(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 18:1-13) 1 The Levitical priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings presented to the Lord, for that is their inheritance. 2 They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them. […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 17:1-20) Israel was to be one nation under God. That is to mean that as individuals, they were not to live two different lives depending on if they were at the temple or at home. As a nation, this meant that all their laws, how they functioned as a nation, and even how […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 16:1-22) 16 Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed: 17 Each of you must bring a gift […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 15:1-23) 4 However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, 5 if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 14:22-29) Tithe means 10%, and when we think of tithe, I am sure most of us would think of money offered to the church. Tithe has a long tradition within the church and can be found in the Bible as well, and it is giving of a tenth of the first fruits or […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 14:1-21) All in is a term in poker when someone bets all the chips that they have. All in represents a total risk, no retreat, and represents a full commitment, putting everything on the line, and no holding back. In today’s Scripture, we see a discussion about clean and unclean animals in relation […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 13:1-18) Moses’ instructions to Israel were clear, if anyone tries to entice, convince, suggest to them saying, “let us go and worship other gods,” then they need to be shown no pity, put to death, purged from amongst them, and utterly destroyed. Perhaps when we read this, we think to ourselves, is this […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 12:1-32) The Israelites are going into a land where the places, customs, traditions, and ways of worshiping their gods were already established. However, Israel was not to worship their way nor their gods, but to worship the Lord His way, and worship the one true God. Moses instructed Israel saying, 4 You must […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 11:18-32) 18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you […]
(REFLECTIONS ON Deuteronomy 11:1-17) The Israel that Moses addressed in Deuteronomy was the new generation, those that for the most part grew into adulthood in the wilderness. Moses was not addressing those that died in the wilderness, and those that were born in the wilderness and still children, or some future yet to be born generation, […]