Apr 2, 2022
DEUTERONOMY 1:
Yesterday in the conclusion of Numbers, we
learned that each clan's allotment of land must stay within that
clan, even when parcels of land could be inherited by
daughters.
- Mears says, “Deuteronomy is a book of remembrance. The name ‘Deuteronomy’ means “second law,” which indicates that the law is repeated. Moses did this to remind the people what God had done for them and what they were to do to serve Him when they reached the Promised Land. This book omits the things that relate to the priests and Levites but includes the things that the people should know. And the happenings in this book would cover only about two months, including the 30 days of mourning for Moses.”
I love this book because it seems to be a transcription of Moses’ last sermons to the people. Imagine sitting at the feet of the aged and revered leader and hearing him tell what is most important! I love the way this book frequently records Moses speaking in the first person.
PSALM 49:
This
powerfully thought-provoking psalm shares important wisdom which
should help us be content with whatever our situation is in this
life. Note the parallels with Jesus' teaching.
ACTS 7:
Yesterday we heard the first part of Stephen's
speech. Stephen was accused of two things: “This man is always
speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses. We
have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy the
Temple and change the customs Moses handed down to us.” So far it
is clear that Stephen was NOT teaching against the laws or customs
Moses gave the people of Israel.
GNT Translation notes:
Deut. 1:46 “So then, after we had stayed at Kadesh for a long time,
2:1 we finally turned and went
into the desert, on the road to the Gulf of Aqaba, as the Lord had
commanded, and we spent a long time wandering about in the hill
country of Edom.
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Acts 7:43 It was the tent of the
god Molech that you carried,
and
the image of Rephan, your star god;
[—
the//they were] idols that you had made to
worship.
And
so I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’