The Law of Deuteronomy: Moses' Final Blessing on Israel

Moses' Final Blessing on Israel:

Deuteronomy 33:26 [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, 

[who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help,

 and in his excellency on the sky

אֵל

"There is none"

Transliteration: 'el

Pronunciation: āl 

Outline of Biblical Usage:

god, god-like one, mighty one

mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes

angels

god, false god, (demons, imaginations)

God, the one true God, Jehovah

mighty things in nature

strength, power

יְשֻׁרוּן 

"Of Jeshurun"

Transliteration: Yĕshuruwn

Pronunciation: yesh·ü·rün' 

Jeshurun= "upright one"

a symbolic name for Israel describing her ideal character

עֵזֶר 

"In Thy Help"

Transliteration: `ezer

Pronunciation: ā'·zer 

Outline of Biblical Usage:

help, succour

help, succour

one who helps

שַׁחַק

"On the Sky"

Transliteration: shachaq

Pronunciation: shakh'·ak 

Outline of Biblical Usage:

dust, cloud

fine dust

(thin) cloud

Exodus 15:11 

Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? 

Who is like you? 

- majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?

Deuteronomy 33:29 

You have joy, Israel! 

Who is like you? 

You are a people delivered by the LORD, your protective shield and your exalted sword. 

May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

"My God is so Big"

(Veggie Tunes- Lyrics)

My God is so big, so strong and so mighty

There's nothing my God cannot do

My God is so big, so strong and so mighty

There's nothing my God cannot do

The mountains are His, 

the rivers are His

The stars are His handiwork too

My God is so big, so strong and so mighty

There's nothing my God cannot do, hey, hey

My God is so great, so strong and so mighty

There's nothing my God cannot do

My God is so great, so strong and so mighty

There's nothing my God cannot do

The mountains are His, the rivers are His

The stars are His handiwork too

My God is so great, so strong and so mighty

There's nothing my God cannot do

My God is so big, so strong and so mighty

There's nothing my God cannot do

My God is so big, so strong and so mighty

There's nothing my God cannot do

The mountains are His, the rivers are His

The stars are His handiwork too

My God is so big, so strong and so mighty

There's nothing my God cannot do

There's nothing my God cannot do

There's nothing, nothing, nothing He can't do

-It may seem quite juvenile to use a children's song to describe God and all that He is, but these lyrics quote:

 Exodus and Deuteronomy, so well and it speaks of who our God is!

More Examples of "God IS..."

Psalms 86:8 

None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!

Isaiah 40:18,25 

18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him? 

25 "To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?" says the Holy One.

Isaiah 43:11-13 

I, I am the LORD, and there is no deliverer besides me.

 12 I decreed and delivered and proclaimed, and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses," says the LORD, "that I am God.

 13 From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?"

Isaiah 66:8 

Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons!

Jeremiah 10:6 

I said, "There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power.

Deuteronomy 33:27 (ASV) 

The eternal God is thy *dwelling-place, 

And underneath are the everlasting arms. 

And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said,

 Destroy.

Deuteronomy 33:27 (KJV)

 The eternal God [is thy] *refuge, 

and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: 

and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say,

 Destroy [them].

Dwelling-Place:

מָעוֹן

Transliteration: ma`own

Pronunciation: mä·ōhn' 

Part of Speech: masculine noun

Outline of Biblical Usage:

dwelling, habitation, refuge

lair, refuge (of jackals)

dwelling

Refuge:

מְעוֹנָה

Transliteration: m@`ownah

Pronunciation: meh·ō·nä' 

Part of Speech: feminine noun

Outline of Biblical Usage:

dwelling, habitation, refuge

den, lair (of animals)

dwelling-place (of God) (fig.)

Psalms 90:1 

A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.

Psalms 61:3 

For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.

Psalms 32:7 

Thou art my hiding-place; thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 

Deuteronomy 33:26 [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

*Ride upon the Heavens/On the Sky

(Thy Help IS "Above")

•Ride- To be carried

•Help- Assist, Aid 

Deuteronomy 33:27 

The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].

*Underneath 

[The Everlasting "Arms"]

(Thy Refuge IS "Underneath")

•Refuge- Place of Flight, Asylum

•Under- Beneath, below, underneath 

•Everlasting- Duration; age-lasting; eternal

•Arm- may mean either part of the body 

 or 

*Strength 

•Before- In sight of

•Thrust- cast, pierce, push

Out- away from

-When I would become afraid I would pray; my prayer was this:

"Dear Lord God,

Please put angels in back of me, in front of me, underneath me, above me, and my left and right side. Amen."

- We get ready for the day

(we put on our clothes; and we Imagine ourselves putting on the whole armor of God, as we dress ourselves)

-We get ready for bed

(We put on our PJ's; prepare our hearts for evening prayer- entering into the presence of our Lord)

-Saying that prayer made me feel protected and surrounded me with comfort that allowed me to close my eyes without feeling vulnerable; knowing I was in Good hands while I dreamt in the night.

"God's people are privileged to be in His hand for safe keeping & at His feet for learning and obeying."

Vs. 3 

John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.

29 My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and no [man] is able to pluck [them] out of my Father's hand.

"We are between His shoulders, next to His heart."

Vs. 12

""He bears us with His everlasting arms."

Vs. 27

- Warren Wiersbe

Deuteronomy 33:3 

Yea, he loved the people; all his saints [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; [every one] shall receive of thy words.

12 [And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; [and the LORD] shall cover him all the day long, 

and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

27 The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, 

Destroy [them].

Another juvenile example, but consider these lyrics:

He's Got The Whole World in His Hands:

He's Got: (Possession)

•The Whole World 

•The Baby 

•My Brother

•The Son (Seated @ The Right Hand of The Father) & his Father

•The Mother & the Daughter

•Everybody 

•The Sun & The Moon

...in His Hands!

- I believe I stress this as much as I have because if we meditate on The What (He Is) Where (He IS), Who (He IS) & Why (He IS)...

We will always remember & never forget!

Deuteronomy 8:2, 11, 14, 18-19

2 And thou shalt [remember] 

all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

11 Beware that thou 

[forget]

 not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou 

[forget] 

the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

18 But thou shalt [remember] 

the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.

19 And it shall be, if thou do at all 

[forget]

 the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

To be Continued...

The Law of Deuteronomy: Part 4

*Miscellaneous Laws:

“If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Deuteronomy 21:22, 23 

The Law Brings a Curse:

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us for it is written, 

“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”

Galatians 3:13 

Suffering for Christ:

From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. 

II Corinthians 11:24 

Reluctant Boasting:

For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face. 

To our shame I say that we were too weak for that! 

But in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also. 

Suffering for Christ:

Are they Hebrews? 

So am I. 

Are they Israelites? 

So am I. 

Are they the seed of Abraham? 

So am I. 

Are they ministers of Christ?

—I speak as a fool—I am more: 

in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 

From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. 

Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness— 

besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches. 

Who is weak, and I am not weak? 

Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

 If I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity. 

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

 In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; 

II Corinthians 11:20-32 

Paul mentioned his sufferings only to defend The Gospel & The Authority of his Ministry.

Are you; Bragging about your Triumphs or boasting about your trials?

*The Law Brings a Curse:

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, 

“Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” 

But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 

“the just shall live by faith.” Yet the law is not of faith, but

 “the man who does them shall live by them.” 

(Abraham- where the Promise started)

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us for it is written, 

“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”

 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:10-14 

The Just Live By Faith:

“Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4 

Only One Gospel:

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 

As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. 

Galatians 1:8, 9 

Paul knew these curses well.

 He had read them in the book of Deuteronomy, of course, but he had also heard them recited on five memorable occasions. 

Five times Paul was punished by the Jews for preaching the gospel, and each time he received the standard punishment: 

“forty lashes minus one” 

(2 Corinthians 11:24). 

The synagogue manuals of that time required someone to read out the curses of the law while the prisoner was being whipped. 

Thus as Paul received the final stripe on his back, he may well have heard the very words that he laterquoted to the Galatians: 

“Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”

Warning Against Idleness:  

But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. 

And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. 

Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 

Benediction:

Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. 

The Lord be with you all. The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a sign in every epistle; so I write. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

 Amen. 

II Thessalonians 3:13-18 

Resources: 

http://d.mdsone.com/c/fhfbc/pdf/2251967_21562.pdf?ec_rate=128&ec_prebuf=80

The Law of Deuteronomy: Part 3

 

*Curses on Disobedience:

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

   16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

   17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

   18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

   19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

   20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

   21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

   22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

   23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

   24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

   25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

   26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

   27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

   28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

   29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee .

   30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

   31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them .

   32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

   33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

   34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

   35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

   36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

   37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

   38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

   39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes ; for the worms shall eat them.

   40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit .

   41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

   42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

   43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

   44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

   45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

   46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

   47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things ;

   48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things : and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

   49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

   50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

   51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

   52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

   53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

   54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

   55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

   56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

   57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

   58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

   59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

   60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

   61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

   62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

   63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

   64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

   65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

   66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

   67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

   68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you .

3 Examples chosen from vs. 15-68

•Drastically Decreased fruitfulness

vs. 23

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 

The True Vine:

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 

Abide in me, and I in you. 

*As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 

John 15:2, 4, 6 

•Defeat vs. 25

The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 

vs. 37

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 

•Spiritually Induced Depression 

vs. 66-67

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 

Psalm 51:12

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Deuteronomy 28:23, 25, 37, 66, 67 

The Law of Deuteronomy: Part 2

Continued...

*The Head, Body & Tail:

"And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail."

Deuteronomy 28:13

Ephesians 1:22 

And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as [head] over all things.

Ephesians 1:23 

Now the church is his [body], the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Ephesians 4:15 

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the [head].

Ephesians 5:23 

because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the [head] of the church - he himself being the savior of the [body].

Colossians 1:18 

He is the [head] of the [body], the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

Colossians 2:10 

and you have been filled in him, who is the [head] over every ruler and authority.

Colossians 2:19 

He has not held fast to the [head] from whom the whole [body], supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.

(Example of our Connection) 

Revelation 19:12 

His eyes are like a fiery flame and there are many diadem crowns on [his head]. He has a name written that no one knows except himself.

*Blessings on Obedience:

Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. 

Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

 “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you.

 They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. 

Deuteronomy 28:3, 6, 7, 10 

Ephesians 6:12 

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

Matthew 16:18 

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

Luke 10:17 

Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!"

Luke 10:18 

So he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Luke 10:19 

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

2 Corinthians 10:4 

for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. 

We tear down arguments

James 4:7 

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

*Indwelling of The Father and The Son:

John 14:21 

The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."

*The True Vine:

John 15:8 

My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples.

*Repentance & Forgiveness:

“And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, and return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. 

If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. 

And the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. 

And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. 

And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. And the Lord your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. 

And you shall again obey the voice of the Lord and keep all his commandments that I command you today. 

The Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. 

For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 30:1-10 

(Back Together- New Relationship "reconnected")

Vs. 11-13

“For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 

Vs. 19

"I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live." 

(The ability to choose)

*The Discipline of God:

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 

And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? 

“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. 

*For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” (Prov. 3:11-12)

It is for discipline that you have to endure. 

God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 

Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. 

Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 

For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. 

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 

Hebrews 12:3-11 

Chastening-

Vs. 8 Chastening-

παιδεία

Transliteration: paideia

Pronunciation: pī-dā'-ä 

Part of Speech: feminine noun

Outline of Biblical Usage:

the whole training and

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, Deuteronomy 11:2 

Vs. 2 the chastisement

מוּסָר

Transliteration: muwcar

Pronunciation: mü·sär' 

Part of Speech: masculine noun

Outline of Biblical Usage:

discipline, chastening, correction

discipline, correction

chastening

Oppression-

And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: 

Deuteronomy 26:7

Vs. 7 And our oppression 

Exodus 3:9 The Oppression 

לַחַץ

Transliteration: lachats

Pronunciation: lakh'·ats 

Part of Speech: masculine noun

Outline of Biblical Usage:

oppression, distress, pressure

The Law of Deuteronomy: Part 1

The Law- "These are the Words"

Study in Deuteronomy 

Eleh Ha- Devarim "These Are The Words" 

Devarim "Spoken Words" Hebrew

Deuteronomion "Second Law" Greek

*Curses Pronounced from Mount Ebal:

And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, These shall stand upon [mount Gerizim] to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 

(6)

And these shall stand upon [mount Ebal] to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

(6)

 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 

Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of [this law] to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Deuteronomy 27:11-26

"This Law"- The Book of Deuteronomy 

These shall stand upon [mount Gerizim] to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: (6)

And these shall stand upon [mount Ebal] to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (6)

Deuteronomy 27:12, 13

12 Tribes were divided in half and there were to be 12 curses recited and the people answered with 12 "Amens" 

*Blessings on Obedience:

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 

Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 

Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 

The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 

The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 

And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. 

And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. *And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

*Joshua Renews the Covenant:

Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal, As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings. 

And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. 

And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against [mount Gerizim],

and half of them over against [mount Ebal]; 

as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 

And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them. 

Joshua 8:30-35