“When you are about to go into battle, the cohen is to come forward and address the people.  He should tell them, ‘Listen, Israel! You are about to do battle against your enemies. Don’t be fainthearted or afraid; don’t be alarmed or frightened by them.”-Deuteronomy 20:2-3 We’re now in the midst of discussing holy war […]

Today we begin Deuteronomy Chapter 20. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. “When you go out to fight your enemies and see horses, chariots and a force larger than yours, you are not to be afraid of them; because Adonai your God, who brought you up from […]

“Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”-Deuteronomy 19:21 Deuteronomy Chapter 19 concludes with a principle that Yeshua spoke often about and a formulation that has baffled gentile believers for centuries. I’m talking about the “Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth” principle that scholars refer […]

“One witness alone will not be sufficient to convict a person of any offense or sin of any kind; the matter will be established only if there are two or three witnesses testifying against him.  If a malicious witness comes forward and gives false testimony against someone, then both the men involved in the controversy […]

“You are not to move your neighbor’s boundary marker from the place where people put it long ago, in the inheritance soon to be yours in the land Adonai your God is giving you to possess.”-Deuteronomy 19:14 After spending quite a bit of time discussing the GOEL (Blood Avenger) and the six cities of refuge, […]