“But I am not making this covenant and this oath only with you.  Rather, I am making it both with him who is standing here with us today before Adonai our God and also with him who is not here with us today.”-Deuteronomy 29:14-15 The Lord declares something quite interesting and profound in Deuteronomy verses […]

Throughout the narrative of Deuteronomy 29 (actually throughout the whole Book of Deuteronomy), the Lord makes it crystal clear to His people that ONLY Canaan was the land He promised to Israel. This land wasn’t some random territory the Israelites just happened to chance upon during their wanderings. The land of Canaan has always been […]

“Today you are standing, all of you, before Adonai your God — your heads, your tribes, your leaders and your officers — all the men of Israel, along with your little ones, your wives and your foreigners here with you in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws […]

“You didn’t eat bread, and you didn’t drink wine or other intoxicating liquor; this was so that you would know that ‘I am Adonai your God.’”-Deuteronomy 29:5 Verse 5 tells us that while dwelling in the Wilderness, the Israelites did not eat bread nor drink wine or intoxicating liquor (strong drinks). And what’s the reason? […]

“Nevertheless, to this day Adonai has not given you a heart to understand, eyes to see or ears to hear!”-Deuteronomy 29:3 Today I want to share an interesting quote from a very highly acclaimed Torah scholar named Jeffrey Howard Tigay.  He is a modern biblical scholar best known for the study of Deuteronomy and for his […]