(Originally Written May 26, 2008 in the Journal)
Thank you God for her safe passage home. Thank you for all the blessing you have bestowed upon us. Circumcise our hearts, ears and minds that we may submit to your love and grace. Teach me in your Word. Hear my prayer Heavenly Father.
Deuteronomy
Chapter 20
Instructions for battle, kill all people living in the land of Canaan.
Chapter 21
How to deal with a dead body when found. The purging of sin by washing away the blood.
You may marry a female captive, but if you lose your liking for her you must free her because she was married under compulsion.
You must stone an incorrigible son to death.
Those put to death must be buried the same day.
Chapter 22
When you find something that is lost, take care of it for the owner until he claims it.
Women ought not to wear men's clothing and men are not to wear women's clothing. This is an abomination.
Infidelity is a capital punishment. You must purge evil from your midst.
If a man lies with an unmarried woman he must marry her and cannot divorce her.
Chapter 23
You must keep your camp clean and holy for the Lord dwells with you.
Chapter 24
Take care of the poor, needy and alien.
Chapter 25
Weigh true and just, do not cheat.
Honor your brother and his family.
Chapter 26
You are a people of the Lord. He will bless you if you keep His commandments.
Chapter 27
12 Curses:
1. Cursed is the man who makes an idol.
2. Cursed is the man who dishonors his father and mother.
3. Cursed is the man who moves his neighbor's landmarks.
4. Cursed is the man who misleads the blind man.
5. Cursed is the man who violates the orphan, widow or alien.
6. Cursed is the man who sleeps with his father's wife.
7. Cursed is the man who practices bestiality.
8. Cursed is the man who sleeps with his sister.
9. Cursed is the man who sleeps with his mother-in-law.
10. Cursed is the man who murders his neighbor.
11. Cursed is the hit man.
12. Cursed is the man who does not follow the law.
Chapter 28
Blessed are those who follow the ways of the Lord.
"Though you betroth a wife, another man will have her. Though you build a house, you will not live in it. Though you plant a vineyard, you will not enjoy its fruits" (Deuteronomy 28:29-30, New American Bible). A prophecy of Christ.
Chapter 29
Warnings against idolatry
Chapter 30
The Lord will delight in you if only you keep His commandments.
Chapter 31
The Lord your God will never fail or forsake you.
Moses commissioned Joshua as his successor.
Chapter 32
The Song of Moses.
It is God and God alone who inflicts wounds and heals them.
Moses went to Mount Nebo to view Canaan and die.
Chapter 33
Blessings are bestowed on the tribes through Moses.
Chapter 34
Moses went up to Mount Nebo and viewed the Promised Land. He died and the Israelites mourned him for thirty days.
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