Psalia.Law & beginnings / About this book
Before Israel enters the land, Moses retells the journey and calls the people to remember. Love for God takes concrete form in justice, worship and care for vulnerable neighbors. The closing chapters place blessing, responsibility and the future before the community.
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These books bring together narrative, covenant, and instruction. Notice when the writing moves from telling an event to giving a command, and ask who is being addressed. A law within a particular covenant setting deserves more attention than an isolated sentence can give it.
When you read a story, trace the people and the consequences of their choices. When you read instruction, look for the relationships and responsibilities it shapes. Let the book’s different forms help you decide what kind of question to ask.
Use the outline to see the larger movement before settling into a chapter. Each section opens at its first chapter in the reader.
1These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suf, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.
3In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them,
4after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
5Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
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Which instruction turns remembering God’s care into care for someone else?
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