Leviticus only applies to the Levites

[Huggy Bear]

because they according to the Law were supposed to bring the man and woman, they only brought the woman.

Leviticus 20
10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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What a terrible legal system,. Inability to prosecute (charges dismissed..no less) unless all accessories to the crime are present?

1. It takes two people to commit adultery, so both parties had to be present.
2. all of her accusers had left.

John 8
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

No accusers = case dismissed.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200000071

"The Law of Moses also gave the accused the right to face his accuser before a court of justice in order that the truth of the charges might be fully established."

"The testimony of two or three witnesses was required, and not just the word of a single accuser."

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because they according to the Law were supposed to bring the man and woman, they only brought the woman.

So in your view Jesus prevents the stoning because not all the guilty parties were there to be stoned?

Wow - lovely version of Jesus you got there.

the Law is what it is, if you don't want to be stoned for adultery, don't commit adultery.
But the scribes and Pharisees already knew Jesus wasn't going to have the woman stoned, the whole thing was a ploy to accuse Jesus of not obeying the law.

John 8
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

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I explained it.

Since Leviticus is Levitical law, Think of it the same way as our laws.

The law applies to everyone, but lawyers are the ones who practice it.

So therefore where Leviticus describes how to make an offering or sacrifice, that applies to the priests because they are the only ones with that authorization.

your normal layperson probably wouldn't know all the Levitical laws, that's the job of the priests.

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That doesn't explain why the same principle is not in play when other books written to specific subgroups are thereafter generalized to all Christians.

In short, you're engaged in special pleading.

Robbypants understood just fine..