religious manipulations. Cults dehumanising and demonizing outside world, outside people, critics, outgroup etc.

[@bharathkumar3110]

Hey bro, when you pitch your voice higher, you sound like "Jeffery" from darkmatter2525😂😂😂

[@mkstar12]

God. The Original Gangster making sure everyone owes him money.

[@knarf_on_a_bike]

So it sounds really callous to put a value on human life. But, adjusted to inflation, hey, we're worth a lot! 😉

[@hitman5782]

Always funny when all these all-powerful gods, that can create universes out of nothing, are making rules about paying them some silver coins. Or it´s just some primitive tribesman making up these rules to extract money from the dumb, deluded, and ignorant, but that can´t be true, right?!

[@jeanine219]

I vote on the latter, although of course the schemes have evolved, and grown bigger and more sophisticated over millennia, from tribes to modern civilization. But schemes, fraud, and con artistry all the same. Well said!

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Hit Man Most of the time it will be tribesmen making up rules, other times it’ll be a nation conquering another; however, none of those gods are all-powerful, neither can any of them create anything, much less universes, out of nothing.

[@jeanine219]

@Daniel: For once I agree with your comment.....as an example the yahweh god of the Bible, that you so vociferously defend on a weekly basis.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@jeanine219 Thank you. However you’re mistaken, I don’t defend vociferous any god of the Bible, yahweh, Molek, Baal, Hapi, Ra, Pharaoh, Dagon, Nebuchadnezzar or Herod.

[@jeanine219]

@@Daniel-cz7kd Waaait, I got it! All of those weekly tirades are a result of animosity toward Hemant because he left Jainism🤔

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Yahweh needs all your mortal money, ASAP! Because.... reasons...of some sort 😉

[@fordprefect5304]

When you consider who was writing the OT, aka the priestly class this all makes sense. Since they collected all of god's offerings.

[@Desimcd]

Hi Friendly Atheist 😊

[@FriendlyAtheist1]

*waves*

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

This is not quite what it looks like due to not so great translation. This is about pawning slaves to the priesthood, and the price the priesthood will lend you on the collateral of the slave. The amount is negotiable if the slave is weak or unhealthy, but the person who is pawning doesn't get as much as the full value of the slave. The loan must be repayed with 20% interest, or else the collateral is forfeit.

[@redmi8781]

Absolute monarchy: "god" is a king "kingdom of god" is a kingdom of king "god's laws" is laws of kingdom "angels" are nobles "son of god" is a prince "mother of god" is a queen "heaven" is world of king, his family, nobles and slave masters "earth" is where serfs and slaves are live "hell" is a prison, tortures "devil" is a prison chief "demons" is a police and secret police

[@tqnohe]

Saints are lessers gods. For example St Cecilia is the “patron saint” of music. Or the goddess of music if you will.

[@redmi8781]

Another interpretation: "god" is a pope or patriarch "angels" are bishops etc "heaven" is a church "kingdom of god" is a church "hell" is world outside a church "demons" are people who don't go to church or against the church "devil" is leader of the world outside of church "devil" also is another churches, another "gods"

[@MrSomnus2001]

Let's not bury the lead. This chapter says that a person can be devoted to God for death, and that person then must be killed. This god accepts human sacrifice.

[@blackswanrevelations]

So you don’t think people were borrowing silver from the priests as a loan including tithes? You think babies are being dropped off? You think people are giving there homes? Or don’t you think maybe the tabernacle was also a bank and a hospital. Just a thought.

[@BaronVonSTFU]

So does the bible eventually say what the hell god is gonna do with all this money? Does it actually ever say that "the priests are to use it in the name of god?" or something? If it doesn't explicitly say, it seems like it would be to the priests discretion on how to use it(fishy...). But then again, god murdered Aaron's kids just for sneezing the wrong way when doing their holy work, so it seems very weird that god would collect all this money and then not tell them how to use it. Did the ancient people actually historically live by these rules?

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

BaronVonSTFU In case you missed it, god has no place nor authority anywhere in this area, later the people do turn to worship god in the first place, only landing them in trouble. Also Aaron’s kids weren’t murdered by any god, and sure ancient and modern people live by these rules.

[@TBomb39]

@@Daniel-cz7kd God definitely murdered Aaron"s sons. In fact, he's going to murder more of them in the next chapter.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@TBomb39 And where did you get that idea? How is it possible for God to murder anyone?

[@benclark4823]

@@Daniel-cz7kd by fire and earth and lightning 🌩👈😇