7th Commandment: Do Not Commit Adultery

Two words in Hebrew, lo tin'af, from the Hebrew root is na'af, which means to violate another couple's marriage covenant.

Hmm.

Interfering in the covenant partnership of a, another man and woman, breaking it, shattering it, ruining it.

That's what na'af means.

Na'af means not specifically adultery?

That is what it means.

Oh.

Yeah.

Adultery, what it means is to have sex with someoneThat is in a marriage covenant with another person-

Hmm

... such that you introduce a huge rupture into that covenant partnership.

Mm-hmm.

That's what Naf refers to.

I didn't draw attention to this in our last conversation.

I'll do it now.

This little triad, don't kill, don't commit adultery, don't steal, is all about relationships to your neighbor in the community, to other people in your community.

And think about what's being violated in each of these three.

The first, it's their life.

Mm-hmm.

In this one we're gonna talk about now, it's their covenant partnership.

Mm-hmm.

And then with do not steal, it's their stuff.

Yeah.

So there's almost kinda like a descending scale of value.

What's the most valuable thing-

Two words in Hebrew, lo tin'af, from the Hebrew root is na'af, which means to violate another couple's marriage covenant.

Hmm.

Interfering in the covenant partnership of a, another man and woman, breaking it, shattering it, ruining it.

That's what na'af means.

Na'af means not specifically adultery?

That is what it means.

Oh.

Yeah.

Adultery, what it means is to have sex with someoneThat is in a marriage covenant with another person-

Hmm

... such that you introduce a huge rupture into that covenant partnership.

Mm-hmm.

That's what Naf refers to.

I didn't draw attention to this in our last conversation.

I'll do it now.

This little triad, don't kill, don't commit adultery, don't steal, is all about relationships to your neighbor in the community, to other people in your community.

And think about what's being violated in each of these three.

The first, it's their life.

Mm-hmm.

In this one we're gonna talk about now, it's their covenant partnership.

Mm-hmm.

And then with do not steal, it's their stuff.

Yeah.

So there's almost kinda like a descending scale of value.

What's the most valuable thing-