If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: High…
Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all these commands that I give you today. 2 When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster. Those must have been huge stones. …
This one is long. Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 Do not add to what I…
At first glance, I thought “Oh no, they’re going to make all the same mistakes again. Then I noticed that Moses is telling his version of the story in these first three chapters of Deuteronomy. I felt better after realizing that. There may not be much more to say in…
Previously, the people of Israel had learned how God wanted them to live while wandering in the desert. Now in Deuteronomy The Lord will teach them how to live set apart for Him in the land He has wanted to give them for so long. Defeats of kings. Setting up…
The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock. 2 So they came to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said, 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and…
The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.” Israel and Midian have what I would call an off again, on again, off again relationship. Off: Joseph’s brothers sell him to Midianites as a slave. On: Moses…
The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.’ As we know from the past, death usually happens if you just present them whenever…
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up this mountain in the Abarim Range and see the land I have given the Israelites. 13 After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was, 14 for when the community rebelled at the waters in…
The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. Feels like this should have been part of the census…