Living Room Study

Deuteronomy 27
 
“Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, ‘Be silent, Israel, and listen!  This day you have become the people of the Lord your God.  Obey the Lord your God and follow His commands and statutes I am giving you today.’”  Deut 27: 9-10
 
I remember one holiday morning, when we were giving presents [...]

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Jeremiah 7
 
“But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.  Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?  Then do you come and stand before Me in this house called by My name and insist: We are safe?  As a [...]

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Deuteronomy 26
 
“When you come before the priest who is serving at the time, you must say to him, ‘Today I acknowledge to the Lord my God that I have entered the land the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.”  Deut 26: 3
 
There is so much gravity in this dialogue between the Israelite and [...]

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Jeremiah 6
 
“Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen?  Look, their ear is uncircumcised, so they cannot pay attention.  See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them – they find no pleasure in it.  But I am full of the Lord’s wrath; I am tired of [...]

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Deuteronomy 25
 
“If the guilty party deserves to be flogged, the judge will make him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate for his crime.  He may be flogged 40 lashes, but no more.  Otherwise, if he is flogged with more lashes than these, your brother will be degraded [...]

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Jeremiah 5
 
“Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; see now and know; and seek in her open places if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks truth, and I will pardon her.  Though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ surely they swear falsely.  O Lord are [...]

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Deuteronomy 24
 
“Be careful in a case of infectious skin disease, following carefully everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do.  Be careful to do as I have commanded them.  Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the Journey after you left Egypt.”  Deut 24: 8-9
 
On a causal fly-over, today’s passage could be [...]

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Jeremiah 4
 
“If you return, Israel – this is the Lord’s declaration – if you return to Me, if you remove your detestable idols from My presence and do not waver, if you swear, As the Lord lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him and will pride [...]

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Jeremiah 3
 
“Return unfaithful Israel.  This is the Lord’s declaration.  I will not look on you with anger, for I am unfailing in My love.  This is the Lord’s declaration.  I will not be angry forever.  Only acknowledge your guilt – you have rebelled against the Lord your God.  You have scattered your favors under every [...]

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Deuteronomy 22
 
“If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; make sure you return it to your brother.”  Deut 22: 1
 
In the first three verses of Deuteronomy 22, we find a repetition of the law in Exodus 32: 4-5, regarding our duty to restore the straying ox or donkey and [...]

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