Come Follow Me Reading: Deuteronomy 19-28

Come Follow Me Reading: Deuteronomy 19-28

Deuteronomy 19: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/19?lang=eng

Cities of refuge are appointed for cases of manslaughter—Murderers will be put to death—Two or three witnesses are required in court cases—False witnesses will be punished.

Vs 5-6, 10, 11-12 Sanctuary cities were to protect the innocent, not the guilty.

Vs 16-20 If someone gives a false witness, serious inquisitions should be made by those in judgment to establish an honest, fair, and true outcome. The guilty party should pay the reparations.

Deuteronomy 20: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/20?lang=eng

Laws are revealed for selecting soldiers and making war.

Vs 1-4 If we are righteous, we have no reason to fear our enemies. The Lord will be with us and fight our battles for us.

Deuteronomy 21: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/21?lang=eng

How amends are made for murders by unknown persons—Equity is required in dealing with wives and children—Stubborn and rebellious sons will be put to death.

Vs16-17 Joseph gained the blessing of the firstborn and was given a double inheritance in Manasseh and Ephraim.

Deuteronomy 22: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/22?lang=eng

Moses sets forth laws pertaining to lost property, wearing of proper clothes, caring for interests of others, marrying virgins, and sexual immorality.

Give back things to others who have lost them.

Deuteronomy 23: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/23?lang=eng

Moses specifies those who may and may not enter the congregation—He sets forth laws concerning sanitation, servants, usury, and vows.

Deuteronomy 24: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/24?lang=eng

Laws are given concerning divorce, newly married persons, making merchandise of men, taking pledges, leprosy, oppression of servants, and leaving gleanings of crops.

Vs 5: A new husband can stay at home with his wife for a year. Not to go to war, or away on business.

Deuteronomy 25: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/25?lang=eng

Judges prescribe punishment for the wicked—The marriage law provides for a brother’s widow—Just weights and measures are required—Israel is commanded to blot out the Amalekites from under heaven.

Vs 3: Jesus was beaten with 39 stripes, so that they could consider that his punishment was not complete. Are we ever so evil that we want someone to suffer more than is just?

Vs 13-15: Deal fairly with everyone.

Deuteronomy 26: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/26?lang=eng

The children of Israel are to offer to the Lord a basket of the firstfruits of Canaan—They are commanded to keep the law of tithing—They covenant to keep the commandments, and the Lord promises to make them a holy people and a great nation.

Vs 16-19: Remember the captivity and delivery of your fathers (and yourself). Bind yourself to the Lord and keep your covenants.

Deuteronomy 27: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/27?lang=eng

The children of Israel are to cross the Jordan, build an altar, and worship the Lord—They are the Lord’s people but will be cursed if they do not obey Him.

Vs 1: Keep all the commancments which I command you this day. 

Vs 2-3: The Israelites were to display the commandments in the land they were given. Are the commandments clearly visible in our homes? Are they written on our hearts.

A reminder of cursing is listed for those who break the commandments.

Deuteronomy 28: https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/deut/28?lang=eng

If the children of Israel are obedient, they will be blessed temporally and spiritually—If they are disobedient, they will be cursed, smitten, and destroyed; diseases, plagues, and oppression will come upon them; they will serve false gods and become a byword among all nations; fierce nations will enslave them; and they will eat their own children and be scattered among all nations.

Vs 1-13 We will be blessed in every possible way if we keep the commandments and love and worship the Lord.

Many cursings are also listed if we forget the Lord and abandon the commandments and break our covenants. 

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