February 28

Exodus 21:12-14; Leviticus 24:17, 21b; Numbers 35:20, 21, 16-19, 29-31, 33, 34; Exodus 22:2, 3a; Numbers 35:22-25; Deuteronomy 19:4-6; Numbers 35:9-15; Deuteronomy 19:1-3, 7-10; Numbers 35:26-28; Deuteronomy 19:11-13; Numbers 35:32; Exodus 21:22-25, 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7; Leviticus 24:19, 20; Exodus 21:26, 27; Deuteronomy 22:25-29; Exodus 21:15, 18-21; Deuteronomy 25:11, 12, 5:19; Exodus 22:3b, 1, 4; Deuteronomy 19:14

Again, I'm imagining God telling all of this to Moses and then He gets to the part where He says, "Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.  However, if he does not do it intentionally, but God lets it happen, he is to flee to a place I will designate." [Ex. 21:12, 13]  So here's God admitting that He lets it happen.  I wonder if Moses thought, "God, what if you didn't allow accidents like this just happen?"  Because I wonder that.  For some reason, it's something we're meant to deal with.

Note:  It's not just an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.  It's also a burn for a burn and a wound for a wound and a bruise for a bruise and, in the March 1st reading, a fracture for a fracture.  [Ex. 21:23-25]