“…and it is told to you, or you hear about it; then you are to investigate the matter diligently. If it is true, if it is confirmed that such detestable things are being done in Israel; then you are to bring the man or woman who has done this wicked thing to your city gates, […]

“If there is found among you, within any of your gates [in any city] that Adonai your God gives you, a man or woman who does what Adonai your God sees as wicked, transgressing his covenant by going and serving other gods and worshipping them, the sun, the moon, or anything in the sky — something […]

Today we begin Deuteronomy Chapter 17. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. Before we dive into the content of Deuteronomy Chapter 17, let me remind you of the backdrop of what’s going on here. Deuteronomy Chapters 17-21 deals specifically with the guidelines established for the magistrates and […]

“Likewise, do not set up a standing-stone; Adonai your God hates such things.”-Deuteronomy 16:22 In my last post, we just got done talking about how the Lord prohibits planting any sort of tree as a sacred pole or erecting a standing-stone beside the altar of HASHEM. Now some of you may have been wondering… …what […]

“You are not to plant any sort of tree as a sacred pole beside the altar of Adonai your God that you will make for yourselves.”-Deuteronomy 16:21  From verse 21, the Lord calls out those unacceptable religious practices that although universally practiced, Israel is to avoid.   In fact, the government authorities themselves are to be […]