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Appendix

What’s Coming: The Appendix

(All texts are assumed KJV unless otherwise noted.)

Because of the abundant counsel from Ellen White on this subject, this author has attempted to include the many practical statutes given by God to Moses for all Israel, in their simplest form, in this appendix.

The two primary books in the Bible that contain the statutes of the Lord are Leviticus and Deuteronomy. In this appendix, the author has made an attempt to share these statutes, eliminating three major items:

1. Since the sacrificial system was fulfilled at the cross, there is no need to include the statutes of sacrifice; therefore, they have been eliminated except in such instances where eliminating them might cause the loss of the meaning of another statute.
    
2. Those statutes that have to do with the church’s execution of punitive judgment have also been eliminated. The state governments have assumed this right; therefore, such execution of physical punishment is left with the civil government. See John 18:31; AA 101, 102.
    
3. Sometimes, the same statute is mentioned several times throughout these two books. For the sake of simplicity, I have excluded some of these repetitions.

The person who wishes to read the statutes, including the above three exclusions, should simply read the two books in their entirety. Doing so will impress upon their mind the seriousness that God places on His statues and the seriousness attached to their neglect.

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