The Old Testament Book of Deuteronomy
Ye shall not add unto the word, which I command you,
neither shall ye dimminish aught from it, that ye may keep
the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Numbers 30:2 KJV
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* CHAP * COMMENTS
* 1 * Moses recounts Israel's travels; the spies report and rebellion.
* 2 * Israel passes children of Esau & Lot and conquer Sihon of
Heshbon.
* 3 * Conquest of Og; Division of land to Reuben, Gad & Manasseh,
and their instruction to aid brethren; Instruction to Joshua;
Moses entreats God to let him enter promised land.
* 4 * An exhortation to obedience; The cities of refuge.
* 5 * The 10 commandments; The people ask Moses to deliver the
commandments of God to them.
* 6 * An exhortation to obedience and to fear God.
* 7 * Covenants with nations forbidden - marriage; exhortation to
obedience - destroy idols and wicked nations.
* 8 * Exhortation to obedience, to not forget God in prosperity.
* 9 * Israel doesn't inherit for her righteousness; Moses recites the
rebellions of Israel - particularly the time Moses was in
the mount.
* 10 * God restores the 2 tables; Aaron's death; Levi separated; What
doth God require of thee? But to fear, love, obey, and serve God with all
your heart and soul. God is God of gods and Lord of Lords. He executes judgement
for the fatherless and the widow. Love strangers because you have been strangers.
* 11 * Obediencå enjoined. Earth swallowed Dathan and Abiram; A
blessing and a curse is set before Israel.
* 12 * Must destroy alters of displaced nations; Offerings to be made
on place established by the Lord; Blood is forbidden; Don't
seek to follow example of dispossesed nations; Exact
obedience required.
* 13 * Enticers to idolatry to be stoned whether they are prophets,
individuals, or cities.
* 14 * Mutilizations for dead forbidden; Meats,clean & unclean; Tithing.
* 15 * Year of release; Care for poor; Firstling males of the flock.
* 16 * Feast of Passover; Feast of Weeks; Feast of Tabernacles;
Free will offerings; Follow righteous judgement; Idolatry forbidden.
* 17 * Idolators to be slain; A place of judgement; Duty of a king.
* 18 * Priest's portion; Don't do as other nations; A prophet is promised;
False prophets are to die.
* 19 * Cities of refuge; Laws regarding landmarks, Witnesses.
* 20 * Laws on warfare; Tree of field is man's life.
* 21 * Expiation of uncertain murder; Captive brides; Children of
hated wives; Stubborn & rebellious sons; if a man be hanged ...
* 22 * DIVERS LAWS AND ORDINANCES CHAPTERS 22 - 26
on dealing with lost property; men and women forbidden to
cross dress; not take a dam with young; battlements on roof;
no divers seed; don't plow with ox and ass together; clothes
of diverse sorts forbidden; fringes on garments; husbands
accusation against wife; laws concerning adultery and rape.
* 23 * Those forbidden to enter congregation of the Lord; shall not
hate Egyptian or Edomite; keep wickedness & uncleaness from
war camps; escaped slaves; whoredoms and sodomies forbidden;
price of dog or whore not acceptable gifts; usury allowed
for strangers but not brethren; vows to the Lord; on
handling brother's harvest.
* 24 * Rules of divorce; On marriage a man free from war duties for
one year; Can't take a man's livlihood to pledge; Man
stealers to be put to death; Reminded to obey commands;
Commands concerning leprosy; On handling pledges; Payment
of wages; Sentence of death for ones own sin; Shall not
pervert judgement or take widow's raiment for pledge;
Practice of gleaning established.
* 25 * Judge can only order 40 stripes; Do not muzzle ox when he
treads corn; Building up deceased brother's house and the
rite of loosening one's shoe; Woman forbidden to help her
husband in a fight by grabbing oppenents secret parts;
Divers weights and measures forbidden; Told to remember
Amalek.
* 26 * Rite of offering first fruits, 3rd year tithes; Commanded to
obey.
* 27 * Set up stones with commandments written on them to be read
by the people; commandment to obey God; Curses of the law;
He that makes a graven image; He that setteth light by
parents; He that moves a landmark; He that causes the blind
to wander; He that perverteth judgement of widow -
stranger - or orphan; He that lieth with his father's
wife, or with any beast, or his sister, or his mother-in
-law; He that smiteth his neighbor secretly, He that
taketh reward to slay innocent; He that does not all the
words of the law .
* 28 * Blessings for obedience and cursings for disobedience.
* 29 * Moses exhorteth to obedience -- secret things belong to God.
* 30 * Mercy promised to the penitent - even in captivity; The
commandment is nigh, it is not far off; Life and good,
death and evil set before the people.
* 31 * Moses encourages people; The entire law to be read every
seven years; God prophecies of Israel's falling away;
Moses writes song.
* 32 * The song of Moses; The Magesty of God; Obedience is life;
Moses to go to Mt. Nebo to die.
* 33 * The blessing of Moses for the 12 tribes.
* 34 * The death of Moses whose eye was not dim nor his natural
force abated .
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