Category Archives: DEUTERONOMY

Rewards of Obedience 1 “Therefore you shall love the Lordyour God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His precepts, and His commandments [it is your obligation to Him]. 2 Know this day that I am notspeakingto your children who have not known [by personal experience] and who have not seen [firsthand] the instructionanddiscipline of […]

Laws of the Sanctuary 1 “These are the statutes and judgments (precepts) which you shall be careful to do in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. 2 You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom […]

Shun Idolatry 1 “If a prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder which he spoke (foretold) to you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us follow after other gods (whom you have not known) and let […]

Clean and Unclean Animals 1 “You are the sons of the Lordyour God;you shall not cut yourselves norshave your forehead for the sake of the dead, 2 for you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lordyour God; and the Lordhas chosen you out of all the peoples who are on the earth to […]

The Sabbatical Year 1 “At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release (remission, pardon)from debt. 2 This is the regulation for the release: everycreditor shall forgive what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall notrequire repayment from his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’srelease has been proclaimed. 3 You […]

The Feast of Passover 1 “Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lordyour God, for in the month of Abib the Lordyour God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 You shall sacrifice the Passover [lamb] to the Lordyour God from the flock or the herd, in the place where […]

Administration of Justice 1 “You shall not sacrifice to the Lordyour God an ox or sheep with a blemish or any defect, for that is a detestable thing to the Lordyour God. 2 “If there is discovered among you, within any of your cities, which the Lordyour God is giving you, a man or a […]

Portion of the Levites 1 “The Levitical priests, the entire tribe of Levi, shall own [privately] no portion [of land] or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the Lord’sofferings by fire and His portion. 2 They shall have no inheritance [of land] among their countrymen (brothers, brethren); the Lordis theirinheritance, as He promised them. 3 […]

Cities of Refuge 1 “When the Lordyour God cuts off (destroys) the nations whose land He is giving you, and you dispossess them and live in their cities and in their houses, 2 you shall designate three cities for yourself in the central area of the land, which the Lordyour God is giving you to […]

Laws of Warfare 1 “When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lordyour God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you. 2 When you approach the battle, the priest shall […]