Someone once said..."A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still."
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Prostitution vs adultery
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Except that he has yet to convince anyone.
The link is higher up in the thread.
Then maybe someone else should come up with an explanation that has anything to do with the text. They won’t because they can’t but they should at least try.Except that he has yet to convince anyone.
I mean it is Biblical Families, not “I speculate wildly” families.
It would be much simpler to say that flesh means flesh and that is the baby and the "shall not divide assunder" refers to the typical child sacrifice.... but noooo, I go there and I am on the beach gettting ready to be kicked off the island! What's more Ez 16:8 refers to Yahweh making a covenant with the now grown orphan girl at essentially the same time as her "covering" but the actions are distinct from each other. Curious note though, ONE FLESH is not mentioned! V20,21 only later mentions slaying the children for passing thru the fire as was the practice for Molech.
Some of us find it reasonable to draw a conclusion from the examples given in the absence of a definitive mandate.
You seem to choose to declare a definitive mandate concluded from the lack of a definitive mandate.