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Deuteronomy 30:1-5 meaningJuly 22, 2022
Moses encourages the Israelites by telling them that when future generations rebel and are exiled, their Suzerain/ruler God would restore them from captivity, have compassion on them, and bring them back into the Promised Land when they repent and turn from their evil ways.
Deuteronomy 29:29 meaningJuly 22, 2022
Moses encourages the Israelites to obey all the covenantal laws. Everything that the Suzerain God reveals must be obeyed. Things that are not revealed are left to God.
Deuteronomy 29:22-28 meaningJuly 22, 2022
The LORD’s devastating judgment on the people and on the Promised Land would serve as a warning to the future generations of Israelites.
Deuteronomy 29:16-21 meaningJuly 22, 2022
Moses makes it clear that this additional covenant the LORD establishes with Israel applies not only to all those who are present but to all future generations as well. It is a covenant between the Suzerain (Ruler) God and the Israelites (His vassals) in perpetuity.
Deuteronomy 29:9-15 meaningJuly 22, 2022
Moses described the parties that were about to enter into this additional covenant between the Suzerain (Ruler) God and the Israelites. This covenant will establish them as His treasured possession, as He swore to Israel’s ancestors.
Deuteronomy 29:2-8 meaningJuly 22, 2022
As an introduction to an additional covenant, Moses reviewed some of the key events in Israel’s history to motivate the Israelites to obey their Suzerain (Ruler) God.
Deuteronomy 29:1 meaningJuly 22, 2022
Moses concludes the covenant renewal text of Deuteronomy by reminding his audience of the covenant relationship the Suzerain (Ruler) God has established with His vassals, Israel. He begins a new covenant which adds to the covenant made at Horeb (Sinai).
Deuteronomy 28:64-68 meaningJuly 19, 2022
Moses then described what life would be like in exile, where they would serve other gods, live in constant fear for their lives, and be sold into slavery.
Deuteronomy 28:58-63 meaningJuly 19, 2022
Moses continues the warnings concerning the Israelites violating God’s covenantal laws. In this section, He describes widespread disease and multiple disasters if they fail to live in complete obedience to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 28:49-57 meaningJuly 19, 2022
Moses continues with the series of curses. He now tells Israel that their Suzerain (Ruler) God will send a foreign nation to besiege the walled cities and devastate the countryside, ruining their lives.
Deuteronomy 28:45-48 meaningJuly 19, 2022
Moses reminds the Israelites that the described curses will come upon them if they fail to obey the LORD. These curses will cause absolute misery and poverty in Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:38-44 meaningJuly 19, 2022
Moses tells the Israelites that their main agricultural products—grain, wine, and oil—will be destroyed if they fail to obey their Suzerain (Ruler) God.
Deuteronomy 28:27-37 meaningJuly 19, 2022
The LORD will afflict the Israelites with various kind of diseases if they fail to obey the covenant.
Deuteronomy 28:25-26 meaningJuly 19, 2022
The Israelites would constantly suffer military defeat if they fail to follow the LORD.
Deuteronomy 28:20-24 meaningJuly 19, 2022
Moses elaborates on the curses the Suzerain (Ruler) God will bring on Israel if they fail to abide by His covenantal laws. These curses are in the form of natural disasters, diseases, and agricultural failures.
Deuteronomy 28:15-19 meaningJuly 19, 2022
Moses spells out the curses that will fall on the Israelites if they fail to obey their Suzerain (Ruler) God.
Deuteronomy 28:7-14 meaningJuly 19, 2022
Moses continues with the series of blessings. He now tells Israel that the Suzerain God will defeat their enemies, establish Israel as a holy people to Himself, and give them a leadership position over all the peoples of the earth, provided that they obey the terms of the covenant.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6 meaningJuly 19, 2022
Moses continued to outline the script for the ceremony to be performed once they had success taking Canaan. This part urged the Israelites to obey their covenant partner, Yahweh, in order that they may be blessed beyond measure in the land of Canaan, which was God’s promise to them if they followed faithfully the terms of the agreement.
Deuteronomy 27:14-26 meaningJuly 15, 2022
This section contains a list of twelve curses that the Levites were to recite to the Israelites. Upon hearing each curse, the Israelites are to respond by saying ‘Amen.’
Deuteronomy 27:11-13 meaningJuly 15, 2022
In these verses, Moses continued to describe the covenant renewal ceremony. He arranged the people of Israel into two sets of six tribes in preparation of the recitation of the blessings and curses that follow. These verses should be read together with Joshua 8:30 – 35, where these instructions are fulfilled.
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