Deuteronomy 11
In my Bible this is entitled Love and obey the Lord.
The other day we saw that the most important commandment is to love the lord with all your heart, mind and soul.
The theme of this chapter is that Israel needs to be careful - they have the responsibility to remember that they witnessed the exodus and the giving of the 10 commandments - not their children.
Israel has two choices - either follow the law and enjoy peace and prosperity in the promised land or not and suffer famine, war, invasion and trouble with locals and neighbours.
All the blessings were to be pronounced from mount Gerazim and the curses from mount Ebal, which were close to each other.
Deuteronomy 12
In the town where I live there are no less than 9 different churches of various denominations, - this chapter tells the Israelites that they have to destroy all local places of worship - lest they get distracted from following God.
There is only one place for Israel to worship, but it is not yet decided. Israel is allowed to slaughter animals for food locally but they are not allowed to eat the firstborn animals, nor the tithe of the crops.
These days, obviously this regulation is not observed either by Jews or Christians.
In my Bible this is entitled Love and obey the Lord.
The other day we saw that the most important commandment is to love the lord with all your heart, mind and soul.
The theme of this chapter is that Israel needs to be careful - they have the responsibility to remember that they witnessed the exodus and the giving of the 10 commandments - not their children.
Israel has two choices - either follow the law and enjoy peace and prosperity in the promised land or not and suffer famine, war, invasion and trouble with locals and neighbours.
All the blessings were to be pronounced from mount Gerazim and the curses from mount Ebal, which were close to each other.
Deuteronomy 12
In the town where I live there are no less than 9 different churches of various denominations, - this chapter tells the Israelites that they have to destroy all local places of worship - lest they get distracted from following God.
There is only one place for Israel to worship, but it is not yet decided. Israel is allowed to slaughter animals for food locally but they are not allowed to eat the firstborn animals, nor the tithe of the crops.
These days, obviously this regulation is not observed either by Jews or Christians.
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