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BB,

One last thought. Stop looking so closely at a few words within one verse that is only part of a sentence that is part of a paragraph that is part of an entire discourse on a particular subject. Consider the whole thing. Don't just jump to the local equivalents of "though shalt" or "though shalt not." Too often there really aren't such things even written there. They only appear that way when you rip them from context and demand that they provide a directive.

I'm not saying that there are no commands. But be sure that you are reading them correctly. Finding a few words that could be construed to mean whatever you are thinking about is not the same as a few words that when placed back in context really are saying something different. Not necessarily opposite, but nonetheless different.