Reflections from Deuteronomy/Devarim
Okay my friends, here is a place to dialogue regarding the book of Deuteronomy/Devarim. Feel free to share your questions, comments and reflections from the daily readings.
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March 26, 2019 at 10:24 am /
Think I have this figured out. Reply button won’t work correctly.
was H1961 haฬyaฬh
Brown Driver Briggs Definition:
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) —–
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone
It appears that “was” means was. According to some commentators Jeshurun is poetic for Israel. If this is so then the lower case “he” would be Moses.
March 26, 2019 at 10:17 am /
Keith: I have made 2 posts today and they will not come through!!
March 26, 2019 at 10:21 am /
Okay…. now this one did!:)
I however am tired of posting the same info so will try for one last time.
was H1961
haฬyaฬh
Brown Driver Briggs Definition:
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) —–
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone
So it appears that “was” is was. Some commentators state that Jeshurun is poetic for Israel. If that is so then the lower case “he” would mean Moses and be correct.
March 26, 2019 at 10:26 am /
Have tried many times today to expand and explore my replies to Deut 33:5 But it won’t be accepted.
March 26, 2019 at 9:49 am /
33:5 I highly suspect that this is a prophetic, yet future, statement.
March 26, 2019 at 7:27 am /
In 33:5 it is written: Then he became King of Jeshurun. Who became King YHWH right?
March 26, 2019 at 9:51 am /
Various interpretations have “he” as being the Messiah. It would make the best sense that way. In my King James “He” is capitalized so it is speaking of Him.
March 27, 2019 at 7:22 am /
In context, it’s Yehovah who became King when the heads of Israel assembled. He is the Lover of the people and it is His pronouncements the people are walking in (v. 3). The Torah Moses charged them with is Yehovah’s Torah (v. 4). Once the “congregation of Jacob” accepted that charge and assembled together, they also accepted Yehovah as King over themselves. It is this kingship they later reject in Samuel.
March 26, 2019 at 6:19 am /
wow! How time is flying.
And I am greatful that I am able to keep up with the pace up til now!
The last 2 chapters already!
I love the way chapter 33:27 starts. The eternal YeHoVaH is a dwaling Place. and underneath are the everlasting arms. How amazing, how comforting!
I have a question about the song of Moses and also here in chapter 33:5 there is a mention of Jeshurun which stands for Jersusalem if I am correct?
But how can it be mentioned here as they have not yet entered the land nor has YeHoVaH mentioned for himself a Place where He will make His name be mentioned. (which i onderstaand to be Jerusalem also). Is the question clear?
Does anyone have any Insight into this?
March 26, 2019 at 4:57 am /
Day 85- Today we are reading chapters 33-34 of Deuteronomy/Devarim. These are the last 2 chapters of Deuteronomy! Tomorrow we begin the book of Joshua/Yehoshua!
March 25, 2019 at 9:01 am /
Chapter 30 it seems be be a build up on the relationschip that the people have with YHVH.
He band them to the nationale and when they return unto YeHoVaH (it says in Hebrew; they donโt totally return, they keep their distance. He brings them back to the land but is their heart totally towards HIM? To me verses 6 to 8 still has not totally happened yet.
He is prospering the work of their hands in all the technologie that they produce. But only in part. The Jews as they are today live more according to Talmoed then Torah. They have added to YeHoVaHโs words.
Ver30:10 is for ALL who ober His commandements!
YeHoVaH is looking for our LOVE not only our obiedience.
I also find it amazing that YeHoVaH says in chapter 18:18 I will raise up a Profet from among their countrymen like Moses. And Yehovah will put His Words in His mouth, and He (Yeshua) shall speak to them all that I Command Him, and that now Joshua, which is in Hebrew the samen name (YeHoshua = YeHoVaH saves) will be the one who brings them into the promised land. Just like Yeshua will Bring us all into the promised land and teach us to keep YeHoVaHโs commandments and Bring us back to the Father.
It must of been heartbreaking for Moses hear that after the restoration the people woud again fall away. But how awesome that YeHoVaH provides His own sullution by giving Moses a song that he could use to open up their eyes and see where they have fallen and build them up again.
For me personally I can see and read in this song how “The ~Rockโ (also a schaduw of Yeshua) worked together with YeHoVaH to set this people free and show them the way. This is also what is written of Him in the renende covenent. Chapter 32:18 โyou neglected the Rock who begon you, and forto YeHoVaH who gave you birth.
21…..so I will make them jealous with those who are not a people.
To me this is so powerful, but also a warning, we are to LOVE YeHoVaH with all our heart soul and mind and body. We must try to be Holy as He is Holy and obey His Torah.
I also will keep this prayer in mind that I will not fall away. And remember that faithful day that YeHoVaH made a nation for Himself.
Those native born and the aliens who went out with them!
what a Powerful book is Deut.
blessings Judith
March 25, 2019 at 7:53 am /
Day 84- Today we are reading chapters 31-32 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 25, 2019 at 7:07 am /
Deu 31:29ย For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.ย
The Song of Moses in Chap 30 is long and strong. I can see where much of it has come to pass. But, nonetheless, “in the latter days” has me wondering if there is much more disaster to come to Israel. Sadly, they are not the “golden child” everyone seems to think (wish) they are. Sadly, they are a sinful nation like the rest of the nations.
March 25, 2019 at 8:05 am /
Hi Denise,
You are right about Israel. This is not the Israell YeHoVaH wants to see.
we can only prat that His will will be done in the land.
He is still showing that they are His chosen people not because of who they are but because of who HE is!!
March 25, 2019 at 4:14 am /
All Israel has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. โSo now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured down on us because of our sin. You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem. Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the Lord our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.
Daniel 9:11โญ-โฌ13 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/dan.9.11-13.NLT
March 24, 2019 at 7:44 am /
Day 83- Today we are reading chapters 29-30 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 25, 2019 at 7:29 am /
Verse 29:9 & 11: You stand this day…your children, your wives, EVEN THE STRANGER WITHIN YOUR CAMP…to enter into the covenant of Yehovah your God…
I love the way Yehovah makes sure that we are always reminded that He intends for His covenant to be for all people. As they are about to enter the land the covenant is renewed with the descendants of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob AND the mixed multitude who are with them, just like at Mt. Sinai 40 years before.
I am so thankful to be welcomed by the Father of all creation into His covenant.
Toda, Abba!
March 23, 2019 at 7:17 am /
Day 82- Today we are reading chapters 27-28 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 23, 2019 at 5:51 pm /
Chapter 28 is a study in contrasts. The opening verses remind the people of the blessings they will have in the Land if they do all that Yehovah has commanded, while the rest of the chapter is a very long, incredibly graphic description of the curses they will endure if they do not. The fact that the list of curses is so much longer and graphic than the blessings tends to remind me of just how negative we humans are. We often need to be shocked into obedience rather than encouraged into it. And obviously that doesn’t always work, as the Diaspora sadly proves.
One of those curses says that they will never be or feel safe in the lands they are dispersed to (verse 65). I see that truth poignantly today as antisemitism increases exponentially in all the lands that the Jews thought they had safe haven in, even here in the States. While the reality of this curse has encouraged many to make aliyah, others have attempted to fit in (to feel safe, continuing to reject Yehovah’s Instruction) among those nations, even to the point of condemning Israel and rejecting her right to exist. It breaks my heart that they are blind to the hatred directed at them by the nations they join in that condemnation. The last half of verse 68 is for me a picture of what they are doing:
“There you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but none will buy.”
March 24, 2019 at 8:13 am /
I have a note in my bible that this took place in 70 AD. That Titus took 17, 000 to Egypt but Egypt wouldn’t buy them.
Found this: http://www.bible.ca/pre-flavius-josephus-70AD-Mt24-fulfilled.htm
So this Fronto slew all those that had been seditious and robbers, who were impeached one by another; but of the young men he chose out the tallest and most beautiful, and reserved them for the triumph; and as for the rest of the multitude that were above seventeen years old, he put them into bonds, and sent them to the Egyptian mines Titus also sent a great number into the provinces, as a present to them, that they might be destroyed upon their theatres, by the sword and by the wild beasts; but those that were under seventeen years of age were sold for slaves.
Book VI, Chapter VIII, Section 2 (Entire)
Multitudes Sold Into Bondage
These were all received by the Romans, because Titus himself grew negligent as to his former orders for killing them, and because the very soldiers grew weary of killing them , and because they hoped to get some money by sparing them; for they left only the populace, and sold the rest of the multitude, * with their wives and children, and every one of them at a very low price, and that because such as were sold were very many, and the buyers very few; and although Titus had made proclamation beforehand that no deserter should come alone by himself, so that they might bring out their families with them, yet did he receive such as these also. However, he set over them such as were to distinguish some from others, in order to see if any of them deserve to be punished; and indeed the number of those that were sold was immense; but of the populace above forty thousand were saved, whom Caesar let go whither every one of them pleased.
According to other articles many were also sent to Rome:
https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/roman-jewish-wars/roman-jewish-wars-4/
During the four years of war, the Romans had taken 97,000 prisoners. Thousands of them were forced to become gladiators and were killed in the arena, fighting wild animals or fellow gladiators. Some, who were known as criminals, were burned alive. Others were employed at Seleucia, where they had to dig a tunnel. But most of these prisoners were brought to Rome, where they were forced to build the Forum of Peace (a park in the heart of Rome) and the Colosseum. The Menorah and the Table were exhibited in the temple of Peace.
March 22, 2019 at 7:43 am /
Day 81- Today we are reading chapters 25-26 of Deuteonomy/Devarim.
March 22, 2019 at 7:12 am /
Deu 26:12ย When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;ย
Deu 26:13ย Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:ย
Does anyone know of a reliable ministry that serves widows? I participate in this tithe as much as possible but am always looking for a good place to send my tithe. The local ministries serve all in need and that is a good thing but this tithe command is specific.
March 23, 2019 at 7:21 am /
I donโt quit understand this command โthe with of your increase in the 3rd year, the year of tithing?โ We try to give where we can to organizations that are trust worthing. But this is difficult. there are so many corrupt.
March 23, 2019 at 7:25 am /
Hi Denise,
I donโt quit understand this command; the tithe of your increase in the 3rd year, the year of your tithing ?โ
We give as we feel lead and we trust that the organization is not corrupt. A lot do not use the money for that what they say they do.
March 23, 2019 at 9:01 am /
Here is the verse in the ISV:
ยถ โWhen you have finished your harvest, reserve the tithe in the third year (the year of the tithe), and give the entire tithe to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows, so they may eat and be satisfied in your cities.
This is a tithe in the 3rd year over and above the regular tithe.
The NET version:
12, When you finish tithing all your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages.3
Septuagint:
And when thu shalt have completed all the tighings of they fruits in the third year, thou shalt give the second tenth to the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and widow: and they shall eat it in thy cities, and be merry.
Hope these help clarify for you.
March 21, 2019 at 8:26 am /
Day 80- Today we are reading chapters 23-24 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 20, 2019 at 6:40 am /
Day 79- Today we are reading chapters 21-22 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 19, 2019 at 9:02 am /
Day 78- Today we are reading chapters 19-20.
March 18, 2019 at 7:02 am /
Day 77- Today we are reading chapters 17-18 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 18, 2019 at 7:50 am /
I’m hoping someone who knows Hebrew can help me with two questions.
1. 17:14 – In regards to setting a king over themselves, the NIV & NASB make it sound like they choose to (“…and you say…”), & so does the JPS (“you decide…” & “you shall be free to…”). However, the notes in the Israel 365 Bible say setting a king over themselves was a command because no leadership causes chaos. However, Yehovah tells Samuel that the people are rejecting Him as their king, not Samuel, so how can this be a command in Devarim? Does anyone know enough of the Hebrew grammar to help figure out if this was a command in 17:14, or something else?
2. 17:18 – The JPS has, “he shall have a copy of this Teaching written for him on a scroll by the levitical priests.” (There is a note in one I have that the meaning of “milliphne” is uncertain.) However, I’ve always read in other sources – and other translations specifically state that – the king was to write the Torah for himself. Again, does anyone know enough Hebrew to help me translate this correctly?
Thank you.
March 18, 2019 at 9:17 am /
I’m currently listening to the Torah Pearls for this section and they didn’t address the different translations, but they did bring up Samuel in regards to the king so I have to assume that the Hebrew is not a command, and that the JPS translation concerning the writing of the Torah is incorrect.
Still, if anyone actually knows because they read Hebrew or understand the grammar, I’d love the help.
Thanks, again.
March 19, 2019 at 8:38 am /
Interesting. The Septuagint reads:
And when he shall be established in his government then shall he write for himself this repetition of the law into a book by the hands of the priests the Levites; 19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord thy God, and to keep all these commandments, and to observe these ordinances; 20 that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, that he depart not from the commandments on the right hand or on the left; that he and his sons many reign long in his dominion among the children of Israel.
It looks, indeed, that it could go either way! So I see why you are questioning it! Perhaps the king writes God’s law and the priests bind it into a book so it is a combined effort. Or…โฆ.perhaps it is a priests job to see to it that the king reads the book he wrote? Hmmm…..
March 20, 2019 at 7:57 am /
Wow! That is very interesting. From what I understand most Christian translations stem from the Septuagint so the fact that the Christian translations I’ve read seem to go with a different reading than this one you have here is fascinating.
I found this translation from Young’s Literal Translation:
“‘And it hath been, when he sitteth on the throne of his kingdom, that he hath written for himself the copy of this law, on a book, from that before the priests the Levites,” https://www.blueletterbible.org/ylt/deu/17/18/s_170018
If this is a correct translation, plus the evidence in other Christian translations, then the king should have written his own Torah scroll and the priests were supposed to make sure he didn’t miss or change anything. However, the Septuagint was translated by Hebrew speakers and lines up more with the JPS translation that I’m stumped by. Did the Septuagint maintain a rabbinic tradition of saying the priests should write it and Christian translators caught them, or did the Christian translators mistranslate the verse? Young believed in a strictly literal translation which is why it reads so poorly in English, but perhaps he maintained a Christian tradition of mistranslating this verse?
Ugh. I think it’s time to revisit making time to partake of Keith’s Hebrew audio course. ๐
March 18, 2019 at 5:37 pm /
17:14 Most likely it means exactly as it says. God was/is well aware that Israel will not toe the mark and want to be like the nations around her. So he is setting up perimeters to help guide the nation in spite of it’s rejection of Him. To set up a king over themselves is a sin. The command that God put in place is when you sin and reject Me, then this is how best to protect yourselves. Follow these commands and it will be better for you than if you don’t.
17:18 The subject matter here is “he” the reigning king. He is to write a copy of the law for himself. Would good would it do for a priest to be doing it? They are supposed to already know the law. The writing of the law would help cement the right path into the mind of the king.
March 19, 2019 at 7:59 am /
I understand what you’re saying here, Denise, but I’d like to know what the language actually says. For the most part I agree with your interpretation, but I’m looking for the translation of the original language from someone who knows. I think I’ve run into a misleading teaching and a questionable “translation decision”, but I don’t read or speak Hebrew so I’m not 100% sure of that.
While I used to believe that setting a king over themselves was a sin based on 1 Samuel alone, I no longer believe that because Yehovah specifically told them they were allowed to do it just before they entered the Land; but I also know that He was opposed to it. My question is the grammatical form this verse is in because apparently there is a Jewish teaching that this is a command. Keith talks about the “piel” form of verbs that turns things into orders or commands. I wonder if there’s something grammatical in the original Hebrew of this verse that this teaching could have stemmed from because on any reading I’ve done, this is very nearly a reluctant acquiescence to human nature.
Regarding the king writing a copy of the Torah for himself, yes all the versions I’ve ever read said that he personally was supposed to write the copy for himself in the presence of the kohanim. This is even what the conversation on Torah Pearls was. So when I read the English translation by the JPS where it translates this verse differently (the kohen will write the copy for the king), I sort of froze. Before I make assumptions about agendas, I’d like someone who knows Hebrew to help me with the literal translation.
Thanks for your thoughts. Perhaps someday I’ll have my own Nehemia Gordon who can help me understand the original language. Until then I suppose I’m going to have to go with majority rule; only the JPS (that I’ve found so far) translates 17:18 as the kohanim will do the writing while all the others say the king must do it himself. It looks like my tradition isn’t the only one with agendas in their translations.
Ah, human nature. In the World To Come – may it be soon – Yehovah will reveal the truth that we simply don’t have in this world and our frailties will no longer be an issue because the Kohen Gadol and the Messiah will be in our midst.
Looking forward to it! ๐
March 17, 2019 at 7:55 am /
Day 76- Today we are reading chapters 15-16 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 16, 2019 at 8:20 am /
Day 75- Today we are reading chapters 13-14 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 16, 2019 at 1:17 am /
I noticed he says to the nation, that which you have seen. After Isreal left egypt everyone who was 20 or older perished in the wilderness except Joshua and Calab. They wondered in the wilderness for 40 years, making the oldest 60 and the youngest 40 who actually was in Egypt.
Second, the nation of isreal was to destroy any of the gods, or names of the gods of the of the nations who they drove out.
Third, they could kill and eat any clean animals and pour the blood upon the ground and eat anytime they desired, but that which was given to Yahovah, was to be killed only at the place God chose.
March 15, 2019 at 7:31 am /
Day 74- Today we are reading chapters 11-12 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 14, 2019 at 8:02 am /
Day 73- Today we are reading chapters 9-10 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 14, 2019 at 12:27 pm /
Deut. 9:5-6 YHVH tells of why the nations are being driven out. Because of their wickedness not because of any righteousness on Israel’s part. Then He (via Moses) tells them just how much of a pain they have been!
March 14, 2019 at 4:09 pm /
I often wonder if He thinks that way about me. ๐
March 14, 2019 at 4:55 pm /
Probably not. His love and understanding is obviously much greater than ours! Since He chose such a “stiff-necked” people to use as His own, they were the example that anyone can be His!
March 15, 2019 at 7:30 am /
True, but He was angry enough to want to wipe them out and start over with Moses so I can’t imagine that I don’t irritate Him at times, too. ๐
It’s okay. He loves me and forgives me. It’s what He does.
March 15, 2019 at 8:24 am /
That is where Yeshua steps in! When we sin, the Son of God steps in and says it’s okay. I got this one covered! Praise God and Amen and Amen!
March 18, 2019 at 12:02 pm /
Another difference to consider as well is that the nations see long periods of time go by before Elohim steps in and judges. Israel, however, as his chosen people see Elohim step in and judge quickly when the people reject and rebel. The outcome is that although Israel has been a nation as long as most of the other nations, it is relatively small in number because God judges out of the community those who stand against Him.
March 13, 2019 at 7:41 am /
Day 72- Today we are reading chapters 7-8 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 12, 2019 at 7:39 am /
Day 71-Today we are reading chapters 5-6
March 11, 2019 at 12:14 pm /
Wow! What a powerful chapter!
March 12, 2019 at 10:58 am /
This chapter seems to be all about our destiny!
I love vers 4 Those who held vast to YeHoVaH are alive today, wow some where along the line He has always kept a remnant alive!
And our testimony is vers 6 and makes me think of the proverbs! So keep and do them, for that is wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the people who hear all these statues and say, โsurely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
And then it speaks of the relationship we should have with our maker,. He is so near to us that he lived then among us and now in us WOW.
He is a God who makes a covenant with us which we do not keep BUT HE DOES KEEP IT to the letter!
Indeed Denise a powerful chapter!
March 11, 2019 at 8:06 am /
Day 70- Today we are reading chapter 4 of Deuteronomy/Devarim.
March 11, 2019 at 10:33 pm /
“Hashem will scatter you among the peoples, and only a scant few of you shall be left among the nations to which Hashem will drive you… But if you search there for Hashem your God, you will find Him, if only you seek Him with all your heart and soul…”(4:27, 29).
Verses like these touch my heart and thrill my soul. I know that sounds weird since we’re reading about our Father driving His people from the Promised Land, but even that shows His love for His people and the land. Our Father loves His people enough to discipline them when they are “messing up”, and He loves the land He placed them in. If His people refuse to care for and respect the land by following the instructions, rules, and regulations He gave them, then He will take care of the land by pushing the people out. This is not what He wants to do, but is there true love if there is no discipline and correction?
But our Father does not leave it that way. He promises that if His people search for Him even outside of Israel they will find Him. Isn’t that exciting?! Yehovah is not limited to the land He gave to His people, He is everywhere and can be found anywhere by anyone who seeks Yehovah with all his/her heart and soul.
But that’s not all; as those of us who did not grow up among Yehovah’s special ones see those special ones doing the best they can to follow His Torah among us, we are introduced to Him. In that vain the dispersed Jews become the light to the nations Yehovah always wanted them to be, and the nations they are dispersed to are blessed because of their presence.
Finally, once Yehovah’s people repent and return to Him, He promises to return them to the land of Israel, that holy land that His people yearn towards and that He has blessed. The miracle of the restoration of the land to His people has led to many other prophesies being fulfilled, not the least of which are those that tell us the Word will go forth from Zion and people from all nations will grab hold of the skirts of Jews and go with them because we can see that Yehovah is with them. I am among those that have done just that.
Praise Yehovah for His grace and mercy. I thank Him that He can be found even outside of Israel.
March 11, 2019 at 11:02 pm /
2 hr. is the longest Torah Pearl yet !
March 11, 2019 at 2:45 am /
Just wanted to share with fellow ‘Readers’ that Tim Mahoney’s latest film “Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy” is showing in 925 theaters across the US on March 14, 16 and 19. Check out patternsofevidence.com for times and locales. This stuff really fuels my Faith, and is timely for our discussions. The ‘Thinker Updates’ he has also is very interesting for those of us who are fascinated by the latest news in Biblical Archaeology.
March 11, 2019 at 6:00 am /
Yes!! But to bad he is not playing it in Europe yet.
Which I could watch it too. Guess Iโll have to wait.;-)
March 11, 2019 at 12:13 pm /
Playing at our local theater, however, at $12.50 per person it is a no go!
March 10, 2019 at 6:24 pm /
Wow how we are flying through these books! Never thought I would make it this far!
Great work Yโall!!
March 10, 2019 at 8:45 am /
Day 69- Today we start reading the book of Deuteronomy/Devarim. We are reading chapters 1-3.
March 11, 2019 at 7:59 am /
And so we have begun the last book of Moshe, his farewell addresses to those who will now enter the Promised Land. I find it interesting that he continually refers to them as if they were the ones who rejected the land some 38 years before. This seems to emphasize the continual responsibility the Israelites have for one another as Yehovah’s special people.
And as an aside, I purchased the Israel Bible for this dialogue and while I don’t agree with every comment, I do thoroughly enjoy the emphasis on Eretz Israel. The note about tourists and other visitors receiving a blessing that even Moshe did not receive was especially poignant to me. I pray that I will have the opportunity to set foot on that blessed land soon, and when that day comes I will remember that note and have yet another reason to thank Yehovah for His mercy since I am probably less worthy to walk the land than Moshe was.
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