Category: Deuteronomy
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By every word
Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, one who, when he hears the words of this…
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Root of bitterness
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled (Hebrews 12:15) In Deuteronomy 29, Moses warns the people of Israel, who are about to enter the promised land, not to turn away from God or…
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Besieged trees
In Deuteronomy 20, there is a somewhat odd prohibition against cutting down trees in time of war. When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them. You may eat from them, but you shall…
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Murderous slander
Deuteronomy 19 is structured to draw a heavy parallel between murder and false witness. But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies (11) If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing (16) and he flees into one…
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Things revealed
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. – Deuteronomy 29:29 God has secret things, things he has chosen not to show or explain to us. These things belong to…