JUNE 2, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:16 Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin. In some ancient cultures, if a person was convicted of a criminal offense, his family might be subjected to a degree of suffering […]
JUNE 1, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:10-12 When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. Throughout the Scripture, regard for our fellow man […]
MAY 31, 2023 Deuteronomy 24:1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house … Divorce is an uncomfortable subject to […]
MAY 30, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:24-25 When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container. When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain. […]
MAY 29, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:21-22 When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay paying it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you. But if you abstain from voting, it shall not be sin to you. It is quite natural for us when, in […]
MAY 28, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:17-18 There shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted one of the sons of Israel. You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the Lord your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God. In many ancient […]
MAY 27, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:15-16 You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you. He may dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it seems best to him; you shall not oppress him. According to the code of […]
MAY 26, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:14 For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore, your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you. As I have said before, God doesn’t skip over the mundane […]
MAY 25, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:9 When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing. As William T. Sherman once said, “War is …” — well, you know. In times of war, a soldier is most likely to see anything and everything, good and bad. God knew that going against […]
MAY 24, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:7-8 You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land. The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord. The distinction made between two groups of people — Moab and Ammon on one hand […]
MAY 23, 2023 Deuteronomy 23: 4-5 They hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. Nevertheless, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you. The decision to serve the One and Only God obviously has its […]
MAY 22, 2023 Deuteronomy 23:3-4 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord forever. Because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the […]
