What are the moral laws of the ancient hebrews?

Answer:
We'll list a few of them here, if you promise not to laugh. Remember that these were
simple, unsophisticated people, mostly shepherds and farmers, with a culture based on
no more than the myths and legends that uneducated parents were able to pass on to
their children. These ancient customs sound quaint and a little weird now, to our modern
sophisticated ears, and we wonder how people could have ever taken this stuff seriously
and tried to live like this. But they actually did.

-- give your parents honor and respect
-- visit sick people
-- help widows, orphans, poor people, and travelers passing through
-- don't steal or kill
-- don't look at your neighbor's wife and daydream about it
-- when a thief is caught, he pays back double what he stole; if he hasn't got it to pay back, he works it off
-- if you come upon a man at the side of the road with his car or his mule broke down, stop and help him
-- people may work for other people, but nobody owns them
-- nobody has the authority to require anyone to work 7 days straight without a day off
-- when a man works for you, feed him and pay him
-- keep your gas pump and your scale calibrated; deliver what you charge for
-- teach your children
-- pray for the leaders of your country
-- if a man has built a new house, planted a field, been recently married, or is scared, he has no military obligation, and is sent home when he reports for duty
-- honor and protect women
-- a bride gets a written contract, that legally binds her husband to provide for her
-- express gratitude before you eat, and again after you eat
-- be holy
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