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The book of Deuteronomy is, as was shown, a prophetical interpretation of the law. This interpretation was needed at this time, as Israel was at the eve of a new period in its history, which would bring the final realization of the promises. The people of Israel are now about to come into the posse
According to the law of prophesy, the people of Israel, when they will have come into the promised land, shall not tolerate in their midst a charmer, or a consulter of familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination to the Lord. The Lord will raise
Ultimately, we join Israel of old, as they enter into the land of Canaan, thanking God that the keeping of the law brings great delight. Just as Moses had to yield to the real Mediator, he could not bring them within the land, for he had struck the rock; so Israel and we cannot enter into that land,
The style of chapter 12-26 continues to be hortatory. However, the exhortations of these sections do not consist in such statements as, "Fear the Lord and love Him," linked with promises and threats, but in a large number of statutes and judgments, communicated by Moses to all the people. This sec
To bring out this significance regard must be had to the character of this book. The character of the book has been variously defined. It has been described as an attempt "to furnish a new law which might be conducive to the interests of altered circumstances," by another as, hortatory description,
If two men are fighting and the wife of one comes to intervene and grabs him by his genitals, her hand is to be cut off (Deut. 25:11, 12). Dishonest weights are forbidden (Deut. 25:13-16). The people are reminded of Amalek's sin when he attacked the feeble of the congregation. They are to blot out h
The style of chapters 12-26 continues to be hortatory. However, the exhortations of these sections do not consist in such statements as, "Fear the Lord and love Him", linked with promises and threats, but in a large number of statutes and judgments, communicated by Moses to all the people. This se
Jason L. Kortering is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Grandville, Michigan. We are in the process of outlining the first discourse of Moses recorded in the book of Deuteronomy (Deut. 1:1-4:43). We continue our outlining in Deut. 2:1. Moses has recalled Jehovah's faithfulness in dealing
January 27 Read Deuteronomy 1 With this book of the Bible the portion known as The Law ends. The word Deuteronomy means second law. We find in it not only a retelling of the Ten Commandments but also a repetition of other of the laws that God gave to his people. It also contains Moses’s farewell ad
These words are part of the farewell address of Moses the man of God to the covenant nation of Israel. The book of Deuteronomy is largely made up of this farewell address in which Moses reminds Israel of all that the Lord had done for them and of the great urgency that as God's covenant people they