Deuteronomy 5
"..be careful to do what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess."
Humble thoughts, reflections, and/or summaries from readings of God's word. "For if any one is desirous simply to know those things which it has pleased God to reveal, that is the man who accurately knows what it is to be truly wise. " Calvin
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Deuteronomy 3-4
Moses urges obedience... "Follow the laws that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the Lord is giving you... Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about the decrees and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people'. What other nation is so great as to have their god near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? ...Be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them."
Moses urges obedience... "Follow the laws that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the Lord is giving you... Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about the decrees and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people'. What other nation is so great as to have their god near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? ...Be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them."
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
In Deuteronomy 2, Moses reminds the Israelites of recent events in the past few decades as God lead them through the desert.... "The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast desert. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything."
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Deuteronomy 1 The Lord said, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain... Go to the land of the Canaanites... See, I have given you this land... Go in and take possession of the land that the Lord swore He would give to your fathers and to their descendants after them." Moses reminds the Israelites of the faithfulness of God in keeping this promise to them, despite their rebellion, arrogance, and unwillingness to even listen to the commands of the Lord.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Numbers 35
" 'Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.' "
" 'Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.' "
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
In Numbers 34, the Lord instructs Moses regarding the boundaries of the promised land (Canaan). God gives the specific land marks for the boundaries on the North, South, East, and West, of the special land that will be the possession of the Israelites. Next, the Lord directs Moses to give responsibility of dividing the land to Eleazar and Joshua. Also, the leader of each tribe is enlisted to help oversee the dividing of the land among the Israelites.
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