Category: Deuteronomy

5 “A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 22:5 In the setting of Deuteronomy chapter 22, we find the Israelites encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai,…

27 The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, Destroy. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 33:27 In Deuteronomy chapter 33, we find Moses blessing the tribes of Israel before his death. The scene is set in the vast wilderness, with…

35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 32:35 The scene in Deuteronomy 32:35 takes place in the wilderness as the Israelites are journeying towards the Promised Land. Moses, the…

1 Now Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep the whole commandment that I command you today. 2 And on the day you cross over the Jordan to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster. 3 And…

1 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it,” 2 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping…

1 “And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 You shall not add to the word that I command…

2 He said, “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand. 2 He said, “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount…

12 The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 28:12 In Deuteronomy chapter 28, Moses is…

4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Setting the Scene for Deuteronomy 6:4 In the setting of Deuteronomy chapter 6, we find the Israelites encamped at the plains of Moab, just before they are to enter the Promised Land. Moses, the revered leader of the Israelites, stands before the vast…

1 And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 The Lord did not make this…