“Do not speak to Me again about this matter. 8We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock. 11when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. 10But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him. 16The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. 20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess. 12You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself. 2Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. They had to renew this contract or covenant with God before entering the Promised Land. The Command to Leave Horeb(Exodus 33:1–6). Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name, 3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.) 3You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders. 4Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon,b He will gather you and return you from there.c. This responsibility continues through every generation. 7When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them. 7and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. 11For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers, 7You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. Do not oppress him. 18Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. 34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes? 45When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 30Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’ The Testimony of Two or Three Witnesses(Matthew 18:15–20), 15A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. v1 ‘Therefore, everyone in *Israel, listen to the rules and the laws that I will teach … 16At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident. 21she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. Marriage and Divorce Laws(Matthew 5:31–32; Luke 16:18). 27 … 21And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. He will never leave you nor forsake you. 19the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. (Exodus 33:1–6) 1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”. 3He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight. 42But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”. 3the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land; No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them. 27When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her. 5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you. 15He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. Zavada, Jack. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands. Generosity in Lending and Giving(Matthew 6:1–4). 22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. 5Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear. 6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm. 11And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant. 7:8). 12You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear. 16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; 18You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; 19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas. 52They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. 17You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?” 15Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. 14But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,f so that you may obey it. Review of the Law - The people entering Canaan were bound by the same laws of God as their parents. 25But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die. 19If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. 17Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do. 19It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes. 7But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves. His laws are given to us for our protection, not as punishments. 8Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 41“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. 7You shall have no other gods before Me.c. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”. 17the LORD said to me, 3and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden— 29just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt: 22For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. 1No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD. 13You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernaclesc for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. 6On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness. 10Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed. Be careful to do as I have commanded them. 12If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; may he be the most favored among his brothers. The Promise of Restoration(Nehemiah 1:1–11), 1“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you, He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you. 15To Machir I gave Gilead, 17both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers. Children Must be Taught - To keep the covenant, the people must instruct their children in God's ways and be sure they follow them. 9Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. 2And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster. 17of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air, 4For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaima to curse you. Moses Continues his Third Speech with Warnings and Encouragement - Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed. 2and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, 4And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster. 6You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’ ”. 9When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful. 30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. 8You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, So you must purge the evil from among you. 17For you must devote them to complete destructiona —the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you, 2But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. 27a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land. A Warning against Idolatry(Deuteronomy 12:29–32; Ezekiel 6:1–7). Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.”. 11You may eat any clean bird, 33And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army. This title, meaning \"second law,\" arose from a misunderstanding of the term in 17:18, where it actually means \"a copy of the law.\" Its Jewish name, Debarim (Heb., \"words\"), comes from the opening phrase: \"Thes… The Book of Deuteronomy, Debarim. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments. 9You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”, 8Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. Moses is credited as the primary author of the book of Deuteronomy, but it may have been completed and edited later by Joshua (Deuteronomy 34:5-12). 11You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. 13And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the seae to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’ And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. 8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, according to the number of the sons of God.b. 3You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you. and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to … 9You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow. 21If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want. 2If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant From Livorno, 1894 CE. 13and put aside the clothing of her captivity. 14I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you, 23But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers. 6And He buried himb in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave. 18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, 5And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. 13Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities: 49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand, 5The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you. 3And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. 45These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt, Key Verses: “Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.” (Deuteronomy 4:2) “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Deuteronomy was written about BC 1406-7 to the generation of Israel about to enter the Promised Land, and to all subsequent Bible readers. In it, God tells people that obeying him brings blessings and goodness, and disobeying him brings disaster. 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