Archive for the ‘Deuteronomy’ Category

…as your days, so shall your strength be. “There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. —Deuteronomy 33:25-26 As we end March’s designated Bible reading in Deuteronomy today, we come to Moses’ final blessing [...]

March 25 Deuteronomy 33-34 (ESV) Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel 33:1 This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. 2 He said, “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; [1] he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with [...]

In Deuteronomy 32:39, in our read-through-the-Bible plan today,  God declares, “See now that I myself am he; there is no God besides me.” One goal in reading the Bible should be to see and know God in all His awesome uniqueness. P.G. Matthew of Grace Valley Christian Center, in a sermon, “The Lord Saves the Weak,”- [...]

March 24 Deuteronomy 32 (ESV) 32:1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. 2 May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb. 3 For I will proclaim the name [...]

“But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it..” Deuteronomy 30:14 In this passage, there is a clear picture of Jesus Christ and the Gospel.  It is like a compass needle that points to the North Pole.  Deuteronomy and the rest of the [...]

March 23 Deuteronomy 29-31 (ESV) The Covenant Renewed in Moab 29:1  [1] These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb. 2  [2] And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “You have seen [...]

From the ESV Online Study Bible: Mount Ebal is on the north side of Shechem (see 11:29 and note on 27:1–8). This ceremony occurs on the mountain of curse (see v. 13) to show that the law functions as a witness against Israel because of its inevitable sin. wield no iron tool. Israel’s altars were to be of [...]

March 22 Deuteronomy 27-28 (ESV) The Altar on Mount Ebal 27:1 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 [...]

You have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules, and will obey his voice. And the Lord has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that [...]

March 21 Deuteronomy 22-26 (ESV) Various Laws 22:1 “You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep going astray and ignore them. You shall take them back to your brother.2 And if he does not live near you and you do not know who he is, you shall bring it home to your house, and it [...]