© John Stevenson, 2010 Deuteronomy 5-11

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Deuteronomy 5:1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I am speaking today in your hearing, that you may learn them and observe them carefully.”

Deuteronomy 5:1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I am speaking today in your hearing, that you may learn them and observe them carefully.” rm; v'  Shamar

Deuteronomy 5:4-5 The LORD spoke to you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire, 5 while I was standing between the LORD and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the LORD; for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said…

Toward God No other Gods No idols God’s name is to be holy The Sabbath Respect for parents No murder No adultery No stealing No false witness No coveting Toward Men

All of these Laws… Are Perfect Are Spiritual –While some of them resemble laws of society, they far surpass those laws in their intent (see what Jesus had to say about the Law in His Sermon on the Mount).

All of these Laws… Are Perfect Are Spiritual Have a corresponding corollary –When a duty is commanded, there is a contrary sin which is forbidden; when a sin is forbidden, there is a contrary duty which is being commanded.

All of these Laws… Are Perfect Are Spiritual Have a corresponding corollary Are not merely a moral code; they are also covenantal stipulations –They contain cursing and blessing formulas interspersed throughout the commands.

Deuteronomy 5:7 You shall have no other gods before Me. Does this command acknowledge the existence of other gods?

This command forbids… Atheism Idolatry Materialism Spiritual carelessness Deuteronomy 5:7 You shall have no other gods before Me. Selfishness Pride Unbelief

Is a form of spiritual adultery (Jeremiah 3:8-10)Is a form of spiritual adultery (Jeremiah 3:8-10) Is the natural outgrowth of rebellion against God (Romans 1:212-23)Is the natural outgrowth of rebellion against God (Romans 1:212-23) Deuteronomy 5:8 You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

Deuteronomy 5:9-10 You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, 10 but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

The using of the Lord’s name in a vulgar or common way. The taking of God’s name in a light or jesting way. Insincere prayer. The violation of our oaths and vows.

Deuteronomy 5:12-14 Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work…

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy. Deuteronomy 5:15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the LORD your God gives you.

The last five of the commandments are joined together with the waw conjunctive (“and”). No murder! And no adultery! And no stealing! And no bearing of false witness! And no coveting…

No murder! And no adultery! And no stealing! And no bearing of false witness! And no coveting…

Deuteronomy 5:21 You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 5:22 These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

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Deuteronomy 6:1 Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it…

Deuteronomy 6:2 …so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! laer"f.yI [m;v.  Shema Israel!

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! dx'a, hw"hy> Wnyhel{a/ hw"hy> Adonai Eluhenu, Adonai echad

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! And I will bring the third part through the fire, refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, “They are My people,” And they will say, “The LORD is my God.” (Zechariah 13:9).

Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. “This is the great and foremost commandment” (Matthew 22:38).

Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. But whoever has the world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? (1 John 3:17).

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Deuteronomy 6:8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

Deuteronomy 6:9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 6:10-11 Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build, 11 and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied…

Deuteronomy 6:12 …then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 6:13 You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

Deuteronomy 6:14-15 You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you, 15 for the LORD your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

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Deuteronomy 7:1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you…

Deuteronomy 7:2 …and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them. ~yrIx]T; ~rEx]h; ~r; x'  From the root word “Devoted” (charam)

Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons. 4 For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you and He will quickly destroy you.

Deuteronomy 7:5 But thus you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars, and smash their sacred pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

Deuteronomy 7:6 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:7-8 The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:9-10 Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments; 10 but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face.

Deuteronomy 7:11 Therefore, you shall keep the commandment and the statutes and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them.

Land was sworn to forefathers; obey the Lord today (8:1). Lessons in the wilderness (8:2-6). You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. (Deuteronomy 8:2).

Land was sworn to forefathers; obey the Lord today (8:1). Lessons in the wilderness (8:2-6). The land before you is good (8:7-9). You will eat and be satisfied (8:10). Do not forget the Lord (8:11). You will eat and be satisfied (8:12). The land before you is good (8:12-14). Lessons in the wilderness (8:15-17). God swore to your fathers; remember the Lord today (8:18).

Deuteronomy 8:3 He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.

Israel Led into the wilderness Jesus 40 years40 days God let them be hungry, but then fed them with manna God let Him be hungry, but then the angels came and ministered to Him Worshiped idolsRefused Satan’s temptation

Jesus is the better Israel who obeyed God and who died so that we can enter the promised land.

No other gods before Me Chapter 6 Exclusive worship of the Lord No idols Chapter 7 Warning against the idols of the Canaanites Do not take the Lord’s name in vain Chapter 8 Beware lest you forget the Lord Remember the Sabbath Chapter 9 Remember what God did for you in the wilderness

Deuteronomy 9:1-2 Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities fortified to heaven, 2 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”

Deuteronomy 9:3 Know therefore today that it is the LORD your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the LORD has spoken to you.

Deuteronomy 9:4 Do not say in your heart when the LORD your God has driven them out before you, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land,” but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dis- possessing them before you.

And because of the oath God swore Not because of Israel’s righteousness But because of the Canaanites’ sinfulness

Israel’s past history of rebellion The Lord gave the tablets of the covenantThe Lord gave the tablets of the covenant The Israelites made a golden calfThe Israelites made a golden calf Moses interceded for Israel and for AaronMoses interceded for Israel and for Aaron The Israelites rebelled on other occasionsThe Israelites rebelled on other occasions Moses interceded for the peopleMoses interceded for the people God gave two replacement tabletsGod gave two replacement tablets

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the LORD’S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?

Deuteronomy 10:14-15 Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it. 15 Yet on your fathers did the LORD set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day. ~yIm'V'h; ymev.W ~yIm;V'h;

Deuteronomy 10:14-15 Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it. 15 Yet on your fathers did the LORD set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day. [r'z <  Zera (“seed”)

Deuteronomy 10:16 So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer.

Deuteronomy 10:16 So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer. Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live (Deuteronomy 30:6).

Deuteronomy 10:17 For the LORD your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe.

Deuteronomy 10:18-19 He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing. 19 So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 11:8 You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it…

Deuteronomy 11:9 …so that you may prolong your days on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it with your foot like a vegetable garden.

Deuteronomy 11:11-12 But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven, 12 a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 11:13-14 It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul, 14 that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil.

Deuteronomy 11:16-17 Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them. 17 Or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you.

Deuteronomy 11:22-23 For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him, 23 then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.

Deuteronomy 11:24 Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea.

Deuteronomy 11:26-28 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am commanding you today; 28 and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known.

Deuteronomy 11:29 It shall come about, when the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 11:31-32 For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it, 32 and you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the judgments which I am setting before you today.

What was the purpose of the Law? Romans 3:19-20 Romans 7:1-13 Galatians 3: Timothy 1:8-10

In what ways can we apply the land promises of Deuteronomy to the church today?