GOD in the Old Testament - Deuteronomy - Part 3

Deuteronomy 3:3 

    So the LORD our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down, leaving no survivors.

 

Deuteronomy 3:18-20  

    I commanded you at that time: "The LORD your God has given you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites. However, your wives, your children and your livestock (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given  you, until the LORD gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you." 

 

Deuteronomy 3:21-22  

    At that time I commanded Joshua: "You have seen with your own eyes all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going. Do not be afraid of them; the LORD your God himself will fight for you."

[see all Deuteronomy 3]

 

Deuteronomy 4:1-8  

    Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.

    You saw with your own eyes what the LORD did at Baal Peor. The LORD your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, but all of you who held fast to the LORD your God are still alive today.

    See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people." What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him? And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today? 

[Deuteronomy 4 continues tomorrow]  

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - Deuteronomy - Part 2

Deuteronomy 1:29-33  

    Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the wilderness. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."

    In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

 

Deuteronomy 1:41-42  

    Then you replied, "We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God commanded us." So everyone of you put on his weapons, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

    But the LORD said to me, "Tell them, 'Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.' "

(see all Deuteronomy 1)

 

Deuteronomy 2:7  

    The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.

 

Deuteronomy 2:28-30  

"Sell us food to eat and water to drink for their price in silver. Only let us pass through on foot--as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us--until we cross the Jordan into the land the LORD our God is giving us." But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to give him into your hands, as he has now done.

 

Deuteronomy 2:32-33  

    When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz, the LORD our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army. 

 

Deuteronomy 2:36-37  

    From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them. But in accordance with the command of the LORD our God, you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites, neither the land along the course of the Jabbok nor that around the towns in the hills.

(see all Deuteronomy 2)    

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - Deuteronomy - Part 1

Deuteronomy 1:6-8  

    The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates. See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the LORD swore he would give to your fathers--to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob--and to their descendants after them."

 

Deuteronomy 1:10-13  

"The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. May the LORD, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised! But how can I (Moses) bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself? Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you."

 

Deuteronomy 1:16-17  

"And I charged your judges at that time, "Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you. Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case that is too hard for you, and I will hear it."

 

Deuteronomy 1:19-21  

    Then, as the LORD our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea. Then I said to you, "You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us. See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

 

Deuteronomy 1:24-26  

They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it. Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, "It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us."

    But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

(Deuteronomy 1 continued tomorrow) 

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - Numbers - Part 4

Numbers 24:2-4  

When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him and he spoke his message:

    "The prophecy of Balaam, son of Beor,

        the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,

    the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,

        who sees a vision from the Almighty,

        who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened: ..." 

 

Numbers 24:8  

    "God brought them out of Egypt;

        they have the strength of a wild ox.

    They devour hostile nations

        and break their bones in pieces;

        with their arrows they pierce them."

 

Psalm 24:15-16  

    Then he spoke this message:

    "The prophecy of Balaam, son of Beor,

        the prophecy of one who sees clearly,

    the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,

        who has knowledge from the Most High,

    who sees a vision from the Almighty,

        who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened: ..." 

 

Numbers 24:23-24  

    Then he spoke his message:

    "Alas! Who can live when God does this?

        Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus;

    they will subdue Ashur and Eber,

        but they too will come to ruin." 

    (see all Numbers 24)

 

Numbers 25:10-13  

    The LORD said to Moses, "Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites. Since he was as zealous for my honor among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal. Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him. He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites."

(see all Numbers 25) 

 

Numbers 27:15-17  

    Moses said to the LORD, "May the LORD, the God who gives breath to all living things, appoint someone over this community to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the LORD's people will not be like sheep without a shepherd."

(see all Numbers 27) 

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - Numbers - Part 3

Numbers 23:3-10  

    Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went off to a barren height. 

    God met with him, and Balaam said, "I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram."

    The LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Go back to Balaam and give him this word."

    So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials. Then Balaam spoke this message:

    "Balak brought me from Aram,

        the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.

    'Come,' he said, 'curse Jacob for me;

        come, denounce Israel.'

    How can I curse

        those whom God has not cursed?

    How can I denounce

        those whom the LORD has not denounced?

    From the rocky peaks I see them, 

        from the heights I view them.

    I see a people who live apart

        and do not consider themselves one of the nations.

    Who can count the dust of Jacob

        or number even a fourth of Israel?

    Let me die the death of the righteous,

        and may my final end be like theirs!"

 

Numbers 23:18-23  

    Then he spoke this message:

    "Arise, Barak, and listen;

        hear me, son of Zippor.

    God is not human, that he should lie,

        not a human being, that he should change his mind.

    Does he speak and then not act?

        Does he promise and not fulfill?

    I have received a command to bless;

        he has blessed, and I cannot change it.

 

    "No misfortune is seen in Jacob.

        no misery observed in Israel.

    The LORD their God is with them;

        the shout of the King is among them.

    God brought them out of Egypt;

        they have the strength of a wild ox.

    There is no divination against Jacob,

        no evil omens against Israel.

    It will now be said of Jacob

        and of Israel, 'See what God has done!' "

 

Numbers 23:27  

    Then Barak said to Balaam, "Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there."

(see all Numbers 23) 

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - Numbers - Part 2

Numbers 15:37-41  

    The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.' "

(see all Numbers 15)

 

Numbers 21:4-5  

    They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!" 

(see all Numbers 21)

 

Numbers 22:9-12  

    God came to Balaam and asked, "Who are these men with you?"

    Balaam said to God, "Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me a message: 'A people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps then I will be able to fight them and drive them away.' "

    But God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed." 

 

Numbers 22:18  

    But Balaam answered them, "Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the LORD my God."

 

Numbers 22:20  

    That night God came to Balaam and said, "Since these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you."

 

Numbers 22:22  

    But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

 

Numbers 22:38  

    "Well, I have come to you now," Balaam replied. "But I can't say whatever I please. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth." 

(see all Numbers 22) 

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - Numbers - Part 1

Numbers 6:5-8

" 'During the entire period of their Nazarite vow, no razor may be used on their head. They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the LORD is over; they must let their hair grow long.

    " 'Throughout the period of their dedication to the LORD, the Nazarite must not go near a dead body. Even if their own father or mother of brother or sister died, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head. Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the LORD.' " 

(see all Numbers 6)

 

Numbers 10:8-10  

    "The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come. When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies. Also at your times of rejoicing--your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts--you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God."

(see all Numbers 10)

 

Numbers 12:9-16  

    The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he left them.

    When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam's skin was leprous--it became as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease, and he said to Moses, "Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed. Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother's womb with its flesh half eaten away."

    So Moses cried out to the LORD, "Please God, heal her!"

    The LORD replied to Moses, "If her father had spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp for seven days; after that she can be brought back." So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on till she was brought back.

    After that, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of Paran.

(see all Numbers 12) 

 

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