Week 62, Day 3: The Warning

Today’s Reading:  Deut 27:1-26

Some thoughts from today’s reading…

Israel is warned to make sure to keep all the commands of God.  We are told that Moses and the elders charged Israel to do this.  We will see later that as long as Joshua and these elders lived, Israel remained true to God.  But after these leaders died Israel began to be unfaithful. 

We have a listing here of a series of things the Levites were to proclaim a man cursed for doing and the people would all reply “Amen”.  Amen meaning let it be so or I agree.  The people affirmed that they agreed with all of these things.  As is often the case, sin is a progression.  Israel did not start out overnight doing these kind of things but rather it crept in.  We need to see from such things that sin starts out with “small” things.  It always progresses to include more sin unless it is checked.  Let us be sure to make sure that we are strengthening our dedication to keeping God’s commands and honoring Him in our lives.

Question:  What would it say about a people who did the kind of things mentioned by the Levites (cursed is the man who…)?

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