Deuteronomy 32-34
An Overview of Chapter 32
This chapter contains the song that God told Moses to teach the people so they will know how to return to Him after they start following other Gods. The form of the song is this:
Asking that the teaching will be heard,
Proclaiming the Lord as the Rock,
The people have acted corruptly,
Is that how they repay God,
Remember what your parents taught you,
God cared for Jacob and gave him everything,
But, Israel (Jeshurun) got fat and forsook God,
They made God jealous, they neglected the Rock,
The Lord saw this and rejected them,
The Lord was jealous and angry,
The Lord will make them jealous and angry,
He will heap misfortunes on them,
He will not completely destroy them so that other nations will think they did it,
The problem with Israel is a lack of counsel and understanding,
Vengeance is God’s,
God will prove their is no other God’s and that He brings life and death,
Moses instructs the people to take this song to heart and to teach it to their children. Then God tells Moses that it is time to go to the mountain and die, and reminds him that it was his lack of faith that caused this.
An Overview of Chapter 33
Before Moses leaves for the mountain to die he blesses each of the tribes of Israel.
Reuben - life and many men.
Judah - God will be their help against adversaries.
Levi - the Lord will accept their work.
Benjamin - security will come from Him.
Joseph - his land will be blessed and he will get choice things.
Zebulun and Issachar - great fishermen.
Gad - he will execute the justice of the Lord.
Dan - a lion’s whelp.
Naphtali - given possession of the sea and the south.
Asher - favored by his brothers and walk through life leisurely.
An Overview of Chapter 34
Moses did as instructed and climbed the mountain and saw all the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses was still a strong man with a sparkle in his eye when God killed him. God buried Moses at an unknown location. No one like Moses has existed since who knew God face to face. Now Joshua was filled with the spirit of wisdom and the people followed him.
Reflection
What would you teach your children so that in the days they go astray from the Lord they will remember it and repent? Do you take the time to bless you children? Are you willing to follow God until the very end, even if you don’t get to fulfill your dreams?
For Further Study
Blessing: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 27:30-38, Genesis 48, Proverbs 10:22, Proverbs 11:11, Proverbs 24:25, Matthew 5:1-11, Matthew 10:13, Matthew 26:26, Luke 24:51, Romans 4:1-7, Romans 12:14, 1Corinthians 4:12, 1Corinthians 14:15-16, Galatians 3:9, Galatians 3:14, Ephesians 1:3, James 1:12, James 1:25, Revelation 22:7.
CONGRATULATIONS YOU FINISHED DEUTERONOMY
CONGRATULATIONS YOU FINISHED THE PENTATEUCH
This chapter contains the song that God told Moses to teach the people so they will know how to return to Him after they start following other Gods. The form of the song is this:
Asking that the teaching will be heard,
Proclaiming the Lord as the Rock,
The people have acted corruptly,
Is that how they repay God,
Remember what your parents taught you,
God cared for Jacob and gave him everything,
But, Israel (Jeshurun) got fat and forsook God,
They made God jealous, they neglected the Rock,
The Lord saw this and rejected them,
The Lord was jealous and angry,
The Lord will make them jealous and angry,
He will heap misfortunes on them,
He will not completely destroy them so that other nations will think they did it,
The problem with Israel is a lack of counsel and understanding,
Vengeance is God’s,
God will prove their is no other God’s and that He brings life and death,
Moses instructs the people to take this song to heart and to teach it to their children. Then God tells Moses that it is time to go to the mountain and die, and reminds him that it was his lack of faith that caused this.
An Overview of Chapter 33
Before Moses leaves for the mountain to die he blesses each of the tribes of Israel.
Reuben - life and many men.
Judah - God will be their help against adversaries.
Levi - the Lord will accept their work.
Benjamin - security will come from Him.
Joseph - his land will be blessed and he will get choice things.
Zebulun and Issachar - great fishermen.
Gad - he will execute the justice of the Lord.
Dan - a lion’s whelp.
Naphtali - given possession of the sea and the south.
Asher - favored by his brothers and walk through life leisurely.
An Overview of Chapter 34
Moses did as instructed and climbed the mountain and saw all the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses was still a strong man with a sparkle in his eye when God killed him. God buried Moses at an unknown location. No one like Moses has existed since who knew God face to face. Now Joshua was filled with the spirit of wisdom and the people followed him.
Reflection
What would you teach your children so that in the days they go astray from the Lord they will remember it and repent? Do you take the time to bless you children? Are you willing to follow God until the very end, even if you don’t get to fulfill your dreams?
For Further Study
Blessing: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 27:30-38, Genesis 48, Proverbs 10:22, Proverbs 11:11, Proverbs 24:25, Matthew 5:1-11, Matthew 10:13, Matthew 26:26, Luke 24:51, Romans 4:1-7, Romans 12:14, 1Corinthians 4:12, 1Corinthians 14:15-16, Galatians 3:9, Galatians 3:14, Ephesians 1:3, James 1:12, James 1:25, Revelation 22:7.
posted by Shaun Sells | 9:50 AM
1 Comments:
Probably in this sense, however, it was typical for a father to bless his family in this way and by giving his blessing to the firstborn he was transferring his rule over his family (remember Jacob and Esau).
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