Tag: Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 5According to this the Lord spoke the ten basic commandments to all Israel before they decided that Moses should hear Him on their behalf, then He gave Moses a more detailed listing of His statutes and judgments.

Deuteronomy 4I like the reasoning given for why they should make no graven image. When they heard the voice of God at Horeb they saw no image therefore they should not assign an image when they were never shown His likeness. If the people keep His statutes the Lord will bless them but if they…

Deuteronomy 3I get the impression that one of the reasons Moses was not allowed to go into the promised land – besides the fact that he smite the rock for water when he had been told to speak to it – was that he agreed with the people in sending spies into the land, possibly…

Deuteronomy 2The people of Israel passed through a number of lands which the Lord had gven to other people related to them (the children of Esau and the children of Lot specifically) and were told not to fight with those people but to purchase what they needed from them. Then he brought them to the…

Deuteronomy 1I did not realize that the people of Israel made the proposal of sending men to spy out the land, nor that they turned again and fought – contrary to the command of God – after they concluded that the Lord could not deliver the land into their possession as He has promised them.