Category: Deuteronomy

1 “These are the statutes and rules that you shall be careful to do in the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.” 2 You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served…

1 “Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.” 2 But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land into your…

1 “The Levitical priests, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the Lord’s food offerings as their inheritance.” 2 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them. 3 And this shall be the priests’ due from the…

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…