Category: Deuteronomy

1 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,” 2 and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ 3 you…

3 So the Lord our God gave into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people, and we struck him down until he had no survivor left. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 3:3 In Deuteronomy chapter 3, we find the Israelites on the brink of entering the Promised Land after wandering…

1 “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 23:1 In the scene described in Deuteronomy 23:1, we find a group of Israelites gathered at the entrance of the tabernacle in the wilderness. The group includes Moses, Aaron,…

1 “You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. 2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the…

4 “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 32:4 The scene in Deuteronomy 32:4 takes place in the wilderness as the Israelites are journeying towards the Promised Land. Moses, the great leader of…

1 So Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel. 2 And he said to them, “I am 120 years old today. I am no longer able to go out and come in. The Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’ 3 It is the Lord your God who…

4 for the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 20:4 The scene in Deuteronomy 20:4 takes place on the battlefield as the Israelites prepare for war. The Israelites, led by their commanders and officers, have…

1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, as far as…

5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 6:5 In Deuteronomy chapter 6, we find Moses addressing the Israelites as they stand at the edge of the Promised Land, just before they are about to enter…

1 “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him,” 2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. 3 And the…