Saturday, November 13, 2021

Deuteronomy 1:1 Second Law

 1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.


Review: The Israelites are camped on the great plains of Moab on the east side of Jordan looking across into the Promised Land after a difficult journey from Egypt and after the unbelieving adult generation has died off.


“The name Deuteronomy means “second law.” It was the second giving of the Mosaic Law, the first being at Mount Sinai. Moses felt compelled to bring this reminder of the Law to Israel, because those ready to enter the Promised Land were only children - if born at all - when the Law was originally given at Mount Sinai.” (Guzik)


“Deuteronomy is one of the greatest books of the Old Testament. Its influence on the domestic and personal religion of all ages has not been surpassed by any other book in the Bible. It is quoted over eighty times in the New Testament and this it belongs to a small group of four Old Testament books [the others being Genesis, Psalms, and Isaiah] to which the early Christians made frequent reference.” (Thompson)


Do you study the Bible daily and understand His book of life?

Blessings 




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