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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:43 PM Subject: Daily Bible reading For Friday February 20 > Deuteronomy 1-3 (The Message) > > Deuteronomy 1 > 1-2These are the sermons Moses preached to all Israel when they were east > of the Jordan River in > the Arabah Wilderness, opposite Suph, in the vicinity > of Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. It takes eleven days to > travel from Horeb to Kadesh > Barnea following the Mount Seir route. > > 3-4 It was on the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year > when Moses addressed the > People of Israel, telling them everything God had commanded > him concerning them. This came after he had defeated Sihon king of the > Amorites, who ruled from > Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who ruled from Ashtaroth > in Edrei. It was east of the Jordan in the land of Moab that Moses set out > to explain this > Revelation. > > Moses Preaches to Israel on the Plains of Moab > 5 He said: > > 6-8 Back at Horeb, God, our God, spoke to us: "You've stayed long enough > at this mountain. On your > way now. Get moving. Head for the Amorite hills, wherever > people are living in the Arabah, the mountains, the foothills, the Negev, > the seashore-the Canaanite > country and the Lebanon all the way to the big river, > the Euphrates. Look, I've given you this land. Now go in and take it. It's > the land God promised to > give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their > children after them." > > 9-13 At the time I told you, "I can't do this, can't carry you all by > myself. God, your God, has > multiplied your numbers. Why, look at you-you rival the > stars in the sky! And may God, the God-of-Your-Fathers, keep it up and > multiply you another thousand > times, bless you just as he promised. But how can > I carry, all by myself, your troubles and burdens and quarrels? So select > some wise, understanding, > and seasoned men from your tribes, and I will commission > them as your leaders." > > 14 You answered me, "Good! A good solution." > > 15 So I went ahead and took the top men of your tribes, wise and seasoned, > and made them your > leaders-leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and > of tens, officials adequate for each of your tribes. > > 16-17 At the same time I gave orders to your judges: "Listen carefully to > complaints and > accusations between your fellow Israelites. Judge fairly between > each person and his fellow or foreigner. Don't play favorites; treat the > little and the big alike; > listen carefully to each. Don't be impressed by big > names. This is God's judgment you're dealing with. Hard cases you can > bring to me; I'll deal with > them." > > 18 I issued orders to you at that time regarding everything you would have > to deal with. > > 19-21 Then we set out from Horeb and headed for the Amorite hill country, > going through that huge > and frightening wilderness that you've had more than > an eyeful of by now-all under the command of God, our God-and finally > arrived at Kadesh Barnea. > There I told you, "You've made it to the Amorite hill country > that God, our God, is giving us. Look, God, your God, has placed this land > as a gift before you. Go > ahead and take it now. God, the God-of-Your-Fathers, > promised it to you. Don't be afraid. Don't lose heart." > > 22 But then you all came to me and said, "Let's send some men on ahead to > scout out the land for us > and bring back a report on the best route to take and > the kinds of towns we can expect to find." > > 23-25 That seemed like a good idea to me, so I picked twelve men, one from > each tribe. They set > out, climbing through the hills. They came to the Eshcol > Valley and looked it over. They took samples of the produce of the land > and brought them back to us, > saying, "It's a good land that God, our God, is giving > us!" > > 26-28 But then you weren't willing to go up. You rebelled against God, > your God's plain word. You > complained in your tents: "God hates us. He hauled us > out of Egypt in order to dump us among the Amorites-a death sentence for > sure! How can we go up? > We're trapped in a dead end. Our brothers took all the > wind out of our sails, telling us, 'The people are bigger and stronger > than we are; their cities are > huge, their defenses massive-we even saw Anakite giants > there!'" > > 29-33 I tried to relieve your fears: "Don't be terrified of them. God, > your God, is leading the > way; he's fighting for you. You saw with your own eyes > what he did for you in Egypt; you saw what he did in the wilderness, how > God, your God, carried you > as a father carries his child, carried you the whole > way until you arrived here. But now that you're here, you won't trust God, > your God-this same God > who goes ahead of you in your travels to scout out a > place to pitch camp, a fire by night and a cloud by day to show you the > way to go." > > 34-36 When God heard what you said, he exploded in anger. He swore, "Not a > single person of this > evil generation is going to get so much as a look at the > good land that I promised to give to your parents. Not one-except for > Caleb son of Jephunneh. He'll > see it. I'll give him and his descendants the land > he walked on because he was all for following God, heart and soul." > > 37-40 But I also got it. Because of you God's anger spilled over onto me. > He said, "You aren't > getting in either. Your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will > go in. Build up his courage. He's the one who will claim the inheritance > for Israel. And your babies > of whom you said, 'They'll be grabbed for plunder,' > and all these little kids who right now don't even know right from > wrong-they'll get in. I'll give > it to them. Yes, they'll be the new owners. But not > you. Turn around and head back into the wilderness following the route to > the Red Sea." > > 41 You spoke up, "We've sinned against God. We'll go up and fight, > following all the orders that > God, our God, has commanded." You took your weapons and > dressed for battle-you thought it would be so easy going into those hills! > > 42 But God told me, "Tell them, 'Don't do it; don't go up to fight-I'm not > with you in this. Your > enemies will waste you.'" > > 43-46 I told you but you wouldn't listen. You rebelled at the plain word > of God. You threw out your > chests and strutted into the hills. And those Amorites, > who had lived in those hills all their lives, swarmed all over you like a > hive of bees, chasing you > from Seir all the way to Hormah, a stinging defeat. > You came back and wept in the presence of God, but he didn't pay a bit of > attention to you; God > didn't give you the time of day. You stayed there in Kadesh > a long time, about as long as you had stayed there earlier. > > Deuteronomy 2 > 1 Then we turned around and went back into the wilderness following the > route to the Red Sea, as > God had instructed me. We worked our way in and around > the hills of Seir for a long, long time. > > 2-6 Then God said, "You've been going around in circles in these hills > long enough; go north. > Command the people, You're about to cut through the land belonging > to your relatives, the People of Esau who settled in Seir. They are > terrified of you, but restrain > yourselves. Don't try and start a fight. I am not giving > you so much as a square inch of their land. I've already given all the > hill country of Seir to > Esau-he owns it all. Pay them up front for any food or water > you get from them." > > 7 God, your God, has blessed you in everything you have done. He has > guarded you in your travels > through this immense wilderness. For forty years now, > God, your God, has been right here with you. You haven't lacked one thing. > > 8 So we detoured around our brothers, the People of Esau who live in Seir, > avoiding the Arabah Road > that comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber; instead we > used the road through the Wilderness of Moab. > > 9 God told me, "And don't try to pick a fight with the Moabites. I am not > giving you any of their > land. I've given ownership of Ar to the People of Lot." > > 10-12 The Emites (Monsters) used to live there-mobs of hulking giants, > like Anakites. Along with > the Anakites they were lumped in with the Rephaites (Ghosts) > but in Moab they were called Emites. Horites also used to live in Seir, > but the descendants of Esau > took over and destroyed them, the same as Israel did > in the land God gave them to possess. > > 13 God said, "It's time now to cross the Brook Zered." So we crossed the > Brook Zered. > > 14-15 It took us thirty-eight years to get from Kadesh Barnea to the Brook > Zered. That's how long > it took for the entire generation of soldiers from the > camp to die off, as God had sworn they would. God was relentless against > them until the last one was > gone from the camp. > > 16-23 When the last of these soldiers had died, God said to me, "This is > the day you cut across the > territory of Moab, at Ar. When you approach the People > of Ammon, don't try and pick a fight with them because I'm not giving you > any of the land of the > People of Ammon for yourselves-I've already given it to > the People of Lot." It is also considered to have once been the land of > the Rephaites. Rephaites > lived there long ago-the Ammonites called them Zamzummites > (Barbarians)-huge mobs of them, giants like the Anakites. God destroyed > them and the Ammonites moved > in and took over. It was the same with the People > of Esau who live in Seir-God got rid of the Horites who lived there > earlier and they moved in and > took over, as you can see. Regarding the Avvites who > lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorites who came from Caphtor > (Crete) wiped them out and > moved in. > > 24-25 "On your feet now. Get started. Cross the Brook Arnon. Look: Here's > Sihon the Amorite king of > Heshbon and his land. I'm handing it over to you-it's > all yours. Go ahead, take it. Go to war with him. Before the day is out, > I'll make sure that all the > people around here are thoroughly terrified. Rumors > of you are going to spread like wildfire; they'll totally panic." > > 26-28 From the Wilderness of Kedemoth, I sent messengers to Sihon, king of > Heshbon. They carried a > friendly message: "Let me cross through your land on > the highway. I'll stay right on the highway; I won't trespass right or > left. I'll pay you for any > food or water we might need. Let me walk through. > > 29 "The People of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar > did this, helping me on my > way until I can cross the Jordan and enter the land > that God, our God, is giving us." > > 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon wouldn't let us cross his land. God, your > God, turned his spirit mean > and his heart hard so he could hand him over to you, > as you can see that he has done. > > 31 Then God said to me, "Look, I've got the ball rolling-Sihon and his > land are soon yours. Go > ahead. Take it. It's practically yours!" > > 32-36 So Sihon and his entire army confronted us in battle at Jahaz. God > handed him, his sons, and > his entire army over to us and we utterly crushed them. > While we were at it we captured all his towns and totally destroyed them, > a holy destruction-men, > women, and children. No survivors. We took the livestock > and the plunder from the towns we had captured and carried them off for > ourselves. From Aroer on the > edge of the Brook Arnon and the town in the gorge, > as far as Gilead, not a single town proved too much for us; God, our God, > gave every last one of > them to us. > > 37 The only land you didn't take, obeying God's command, was the land of > the People of Ammon, the > land along the Jabbok and around the cities in the hills. > > Deuteronomy 3 > 1 Then we turned north and took the road to Bashan. Og king of Bashan, he > and all his people, came > out to meet us in battle at Edrei. > > 2 God said to me, "Don't be afraid of him; I'm turning him over to you, > along with his whole army > and his land. Treat him the way you treated Sihon king > of the Amorites who ruled from Heshbon." 3-7 So God, our God, also handed > Og king of Bashan over to > us-Og and all his people-and we utterly crushed them. > Again, no survivors. At the same time we took all his cities. There wasn't > one of the sixty cities > that we didn't take-the whole region of Argob, Og's > kingdom in Bashan. All these cities were fortress cities with high walls > and barred gates. There > were also numerous unwalled villages. We totally destroyed > them-a holy destruction. It was the same treatment we gave to Sihon king > of Heshbon, a holy > destruction of every city, man, woman, and child. But all the > livestock and plunder from the cities we took for ourselves. > > 8-10 Throughout that time we took the land from under the control of the > two kings of the Amorites > who ruled the country east of the Jordan, all the way > from the Brook Arnon to Mount Hermon. (Sirion is the name given Hermon by > the Sidonians; the > Amorites call it Senir.) We took all the towns of the plateau, > everything in Gilead, everything in Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, > the border towns of Bashan, > Og's kingdom. > > 11 Og king of Bashan was the last remaining Rephaite. His bed, made of > iron, was over thirteen feet > long and six wide. You can still see it on display > in Rabbah of the People of Ammon. > > 12 Of the land that we possessed at that time, I gave the Reubenites and > the Gadites the territory > north of Aroer along the Brook Arnon and half the hill > country of Gilead with its towns. > > 13 I gave the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, > Og's kingdom-all the > region of Argob, which takes in all of Bashan. This used > to be known as the Land of the Rephaites. > > 14 Jair, a son of Manasseh, got the region of Argob to the borders of the > Geshurites and > Maacathites. He named the Bashan villages after himself, Havvoth > Jair (Jair's Tent-Villages). They're still called that. > > 15 I gave Gilead to Makir. > > 16-17 I gave the Reubenites and Gadites the land from Gilead down to the > Brook Arnon, whose middle > was the boundary, and as far as the Jabbok River, the > boundary line of the People of Ammon. The western boundary was the Jordan > River in the Arabah all > the way from the Kinnereth (the Sea of Galilee) to the > Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea or Dead Sea) at the base of the slopes of > Mount Pisgah on the east. > > 18-20 I commanded you at that time, "God, your God, has given you this > land to possess. Your men, > fit and armed for the fight, are to cross the river in > advance of their brothers, the People of Israel. Only your wives, > children, and livestock (I know > you have much livestock) may go ahead and settle down > in the towns I have already given you until God secures living space for > your brothers as he has for > you and they have taken possession of the country > west of the Jordan that God, your God, is giving them. After that, each > man may return to the land > I've given you here." > > 21-22 I commanded Joshua at that time, "You've seen with your own two eyes > everything God, your God, > has done to these two kings. God is going to do the > same thing to all the kingdoms over there across the river where you're > headed. Don't be afraid of > them. God, your God-he's fighting for you." > > 23-25 At that same time, I begged God: "God, my Master, you let me in on > the beginnings, you let me > see your greatness, you let me see your might-what > god in Heaven or Earth can do anything like what you've done! Please, let > me in also on the endings, > let me cross the river and see the good land over > the Jordan, the lush hills, the Lebanon mountains." > > 26-27 But God was still angry with me because of you. He wouldn't listen. > He said, "Enough of that. > Not another word from you on this. Climb to the top > of Mount Pisgah and look around: look west, north, south, east. Take in > the land with your own eyes. > Take a good look because you're not going to cross > this Jordan. > > 28 "Then command Joshua: Give him courage. Give him strength. > Single-handed he will lead this > people across the river. Single-handed he'll cause them to > inherit the land at which you can only look." > > 29 That's why we have stayed in this valley near Beth Peor. > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
