Category: Book of Deuteronomy
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You Are Not Your Own
Scripture Focus “And on the day you cross over the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall set up large stones and plaster them with plaster. And you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over to…
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When the Scales Are Rigged
Scripture Focus “You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have,…
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Defend The Defenseless
Scripture Focus “You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge, but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.”…
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When Your Word Is Enough
Scripture Focus “If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin. You…
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Build the Guardrail
Scripture Focus “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.” — Deuteronomy 22:8 (ESV) Devotional Thought In the previous chapter, Moses gave Israel instructions concerning the…
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It’s Not My Problem
Scripture Focus “If in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the…
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Do Not Fear the Battle
Scripture Focus “Hear, O Israel, today you are drawing near for battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint. Do not fear or panic or be in dread of them, for the LORD your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to…
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When Getting Even Isn’t Enough
Scripture Focus “Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.” — Deuteronomy 19:21 (ESV) Devotional Thought You’ve probably heard the phrase “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” Sometimes people use…
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When God Speaks, Listen
Scripture Focus “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my…
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It Could Never Happen to Me
Scripture Focus “You may indeed set a king over you whom the LORD your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you… Only he must not acquire many horses for himself… And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart…
