Category: Deuteronomy
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Unclean Meats for Food?
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. Deuteronomy 12:15 (KJV) The unclean and the clean may eat…
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Paul, the Theological Rebel
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Deuteronomy 25:4 (KJV) Muzzle the ox – The Rabbis have long suggested that the word “ox” can apply to all animals that are used for the purpose of work, but clarify that this verse does not apply to humans.
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The “other” god
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. Deuteronomy 11:28 (KJV) To go after other gods, which ye have not known – In order to…
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God’s Oral Commandments
If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deuteronomy…
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Silent Reading
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: Deuteronomy 17:19 (KJV) Read – In the early 400s AD, St. Augustine wrote about…
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To Sanctify, or Not To Sanctify
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. Deuteronomy 15:19 (KJV) Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord’s firstling, no…
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Covenant or Law
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. Deuteronomy 31:26 (KJV) Book of the law – There’s considerable study in comparative analysis with the relationship of the Israelites to their…
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The Difference Between Yeshua and Saul Regarding the Dead
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, 11 or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer. 12 For whosoever doeth these…
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Two Omers are Better than One
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God […] Deuteronomy 16:10 (KJV) Weeks – This holy day that recently passed is called the Feast of Weeks. It’s not called Spirit Day even though Christians recognize it as the day the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles and believers. It’s not…
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Abstract vs. Concrete – Part 2
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God, Deuteronomy 1:32 (KJV) Believe – Back to our study about abstract and concrete concepts. Remember that Hebrews are very concrete in their language, so the Biblical concepts and worldviews will be rooted in concrete meanings that appeal to our senses. Greek concepts tend…