Deuteronomy 12:1-32 The Israelites Are Told the Statutes & Judgments They Shall be Careful to Do

 

The Israelites Are Told the Statutes & JudgmentsThey Shall be Careful to Do

Deuteronomy 12:1-32      Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

[Moses told the Israelites:] These are the [mandates] & judgments, that you shall be [careful] to do, all the days [of your life,] in the land [that] the Lord God of your [forefathers gives] you to possess.

You shall [totally] destroy all the places [that] the nations that you go in to possess served their gods: upon high mountains, upon the hills & under every green tree.

You shall [throw down] their altars, break their pillars & burn their groves with fire. You shall [cut] down the [carved] images of their gods & destroy the names of them out of that place.

You shall not do [like this] to the Lord your God. But you shall [only go] to the place [where] the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His Name there. And [there] you shall come & you shall even seek His habitation.

You shall bring your burnt offering, sacrifices, tithes & heave offering [there, by] your hand & your [offerings for] your vows, freewill offerings & the [firstborn] of your herds & flocks [there.]

There you shall eat before the Lord your God. You & your households shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, [since] the Lord your God [has] blessed you.

You shall not do [whatever] seems right in [each person’s] eyes, [as you are doing] here this day. For you haven’t yet come to [the place to] rest & to the inheritance [that] the Lord your God gives you.

But when you go over [the] Jordan [River] & [live] in the land [that] the Lord your God [gives] you to inherit & when He gives you rest from all your enemies [around you,] so you [shall live] in safety.

Then, at the place [that] the Lord your God shall choose to [put] His Name to dwell [there,] you shall bring all I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, heave offerings [by] your hand & all your [special offerings for your] vows to the Lord.

You & your sons, daughters, menservants & maidservants shall rejoice before the Lord & the Levites within your gates [who don’t have a portion] nor inheritance with you.

[Pay attention that] you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place you [see,] but you shall [only] offer them in the place that the Lord your God shall choose in 1 of your tribes. There you shall  offer your burnt offerings & there you shall do all that I command you.

[Still] you may kill & eat [meat you want] in all your gates, according to the blessing of the Lord your God [that] He has given you. [Both] the clean & the unclean [people] may eat [it, like] you eat the [gazelle & the deer.]

Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour [the blood] on the [ground like] water.

Within your gates, you may not eat your tithe of your [grain,] wine, oil, & the [firstborn] of your herds & [flocks, the special offerings for your] vows, your [free will offerings,] or your heave offering [by] your hand.

But you, your son, daughter, manservant, maidservant & the Levite within your gates must eat them before the Lord your God in the place [that] the Lord your God shall choose.

You shall rejoice before the Lord your God in [everything] that you put your hand to. [Pay attention] to not [abandon] the Levite, as long as you live upon the earth.

When the Lord your God [enlarges] your border, as He has promised you & you say, I will eat [meat,] because I [long for it,] you may eat [meat, whatever you crave.]

If the place [that] the Lord your God [has] chosen to put His Name [is] too far from you, then you shall kill from your herd or flock [what] the Lord has [provided for] you, as I have commanded you. You may eat within your gates [whatever you crave.]

[Both] the clean & unclean [people] shall eat them alike, even the [gazelle & deer are] eaten. Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood: for the blood is [its] life & you [must] not eat the life with the [meat] & [must] pour it out on the [ground like] water.

You shall not eat it, [so things] go well [for] you & your [descendants] after you, when you shall do [what] is right in the sight of the Lord.

You shall only take the holy things you [have made with,] your vows & go to the place [that] the Lord shall choose & offer your burnt offerings, the [meat] & the blood upon the altar of the Lord your God. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord your God & you shall eat the [meat.]

[Carefully listen & do] these words [that] I command you, [so] it may go well [for] you & your [descendants] forever, when you [do what] is good & right in the sight of the Lord your God.

When the Lord your God [cuts] off the nations before you, [where] you go to possess them & [take them over & live] in their land, [pay attention & be careful] that you [aren’t ensnared] by following them, after they’ve even destroyed before you. Ad [don’t ask about] their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? So, I will do [like they do.]

You shall not [worship] the Lord your God [like this]: for they have done to their  gods, every abomination [that] the Lord hates. For they have [even] burnt their sons & daughters in the fire to their gods. [Carefully observe & do whatever] I command you. You shall not add [to or take away] from it.

Deuteronomy 11:1-32 Moses is Speaking to Those Who Have Seen the Lord’s Mighty Acts

 

Moses is Speaking to Those Who Have Seen the Lord’s Mighty Acts

Deuteronomy 11:1-32      Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

Therefore, you shall love the Lord your God & [always obey] His [responsibilities,] His [mandates,] His [rules] & His Commandments.

Know this day, I [don’t] speak with your children, [because] they haven’t  known & their eyes haven’t seen the [discipline] of the Lord your God, His greatness, His mighty hand, His [outstretched] arm;

And His miracles, His acts [10 plagues] [that ] He did to Pharaoh, [Egypt’s] king & all [Pharaoh’s] land, in the midst of Egypt. What [the Lord God] did to the army of Egypt, their horses & chariots, [when] He made the water of the Red Sea overflow them as they pursued after you.

And how the Lord [has] destroyed them to this day & what He did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place.

And what [God] did to Dathan & Abiram, the sons of Eliab, [Reuben’s] son & how the earth opened up [like a mouth] & swallowed them, their households, tents & all [their possessions] up, [where] all Israel [could see.]

[Numbers 16:12-14 And Mosses sent to call Dathan & Abiram, [Eliab’s] sons, [who] said, We won’t come up. Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk & honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except you [totally] make yourself a prince over us?

[Additionally,] you haven’t brought us into a land that flows with milk & honey, or given us [an] inheritance of fields & vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We won’t come up.]

Your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord & [what] He did. Therefore, you shall [obey] all [that] I [command] you this day, [so] you may be strong & go in & [take over] the land, [where] you go to possess it.

[So,] you may prolong your [life] in the land, [that] the Lord [swore] to your [forefathers] to give to them & to their [descendants.] A land that [flows] with milk & honey. The land, [where] you go in to posses it, isn’t [like] the land of Egypt, from [where] you came out,  where you [sowed] & watered seed [by] foot, [like] a garden of herbs.

But the land, you go to possess [has] hills, valleys & [drinks] water [from] the rain of heaven. A land [that] the Lord your God [cares] for [& His] eyes are always upon it, from the beginning to the end of the year.

It shall [happen,] if you shall diligently [pay attention to the commands I give you today,] to love the Lord your God & to serve Him will all your heart & all your soul, I will give you in [its appropriate] season, the 1st & latter rain in your land, [so] you may gather in your [grain,] wine & oil.

I will send grass for your [livestock] in the fields, so you may eat & be full. [Pay attention, so] your heart [isn’t] deceived & [you go astray] & serve other gods & worship them.

And then the Lord’s [anger will grow] against you & He [shuts] up the heaven, [so there’s] no rain & the land [doesn’t produce its] fruit & you perish quickly from the good land [that] the Lord [gives] you.

Therefore, you shall lay up these words in your heart & soul & bind them as [symbols] upon your [hands & foreheads,] between your eyes. And you shall teach them [to] your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the [road,] when you [lie] down & when you [rise] up.

You shall write them on the doorposts of your [houses] & upon your gates, [so] you & your children’s days may be multiplied, in the land [that] the Lord [swore] to give your [forefathers, like] the days of heaven upon the earth.

If you shall diligently keep the Commandments [& to do] all I [command] you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways & [hold tight] to Him; then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you & you shall possess greater & mightier nations than yourselves.

Every place the soles of your feet shall [walk] shall be yours. Your [coastal borders] shall be from the wilderness [to] Lebanon & [from] the Euphrates [River to] the [Mediterranean Sea.]

No man shall be able to stand before you there: for the Lord your God shall [put] the fear & dread of you upon all the land that you shall [walk] upon, as He [has] said to you. [See,] I [put] before you [today] a blessing & a curse.

A blessing, if you obey the Commandments of the Lord your God, [that] I command you this day. A curse, if you won’t obey the Commandments of the. Lord your God [that] I gave you this day, but [go astray] after other gods, [that] you haven’t known.

It [shall happen,] when the Lord your God has brought you into the land [where] you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim & the curse upon Mount Ebal.

Aren’t they on the other side [of] the Jordan [River] by the [sunset,] in the land of Canaanites, [who] dwell in plains [opposite to] Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

For you shall pass over [the] Jordan [River] to go in & possess & [live] in the land [that] the Lord God [gives] you. You shall [pay attention] to do all the [mandates] & judgments [that] I [put] before you this day.

Deuteronomy 10:1-22 God Gave Moses 2 New Tablets with the 10 Commandments

 

God Gave Moses 2 New Tablets with the 10 Commandments

Deuteronomy 10:1-22      Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

At that time, the Lord said to me, [Cut out for] you 2 [tablets] of stone like the 1st [ones] & come up to Me in Mount [Hore a.k.a. Sinai] & make an ark of wood. I will write on the [tablets] the words that were on the 1st [tablets that] you broke & you shall put them in the ark.

I made an ark of shittim wood & [cut] 2 [tablets] of stone like the 1st & I went up into the [mountain with] the 2 [tablets in my [hands.]

[The Lord God] wrote the 10 Commandments on the [tablets,] according to the 1st writing, [when] the Lord [spoke] to you in the [mountain] out of the midst of the fire [on] the day of the assembly.

The Lord gave them to me. I turned & came down from the [mountain] & put the [tablets] in the ark [that] I had made. They [are] there, as the Lord commanded me.

The children [people] of Israel [journeyed] from Beer Roth of the children [people] of Jaakan to Mosera. There Aaron died & he was buried there. Eleazar, his son, [served] in the [high] priest’s [position in Aaron’s] place.

From [there] they journey to Gudgodah & [from there] to Jot Bath, a land of rivers of water. At that time, the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to [carry] the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord & to stand before the Lord to minister to Him & to bless His Name to this day.

[Therefore, the tribe of] Levi [had] no [portion] nor inheritance with his brethren. The Lord is His inheritance, as the Lord your God promised him. I stayed in the [mountain like] the 1st time, 40 days & 40 nights & the Lord [listened] to me, at that time also & the Lord wouldn’t destroy you.

The Lord said to me, Arise & take your journey [in front of] the people, [so] they may go in & possess the land, [that] I [swore] to their [forefathers] to give to them. Now, Israel, what [does] the Lord your God require of you, but to fear [respect] the Lord your God;

[And to] walk in all His ways & to love Him & to serve the Lord your God with all your heart & with all your soul; to keep the commandments of the Lord & His [mandates, that] I command you this day for your good?

[Look,] the heaven & the [highest heavens belong to the Lord] your God & also, the earth & all [that’s in it.] The Lord only [delighted] in your [forefathers] & [loved] them & He chose you, [their descendants] after them, as it is [today.]

Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your [hearts] & [no longer be] stiff-necked [stubborn people.] For the Lord your God is God of gods & Lord of lords, a great God, mighty & terrible [awesome, Who doesn’t show partiality to people] nor take [bribes.]

[The Lord God] does [carry out justice for] the fatherless & widow. [He loves] the stranger, [by] giving him food & [clothing.] Therefore, love the stranger, [because] you were [once] strangers in the land of Egypt.

You shall fear [respect] the Lord your God. You shall serve Him & you shall [hold tight] to Him & swear [oaths] by His Name.

Your [forefathers] went down into Egypt with 70 [people.] Now the Lord your God [has] made you [like] the stars of heaven [in] multitude.

Deuteronomy 9:1-29 Don’t Think You’re Possessing this Land because of Your Size or Might

 

Don’t Think You’re Possessing this Land because of Your Size or Might

Deuteronomy 9:1-29      Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

O Israel, hear: You [are] to pass over [the] Jordan [River today,] to go in & possess nations [larger] & mightier than [you.] [Large] cities with fenced [& fortified] up to heaven.

The children [people] of the Anakims, [many] & tall people, whom you know & of whom you know & [have] heard [it said,] Who can stand before the children [people] of Anak!

Therefore, understand [today,] that it is the Lord your God [Who] goes over before you. [Like] a consuming fire, He shall destroy them. He shall bring them down before your [eyes.] So, you shall drive them out & destroy them quickly, as the Lord has said to you.

[Don’t think] in your heart, after the Lord your God has cast them out before you, saying, [Because of] my righteousness, the Lord has brought me in to possess this land. [It’s because] of the wickedness of these nations, the Lord [drives] them out from before you.

[It’s not because of] your righteousness or [how upright your hearts are that] you go in to possess their land, but the Lord your God is [driving] them out, [because of] the wickedness of these nations, [so] that He may [fulfill] the Word [that] the Lord [swore] to your [forefathers:] Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob [a.k.a. Israel.]

Therefore, understand that the Lord your God [doesn’t give] you this good land to possess it, for your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked [stubborn] people.

Remember & don’t forget how you [provoked] the Lord your God to [anger] in the wilderness. From the day you [left] the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord. Also, in Horeb, [a.k.a. Mount Sinai,] you provoked the Lord to [fury,] that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you. [Psalm 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb & worshiped the [molded] image.]

When I [had] gone up into the [mountain] to receive the [tablets] of stone, of the covenant [contract] the Lord made with you & then I [stayed] in the [mountain] 40 days & nights & I ate neither bread nor [drank] water.

The Lord delivered to me 2 [tablets] of stone written with the finger of God. On them was written according to all the words, [that] the Lord [spoke] with you in the [mountain] out of the midst of the fire [on] the day of the assembly.

At the end of 40 days & nights, the Lord gave me the 2 [tablets] of stone of the covenant & the Lord said to me, Arise & [go] down quickly from here, [because] your people [that] you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves & [have gone astray from what] I commanded them & have made [themselves] a [molded] image.

[Also,] the Lord [said] to me, I have seen [these] people & [look it’s] a stiff-necked [stubborn] people. [Leave] me alone, [so] I may destroy them & blot out their name from under heaven.

And I will make [for] you a nation mightier and greater than they [are.] So, I turned & came down from the [mountain that] burned with fire [with] the 2 [tablets] of the covenant in my hands.

I looked & [saw you] had sinned against the Lord your God & [you] had made [yourselves] a [molded golden] calf.  You quickly [turned astray from the way] the Lord had commanded you.

I took the 2 [tablets & threw] them out of my hands & [broke] them before your eyes. I fell down before the Lord, [like] I did at the [beginning] of the 40 days & nights. I didn’t eat bread or drink water, because of all your sins which you [did,] in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

For I was afraid of the anger & hot displeasure [of] the [Lord’s fury] & hot displeasure, [with which] the Lord was [angry] against you to destroy you. But the Lord also [listened] to me, at that time. The Lord was very angry with Aaron, to [destroy] him & I also prayed for Aaron, [at] the same time.

I took your [sins] & the calf [that] you made & burnt it with fire. I [stomped on] it & ground it very small [like] dust & cast it into the brook that [came down from the mountain.] [Also,] at Taberah, at Massah, at Kibroth Hattaavah, [you] provoked the Lord to [anger.]

[Numbers 11:3-5 And [Moses] called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. And the [mixed] multitude that was among them & the children [people] of Israel, fell [lusting] & wept again, saying, Who shall give us [meat] to eat??

We remember the fish in Egypt, we [ate] freely, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions &. [garlic.] But. now our souls [are] dried [up] & there is nothing at all, [besides] this manna, before our eyes.]

Likewise, when the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Go up & possess the land [that] I have [given to] you; then you rebelled against the [command] of the Lord your God & you didn't believe Him, nor listen to His voice.

You have been rebellious against the Lord from the [first] day that I knew you. [That’s why] I fell down before the Lord 40 days & nights, [like] I fell down [the first time]; because the Lord said He would destroy you.

Therefore, I prayed to the Lord & said, O Lord [don’t] destroy Your people & Your inheritance, [that] You have redeemed through Your greatness, [when] You brought them [out] of Egypt with a mighty hand. Remember Your servants: Abraham, Isaac & Jacob.

[Don’t] look [at] the stubbornness, the wickedness, [or] the sin of this people: Lest the land [Egypt, where] You brought us out [says,] The Lord wasn’t able to bring them into the land He promised them, because He hated them & brought them into the wilderness to [kill] them.

[Still] they are Your people & Your inheritance [that] you brought out by Your mighty power & Your [outstretched] arm.

Deuteronomy 8:1-20 40 Years: Your Clothes Didn’t Wear Out & Your Feet Didn’t Swell

 

40 Years: Your Clothes Didn’t Wear Out & Your Feet Didn’t Swell

Deuteronomy 8:1-20      Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

You shall [be careful to] do all the commandments [that] I command you this day, [so] that you may live & multiply & go in & possess the land [that] the Lord [swore] to your [forefathers].

You shall remember the Lord your God led you all the way these 40 years in the wilderness, to humble you & [test] you. To know what is in your hearts & whether you would keep the commandments or [not].

He humbled you & [allowed] you to [be hungry] & He fed you with manna, [that you hadn’t known], [so] He might make you know that man doesn’t live by bread [alone], but man lives by every word that [comes from] the mouth of the Lord.

Your [clothing] didn’t [grow] old upon you, neither did your [feet] swell, these 40 years. Also, you shall consider in your heart, that [like a man who corrects] his son, the Lord your God [corrected] you.

Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways & to fear [respect] Him. For the Lord your God [brings] you into a good land, with brooks of water, of fountains & [deep] springs [in the] valleys & hills.

A land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil & honey. A land [where] you can eat bread without [it being scarce]. You shall not lack anything in it. A land whose stones are iron & out of [its] hills you [may] dig brass.

When you have eaten & are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land [that] He [has] given you. Beware, [so you don’t] forget the Lord your God, [by] not keeping His commandments, His judgments & His statutes, [that] I command you [today].

Lest when you [have] eaten & [are] full & [you’ve] built [big, impressive] houses & [live in them] & when your herds & flocks multiply & your silver & gold [are] multiplied & your heart [is] lifted up & you forget the Lord your God, [who] brought you out of bondage in the land of Egypt.

[The Lord God who] led you through the great & terrible wilderness [with] fiery serpents, scorpions & drought, where there was no water. [The Lord who] brought you water out of the rock of flint & who fed you in the wilderness with manna, [that your forefathers didn’t] know.

[So], that He might [test] you & to do you good [in] the end. And [instead] you say in your heart, My power & the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

But you shall remember the Lord your God: for it is He [who gives] you power to get wealth, [so] He may establish His covenant [contract] [that] He [swore] to your [forefathers], as it is this day.

If you [do] forget the Lord your God, at all & walk after other gods & serve them & worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. [Like] the nations the Lord [destroyed right] before your face, so shall you perish: because you weren’t obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:1-26 The Lord Your God will Deliver the 7 Mighty Nations Over to You

 

The Lord Your God will Deliver the 7 Mighty Nations Over to You

Deuteronomy 7:1-26      Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses

When the Lord your God brings you into the land [where you go] to possess it, & [He] has cast out many nations before you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites & the Jebusites, 7 nations greater & mightier than you.

And when. the Lord your God [delivers] them before you & you shall [attack] them & [totally] destroy them. You [shall not] make [any] covenant [contract] with them; nor show any mercy to them.

Neither shall you make marriages with them. You [shall] not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter [for] your son. For they will [lead] your son [astray] from following Me, [so] that they serve other gods. [Then] the anger of the Lord [will grow]  against you & destroy you suddenly.

But [this is how] you shall deal with them: you shall destroy their altars, break down their images, cut down their groves & burn their [carved] images with fire. For you are a holy people unto the Lord your God.

The Lord your God has chosen you to be a special people [for] Himself, above all people on the face of the earth. The Lord [didn’t put] His love upon you or choose you, because you were more in number than any [other] people: for [there were less of you than] all people.

[He. Did it,] because the Lord loved you & [so] He would keep the oath He had sworn to your [forefathers.] [That’s why] the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand & redeemed you out of the house of the house of [slavery] & from the hand of Pharaoh, [Egypt’s] king. [Exodus 3:7 And the Lord. Said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people [who] are in Egypt. And I have heard their [outcry, because] of their task masters; for I know their sorrows.]

Therefore, know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, [Who keeps] covenant [contract] & [has] mercy [to those who] love Him & keep His commandments to 1,000 generations.

[He] repays [those who] hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be [slow] to repay [those who] hate Him & He will repay them to [their] face. Therefore, you shall keep the commandments, [mandates] & judgments, [that] I command you this day & do them.

If you [listen] to these judgments & keep & do them, the Lord your God shall keep [with] you, the covenant [contract] & the mercy He [swore] to your [forefathers] & He will love you & bless you & multiply you.

[The Lord God] will also bless you [with many children] & the fruit of your land, your [grain,] your wine, your oil, & the increase of your [herds] & flocks. Of sheep, in the land [that] He swore to your [forefathers] to give you.

You shall be blessed above all people. There shall not be [any] males or females [childless] among you, or your [livestock.] The Lord will take all sickness from you & won’t put [any of the terrible] diseases of Egypt, [that you know of,] on you; but will [put those diseases on all those who] hate you.

You shall [destroy] all the people [that] the Lord your God shall deliver [to] you. Your eye shall have no pity on them. Neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare [trap for] you.

If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more [numerous that we are.] How can [we drive them out]? [Don’t] be afraid of them, but remember what the Lord your God did to the Pharaoh & to all [of] Egypt.

[You] saw with your own eyes, the great [trials,] signs & wonders, & the mighty hand & [outstretched] arm [of] the Lord your God, [Who] brought you out [of Egypt.] The Lord your God shall do [the same to] all the people of whom you are afraid.

[Additionally,] the Lord your God will send the hornet among them, until [those who are left] will hide themselves from you & be destroyed. You shall not be [frightened] of them: for the Lord your God is among you, a mighty & [awesome God.]

The Lord your God will put these nations out before you little by little, [so] you [don’t destroy] them at once, lest the [animals] of the field increase [& overtake it.] But the Lord your God shall deliver [the nations] to you & shall [totally] [destroy] them [mightily.]

[The Lord God] shall deliver their kings into your hand & you shall [make their names perish] from under heaven. No man shall be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them [all.]

You shall burn with fire their [carved] images of their gods. You shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it [for yourself,] lest you [are entrapped] by it: for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you [are] cursed like it. You shall [totally] detest & [loathe] it; for it is a cursed thing.