The Lord
spoke all these things to the Israelites before they went into the
promise land. This is what God says to the Israelites. I really
like what the Lord said regarding the Levites, that the LORD is their
inheritance. Imagine God saying that to you, the Lord is your
inheritance. It is amazing. Question is is the Lord your inheritance? Do
we see Him as our inheritance? Inheritance is something very close to
one's heart. It shows responsibility, fellowship, importance to the
person holding it. Inheriting something means that one will need to take
care of that something and will need to look after that something since
it is in one's care. Moreover, remembering that it is something of
value and of importance. Do we see the Lord as our inheritance?
9 That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance, as the Lord your God told them.)
Wow, just look at how God described the land. The land drinks rain from heaven. What kind of rain is that? Rain from heaven! The land must be filled with milk and honey because it had drunk from the river of life, from the heavens. Do you drink from the world or from heaven?
11 But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven.
See that what the Lord said is being repeated faithfully, not twisted to fit someone's will. Be faithful to the Lord's word for it is good. Keep it accurate so you would not blaspheme against the Lord.
32 See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.
This part the Lord is talking about having to write off bad debts in the 7th year, warning against people to not concentrate on the cancelling debt year and thus do not give and lend to people but to continue to give generously. For the Lord had blessed you.
10 Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.
Thou shalt not bribe.
18 Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. 19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent. 20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Funny how God said this and what the kings later have is... A lot of wives. So many wives. Solomon had so many that it was more than the number of days in a year.
17 He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
In terms of justice, the person must repay the evil that he had done by taking a something for something.
Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Wow, see below.
18 If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, 19 his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. 20 They
shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious.
He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his town are to stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
I will really show this to my kid in the future. This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He is a glutton and a drunkard. Then people stone him. WHAT?! okay, so being obedient is a very important trait. The child commits a sin against their parents and therefore can be stoned for his blood is on his own hands. As much as this is bad. The child had sinned against his parents.
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