Category Archives: Deuteronomy

Rewards of Obedience 1 “You shall therefore love the Lordyour God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. 2 Know this day that Iamnotspeakingwith your sons who have not known and who have not seen thediscipline of the Lordyour God-His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm, 3 and […]

Laws of the Sanctuary 1 “These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully observe 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 you shall […]

Shun Idolatry 1 “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,’ 3 […]

Clean and Unclean Animals 1 “You are the sons of the Lordyour God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead. 2 For you are a holy people to the Lordyour God, and the Lordhas chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all […]

The Sabbatic Year 1 “At the end ofeveryseven years you shallgrant a remissionof debts. 2 This is the manner of remission: every creditor shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’sremission has been proclaimed. 3 From a foreigner you may […]

The Feasts of Passover, of Weeks, and of Booths 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 to the Lordyour God from the flock and the herd, […]

Administration of Justice 1 “You shall not sacrifice to the Lordyour God an ox or a sheep which has a blemishorany defect, for that is a detestable thing to the Lordyour God. 2 “If there is found in your midst, in any of your towns, which the Lordyour God is giving you, a man or […]

Portion of the Levites 1 “The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the Lord’sofferings by fire and His portion. 2 They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the Lordis their inheritance, as He promised them. 3 “Now this shall be the priests’ […]

Cities of Refuge 1 “When the Lordyour God cuts off the nations, whose land the Lordyour God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses, 2 you shall set aside three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the Lordyour God gives you to possess. […]

Laws of Warfare 1 “When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariotsandpeople 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 are approaching the battle, the priest shall come […]