Job 34-36

Elihu Answers That God Will Be Just

Elihu Answers Job

Elihu Says God Gives the Afflicted Justice

Job 31-33

Job’s Final Appeal

[1] "I have cut a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin? 

[Job 31:1 LSB]

[37] Cause my eyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness, And revive me in Your ways. 

[Psa 119:37 LSB]

[28] but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 

[Mat 5:28 LSB]

 

Elihu Answers in Anger

Elihu Asks Job to Hear and Respond

Job 28-30

Where Can Wisdom Be Found?

[28] "So He said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to turn away from evil is understanding.'" 

[Job 28:28 LSB]

[17] But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruits, without doubting, without hypocrisy.

[Jas 3:17 LSB]

Job Continues His Discourse

[2] "Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God kept me, 

[3] When His lamp shone over my head, [And] by His light I walked through darkness, 

[Job 29:2-3 LSB]

[16] "And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have seized me. 

[17] "At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing [pains] take no rest. 

[Job 30:16-17 LSB]

Job 25-27

Bildad Asks, Can Man Be Right with God?

[4] "How then can mortal man be right with God? Or how can he be pure who is born of woman? 

[5] "Behold even the moon has no brightness, And the stars are not pure in His sight; 

[6] How much less mortal man, [that] maggot, And the son of man, [that] worm!" 

[Job 25:4-6 LSB]

[2] "In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God? 

[Job 9:2 LSB]

[19] Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are in the Law, so that every mouth may be shut and all the world may become accountable to God;
[20] because by the works of the Law NO FLESH WILL BE JUSTIFIED IN HIS SIGHT, for through the Law [comes] the knowledge of sin.
[Rom 3:19-20 LSB]

 

Who Can Understand God?

[12] "He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He crushed Rahab. 

[13] "By His breath the heavens are [made] beautiful; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. 

[14] "Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how [only with] a whisper of a word do we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?" 

[Job 26:12-14 LSB]

I Hold Fast My Righteousness

[3] For as long as breath is in me, And the spirit from God is in my nostrils, 

[4] My lips certainly will not speak unrighteousness, Nor will my tongue utter deceit. 

[Job 27:3-4 LSB]

Job 22-24

Eliphaz Says Job Must Repent

Where Is God?

[8] "Behold, I go forward but He is not [there], And backward, but I cannot discern Him;
[9] When He acts on the left, I cannot behold [Him]; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
[10] "But He knows the way I take; [When] He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
[Job 23:8-10 LSB]

[14] "For He performs what is apportioned for me, And many such [decrees] are with Him. 

[15] "Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; I carefully consider, and I am in dread of Him. 

[16] "[It is] God [who] has made my heart faint, And the Almighty [who] has dismayed me, 

[Job 23:14-16 LSB]

Who Can Prove Me a Liar?

[12] "From the city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not pay attention to [such] offense. 

[Job 24:12 LSB]

[31] KAPH For the Lord will not reject forever, 

[32] For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion According to His abundant lovingkindness.

[33] For He does not afflict from His heart Or grieve the sons of men. 

[34] LAMEDH To crush under His feet All the prisoners of the land, 

[35] To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High, 

[36] To defraud a man in his [legal] case-- These things the Lord does not see [with approval]. 

[Lam 3:31-36 LSB]

Job 19-21

My Redeemer Lives 

[25] "As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will rise up over the dust [of this world]. 

[26] "Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall behold God, 

[27] Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me! 

[Job 19:25-27 LSB]

[14] Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Yahweh, my rock and my Redeemer. |
[Psa 19:14 LSB]

[8] Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
[Mat 5:8 LSB]

[12] For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
[1Co 13:12 LSB]

[2] Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not been manifested as yet what we will be. We know that when He is manifested, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
[1Jo 3:2 LSB]

I know that my Redeemer lives by Sylvia McNair

Zophar Says the Joy of the Wicked Is Short

God Does Not Punish the Wicked

[22] "Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?
[23] "One dies in his full strength, Being wholly carefree and at ease;
[24] His sides are filled out with fat, And the marrow of his bones is moist,
[25] But another dies with a bitter soul, Never even eats [anything] good.
[26] "Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.
[Job 21:22-26 LSB]

Job 16-18

Troublesome Comforters

[19] "Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high. 

[Job 16:19 LSB]

Job Seeks Hope

[9] "Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow mightier and mightier. 

[Job 17:9 LSB]

Bildad Speaks of the Downfall of the Wicked

Job 13-15

I Will Be Declared Righteous

[3] "But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God. 

[Job 13:3 LSB]

[18] "Come now, and let us reason together," Says Yahweh, "Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.

[Isa 1:18 LSB]

[15] "Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.
[16] "This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.
[Job 13:15-16 LSB]

If a Man Dies, Will He Live Again?

[10] "But man dies and lies prostrate. Man breathes his last, and where is he? 

[11] "[As] water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up, 

[12] So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep. 

[Job 14:10-12 LSB]

Eliphaz Says Job’s Lips Answer Against Him

[14] "What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
[15] "Behold, He puts no faith in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight;
[16] How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, Man, who drinks unrighteousness like water!
[Job 15:14-16 LSB]

[17] 'Can mankind be right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?

[18] 'He puts no trust even in His slaves; And against His angels He charges error.

[19] 'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

[Job 4:17-19 LSB]

Job 10-12

Job Cries Out to God

[8] 'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You swallow me up? ... 

[10] 'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese, 

[11] Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews? 

[12] 'You have made alongside me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has kept my spirit. 

[Job 10:8, 10-12 LSB]

[14] I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. 

[Psa 139:14 LSB]

[5] "Before I formed you in the innermost parts I knew you, And before you came out from the womb I set you apart; I have given you as a prophet to the nations."

[Jer 1:5 LSB]

Zophar Asks, Can You Find the Depths of God?

[7] "Can you find the depths of God? Can you find the limits of the Almighty? 

[Job 11:7 LSB]

Job Answers

[7] "But now ask the beasts, and let them instruct you; And the birds of the sky, and let them tell you.

[8] "Or muse to the earth, and let it instruct you; And let the fish of the sea recount [it] to you. 

[9] "Who among all these does not know That the hand of Yahweh has done this, 

[10] In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all the flesh of man?

[Job 12:7-10 LSB]

[12] "Wisdom is with aged men, [With] long life is discernment. 

[Job 12:12 LSB]

Job Speaks of God’s Strength

[13] "With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and discernment. 

[Job 12:13 LSB]

Job 7-9

Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope

[17] "What is man that You magnify him, And that You set Your heart on him, 

[18] That You examine him every morning And test him every moment? [Job 7:17-18 LSB]

[4] What is man that You remember him, And the son of man that You care for him?

[5] Yet You have made him a little lower than [the] angels, And You crown him with glory and majesty!

[6] You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, [Psa 8:4-6 LSB]

 

Bildad Claims God Rewards the Good

Job Replies There Is No Adjudicator

[2] "In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God? [Job 9:2 LSB]

Job 4-6

Eliphaz Says the Innocent Do Not Suffer

[17] 'Can mankind be right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? [Job 4:17 LSB]

The Discipline of the Almighty

[17] "Behold, how blessed is the man whom God reproves, So do not reject the discipline of the Almighty. [Job 5:17 LSB]

Job Answers Eliphaz

[14] "He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. [Job 6:14 ESV]

Job 1-3

Job Was Greatest of the Sons of the East

[5] Now it happened when the days of feasting had completed their cycle, that Job would send and set them apart as holy. And he would rise up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings [according to] the number of them all; for Job said, "Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually. [Job 1:5 LSB]

[8] Then Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you set your heart upon My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." [Job 1:8 LSB]

[9] These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among [those in] his generations; Noah walked with God. [Gen 6:9 LSB]

All Job Has Is in Satan’s Hand

[12] Then Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your hand, only do not send forth your hand toward him." So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh. [Job 1:12 LSB]

Messengers Speak of the Fire of God

[20] Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 

[21] And he said, 

"Naked I came from my mother's womb,

And naked I shall return there.

Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away.

Blessed be the name of Yahweh." 

[22] Through all this Job did not sin, nor did he give offense to God. [Job 1:20-22 LSB]

Satan Strikes Job’s Flesh

[6] So Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life." [Job 2:6 LSB]

[10] But he said to her, "You speak as one of the wickedly foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept calamity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips. [Job 2:10 LSB]

Job’s Three Friends

Job Curses the Day of His Birth

[1] Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his [birth]. [Job 3:1 LSB]

Philippians 1-4

Thanksgiving

[3] I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, [4] always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, [5] because of your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now. [Phl 1:3-5 LSB]

[6] [For I am] confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. [Phl 1:6 LSB]

[9] And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full knowledge and all discernment, [10] so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and without fault until the day of Christ, [11] having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which [comes] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. [Phl 1:9-11 LSB]

The Progress of the Gospel

[18] What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, [19] for I know that THIS WILL TURN OUT FOR MY SALVATION through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, [20] according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but [that] with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. [Phl 1:18-20 LSB]

To Live Is Christ

[29] For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, [30] having the same struggle which you saw in me, and now hear [to be] in me. [Phl 1:29-30 LSB]

Christ’s Humility and Exaltation

[5] Have this [way of] thinking in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, [6] who, although existing in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, [7] but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a slave, by being made in the likeness of men. [8] Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. [Phl 2:5-8 LSB]

Timothy and Epaphroditus Sent

Righteousness Through Faith in Christ

[8] More than that, I count all things to be loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ [9] and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own which is from [the] Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which [is] from God upon faith, [10] that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, [11] in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. [Phl 3:8-11 LSB]

Pressing On Toward the Goal

[13] Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of [it] yet, but one thing [I do]: forgetting what [lies] behind and reaching forward to what [lies] ahead, [14] I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. [Phl 3:13-14 LSB]

Rejoice in the Lord Always

[6] Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. [7] And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. [Phl 4:6-7 LSB]

God Will Fill Your Needs

[12] I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in abundance; in any and all things I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. [13] I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. [Phl 4:12-13 LSB]

Deuteronomy 31-34

Be Strong and Courageous

[6] "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or be in dread of them, for Yahweh your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you." [Deu 31:6 LSB]

Yahweh Has Moses Write a Song

[19] "So now, write this song for yourselves and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel. [Deu 31:19 LSB]

Joshua Is Commissioned

The Song of Moses

[Deu 32:4 LSB] 4 "The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.

[Deu 32:39 LSB] 39 'See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded, and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

Moses To Go Up Mount Nebo

[Deu 32:51 LSB] 51 because you [both] acted unfaithfully with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you [both] did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel.

[Num 20:11-12 LSB] 11 Then Moses raised high his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank. 12 But Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."

 

The Blessing of Moses

[Deu 33:27 LSB] 27 "The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, 'Destroy!'

The Death of Moses

[Deu 34:5-6 LSB] 5 So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to the command of Yahweh. 6 And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows his burial place to this day.

Deuteronomy 28-30

Blessings for Keeping the Commandments

[1] "Now it will be, if you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. [2] "And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God: [Deu 28:1-2 LSB]

Curses for Not Keeping the Commandments

[15] "But it will be, if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep [and] to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I am commanding you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: [Deu 28:15 LSB]

[53] "Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom Yahweh your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you. [Deu 28:53 LSB]

[28] And the king said to her, "What is the matter with you?" And she said, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.' [29] "So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son." [2Ki 6:28-29 LSB]

[64] "Moreover, Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known. [Deu 28:64 LSB]

[6] In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and took Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, [on] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. [2Ki 17:6 LSB]

[11] Then the rest of the people who were left in the city and the defectors who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took away into exile. [2Ki 25:11 LSB]

 

The Covenant in Moab

[4] "Yet to this day Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear. [Deu 29:4 LSB]

[14] Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'"You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive." [15] For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.' [Mat 13:14-15 ESV]

 

Repentance and Forgiveness

[6] And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. [Deu 30:6 ESV]

The Choice of Life and Death

[11] "For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far [from you]. [12] "It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us and make us hear it, that we may do it?' [13] "Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will cross the sea for us and get it for us and make us hear it, that we may do it?' [14] "But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it. [Deu 30:11-14 LSB]

[6] But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way: "DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART, 'WHO WILL GO UP INTO HEAVEN?' (that is, to bring Christ down), [7] or 'WHO WILL GO DOWN INTO THE ABYSS?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)." [8] But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, [9] that if you confess with your mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; [10] for with the heart a person believes, leading to righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, leading to salvation. [Rom 10:6-10 LSB]

Choose Life

[19] "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your seed, [20] by loving Yahweh your God, by listening to His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." [Deu 30:19-20 LSB]

Deuteronomy 25-27

[4] "You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing. [Deu 25:4 LSB]

[7] Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not consume the fruit of it? Or who shepherds a flock and does not consume the milk of the flock? [8] Am I speaking these things according to human judgment? Or does not the Law also say these things? [9] For it is written in the Law of Moses, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE IT IS THRESHING." Is God [merely] concerned about oxen? [1Co 9:7-9 LSB]

 

Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage

Bringing First Fruits and Tithes

[17] "You have today declared Yahweh to be your God, and that you would walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and listen to His voice. [18] "And Yahweh has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments; [19] and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, for praise, a name, and beauty; and that you shall be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as He has spoken." [Deu 26:17-19 LSB]

Curses on Mount Ebal

[26] 'Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' [Deu 27:26 LSB]

[10] For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse, for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO DO THEM." [Gal 3:10 LSB]

Deuteronomy 22-24

Various Statutes

[12] "You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself. [Deu 22:12 LSB]

[38] "Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue. [39] "And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot, [40] so that you may remember to do all My commandments and be holy to your God. [Num 15:38-40 LSB]

 

Statutes About Sexual Immorality

Those Who May Not Enter the Assembly

[3] "No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of their [seed] shall ever enter the assembly of Yahweh, [Deu 23:3 LSB]

[4] They took for themselves Moabite women [as] wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years. [Rth 1:4 LSB]

[19] "You shall not charge interest to your brother: interest on money, food, [or] anything that may be loaned at interest. [Deu 23:19 LSB]

Statutes About Divorce

[5] "When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give gladness to his wife whom he has taken. [Deu 24:5 LSB]

Remember You Were Slaves in Egypt

[12] "Now if he is an afflicted (poor) man, you shall not sleep with his deposit. [13] "When the sun goes down you shall surely return the deposit to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before Yahweh your God. [Deu 24:12-13 LSB]

[21] "When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you [finish]; it shall be for the sojourner, for the orphan, and for the widow. [22] "And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing. [Deu 24:21-22 LSB]

Deuteronomy 19-21

Statutes About Cities of Refuge

Statutes About Boundaries and Witnesses

[15] "A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; at the mouth of two or three witnesses a matter shall be established. [Deu 19:15 LSB]

[19] Do not receive an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses. [1Ti 5:19 LSB]

[21] "Thus your eye shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. [Deu 19:21 LSB]

[38] "You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.' [39] "But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. [40] "And if anyone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your garment also. [41] "And whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. [42] "Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. [Mat 5:38-42 LSB]

 

Statutes About Warfare

[3] "And he shall say to them, 'Hear, O Israel, you are drawing near to the battle against your enemies today. Do not let your heart be faint. Do not be afraid, nor be alarmed, nor be in dread before them, [4] for Yahweh your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.' [Deu 20:3-4 LSB]

[10] "If you come near a city to fight against it, you shall call for [terms] of peace. [11] "Now it will be that if it agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you. [Deu 20:10-11 LSB]

Atonement for Innocent Blood

[8] 'Atone for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O Yahweh, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.' And the bloodguiltiness shall be atoned for them. [Deu 21:8 LSB]

Statutes About Domestic Relations

A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed

Deuteronomy 16-18

The Passover

[3] "You shall not eat leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), so that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. [Deu 16:3 LSB]

The Feast of Weeks

[12] "And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. [Deu 16:12 LSB]

The Feast of Booths

[12] "And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. ... [16] "Three times in a year all your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty-handed. [Deu 16:12, 16 LSB]

Do Not Distort Justice

[20] "Righteousness! Righteousness, you shall pursue, that you may live and possess the land which Yahweh your God is giving you. [Deu 16:20 LSB]

Judging Cases

Statutes for the King

[18] "Now it will be when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. [19] "And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to carefully observe all the words of this law and these statutes, [20] that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel. [Deu 17:18-20 LSB]

The Portion of the Levites

[2] "And they shall have no inheritance among their brothers; Yahweh is their inheritance, as He promised them. [Deu 18:2 LSB]

Do Not Imitate Abominations

[13] "You shall be blameless before Yahweh your God. [Deu 18:13 LSB]

Yahweh Will Raise up a Prophet

[18] 'I will raise up a prophet from among their brothers like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. [19] 'And it will be that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require [it] of him. [Deu 18:18-19 LSB]

[25] "It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.' [26] "For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one [of you] from your wicked ways." [Act 3:25-26 LSB]

Deuteronomy 13-15

Stone Those Who Prophesy Against Yahweh

[4] "You shall walk after Yahweh your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him. [Deu 13:4 LSB]

Clean and Unclean Animals

[6] "And any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof split in two [and] chews the cud, among the animals, that [one] you may eat. [Deu 14:6 LSB]

[9] "These you may eat of all that are in water: anything that has fins and scales you may eat, [Deu 14:9 LSB]

[20] "You may eat any clean bird. [Deu 14:20 LSB]

[22] "You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year. [23] "And you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh your God, at the place where He chooses for His name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God all [your] days. [Deu 14:22-23 LSB]

Remission of Debt Every Seven Years

[1] "At the end of [every] seven years you shall grant a remission [of debts]. [Deu 15:1 LSB]

[7] "If there is a needy one among you, one of your brothers, in any of your gates [of the towns] in your land which Yahweh your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor close your hand from your needy brother; [8] but you shall freely open your hand to him and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need [in] whatever he lacks. [Deu 15:7-8 LSB]

Deuteronomy 10-12

The Tablets Rewritten

[4] "And He wrote on the tablets, like the former writing, the Ten Commandments which Yahweh had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; and Yahweh gave them to me. [Deu 10:4 LSB]

Circumcise Your Heart

[16] "So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer. [Deu 10:16 LSB]

[28] For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. [29] But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God. [Rom 2:28-29 LSB]

Love and Serve Yahweh

[18] "You shall therefore place these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as phylacteries between your eyes. [19] "And you shall teach them to your sons, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. [20] "And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, [Deu 11:18-20 LSB]

A Blessing and a Curse

[26] "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: [Deu 11:26 LSB]

Yahweh’s Chosen Place of Worship

[11] Then it will be that the place in which Yahweh your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to Yahweh. [12] "And you shall be glad before Yahweh your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you. [Deu 12:11-12 LSB]

[23] "But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. [Jhn 4:23 LSB]

[46] And daily devoting themselves with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, [47] praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number daily those who were being saved. [Act 2:46-47 LSB]

 

Deuteronomy 7-9

Devote the Nations to Destruction

[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 7:6 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. [Deu 7:7-8 LSB]

Yahweh’s Covenant Blessings

[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. [Deu 7:12 LSB]

Do Not Forget Yahweh Your God

[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 8:3 LSB]

[4] But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" [Mat 4:4 LSB]

[5] "Thus you shall know in your heart that Yahweh your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. [Deu 8:5 LSB]

[12] Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O Yah, And whom You teach out of Your law; [Psa 94:12 LSB]

[12] For whom Yahweh loves He reproves, Even as a father [reproves] the son in whom he delights. [Pro 3:12 LSB]

Israel Provoked Yahweh

[5] "It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but [it is] because of the wickedness of these nations [that] Yahweh your God is dispossessing them before you, in order to confirm the oath which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. [Deu 9:5 LSB]

Deuteronomy 4-6

Keep the Commandments of Yahweh

[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. [Deu 4:2 LSB]

[6] Do not add to His words Lest He reprove you, and you be proved a liar. [Pro 30:6 LSB]

The Ten Commandments Repeated

[6] 'I am Yahweh your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. [Deu 5:6 LSB]

[9] 'You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on the third and the fourth [generations] of those who hate Me, [10] but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. [Deu 5:9-10 LSB]

Does God "Visit the Sins of the Fathers on the Children"?

[15] 'You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm; therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day. [Deu 5:15 LSB]

The Commandment to Love Yahweh

[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 6:4-5 LSB]

Deuteronomy 1-3

Israel from Seir to Kadesh-barnea

[6] "Yahweh our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain. [Deu 1:6 LSB]

[8] 'See, I have given over the land before you; go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and to their seed after them.' [Deu 1:8 LSB]

[40] 'But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.' [Deu 1:40 LSB]

Wanderings in the Wilderness

[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 2:14-15 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. [Deu 2:30 LSB]

Israel Takes Possession of the Land

[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.' [Deu 3:21-22 LSB]

Moses Pleads to Cross the Jordan

[27] 'Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west and north and south and east, and see [it] with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan. [Deu 3:27 LSB]

1 Thessalonians 1-5

Thanksgiving

[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. [1Th 1:2-5 LSB]

Entrusted with the Gospel

[4] but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. [1Th 2:4 ESV]

[8] In this way, having fond affection for you, we were pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become beloved to us. [1Th 2:8 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. [1Th 2:13 LSB]

Timothy’s Good Report

[12] and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also [do] for you, [13] so that He may strengthen your hearts blameless in holiness, before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. [1Th 3:12-13 LSB]

Sanctification and Love

[3] For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; [4] that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, [1Th 4:3-4 LSB]

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

The Dead in Christ Will Rise

[14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. [1Th 4:14 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. [1Th 4:16-17 LSB]

[51] Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, [52] in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. [1Co 15:51-52 LSB]

[3] "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, [there] you may be also. [Jhn 14:3 LSB]

to meet. The Greek term often describes the reception given by the inhabitants of a city for an important visitor. They celebrated their honored guest’s arrival, then led him into the city (see Matt. 25:6; Acts 28:15).

i. There will come a day, when in God’s eternal plan, the dead in Christ will receive their resurrection bodies. Yet until that day, we are confident that the dead in Christ are not in some kind of soul sleep or suspended animation. Paul made it clear that to be absent from the body means to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8) Either the present dead in Christ are with the Lord in a spiritual body, awaiting their final resurrection body; or, because of the nature of timeless eternity, they have received their resurrection bodies already because they live in the eternal now.

ii. However God will do it, we are confident that His promise is true. “Though the bones be scattered to the four winds of heaven, yet, at the call of the Lord God, they shall come together again, bone to his bone… We doubt not that God will guard the dust of the precious sons and daughters of Zion.” (Spurgeon)

The Day of the Lord

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

[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. [1Th 5:9-10 LSB]

[15] For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION." [16] So then it [does] not [depend] on the one who wills or the one who runs, but on God who has mercy. [Rom 9:15-16 LSB]

 

Admonishment and Instruction

[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; [20] do not despise prophecies, [21] but examine all things; hold fast to that which is good; [22] abstain from every form of evil. [1Th 5:16-22 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. [24] Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it. [1Th 5:23-24 LSB]

 

Numbers 34-36

Apportioning Canaan

[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, [that is, the] land of Canaan according to its borders. [Num 34:2 NASB20]

Cities for the Levites

Cities of Refuge

[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 35:6 LSB]

[12] 'And the cities shall be for you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment. [Num 35:12 LSB]

Inheritance Through Marriage

Numbers 31-33

Vengeance on Midian

[8] They killed the kings of Midian along with the [rest of] their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. [Num 31:8 LSB]

[14] 'But I have a few things against you, that you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. [Rev 2:14 LSB]

Division of the Loot

Reuben and Gad Possess Gilead

[23] "But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh, and be sure your sin will find you out. [Num 32:23 LSB]

The Journey from Egypt to Jordan

[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. [Num 33:3-4 LSB]

Statutes of Possessing the Land

[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 33:51-53 LSB]

Numbers 28-30

Daily Offerings

[4] 'You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight, [Num 28:4 LSB]

Sabbath Offerings

Monthly Offerings

Passover Offerings

Offerings for the Feast of Weeks

Offerings of the Feast of Trumpets

Offerings for Atonement

[39] 'You shall offer these to Yahweh at your appointed times, besides your votive offerings and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings and for your grain offerings and for your drink offerings and for your peace offerings.'" [Num 29:39 LSB]

The Statutes for Vows

[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 30:2 LSB]

[21] "When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it will be a sin in you. [22] "However, if you refrain from vowing, it will not be a sin in you. [23] "You shall be careful and do what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to Yahweh your God that which you spoke with your mouth. [Deu 23:21-23 LSB]

Numbers 25-27

Israel Sacrifices to Baal

[7] And Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, so he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand, [8] and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. Then the plague on the sons of Israel was checked. [Num 25:7-8 LSB]

The Jealousy of Phinehas

[11] "Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in My jealousy. [Num 25:11 LSB]

Census of the Sons of Israel

[10] and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that congregation died, when the fire consumed 250 men, so that they became a warning. [11] The sons of Korah, however, did not die. [Num 26:10-11 LSB]

The Daughters of Zelophehad

[12] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. [13] "So [when] you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was, [14] for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) [Num 27:12-14 LSB]

Moses Commissions Joshua

[18] So Yahweh said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; [Num 27:18 LSB]

Numbers 22-24

Balak Sends for Balaam

[12] And God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed." [Num 22:12 LSB]

Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel

[28] And Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?" [Num 22:28 LSB]

[31] Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed his head down and prostrated himself to the ground. [Num 22:31 LSB]

Yahweh Speaks Through Balaam

Balaam’s Discourse

[19] "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not establish it? [Num 23:19 LSB]

Spirit of God Comes Upon Balaam

[2] And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him. [Num 24:2 LSB]

Oracle of Balaam

Numbers 19-21

Statute of the Red Heifer

[5] 'Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. [Num 19:5 LSB]

[20] 'But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself from uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly because he has made the sanctuary of Yahweh unclean; the water for impurity has not been splashed on him; he is unclean. [Num 19:20 LSB]

No Water for the Congregation

[8] "Take the rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beasts drink." [Num 20:8 LSB]

Moses Strikes the Rock

[11] Then Moses raised high his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank. [12] But Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them." [Num 20:11-12 LSB]

[32] They also provoked [Him] to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went badly with Moses on their account; [33] Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips. [Psa 106:32-33 LSB]

Edom Refuses Passage

The Death of Aaron

Destruction of Canaanite Cities

The Bronze Serpent

[9] And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it happened, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived. [Num 21:9 LSB]

[14] "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; [15] so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. [Jhn 3:14-15 LSB] 

 

Sihon and Og Struck Down