The 5th and final part of the Deuteronomy overview with commentary on chapters 28-32. This is the final part of the Torah series.
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Writings, summaries, and commentary on the 5th Book of the Torah (the first five books of the bible).
Deuteronomy: Moses’ Final Speech Pt.4 (ch 22-27)
Part 4 of the Deuteronomy overview with commentary featuring chapters 22-27.
Continue readingDeuteronomy: Moses’ Final Speech Pt.3 (ch 16-21)
Part 3 of the Deuteronomy overview with commentary featuring chapters 16-21.
Continue readingDeuteronomy: Moses’ Final Speech Pt.2 (ch 8-15)
Part 2 of the Deuteronomy overview with commentary featuring chapters 8-15.
Continue readingDeuteronomy: Moses’ Final Speech Pt.1 (ch 1-7)
Part 1 of my overview of Deuteronomy with some commentary featuring chapters 1-7.
Continue readingSlaughter In The Cities of Refuge
Someone once asked the question, if a person slew another person in a city of refuge what would happen? Would they be forced to flee to another city of refuge? Using the text I believe there is a simple answer. The explanations of the city of refuge are in Num ch. 35, Deut 4:41-43, and Deut ch.19.
Continue readingLessons From The Giants In Deuteronomy 2
In Deuteronomy 2 Moses talks about Isreal’s relatives in Canaan (Edom, Moab, Ammon) and the giants they faced to get their land. In this chapter, Moses reveals two things. First, they have no reason to fear the giants dwelling among the Canaanites because these are only a remnant of the Rephaites (giants), the rest of them previously defeated by Israel’s relatives. Second that the promised land is a specific section of geography that God will give to the Israelites, and they should attempt to take land from their relatives unless God hands it over because that is their allotment.
Continue readingMarry the Rapist Deut 22:28-29
Does the bible say a woman has to marry her rapist in Deut 22:28-29? Most translations don’t use that word because the Hebrew text doesn’t use that word in these specific verses. That verse actually describes what happens in the case of fornication when a woman is neither married nor engaged and just has sex. If they are caught, no one is stoned to death, and the man is required to pay her dowry and marry her, but only with her father’s permission.
Continue readingStoning the Virgin Deuteronomy 22
In Deut 22:13-30 Moses reiterated the sexual purity rules in the Moral Purity laws of Leviticus but elaborates on them. Many are disturbed when they see that only a woman is punished for her lack of virginity, never the man. However, this law is not against a lack of virginity but rather initiating a marriage under false pretenses, when looking at the broader context of Deuteronomy 22.
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