Deuteronomy 7-9 - Do Not Forget Yahweh Your God

Devote the Nations to Destruction

Deu 7:5-6 LSB - [5] "But thus you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars and shatter their [sacred] pillars and cut their Asherim in pieces and burn their graven images with fire. [6] "For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God; Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for His own treasured possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Deu 7:7-8 LSB - [7] "Yahweh did not set His affection on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, [8] but because Yahweh loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your fathers, Yahweh brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Yahweh’s Covenant Blessings

Deu 7:12-13 LSB - [12] "Then it will be, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your fathers. [13] "And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your fathers to give you.

Do Not Forget Yahweh Your God

Deu 8:2 LSB - [2] "And you shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Deu 8:3 LSB - [3] "And He humbled you and let you be hungry and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh.

Deu 8:11-14 LSB - [11] "Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God by not keeping His commandments and His judgments and His statutes which I am commanding you today; [12] lest you eat and are satisfied and build good houses and live [in them], [13] and your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies, [14] and your heart becomes lifted up and you forget Yahweh your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deu 8:18 LSB - [18] "But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as [it is] this day.

Israel Provoked Yahweh

Deu 9:4 LSB - [4] "Do not say in your heart when Yahweh your God has driven them out before you, saying, 'Because of my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land,' but [it is] because of the wickedness of these nations [that] Yahweh is dispossessing them before you.

Deu 9:7 LSB - [7] "Remember, do not forget how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you went out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 4-6 - The Commandment to Love Yahweh

Keep the Commandments of Yahweh

Deu 4:2 LSB - [2] "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I am commanding you.

Rev 22:18-19 LSB - [18] I bear witness to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book. [19] And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.

Deu 4:3-4 LSB - [3] "Your eyes have seen what Yahweh has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who walked after Baal-peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from among you. [4] "But you who clung to Yahweh your God are alive today, every one of you.

Deu 4:7 LSB - [7] "For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is Yahweh our God whenever we call on Him?

Deu 4:10 LSB - [10] "[Remember] the day you stood before Yahweh your God at Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, 'Assemble the people to Me, that I may cause them to hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'

The Ten Commandments Repeated

Deu 5:2-5 LSB - [2] "Yahweh our God cut a covenant with us at Horeb. [3] "Yahweh did not cut this covenant with our fathers, but with us, [with] all those of us alive here today. [4] "Yahweh spoke to you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire. [5] I was standing between Yahweh and you at that time, to declare to you the word of Yahweh; for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said,

Deu 5:22 LSB - [22] "These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, [of] the cloud and [of] the dense gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

The Commandment to Love Yahweh

Deu 6:1-2 LSB - [1] "Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments, which Yahweh your God has commanded [me] to teach you, that you might do [it] in the land where you are going over to possess it, [2] so that you and your son and your grandson might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

Deu 6:4-5 LSB - [4] "Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one! [5] "You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Deu 6:6-9 LSB - [6] "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. [7] "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. [8] "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as phylacteries between your eyes. [9] "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 1-3 - Wanderings in the Wilderness

John MacArthur Bible Introductions - Deuteronomy

Israel from Seir to Kadesh-barnea

Deu 1:2 LSB - [2] It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

Deu 1:5 LSB - [5] Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law, saying,

Deu 1:34-36 LSB - [34] "Then Yahweh heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and swore [an oath], saying, [35] 'Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore to give your fathers, [36] except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his sons I will give the land on which he has set foot, because he has followed Yahweh fully.'

Deu 1:43-44 LSB - [43] "So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead you rebelled against the command of Yahweh and acted presumptuously and went up into the hill country. [44] "And the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out to meet you and pursued you as bees do and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.

Wanderings in the Wilderness

Deu 2:7 LSB - [7] "For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing."'

Deu 2:14-15 LSB - [14] "Now the time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war came to an end from within the camp, as Yahweh had sworn to them. [15] "Moreover the hand of Yahweh was against them, to bring them into confusion from within the camp until they all came to an end.

Deu 2:30 LSB - [30] "But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass through his land, for Yahweh your God stiffened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to give him over into your hand, as [he is] today.

I Want Jesus to Walk with Me

1. I want Jesus to walk with me.

I want Jesus to walk with me.

All along my pilgrim journey,

I want Jesus to walk with me.

2. In my trials, walk with me.

In my trials, walk with me.

When the shades of life are falling,

I want Jesus to walk with me.

3. In my sorrows, walk with me.

In my sorrows, walk with me.

When my heart within is aching.

I want Jesus to walk with me.

4. In my troubles, walk with me.

In my troubles, walk with me.

When my life becomes a burden,

I want Jesus to walk with me.

Israel Takes Possession of the Land

Deu 3:21-22 LSB - [21] "And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, 'Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings; so Yahweh shall do to all the kingdoms into which you are about to cross. [22] 'Do not fear them, for Yahweh your God is the one fighting for you.'

Moses Pleads to Cross the Jordan

Deu 3:24-26 LSB - [24] 'O Lord Yahweh, You have begun to show Your slave Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours? [25] 'Let me, I pray, cross over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.' [26] "But Yahweh was angry with me on your account and would not listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, 'Enough! Speak to Me no more of this matter.

1 Thessalonians 1-5 - The Dead in Christ Will Rise

Thanksgiving

1Th 1:2-5 LSB -
[2] We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention [of you] in our prayers;
[3] remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father,
[4] knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election,
[5] for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full assurance; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

Entrusted with the Gospel

1Th 2:2 LSB - [2] but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much struggle.

1Th 2:13 LSB - [13] And for this reason we also thank God without ceasing that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but [for] what it really is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

Timothy’s Good Report

1Th 3:2 LSB - [2] and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you as to your faith,

1Th 3:6-8 LSB - [6] But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always remember us kindly, longing to see us just as we also long to see you, [7] for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith; [8] for now we [really] live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

1Th 3:9-10 LSB - [9] For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God because of you, [10] as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?

Sanctification and Love

1Th 4:7 LSB - [7] For God did not call us to impurity, but in sanctification.

1Th 4:9-10 LSB - [9] Now concerning love of the brothers, you have no need for [anyone] to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another, [10] for indeed you do practice it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel still more,

The Dead in Christ Will Rise

1Th 4:16-17 LSB - [16] For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of [the] archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. [17] Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.

Take comfort, Christians, when your friends in Jesus fall asleep;

John Logan (1748-1788)

Take comfort, Christians, when your friends
in Jesus fall asleep;
their better being never ends;
why then dejected weep?

Why inconsolable, as those
to whom no hope is giv’n?
Death is the messenger of peace,
and calls the soul to heav’n.

As Jesus dy’d, and rose again
victorious from the dead;
so his disciples rise, and reign
with their triumphant Head.

The time draws nigh, when from the clouds
Christ shall with shouts descend,
and the last trumpet’s awful voice
the heavens and earth shall rend.

Then they who live shall changed be,
and they who sleep shall wake;
the graves shall yield their ancient charge,
and earth’s foundations shake.

The saints of God, from death set free,
with joy shall mount on high;
the heav’nly hosts with praises loud
shall meet them in the sky,

Together to their Father’s house
with joyful hearts they go;
and dwell for ever with the Lord,
beyond the reach of woe.

A few short years of evil past,
we reach the happy shore,
where death-divided friends at last
shall meet, to part no more.

The Day of the Lord

1Th 5:2 LSB - [2] For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

1Th 5:8-10 LSB - 

[8] But since we are of [the] day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. 

[9] For God has not appointed us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, [10] who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

Admonishment and Instruction

1Th 5:16-19 LSB - [16] Rejoice always; [17] pray without ceasing; [18] in everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. [19] Do not quench the Spirit;

1Th 5:23 LSB - [23] Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Numbers 34-36 - Cities of Refuge

Apportioning Canaan

Num 34:1-3 LSB - [1] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, [even the] land of Canaan according to its borders. [3] 'And your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.

Cities for the Levites

Num 35:2-3 LSB - [2] "Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities. [3] "And the cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their herds and for all their beasts.

Cities of Refuge

Num 35:6 LSB - [6] "And the cities which you shall give to the Levites [shall be] the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

Num 35:34 LSB - [34] 'And you shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I Yahweh am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.'"

The City of Refuge

Author: Fanny J. Crosby

1. O, guilty one, haste to the city of refuge,

Where mercy awaits thee, so boundless and free;

O haste with thy burden of sin and of sorrow;

Thy loving Redeemer is waiting for thee.

Chorus:

O fly to the refuge!

To the refuge sure and free;

With thy sin and sorrow;

Jesus waits for thee.

2. O, guilty one, haste! for the day beams are fading,

Afar on the desert; say, why wilt thou roam?

The arms of the Saviour will gladly enfold thee;

He longs with forgiveness to welcome thee home. [Chorus]

3. O, weary one, haste! for the night clouds pursue thee;

How darkly they frown on the cold mountain's brow;

The voice of the tempest is wailing around thee,

And none but the Saviour can shelter thee now. [Chorus]

Inheritance Through Marriage

Num 36:8-9 LSB - [8] "And every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. [9] "Thus no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each hold to his own inheritance."

Numbers 31-33 - Statutes of Possessing the Land

Vengeance on Midian

Num 31:1-2 LSB - [1] Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people."

Num 25:17-18 LSB - [17] "Be hostile to the Midianites and strike them, [18] for they have been hostile to you with their deceptive tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor."

 

Division of the Loot

Num 31:26-27 LSB - [26] "You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers' [households] of the congregation take a count of the loot that was captured, both of man and of animal; [27] and divide the loot between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.

Num 31:28-29 LSB - [28] "And you shall exact a levy for Yahweh from the men of war who went out to battle, one in five hundred of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep; [29] take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as a contribution to Yahweh.

Num 31:30 LSB - [30] "And from the sons of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of Yahweh."

Reuben and Gad Possess Gilead

Num 32:5 LSB - [5] And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not take us across the Jordan."

Num 32:29-30 LSB - [29] And Moses said to them, "If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, everyone who is armed for battle, will cross with you over the Jordan in the presence of Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession; [30] but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."

The Journey from Egypt to Jordan

Num 33:1-2 LSB - [1] These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out from the land of Egypt by their armies, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. [2] And Moses wrote down their starting places according to their journeys by the command of Yahweh, and these are their journeys according to their starting places.

Num 33:3-5 LSB - [3] They journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the sons of Israel started out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, [4] but the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom Yahweh had struck down among them. Yahweh had also executed judgments on their gods. [5] Then the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses and camped in Succoth.

Num 33:49 LSB - [49] They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Statutes of Possessing the Land

Num 33:51-53 LSB - [51] "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, [52] then you shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their carved stones and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places; [53] and you shall take possession of the land and inhabit it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

Num 33:55-56 LSB - [55] 'But if you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it will be that those whom you let remain of them [will become] as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land which you inhabit. [56] 'And it will be as I plan to do to them, so I will do to you.'"

Numbers 28-30 - Take My Life, and Let It Be

Daily Offerings

Num 28:2-8 LSB - 

[2] "Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be careful to bring near My offering, My food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.' 

[3] "And you shall say to them, 'This is the offering by fire which you shall bring near to Yahweh: two male lambs one year old without blemish [as] a continual burnt offering every day. 

[4] 'You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight, 

[5] also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil. [6] 'It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh. 

[7] 'Then the drink offering with it [shall be] a fourth of a hin for each lamb, in the holy place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh. 

[8] 'And the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Yahweh. 

1Th 5:16-18 LSB - [16] Rejoice always; [17] pray without ceasing; [18] in everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Sabbath Offerings

Num 28:9 LSB - [9] 'Then on the sabbath day two male lambs one year old without blemish, and two-tenths [of an] [ephah] of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering:

Monthly Offerings

Num 28:11 LSB - [11] 'Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish;

Passover Offerings

Num 28:16-19 LSB - [16] 'Then on the fourteenth day of the first month shall be the Passover of Yahweh. [17] 'And on the fifteenth day of this month [shall be] a feast; unleavened bread [shall be] eaten for seven days. [18] 'On the first day [shall be] a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. [19] 'And you shall bring near an offering by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd and one ram and seven male lambs one year old; they shall be for you without blemish.

Offerings for the Feast of Weeks

Num 28:26 LSB - [26] 'Also on the day of the first fruits, when you bring near a new grain offering to Yahweh in your [Feast of] Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work.

Take My Life, and Let It Be

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1874)

1 Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in endless praise,
let them flow in endless praise.

2 Take my hands and let them move
at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
swift and beautiful for thee,
swift and beautiful for thee.

3 Take my voice and let me sing

always, only, for my King.

Take my lips and let them be

filled with messages from thee,

filled with messages from thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold;

not a mite would I withhold.

Take my intellect and use

every power as thou shalt choose,

every power as thou shalt choose.

5 Take my will and make it thine;

it shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart it is thine own;

it shall be thy royal throne,

it shall be thy royal throne.

6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour

at thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself, and I will be

ever, only, all for thee,

ever, only, all for thee.

The Various Offerings of the Seventh Month

Num 29:1-2 LSB - [1] 'Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets. [2] 'And you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: one bull from the herd, one ram, [and] seven male lambs one year old without blemish;

Num 29:7-8 LSB - [7] 'Then on the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall humble yourselves; you shall not do any work. [8] 'And you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahweh [as] a soothing aroma: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs one year old, having them without blemish;

Num 29:12-13 LSB - [12] 'Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work, and you shall celebrate a feast to Yahweh for seven days. [13] 'And you shall bring near a burnt offering, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: thirteen bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old, which are without blemish;

Num 29:17 LSB - [17] 'Then on the second day: twelve bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish;

Num 29:20 LSB - [20] 'Then on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish;

Num 29:23 LSB - [23] 'Then on the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish;

Num 29:26 LSB - [26] 'Then on the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish;

Num 29:29 LSB - [29] 'Then on the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish;

Num 29:32 LSB - [32] 'Then on the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish;

Num 29:35-36 LSB - [35] 'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work. [36] 'But you shall bring near a burnt offering, an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish;

The Statutes for Vows

Num 30:2 LSB - [2] "If a man makes a vow to Yahweh or swears an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Num 30:5 LSB - [5] "But if her father should forbid her on the day he hears [of it], none of her vows or her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand; and Yahweh will pardon her because her father had forbidden her.

Num 30:8 LSB - [8] "But if, on the day her husband hears [of it], he forbids her, then he shall annul her vow which she is under and the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself; and Yahweh will pardon her.

Num 30:9 LSB - [9] "But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

Num 30:16 LSB - [16] These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, [as] between a man and his wife, [and as] between a father and his daughter, [while she is] in her youth in her father's house.