Apr 13, 2022
DEUTERONOMY 21-22:
Yesterday we heard an explanation of
why cities of refuge were needed. And we heard interesting rules
concerning war. In the war and conquest of Canaan that we will read
about in Joshua, I urge us to remember that God spoke repeatedly
about the wickedness of the Canaanite nations that Israel would
conquer (beginning with what He said to Jacob way back in Genesis
15:16). Included in the detestable customs of the nations
mentioned, is that they sacrificed human babies, burning them
alive, plus all of the other sins Moses told the people not to
imitate.
PSALM 60:
This
poem is again based on David’s experiences. I think that this psalm
must show how David prayed before the victories mentioned in the
rabbinical title.
ACTS 14:
In
chapter 13 we completed the story of Paul and Barnabas' short but
successful ministry in Pisidian Antioch. They were too successful,
so were run out of town. This is just the first time that will
happen!
GNT Translation
notes:
Deut.
22:12 “[Attach//Sew] tassels on the four corners of your
clothes.
[This change was made simply because the
listener cannot hear the difference between ‘sew’ and
‘so’.]
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Ps. 60:6 [From your
sanctuary You, O God have said,//From his sanctuary God has said,]
“In triumph I will divide Shechem and distribute Sukkoth Valley to
my people.
12 [But] With [You, O] God
on our side we will win; [You//he] will defeat our
enemies.
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Acts
14:18 [With great difficulty, using such words the apostles finally
did succeed in stopping//Even with these words the apostles could
hardly keep] the crowd from offering a sacrifice to
them.
[This is one of the most frequently
misunderstood verses in the New Testament!]
21
Paul and Barnabas preached the Good News in Derbe and won many
disciples. Then they went back to Lystra, to Iconium, and on to
Antioch in [the province of] Pisidia.
26
and from there they sailed back to Antioch [in the province of
Syria], the place where they had been commended to the care of
God's grace for the work they had now completed.