Stipulations of the Covenant (chapters 4 – 26) Moral Law (4:44 – 11:32) Ceremonial Law (12:1 – 16:17) Civil Law (16:18 – 26:19)

Section C - Civil Law The Importance of Justice (ch 16: ) Forbidden forms of Worship (ch 16:21 – 17:7) Laws regarding priests, judges, kings(ch. 17) Provision for Priests and Levities (ch. 18) What to Avoid(ch. 18:9 – 14) A New Prophet like Moses (ch. 18:15 -22) Cities of Refuge, Boundaries, Witnesses (ch 19) Warfare Laws (ch. 20)

Section C - Civil Law Atonement for Unsolved Murders (ch 21:1 -9) Wives, Firstborn Sons, Rebellious Kids (ch 21) A Cursed Man Is Hanged on a Tree (ch 21: ) Various Laws (ch. 22) Unclean and Excluded (ch. 23) Divorce, Miscellaneous, and Marriage Laws (ch. 24 – 25) Firstfruits and Tithes (ch. 26)

Miscellaneous Laws (24:5 – 25:4) When you go to collect on a loan follow these instructions (v. 10 – 13) – Don’t go into his house to collect – Wait for him to come to you to repay – And if the man is poor and he offer you his “cloak” as a form of collateral, then you are to make sure that it is returned to him before the sun goes down. Why? To protect the integrity and dignity of someone who has to borrow money.

Miscellaneous Laws (24:5 – 25:4) Don’t exploit people who are poor (v. 14) You pay the man his due wage on the day he works otherwise you are guilty of sin (v. 15) Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children (v. 16) Children shall not be put to death because of their fathers. (v. 16) Each one shall be put to death for his own sin (v. 16)

Miscellaneous Laws (24:5 – 25:4) We don’t pervert justice among the alien, the fatherless, or the widow. (v. 17, ) Why? Because you were a “slave” in Egypt and God rescued you from that captivity (v 18, 22) Practical ways to support the “needy” are given Unripe or overlooked grain, olives, and grapes were to be left behind to show compassion for those who were allowed to glean for food. Care for the poor required the poor to work This promoted dignity and respect!

If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense. Forty stripes may be given to him, but no more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight. (Deuteronomy 25:1 – 3)

Then he had Jesus scourged and delivered him to be crucified

Helping Your Brother Out (25:5 – 10) Bloodlines were everything in Israelite culture. So to preserve the family lines guidelines where put into place to aid women whose husbands die If a man dies and he left no son/no heir then the wife would be cared for by her brother-in- law. They would seek to have a male child together who would bear the name of the deceased brother

Helping Your Brother Out (25:5 – 10) Now what happens if the brother-in-law does want his sister-in-law to come and live with him and have sex with her? She shall go up to the “elder gate” and explain the dilemma, then the elders would then go and have a sit down with the brother-in-law If he still doesn’t want to perform his “duty” then she will pull his sandal off his foot and “spit” in his face. And his home will now be “disgraced”

Measuring Weights (25: ) You will not have “two kinds” of WEIGHTS in your bag You will not have two kinds of MEASURES in your house A full and fair weight/measure so that you will be BLESSED with long days in the land To act DISHONESTLY is an abomination to the LORD your God!

Remember Amalek (25:17 -19) Amalekites were descendants of Esau who lived south and east of the Salt Sea The Lord’s judgment is against Amalek because of their attack of Israel at Rephidim during the exodus. As Israel is about to enter the Promised Land, the Lord reminds them of this obligation

When You Come Into the Land… When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it. These words recur repeatedly. The ritual of firstfruits reminded the individual worshiper that the Promised Land is God’s gracious gift and is to be received with joyful thanksgiving.

Offerings of Firstfruits (v ) Take some of the first fruit of all the fruit of the ground and put it in a basket You go to the place that LORD has chosen and present the offering to the priest The priest will set the offering before the altar of the LORD Then the worker would recite the HISTORY of Israel and worship the LORD (v. 5 – 11)

Offerings of Firstfruits (v ) This brief recital of Israelite history is similar to a creed or liturgy. As the Israelites offer the firstfruits of the land, they remember their ancestors, who had been landless and suffered countless hardships in Egypt before the LORD finally delivered them. The worshiper’s concluding words, addressed directly to the LORD, confess that this firstfruit offering is a gift from HIM.

Offerings of Tithes (26: ) The LORD commanded both an annual tithe and a third year tithe (14:22 – 29) The third year was the year of TITHING which was distributed amongst the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow for the purpose of food distribution Israelites were required to verify to the LORD that they had paid their third-year tithe by speaking prescribed words.

Offerings of Tithe (26: ) They were to confess that they had not TRANSGRESSED (26:13) The declaration closes with a prayer for blessing on the people and the land. Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. (v. 15)

This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statues and rules. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have declared today that the LORD is your God, and that will walk in his ways, and keep his statues and his commandments and his rules, and will obey his voice. And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession…and he will set you in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations… (Deuteronomy 26:16 – 19)

Outline of Deuteronomy History of the Covenant (1:1 – 4:43) Stipulations of the Covenant (4:44 – 26:19) – Moral Law (4:44 – 11:32) – Ceremonial Law (12:1 – 16:17) – Civil Law (16:18 – 26:19) Ratification of the Covenant (27:1 – 30:20) Leadership Succession Under the Covenant (31:1 – 34:20)

The Altar of Mount Ebel ELDERS = since Moses would be crossing the Jordan, the elders, along with Joshua, would be responsible for spiritual leadership in the future When the Israelites crossed over into the Promise Land they were to set up large stones covered in plaster. These stones were to be written upon with the words of the LAW

Mount Ebal North Shechem, opposite Mount Gerizim Site of an altar built to the LORD upon entering the promise land

Curses From Mount Ebal Verses 15 – 26 outline 11 curses spoken to all of Israel These specific curses are tied to sins largely forbidden in the 10 commandments In verse 26 we see that a general curse falls upon all who “don’t keep the law” All the people and the end of the pronouncement said “AMEN” which served as not only an affirmation, but a way of saying we will comply. See Galatians 3: