Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Reading #3 - Deuteronomy 4:41–49
My Thoughts:
We read in verse 45, “These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt.” The Israelites were going to be a “physical” nation. They were going into the Land and they were to occupy it. As a nation there had to be laws and rules. This was done obviously for peace and order. And that is what the Law does in our lives today. It gives us peace and order, instead of confusion and fear. It is guaranteed. Hashem’s Word is alive. The Torah is Life. If we follow Him our lives will be filled with righteous plans and success. This is a blessing.
Challenge:
Hashem takes care of everyone. Even those who are falsely accused of a crime (the man slayer). He cares so much he provided cities of “safety” for those people in trouble. It makes me think that when we get in trouble and are falsely accused for something we didn’t do -- that we need not worry. He can take us to a “place” of peace and safety. If that is you today, then ask Him to bring you to that place. It may be a spiritual or emotional “place” -- but it will be somewhere where you can live with joy. The challenge is to seek Him with your whole heart and soul, today. Praise Him from whom all blessings flow.
Reading #3 - Deuteronomy 4:41–49
4:41 Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, 42 that the man slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally and didn’t hate him in time past, and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live: 43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
44 This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt, 46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise; 48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (also called Hermon), 49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
