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We have a little sample platter of various laws in these 2 chapters: 🍱 I want to summarize the concepts involved in each one. PROPER SACRIFICES – 17:1 🥇🐏 This is a simple reminder to not give God the scraps and unwanted leftovers. Most of us read that and immediately assume that it has no…

Let’s review the Appointed Times. 🗓️ Chapter 15 – which I totally skipped in order to info-dump on Ch.14 – is a recap on keeping the years of Shmita and Jubilee. If you didn’t read my post for Leviticus 25 about the Year of Jubilee, you might want to find that one. It explains that…

The original “peculiar people.” (This is a rather densely packed section. Get comfortable. This may take a while. No seriously. Get a comfy chair, a blankie, and something to drink. It might be my longest post yet. And we’re only going to cover chapter 14.) To understand this section, the opening line is key: “You…

Lacy: (Reads Deuteronomy 12 & 13. Rubs hands together.) The time has come. Oh y’all… This is one of those sections that gets me wound up and ready to preach. (And I’m feeling rather spunky today)… WARNING: This IS going to offend some of you. If you don’t feel like possibly being offended, skip today…

The Land of Yahweh is special. If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you probably recall that I have had the opportunity to visit Israel. I suppose it could’ve been my imagination, but I’m pretty sure I felt the Lord’s joy at showing off His land to us. ☺️ There is an important…

“It’s not you, it’s them.” Let’s count the number of times that Moses tells the Israelites that God is not helping them because they’re so great, but because the Giant Clans are so bad. “After the Lord your God has done this for you, don’t say in your hearts, ‘The Lord has given us this…

The whole shootin’ match. 🔫 The whole enchilada. 🇲🇽 The whole shebang. 💥 The whole ball of wax. 🕯️ Verse 1 – “Do the WHOLE commandment.” Verse 2 – “Remember the WHOLE way…” In the KJV it’s “ALL the commandments” and “ALL the way.” Go big or go home. 📣 Go all in. Get all…

“Sh’ma, Yisra’el! Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad. And you are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, all your being and all your resources.” D’varim (Deu)‬ ‭6‬:‭4-5‬ ‭Complete Jewish Bible‬‬ If you asked a Rabbi to tell you the most important text in the Torah, he would, without a moment’s hesitation, quote the above.…

This chapter is why Deuteronomy is called Deuteronomy. It’s the 2nd giving of the Law. Deuteros (second) ✌🏼 Nomos (law) ⚖️ There are a few details here that we don’t get in Exodus 20 describing the original event. We’ll get to that in a second. First… Does anyone else find it weird/distracting/fascinating that Moses speaks…

We’re still in a kind of grand preamble for the book of Deuteronomy. Moses continues recounting the recent history of Israel with particular emphasis on the experience at Sinai. 🌋 Moses: Listen up, you guys. You are called to be different than other nations. Just because Jimmy the Canaanite worships idols, doesn’t mean you should…

Pronouns: you/we/us. Moses speaks to the assembly of Israel as if they were the previous generation. “Then all of you approached me, and you said, ‘Let us send men before us, and let them explore the land for us, and let them bring back a report to us concerning the way that we should take…

Welcome to Deuteronomy. Think this is gonna be a yawn-fest, like rewatching an old movie? 📽️ Nope. Did you know that Jesus quoted Deuteronomy more than any other OT book? He did. In fact, when Jesus was tempted by the Devil in the wilderness, ALL of His refutations came from Deuteronomy. 🤓 In fact, let’s…