Overview of a game reviewer's job at ChristCenteredGamer

In case anyone wants to know exactly what I or any other reviewer of games and other media does at ChristCenteredGamer, here's a brief overview:


1. We get to pick, if we don't have a huge backlog of review keys, whatever we'd like to review, especially if we are volunteer reviewers. I'm a volunteer reviewer, but if we have a lot of review keys we need to check out, those go to the top of the pile. As for paid reviewers (regular employees who draw a fee for what they write, which is not a lot since CCG is a nonprofit), they generally handle the review keys first and foremost, but if they manage to get some free time, they can cover their own projects.

Note: All reviewers must do at least two reviews of two games of their own choosing prior to getting any regular requests to do game reviews, this is so CCG can get an idea of your competence and writing ability in general.

2. If we use a review key, we have to sign a contract prior (only the first time) stating we'll review the games we review within a certain amount of time or we have to reimburse the key we were given. The contract is needed to prevent someone from getting free review keys and running off with them, which is sad, I wish trust was not a problem for a Christian game review site, but such is needed in this day and age, alas.

3. Anyway, once a signed copy of the contract is in the hands of the CCG owners, game reviewers can pick review keys for any games that strike their interest for whatever consoles or computer they can redeem them on. Standard practice is limited to 2 keys at most, though people can take on multiple games for review depending on the backlog if time and circumstances allow. It's advised to not have a huge amount even if this is possible, that's a lot of writing you're gonna have to do and a lot of games you will have to play long enough to evaluate them for secular and moral content.

4. With review keys redeemed, here comes the part that sounds fun, you play the games. However, while you do so,you need to take notes (mental or physical) on the game play, controls, graphics, sounds, stability and any morally objectionable content,especially for Christians.

Depending on the game, this could take awhile, you need to play long enough to get a well-rounded idea of the secular and moral pluses and minuses of the media in question.

5. Then it comes time to write up a rough draft, following the standardized format used for all CCG reviews. To make the last step much less painful, try to proofread your draft as completely as possible PRIOR to submitting it to the review panel forum for reviews on CCG.

Trust me, doing so makes next step less tedious.

6. Once you've thrown your review to the wolves, the other reviewers will descend on the review like ants on sugar cubes and point out all grammatical errors and other mistakes you may have made.

Believe me, they will be VERY thorough, CCG takes the Christian ethic in having pride in not doing shoddy work that would embarrass you before God very seriously. Jason Gress (site co-owner) in particular is very strict on journalistic quality and who will make sure your work will not look shoddy, man clearly passed his English classes with flying colors, and he expects all submitted work to be something a journalist could be proud of. (And for the record, I concur with him.)

7. Once your work has been extensively revised and made fit for public consumption, it joins the queue of work to be published on the main site, which will be done according to the dictates of site policy, with review key work taking priority.

8. Once the work you wrote is published, it doesn't end there. If the review requires a rewrite due to new updates or information, you will have to revise it later. Also, comments may be left on your reviews, be willing to respond to them and take constructive criticism, if any, maturely.

9. If all this sounds like something you are interested in doing, you can apply here.

The post I dox myself in

Note; I dedicate this post to Jason and Cheryl Gress of ChristCenteredGamer, whose bravery and candor in their ministry for Christ has inspired me to be brave in my own life, and I owe both an immeasurable debt of gratitude for giving me the courage to say what is said below.


For those who have not realized I write for the website ChristCenteredGamer under my real name, I am named, in real life, Daniel Cullen.

I commonly go by GethN7 on most sites, Arcane or Arcane21 on Wikimedia wikis.

I have decided to quit hiding my real name for a few reasons I want to share, with both friends and enemies alike.



1. I'm at the point I refuse to be afraid of people trying to dox me. When I decided to have an internet presence, I knew it was a risk I'd run into, and for the longest time I was paranoid, especially because some malicious parties once tried to dox me with the intent of causing me all sorts of harm.

More recently, some of them have threatened to dox me just to scare me because they are scum who think I deserve it.

Let me be clear: I'm not afraid of you anymore.


Of course I'm no fool. My name, gender, and date of birth are now public knowledge, but I'm not divulging the rest save to trusted parties, and if anyone who wishes me harm and/or humiliation discovers the rest due to an act of crime, carelessness on my part, or simply is incredibly lucky to stumble across it by accident, so be it, I'm willing to live with that.


I already run a wiki for troping and analyzing media meant for all age groups called All The Tropes. I have sampled works ranging from family friendly to adults only, both for the purposes of reviewing them as works of media and for personal reasons. I am a proud, unashamed Christian, and I do not dare hide the fact I haven't always lived up to own morals as well as I should. I wear the weight of sin on me every day, yet I still won't deny I haven't always practiced what I preached, I know I have been a hypocrite in many ways.

All of my public work under my real and internet names is publicly accessible via web searches and is free for the scrutiny of the public, I don't shrink from it, as I put it out there, now it's for public consumption and comment.

The point is, however, is that I have recently decided to associate my actual name with my internet name because I'm no longer worried about what some malicious, petty people might do if they know who I am, let the chips fall where they may, I refuse to live in fear.


2. Awhile back, when some unregenerates tried to dox me, they falsely accused, smeared, and harassed an innocent man by the name of David Poole, a friend of my friend Brent Laabs. The evidence Poole was me was bogus and shoddy, and while Poole himself laughed off their stupidity, it rankled me then and still rankles me now some cowards would hurt an innocent man, especially because they made clear to me they wanted to use further smears to extort me into revealing who I was or they would continue to smear innocent people, trying to use my conscience against me.

Now that I have confirmed my real name, it is my solemn hope such callous and depraved actions never trouble another innocent person. Daniel Cullen is GethN7, as most of my enemies would know me, you can take things up with me, there is no need to hurt innocents when I'm your target.

I also address my more recent enemies, who wanted to dox me simply to scare me:

You have my "power word", as the internet term for it goes. Now that you have it, hope you can't say I never gave you anything, and to be blunt, given the sheer incompetence shown in digging that information up prior by enemies both old and recent, here's a freebie.


This stated, I do not believe I have anything I need to answer to before Men. The name Daniel means "God is my Judge", and it's God's judgment I fear far more than that of anyone else.

I now write for ChristCenteredGamer!

https://www.christcenteredgamer.com/index.php/reviews/pc-mac/7096-dragon-quest-heroes-the-world-tree-s-woe-and-the-blight-below-pc


Writing this post to confirm that I do indeed write for ChristCenteredGamer, a fact I'm very proud of, as both a gamer and servant of God.

For the record, I want to get a few things out there for both my new employers and anyone else interested.


1. I admit I'm a sinner, unworthy to look up towards Heaven, but as someone who wants to glorify God, I will do my best to write work that does just that.

2. As a gamer, I've long bemoaned the horrible state of gamer journalism, and I have now become one (at one of the more honorable outlets for it from where I'm sitting) in the hopes of reversing the trend. It is my intention to be honest and honorable in this regard.

3. I will sublimate my personal moral opinions for the sake of CCG's standards, which are effectively neutral towards all Christian denominations and still strive to provide objective secular and moral information regarding the games they cover.


For example, as a Christian, I have no problems casting spells in games, because they are not anything resembling dabbling in actual magic IRL. I have no issue playing Grand Theft Auto as a Christian, as I know such activities should never be done IRL. I am constantly aware it's a catharsis meant only to be enjoyed as the computer program it was intended to be and that I should never be tempted to perform a sinful act as a result of playing such media, else I have no business playing it in the first place.

I would also have no problem playing Shin Megami Tensei as a Christian as it uses religious and mythological themes for fictional purposes and thus does not accurately reflect actual religion and it's views do not shake my own faith in the Christian God one iota.

Basically, my take on games is that they are a fictional medium that should remain purely in the realm of fiction and if they ever become a vector for temptation or evil, then I should cease playing them. Otherwise, I consider them a safe, sane alternative for entertainment that does not compromise my walk with God in any fashion.


The official line of my employers is to let gamers make up their own minds concerning morality, merely discussing all potentially offensive themes (especially for Christians) while still leaving the reader of their reviews the choice to decide if the game good for the secular aspects, moral aspects, or both if they prefer, a stance I have every intention of adhering to regardless any personal moral opinions of my own.

I work for them as a volunteer, not as a full-time paid employee, but I intend to regard my writing for them with the seriousness and gravity it would require a paid employee to do regardless. And if I fail to do so, I expect both them and the public at large to hold me to account, as God certainty would and will if I don't.

The Passover and Eucharist: A Guide

This post will be dedicated to discussing the original Passover festival as detailed in the Book of Exodus, and the Eucharist (the "Lord's Supper") as detailed in the New Testament Gospels.

The latter is derived from the former and shares some interesting differences with it in both meaning and history, so below I will cover both and any trivia associated with both.


Passover: Alternatively called "Pesach", it is a spring festival to celebrate the liberation of the Jewish people from their bondage in Egypt as depicted in the Book of Exodus.

The rite was originally celebrated in the month of Abib, which would correspond to the month of March on the contemporary Gregorian calendar used in most countries as of the writing of this post.

The month of Abib was to be the first month of the Jewish year, meaning, much like in Islam, which begin the first year of it's calendar based on the migration of the Prophet Muhammad to city of Medina, the Jewish calender's first year officially began at the time of the original Passover.

The Passover started on the fourteenth day of the month, where for seven days, bread without yeast was to be eaten. The first day was to be treated like a Sabbath, in which no regular work was to be done. The bread was to be eaten with "bitter herbs", known as maror.

The first day also required a year old male lamb without defect (from either the sheep or goats) be prepared. It was known as the "Paschal Lamb". It was to be roasted whole, nothing was to be boiled or eaten raw. None of it's bones were to broken, and it was to be eaten completely before sunrise of the next day, any remaining meat was to be burned.

The original Passover emphasized haste, as it was the day before the Israelites were to be liberated from Egypt and forced to leave after being freed. Accordingly, they were to be dressed as if for immediate departure.

The "Passover" as a term refers to the angel of death whom God sent to slay the firstborn of Egypt passing over the houses of those who painted the tops and sides of the doors of their homes with blood from the Paschal Lamb, therefore "passing over" them and not visiting a plague of death upon them. This referred to the original ceremony only, all subsequent ones were to be slaughtered and prepared at the temple of the Lord. The blood painting was also omitted from all future Passovers.





Eucharist: The Christian Eucharist takes two forms in most contemporary Christian denominations.

In it's most common form a wafer of bread and a small cup of grape juice or wine is consumed during a Sabbath service, as a reference to the bread and wine consumed at the Last Supper which Jesus commanded the discipline to consume as his "flesh and blood", which through the process of transubstantiation was to be the conversion of this metaphorical "flesh and blood" into it's literal version.

In most church services, this is done in remembrance of the commands of Jesus during this time.


Around Easter a modified version of the original Passover is performed by some denominations, and while largely similar to the original Jewish version, there are some differences.

1. Diet is largely the same as the Jewish version, though the lamb is usually derived only from sheep, not a goat, as the Jewish version allows.

This is typically done because of the association Jesus has with sheep (as his death on the cross was to be the ultimate Paschal Lamb offered for the sins of Men for all time).

2. This extended version typically celebrates both the original Jewish meanings of Passover and the changes Jesus introduced and is usually accompanied by readings of the the relevant sections of the Old and New Testament.

3. Catholics consider this ritual to be a formal sacrament, with Eastern Orthodox denominations largely similar, though the transubstantiation occurs due to the specific prayers to that effect during the service held as part of the event, while Catholics assume it to be automatic to the event itself.

Protestant denominations typically observe Eucharist to some degree (in one or both forms), but for many of them it's status as a sacrament is not as rigidly formal and the dates of it's adherence are often somewhat more irregular than it's Catholic and Eastern Orthodox contemporaries.

The degree to which the ritual holds significance varies between various Protestant and other sects, though most to all contend the rite is of direct importance to the Christian in their walk with Christ.

Deuteronomy: Cliff Notes Edition

The biblical book of Deuteronomy (which means "second law") contains a recap of most of Leviticus and Numbers, but ti also includes some new laws and expansions on older ones those books do not cover.



The new material will be covered in this post, with any specific historical trivia not explained in the original text noted.





One Place of Worship: The Israelites were commanded to worship only at the place designated by God, all other places were to be destroyed, especially those where sacrifices to other gods were made.



It further notes God would designate a suitable place in the lands of each tribe.





Prophets: Anyone who claimed to be a prophet who advocated worship of any god other than God was to be killed by stoning by the whole community. Prophet whom God ordained would be the only ones authorized to perform supernatural feats, and then only on God's behalf.





Idoltary: Any place or city encouraging idol worship was to be burnt to the ground as a burnt offering to God.





Asherah Poles: Asherah was a Semitic fertility goddess, and any tree dedicated as a monument to her was not to be planted anywhere near the altars of the Lord.



Some religious scholars believe this was done to distance God (Yahweh or YHVH, also called El) from other Semitic cultures, where intermingling of deities was common, and further lines up with God's instructions for the Israelites to set themselves apart from other cultures. She was also referred to as Astarte in Babylonian tradition..





Justice Provisions: God expected courts and officials for the dispensing of justice to be set up in every town of tribe, and he commanded they not accept bribes or show favoritism to anyone.





Witnesses; No crime could be prosecuted on the word of only one witness. Two or three were needed at minimum. Any malicious witness was to be put to death as they intended the accused.





Higher Courts: If ordinary courts could not settle a lawsuit, they could be appealed to the priests of the Lord's temple. Any decision they made would be final and binding.





Kings: If the Israelites wanted a king, they must have the following qualifications for leadership.

1. They must be native of an Israelite tribe, they could NOT be a foreigner.

2. Could not accumulate large numbers of horses nor silver and gold.

3. Had to have a copy of the law given to him by the priests which he was to review for the duration of his life to remind him of his place.





Laws Concerning Warfare:



1. All places war was waged against must be offered terms of peace. If accepted, the conquered would serve the Israelites. If not, they were be laid to siege and the males of military age killed, the rest were to taken as spoils of war. (assuming they were not near the territories of Israel's borders)

2. Before battle, all males who were newly married, recently obtained new property, or simply were scared to go to battle were to be released from service before the troops were organized and the command structure put in place.

3. For Canaanite nations, no city laid siege to could have any fruit trees destroyed for siege works, only non fruit trees were allowed to be harvested for this purpose. Their people were to be utterly destroyed to prevent the spread of their idolatrous ways.





Unsolved Murders: If a person was found in the Promised Land dead, their murderer unknown, the following had to be done to cleanse any guilt from the people:



1. The cities nearest the body must be measured for the one closest to the deceased.

2. The elders in the nearest city had to take a heifer that had never been yoked for labor and brought down to a valley with flowing water.

3. With the Levite priests in attendance, the elders must break the heifer's neck, wash their hands over the heifer, and pray for the guilt of bloodshed to pass over them, attesting they saw not the murder nor knew the murderer.





Taking of Captive Women as Wives: They were to be allowed to mourn her family for a full month, Then, after changing their clothes, trimming their nails, and shaving their hair (done most likely for reasons of sanitation), she could then be lawfully married.



If later divorced, she was to be let free to go wherever she pleased, and could not be sold as a slave.





Child Birthright; Firstborn sons had priority, even if a man had more than one wife and favored the children of one wife over the other, the firstborn of the unfavored would be higher priority than the other wife's children.





Disposition of Criminals; If a criminal was executed by hanging from a tree, they had to be cut down at sunset and properly buried, they could not remain overnight.





Miscellaneous Laws:



Crossdressing was forbidden.



Houses with roofs one could walk on had to be secured with a rial or those who fell from them would be considered murdered by the house owner.



Note: This is quite similar to a law found in 'The Code of Hammurabi", right down to the punishment.



A bird nest could be relieved of it's young but the mother was to be left there.



Any fallen animal of a neighbor had to be assisted without fail.



Vineyards and fields could not be planted with two types of seed.



Wool and linen could not be woven together.



Oxen and donkeys could not be harnessed to work under the same yoke.



Oxen could not be muzzled when treading out grain.





Martial Purity: If a man accuses his wife of not being a virgin when they have sexual relations, one of two things would happen:



1. If proof of the virginity could be established, the man would be fined a hundred shekels of silver for defaming an innocent woman and could not divorce her for life, having already dishonored her.



2. If he was right, she would be stoned to death for adultery.



If a virgin pledged to married was raped, one of two things would happen:



1. If she called for help and no one heard her or she was heard, she would go free and only the rapist would be punished



2. If she did not, both were to be punished with death.



A man could not married the former wife of his father. He also could not remarry a divorced wife later.



A virgin NOT pledged to be married, if she was raped, that would force the man to pay the father fifty shekels of silver and he would have to marry the woman as atonement for defiling her, he could not divorce her life.





Purity of the Assembly:



Anyone whose genitals were crushed or cut (and thus emasculated) could not enter the assembly of the Lord.



Ammonites and Moabites were to not be allowed into the assembly, even to the tenth generation of descendants.



Note: The Book of Ruth would be something of an exception, though it's indicated Ruth and Naomi went native and thus became Isrealites culturally, which would have been acceptable under God's law.



Edomites (due to being descended from Jacob's brother Esau) and Egyptians (since the Israelites were once guests of that country) were allowed to have the third generation onward of their descandants enter the Lord's assembly.



No one of an illegitimate marriage was to be allowed under any circumstances.





Purity of the Camp:



During war, all soldiers who were unclean were remain outside the camp until the next evening, having washed themselves in the interim.



In the camp, there must be an established latrine outside the camp, and all excrement was to be promptly buried by order of the Lord, so they would not show him anything defiled.





Escaped Slaves: They were to be liberated and NOT returned to their masters.



Note: As the Israelites were enslaved, this was done to remind them how terrible it was for them, and some scholars speculate this was done to discourage the practice of slavery.





Shrine Prostitutes: Both sexes were forbidden to be this, and God would not accept any of their earnings as offerings.





Property and Personal Laws:



1. No Israelite was to charge another interest. Only foreigners could be charged interest.

2. All vows of offering to the Lord had to be fulfilled.

3. Anyone walking through a neighbor's field or vineyard could pick kernels of grain or grapes by hand, but could not bring a basket to collect them.

4. Millstones could not be taken as a pledge for a loan, that would hold someone's life as security.

5. Kidnappers were to be punished with death.

6. Cloaks (doubling as blankets at night) COULD be taken as security, but had to be returned at night for the use of the loanee for their comfort at night.

7. All poor natives or foreigners were to be paid their wages promptly, they could not be withheld.

8. Fathers and sons were to be punished only for their own sins, not that of each other.

9. Any excess leavings in fields and vineyards were to be left for the poor and alien as charity.

10. While otherwise forbidden, if a brother died with no heir, the surviving brother must marry his brother's wife and have children by her so his family line would not die out. He could refuse, whereupon his sandal would be take, she would spit in his face, and his family line was known as the Family of the Unsandaled.



Note: Family lineage was highly important for the descent of property.



11. If two men were fighting and the wife of one of them seized him by the privates to restrain him, her hand was to be cut off.

12. Weights and measures were to be honest and accurate.

13. The Amalekite people were to be utterly destroyed, without mercy, for they showed none towards the Israelites at any point.

Biblical Weights and Measures, a guide, Part 2

See here for Part 1;

https://gethn7.blogspot.com/2019/05/biblical-weights-and-measures-guide.html



Lengths: Measures of width and distance.


Finger: About 8/10ths an inch, or the width of a finger measured horizontally.

Handbreathth: About 3 inches, or the measure of 4 fingers horizontally. (minus the thumb)

Span: 9 inches.

Cubit: 18 inches. Would have been the ancient equivalent to the American foot of 12 inches.

Long Cubit: 20 inches: A rarely used measurement mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel.

Fathom: 6 feet. Would have been used most often as a nautical measure.

Note: Survived to see more modern usage. Mark Twain's pen name is derived from the term "Twain", which would have been four fathoms, or 24 feet.

Reed: 8 cubits, around 9 feet (rounded up)

Furlong: 1/8th mile/650 feet. A measure of distance mentioned in Revelation, relating to a span of distance crossable by horses.

Stadion: Around 700 feet. Alternatively used with furlong in some cases.

Sabbath day's journey: 3/5 of a mile. Distance was used to measure the length from Jersalem's outer gates to the Mount of Olives.

Day's journey: 20 miles. Distance crossed by Elijah in 2 Kings after he fled for his life after the showdown between Baal and God on Mount Carmel.



Weights: Would have been used to evaluate the weight of certain objects aside from money, though has some overlap, as money was often evaluated in terms of weight before the use of currency.


Gerah: 1/50 ounce. A modern American dime would be about equivalent to this.

Bekah: 1/5 ounce or ten gerahs. Two copper American pennies would be about equivalent.

Pim: 1/3 ounce. Standard American nickel would be roughly equivalent.

Shekel: 2/5 ounce. Standard American quarter would be roughly equivalent.

Note: Has survived into modern usage as a monetary measure for the State of Israel, but that would be a proper form of currency, not a weight or measure.

Mina: 1.25 pounds or 50 shekels. Standard roll of American quarters would be equivalent.

Note: This term is one of the oldest known terms for weight for most historians, having shown up as early as the Semitic civilizations that were established along the Fertile Crescent of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Talent: 60 minas or 75 pounds.

Note: Gold and silver were later assigned specific talent measures to determine their value as an exchange medium, this measure of talent would have been used more universally for all items regardless of value, merely representing their aggregate weight.

Biblical Weights and Measures, a guide

The Bible often makes references to various weights and measures in common use at the time it depicts, but little or none of them are used today. Most Bibles contain a summarized conversion table in their index pages of the ones mentioned in the text, but this can still be confusing to modern readers.

The Old Testament period was set during the Bronze Age, before the common usage of currency in Mediterranean societies and thus instead of using a standardized currency based on coinage, items such as gold and silver were given value as established by their weight.

This system sufficed until the Classical Era, which takes place post Babylonian captivity and through the rest of the Old Testament, when early forms of currency emerged.

The New Testament takes place around the time of pre-modern societies, like the Roman Empire, which had long promulgated standardized currency to replace assessing value as was done in the pre-currency days, though some weights and measures were still used for other purposes.

Most Bibles do not cover certain trivia regarding certain weights and measures, so this post has been written to clarify a few ambiguities and confusing parts for modern readers, as well as to clear up occasional common mistranslations in certain texts.


Liquid Measures: Liquid measures cover measures for oil, water, wine, and other liquids.


Log: This was slightly over half a pint, typically mentioned in the Bible regarding the usage of anointing oil, and since not too much would be needed to cover the head of the anointed, this measure was used.


Kab/Cab: Often transliterated with a K or C, depending on translation. Roughly 2 and 1/2 pints.


Hin: Roughly equivalent to one American gallon.


Bath: Equivalent to six American gallons.


Homer/Kor: 60 American gallons. Both terms show up in translations of the Book of Ezekiel.


Metretes: 10 gallons. Shows up in some translations of the Book of John (Gospel Book)



Dry Measures: Covers measures for grain and other items that were not liquids.


Kab/Cab: Often transliterated with a K or C, depending on translation. Roughly 2 and 1/2 pints.

Note: As a dry measure, if used for flour, this barely would have been enough to prepare one meal for a small family for one day, and even that would be starvation rations.


Omer: About 2 1/2 quarts.

Note: Manna mentioned in Exodus would have been gathered in one of these measures, would have lasted a full day for most families for grain related meal products.


Seah: About 8 quarts.


Ephah: 6 gallons.

Note: Would have covered the usual amount of grain needed for the meals of a family for a week.


Lethech: About 30 gallons. Rarely mentioned measure that only shows up in some translations of the Book of Hosea.


Homer/Kor: About 60 gallons.

In dry goods terms, this would have been the amount of grain needed to feed a family for a month.



Money: (Value determined by weight)

Note: Due to the difference in density between silver and gold, silver would have weighed less but had greater volume.

Talent (Silver): About 100 lbs,

Talent (Silver Alternate): About 50 lbs.

Talent: (Gold) About 120 lbs.

Talent: (Gold Alternate): About 60 lbs.

Numbers: Cliff Notes Edition

I wrote a previous post on the book of Leviticus and the laws of the Israelites, this post shall cover the laws in Numbers, many of which elaborate or clarify those mentioned in Leviticus.

Portions related to the "story" will be skipped, this is merely a summarized version of the laws and their details. I have also skipped specific offerings that were non repeated and done for specific individual events at the time, unless otherwise noted.



Unclean People: Anyone who had a bodily discharge, was a leper (had any kind of disease), or was defiled by a dead body had to live outside the main camp so to not defile the main camp with impurity.


Restitution for Sin: Those who wronged another had to make it right had to make a sacrfice equivalent to the sin in question (as documented in Leviticus), had to add an extra fifth of the value of the original sacrifice, then it had to be given to the wronged party, but if that person was unavailable and a close relative could not be found to make the restitution, the offering had to be given to the priests of the Lord. These offerings would then be the property of the priest in their entirety.


Jealousy Offering; If a man suspected his wife of unfaithfulness, he had to bring her to meet the priests with a plain grain offering. The priest would then put it in her hands, mix dust from the floor with some holy water, then have her drink it.

If she was innocent of adultery, she would suffer no harm. If guilty, she would either become infertile and/or have a miscarriage, as she would be under God's curse.


Nazirite Vow: Isrealites wishing to dedicate themselves to the Lord (who were non-priests), they had refrain from wine, grapes, raisins, or anything derived from them. They also could not cut their hair for any reason. They would also be disallowed from making themselves unclean by dead bodies, even those of close relatives, during the duration of the vow.


Note: in the event the vow was accidentally broken by someone dying in close proximity without warning, they had endure a week of purification, shaving their head on the seven day, offering a sacrifice of bird for cleanliness on the eighth day. Afterwards, they could rededicate themselves, offering a male lamb for reparation.


Termination of Nazirite Vow (By Normal Expiration of Duration):

They had to go to the tent of meeting and make the following offerings:

One year old male lamb (burnt offering)
One year old female lamb (purification offering)
One ram without blemish (peace offering)
Basket of unleavened bread/wafers/cakes of fine flour, covered in olive oil
Any associated grain and drink offerings that attended these sacrifices normally

Afterwards, the Nazirite had to shave their head and place the hair on the altar to be burned with the peace offering. The priest would take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one cake of flour, and one wafer, then make a wave offering after placing them in the Nazirite's hands along with the usual regulations for the other offerings.

After this was done, the priest could keep the wave offering as their share, and the Nazirite could drink wine and eat products made of grapes/raisins again.


Regulations for Priestly Service: All Levites between 25 to 50 years of age were to be active members of the priesthood. Mandatory retirement began at 50, but retired members could still do minor chores to assist the active members.


Additional Passover Regulations: The Passover was to be done according to the instructions as specified in the Book of Exodus, but some additional regulations were established.

Those made unclean could still participate in the Passover (at least amongst others made unclean), though the same rules otherwise applied.

Anyone not on a journey and ceremonially clean who did not keep the Passover was to be exiled.

Foreigners had to be circumcised before they could participate in the Passover if they so chose to do so.


Deliberate Sin: Those who deliberately sinned against the Lord were to be exiled from the rest of the people.

Anyone who worked on the Sabbath was punished with death, as that was the Lord's day, where no work was to be done.


Tassels: Tassels with blue threads were to be placed on garments as a reminder against unfaithfulness.



Red Heifer Ritual/Uncleanliness Purification:

Au unblemished red heifer (female cow before having a calf) that had never been yoked (harnessed for labor) had be slaughtered outside the camp in the presence of the head priest. The head priest had to take it's blood and sprinkle it from his finger seven times before the tent of meeting.

The heifer then had to burned outside the camp along with cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool.

The priest and the man who burned the heifer would be ceremonially unclean until they washed themselves with water and then waited till evening (sunset) before re-entering the camp.

A ceremonially clean man then had take the ashes to a place outside the camp to be used for purification rites, they too would be unclean in the same way until they did as mentioned above.


Purification was done with water mixed with ashes of the burned heifer mentioned above and hyssop, done on the third and seven day of the week any unclean person had to wait outside the camp.

Failure to do so meant they remained unclean and were exiled.

All opened containers and other articles touched by uncleanliness were also unclean and subject to the same need for purification.

All who did the sprinkling of the purification water would be unclean till evening as well.



Amended Inheritance Laws: Inheritance of property ordinarily passed down to the eldest son. If that did not occur because the deceased had no son, the order in which inheritance passed was as follows:

1. Any daughters of the deceased.
2. Any brothers of the deceased.
3. Any brothers of his father.
4. Any closest relatives.



Daily Offerings: Two lambs, both without defect and one year of age as burnt offerings, one in early morning, one in late afternoon. Both were to be burnt offerings accompanied by a grain and drink offering.


Weekly Offerings: Each Sabbath required two lambs and twice the usual grain offering as well as the usual drink offering.


Monthly Offerings: On the first day of each month was offered:

Two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished lambs (all burnt offerings)

3/10ths an ephah of fine flour for each bull, 2/10ths an ephah of fine flour for the ram, and the usual grain offering for each lamb.

1/2 a hin of wine for each bull, 1/3 a hin for each ram, and the usual drink offering for each lamb.

One male goat was also made a burnt offering for purification.


Vows Made By Men/Widows: Any vow made by a man was binding on him before God, as is that for widows.

Vows Made by Women: All vows made by any woman living with her father or husband who is not countermanded by either or whom remain silent when they hear of said vows, then those vows stand. If they countermand the vows, they do not apply. If countermanded AFTER the vow is fulfilled, guilt rests on the man for not speaking up sooner.


Purification for Battles: After a battle, the plunder was to be divided in two, half for the fighting soldiers, the other half for the community.


1/500 cattle, donkey, and sheep from every 500 captured is the Lord's share from the fighter's share.
1/50 of the same is the Lord's from  the community share.


Cities of Refuge: In the event of manslaughter, to avoid retribution or revenge, the party accused of the crime could flee to one of six cities designated as refuges for their guilt or innocence of their culpability in the death in question to be weighed.

If they were guilty, they were turned over to the avenger for death.

If declared innocent of intentional malice or guilt, they were to live in the vicinity of the refuge city until the death of the current high priest, or they could be killed without guilt by the avenger prior. After the death of the high priest, they could return to their home without fear of retribution.


Amended Inheritance Between Tribes: Ordinarily, property within one family could not become the permanent possession of another. However, in light of the chance one side of a family line of one tribe could die out, if they married the family of another tribe, that tribe's family would inherit the property for their descendants.