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Deuteronomy 27:9-10 meaningJuly 15, 2022
Moses (joined now by the Levitical Priests) reaffirms God’s covenantal relationship with Israel.
Deuteronomy 27:1-8 meaningJuly 15, 2022
Moses and the elders prescribe the rituals to be performed when Israel arrives in the Promised Land.
Deuteronomy 26:16-19 meaningJuly 14, 2022
Moses told the Israelites that this covenant renewal was a reminder of their special relationship with Yahweh and their special status among the nations of the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:12-15 meaningJuly 14, 2022
Moses commands the Israelites to offer a special tithe to the Suzerain God every third year to support the vulnerable of the Israelite society.
Deuteronomy 26:1-11 meaningJuly 14, 2022
Moses commands the Israelites to set aside the firstfruits of their harvest for the Suzerain (Ruler) God once they were settled in the Promised Land. This offering was an acknowledgement of God’s gifts of redemption, covenant, and land.
Deuteronomy 25:17-19 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses urged the Israelites to remember to wipe out the Amalekites when they are settled in the Promised Land. This was in response to the brutality the Amalekites showed when they attacked the Israelites during the exodus from Egypt.
Deuteronomy 25:13-16 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses commands the Israelites to use accurate weights and measures when they engage in commerce with other people.
Deuteronomy 25:11-12 meaningJuly 13, 2022
This law prescribed to cut off the hand of a wife who sought to deliver her husband in a fight by seizing the genitals of his opponent.
Deuteronomy 25:5-10 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Beginning a section that focuses on the principle of the tenth commandment which restricts envy, Moses described the principles relating to levirate marriage. They involve a situation where one of two brothers dwelling together dies without having a son. Though the surviving brother was required to marry his brother's wife so his family line could continue, this law dictated what to do if the surviving brother refuses to do what was required of him.
Deuteronomy 25:4 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses’s concern for compassion moves to the treatment of domestic animals. He now commands Israel not to muzzle the ox while he is threshing.
Deuteronomy 25:1-3 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses instructs the Israelites on how to administer legal justice in the land. This law limits the number of lashes to be given to a criminal to forty.
Deuteronomy 23:24-25 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses told the Israelites that they could eat from their neighbors’ vineyard or standing grain. They were, however, prohibited from gathering more fruits or grain than was necessary to meet their immediate need.
Deuteronomy 23:21-23 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses commanded the Israelites to fulfill their vows in a timely manner. Failure to keep their vows will surely bring judgment on them.
Deuteronomy 23:19-20 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses prohibited Israelites from charging interest on loans to fellow Israelites.
Deuteronomy 23:17-18 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses prohibited the practice of cult prostitution. He also warned the Israelites against bringing the hire of a harlot or the wages of a male prostitute into God’s sanctuary.
Deuteronomy 23:15-16 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses prohibited Israel from returning an escaped slave to his master.
Deuteronomy 23:9-14 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses instructs the Israelites on how to remain pure in the battlefield because the Suzerain (Ruler) God is present with them to fight for them.
Deuteronomy 23:1-8 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moving from purity in marriage in the previous chapter, Moses now turned to purity in worship. To do this, he instructed the Israelites concerning who was allowed and who was not allowed in the assembly of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 22:30 meaningJuly 13, 2022
In this last case, Moses prohibited a man from marrying a woman who was formerly his father’s wife and was possibly his stepmother.
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 meaningJuly 13, 2022
Moses gave the law designed to protect an unengaged virgin who may have been a victim of rape.
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