of social values are justice, freedom, peace, and equality. All humans, including criminals, have values of some kind, whether good or evil. But people can bring their values into harmony with principles that they choose to guide them. Much of OT law expresses or exemplifies absolute principles to guide human life.12 By seeking to persuade people to make its moral principles their own, OT law encourages them to bring their personally held values into alignment with divine principles, which are based
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