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Day 76, 17 Mar 2022



1) Detueronomy 26-29:1



DEUTERONOMY 26



First Fruits and Tithes



1 And it must be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God

is giving you for an inheritance, and you possess it, and dwell in it,

2 (Ex 23:19; 23:16) that you shall take from the first of all the produce

of the ground which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God

is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord

your God chooses to make His name abide.

3 You shall go to the priest in office at that time and say to him,

"I profess this day to the Lord your God that I have come into the land

which the Lord promised to our fathers to give us."

4 The priest will take the basket out of your hand and set it down

before the altar of the Lord your God.

5 (Ge 43:1-2; 46:27) Then you must answer and say before the Lord your God,

"A wandering ArameanRebekah, Jacob’s mother, was an Aramean.

was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with

only a few in number, but there he became a great, mighty,

and populous nation.

6 (Ex 1:11; 1:14) However, the Egyptians mistreated

and afflicted us, and laid upon us harsh labor.

7 (Ex 3:9) And when we cried to the Lord God of our fathers,

the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction,

our labor, and our oppression.

8 (Dt 4:34; Ex 12:37; 12:51) And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt

with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror,

and with signs and wonders.

9 (Ex 3:8) Then He brought us into this place, and has given us this land,

a land that flows with milk and honey.

10 Now, indeed, I have brought the first fruits of the land, which you,

O Lord, have given me." Then you must set it before the Lord your God

and worship before the Lord your God.

11 (Dt 12:7; 16:11) You must rejoice in every good thing which the Lord

your God has given to you and your house, you, and the Levite,

as well as the foreigner who is among you.

12 (Lev 27:30; Nu 18:24) When you have finished tithing all the tithes

of your income the third year, which is the year of tithing,

and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow,

that they may eat within your towns and be satisfied,

13 (Ps 119:141; 119:153) then you shall say before the Lord your God,

"I have removed the sacred things out of my house and also have

given them to the Levite, and to the foreigner, to the orphan,

and to the widow, according to all Your commandments

which You have commanded me. I have not transgressed

Your commandments or forgotten them.

14 (Lev 7:20; 21:1) I have not eaten anything when in mourning,

nor have I removed anything while unclean, nor offered anything to the dead.

I have listened to the voice of the Lord my God and have done according

to all that You have commanded me.

15 (Isa 63:15; Zec 2:13) Look down from Your holy habitation,

from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which

You have given us, as You swore to our fathers,

a land flowing with milk and honey."



An Exhortation to Obey



16 Today the Lord your God has commanded you to do these statutes

and judgments. You must therefore keep and do them with all your

heart and with all your soul.

17 (Ex 24:7) You have affirmed today that the Lord is your God

and vowed to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes,

and His commandments, and His judgments, and to listen to His voice.

18 (Dt 7:6; 14:2) And the Lord has affirmed today that you are His special

people, just as He has promised you, and that you should keep

all His commandments.

19 (Dt 7:6; 28:1) He will exalt you above all nations which He has made,

in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people

to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.



Deuteronomy 26

[1] And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy

God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;

[2] That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which

thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt

put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall

choose to place his name there.

[3] And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say

unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the

country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.

[4] And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down

before the altar of the LORD thy God.

[5] And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to

perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with

a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

[6] And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us

hard bondage:

[7] And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our

voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

[8] And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with

an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with

wonders:

[9] And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land,

even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

[10] And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which

thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God,

and worship before the LORD thy God:

[11] And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath

given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the

stranger that is among you.

[12] When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase

the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the

Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat

within thy gates, and be filled;

[13] Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the

hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite,

and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all

thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy

commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

[14] I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away

ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but

I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to

all that thou hast commanded me.

[15] Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people

Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our

fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

[16] This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and

judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and

with all thy soul.

[17] Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his

ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and

to hearken unto his voice:

[18] And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as

he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

[19] And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise,

and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the

LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.



DEUTERONOMY 27



The Altar on Mount Ebal



1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying:

Keep all the commandments which I am commanding you today.

2 (Jos 4:1) On the day when you cross over the Jordan into the land

which the Lord your God is giving you, you must set up for yourself

great stones, and cover them with plaster.

3 (Dt 26:9; Jos 8:32) Then you must write all the words of this law on them,

when you cross over, so that you may enter into the land which the Lord

your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey,

just as the Lord God of your fathers promised you.

4 Therefore, when you cross over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones,

which I am commanding you today, on Mount Ebal,

and you shall cover them with plaster.

5 (Ex 20:25) There you must build an altar to the Lord your God,

an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.

6 You must build the altar of the Lord your God with whole stones,

and you must offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.

7 (Dt 12:7) You must offer peace offerings and eat there,

and rejoice before the Lord your God.

8 (Hab 2:2) You must write all the words of this law

very clearly on the stones.

9 Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying:

Be silent and listen, O Israel. Today you have become the people

of the Lord your God.

10 Therefore, you must obey the voice of the Lord your God

and do His commandments and His statutes, which I am commanding you today.

11 Moses commanded the people the same day, saying:

12 (Jdg 9:7) These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people

when you cross over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph,

and Benjamin.

13 And these must stand on Mount Ebal for the curse:

Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14 (Da 9:11) The Levites will answer and say to all the men of Israel

with a loud voice:

15 (Ex 20:4; 34:17) "Cursed is the man who makes any graven or molded image,

an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and

puts it in a secret place" And all the people shall answer and say, "Amen."

16 (Ex 20:12; 21:17) "Cursed is he who disrespects his father or his mother."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

17 (Dt 19:14; Pr 22:28) "Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

18 (Lev 19:14) "Cursed is he who misleads the blind man on the road."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

19 (Dt 10:18; 24:17) "Cursed is he who perverts justice for the foreigner,

orphan, and widow." And all the people shall say, "Amen."

20 (Dt 22:30; Lev 18:8) "Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife,

for he dishonors his father." And all the people shall say, "Amen."

21 (Lev 18:23; Ex 22:19) "Cursed is he who lies with any kind of beast."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

22 (Lev 18:9; 20:17) "Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter

of his father, or the daughter of his mother."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

23 (Lev 20:14; 18:17) "Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."

24 (Lev 24:17; Nu 35:31) "Cursed is he who strikes down

his neighbor secretly." And all the people shall say, "Amen."

25 (Ex 23:7-8; Dt 10:17) "Cursed is he who receives pay to slay

an innocent person." And all the people shall say, "Amen."

26 (Gal 3:10; Ps 119:21) "Cursed is he who does not confirm

all the words of this law by doing them."

And all the people shall say, "Amen."



Deuteronomy 27

[1] And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep

all the commandments which I command you this day.

[2] And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land

which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great

stones, and plaister them with plaister:

[3] And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art

passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God

giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy

fathers hath promised thee.

[4] Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up

these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt

plaister them with plaister.

[5] And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of

stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

[6] Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou

shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:

[7] And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice

before the LORD thy God.

[8] And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very

plainly.

[9] And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying,

Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the

LORD thy God.

[10] Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his

commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

[11] And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

[12] These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are

come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and

Benjamin:

[13] And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher,

and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

[14] And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a

loud voice,

[15] Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an

abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and

putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

[16] Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all

the people shall say, Amen.

[17] Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

[18] Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all

the people shall say, Amen.

[19] Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless,

and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

[20] Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth

his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

[21] Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

[22] Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or

the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

[23] Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

[24] Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people

shall say, Amen.

[25] Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

[26] Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them.

And all the people shall say, Amen.



DEUTERONOMY 28



Blessings for Obedience



1 (Ex 15:26; Lev 26:3-13) Now it will be, if you will diligently

obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all

His commandments which I am commanding you today, t

hen the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

2 (Zec 1:6; Dt 28:15) And all these blessings will come on you and overtake

you if you listen to the voice of the Lord your God.

3 (Ge 39:5) You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

4 (Ge 49:25; Dt 7:13) Your offspring will be blessed, and the produce

of your ground, and the offspring of your livestock, the increase

of your herd and the flocks of your sheep.

5 Your basket and your kneading bowl will be blessed.

6 (Ps 121:8) You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

7 (Lev 26:7-8; Dt 28:25) The Lord will cause your enemies who rise up against

you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and

flee before you seven ways.

8 (Lev 25:21; Dt 15:10) The Lord will command the blessing on you in your

barns and in all that you set your hand to do, and He will bless you in the

land which the Lord your God is giving you.

9 (Ex 19:5-6; Dt 7:6; 13:17) The Lord will establish you as a holy people

to Himself, just as He swore to you, if you will keep the commandments

of the Lord your God and walk in His ways.

10 (2Ch 7:14; Nu 6:27) All people of the earth shall see that you are called

by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.

11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,

in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,

and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord

swore to your fathers to give you.

12 (Lev 26:4; Dt 15:6) The Lord will open up to you His good treasure,

the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all

the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, but you will

not borrow.

13 (Dt 28:1; Isa 9:14-15) The Lord will make you the head and not the tail;

you will only be above and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the

commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today,

to observe and to do them.

14 (Dt 5:32) Also, you shall not turn aside from any of the words which

I am commanding you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after

other gods to serve them.



Warnings Against Disobedience



15 (Mal 2:2; Dt 28:2) But it will happen, if you will not listen to the voice

of the Lord your God, by being careful to do all His commandments and

His statutes which I am commanding you today, that all these curses will

come upon you and overtake you.

16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

17 (Dt 28:5) Your basket and your kneading bowl will be cursed.

18 (Dt 28:4) Your offspring will be cursed along with the fruit of your land,

the produce of your herd, and the flocks of your sheep.

19 (Dt 28:6) You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

20 (Isa 51:20; 66:15) The Lord will send cursing, vexation, and rebuke on you

in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until

you perish quickly because of the wickedness of your doings, by which you

have forsaken Me.

21 (Lev 26:25; Jer 24:10) The Lord will make pestilence cling to you until

it has consumed you from the land, which you are going to possess.

22 (Lev 26:16; Am 4:9) The Lord will strike you with a wasting disease,

with a fever, with an inflammation, with an extreme heat, with the sword,

with blight, and with mildew, and they shall pursue you until you perish.

23 (Lev 26:19) The heavens which are over your head will be bronze,

and the earth that is under you will be iron.

24 (Dt 28:12) The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust.

It will come from heaven down on you until you are destroyed.

25 (Isa 30:17; Eze 23:46) The Lord will cause you to be defeated

before your enemies, and you will go out one way against them

and flee seven ways before them, and will be become an object

of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

26 (Jer 7:33; 16:4) Your carcass will be meat for all the fowls of the air

and beasts of the earth, and no man will frighten them away.

27 (1Sa 5:6; Ex 9:9) The Lord will strike you with the boils of Egypt

and with tumors, eczema, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.

28 The Lord will strike you with madness, and blindness,

and bewilderment of heart.

29 (Job 5:14; Isa 59:10) You will grope at noon, as the blind man gropes

in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways. You will only be

oppressed and continually robbed, and no man will save you.

30 (Am 5:11; Jer 8:10; Job 31:10) You will be engaged to a woman

and another man shall rape her. You will build a house,

but you will not dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard,

but you will not gather its grapes.

31 Your ox will be killed before your eyes, and you will not eat of it.

Your donkey will be violently taken away from before you

and will not be returned to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies,

and you will have no one to rescue them.

32 (Dt 28:41; 2Ch 29:9) Your sons and your daughters will be given to another

people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long,

but there will be nothing you can do.

33 (Jer 5:17) A nation that you do not know will consume the produce

of your land and all your labors, and you will be nothing

but oppressed and crushed all the time.

34 You will go insane because of what your eyes will see.

35 (Dt 28:27) The Lord will strike you in the knees and legs with sore boils

that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

36 (Dt 4:28; 2Ki 25:11) The Lord will bring you and your king, which you

will set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known,

and there you will serve other gods, wood and stone.

37 (Jer 24:9; 1Ki 9:7-8) You will become a horror, a proverb, and an object of

ridicule among all nations where the Lord shall lead you.

38 (Joel 1:4; Mic 6:15) You will carry a lot of seed out into the field

but will gather but little in, for the locust will consume it.

39 You will plant vineyards and dress them, but will neither drink

of the wine nor gather the grapes, for worms will eat them.

40 (Mic 6:15) You will have olive trees throughout all your coasts,

but you will not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olive will drop off.

41 (Dt 28:32; La 1:5) You will give birth to sons and daughters, but you will

not enjoy them, for they will go into captivity.

42 The locust will consume all of your trees and fruit of your land.

43 (Dt 28:13) The foreigner who resides with you will get up higher

and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.

44 (Dt 28:12-13) He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him.

He will be the head, but you will be the tail.

45 (Dt 28:15) Moreover, all of these curses will come on you

and will pursue you and overtake you, until you are destroyed,

because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God,

by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

46 (Isa 8:18; Eze 14:8) They will be a perpetual sign and wonder

in regard to you and your descendants,

47 because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy

and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things.

48 (Jer 28:13-14) Therefore, you will serve your enemies

whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness,

and need of all things, and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck

until He has destroyed you.

49 (La 4:19; Hos 8:1) The Lord will bring a nation against you from

far away, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies,

a nation whose language you will not understand,

50 (Isa 47:6; 2Ch 36:17) a nation with a fierce countenance,

which will not respect the old or show favor to the young.

51 (Dt 28:33; Isa 62:8) They will eat the offspring of your livestock

and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed.

They will leave you no grain, wine, or oil, or the offspring of your herd

or the offspring of your sheep, until they have destroyed you.

52 He will lay siege on you in all your towns until your high

and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout

all your land, and he will lay siege on you in all your towns

throughout all your land which the Lord your God has given you.

53 (La 2:20; Lev 26:29; 2Ki 6:28-29) You will eat the offspring of your

own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which the

Lord your God has given you, during the siege and distress

in which your enemies will persecute you.

54 (Dt 13:6; 15:9) The man who is tender among you, and very delicate,

his eye shall be hostile toward his brother and toward his beloved wife

and toward the rest of his children who remain,

55 so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children

which he will eat, because he has nothing left to him because of the siege

and the distress by which your enemies will persecute you in all your towns.

56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture

to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness

and tenderness, will be hostile toward her beloved husband,

and toward her son and her daughter,

57 and toward her afterbirth that comes out from between her legs,

and toward her children whom she will bear. For she will secretly

eat them because of lack during the siege and distress in which

your enemy will persecute you in your towns.

58 (Isa 42:8) If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law

that are written in this book so that you may fear this glorious

and fearful name, the Lord your God,

59 then the Lord will bring extraordinary plagues on you

and your descendants, even great long-lasting plagues,

and severe and long-lasting sicknesses.

60 (Dt 7:15) Moreover, He will bring all the diseases of Egypt upon you,

which you were afraid of, and they will cling to you.

61 Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the Book

of the Law will the Lord bring upon you until you are destroyed.

62 (Dt 4:27; 10:22) You will be left few in number, whereas you were

as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you would not obey

the voice of the Lord your God.

63 (Pr 1:26; Jer 32:41) It will be that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do

you good and to multiply you, so the Lord will take pleasure over you

to destroy you and to bring you to nothing. You will be plucked from

off the land which you go to possess.

64 (Lev 26:33; Dt 4:27-28) The Lord will scatter you among all the peoples,

from the one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve

other gods, wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

65 (Lev 26:36; 26:16) Among these nations you will find no ease, nor will

the sole of your foot have rest. But there the Lord will give you

a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you. You will be in dread day

and night and will have no assurance of your life.

67 (Dt 28:34; Job 7:3-4) In the morning you will say,

"Would to God it were evening!" And at evening you will say,

"Would to God it were morning!" because of the fear of your heart

and because of the sights your eyes will see.

68 (Dt 17:16; Jer 43:7) The Lord will bring you into Egypt again with ships,

by the way by which I spoke to you, "You will not see it ever again."

And there you will be sold to your enemies as male and female slaves,

but no one will buy you.



Deuteronomy 28

[1] And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the

voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I

command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all

nations of the earth:

[2] And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou

shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

[3] Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the

field.

[4] Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and

the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy

sheep.

[5] Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

[6] Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be

when thou goest out.

[7] The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be

smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee

before thee seven ways.

[8] The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in

all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land

which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

[9] The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath

sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God,

and walk in his ways.

[10] And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name

of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

[11] And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy

body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the

land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

[12] The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the

rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand:

and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

[13] And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt

be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the

commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe

and to do them:

[14] And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee

this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve

them.

[15] But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of

the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes

which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee,

and overtake thee:

[16] Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the

field.

[17] Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

[18] Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the

increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

[19] Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when

thou goest out.

[20] The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all

that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and

until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby

thou hast forsaken me.

[21] The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have

consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

[22] The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and

with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and

with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou

perish.

[23] And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that

is under thee shall be iron.

[24] The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven

shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

[25] The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou

shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and

shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

[26] And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the

beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

[27] The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods,

and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

[28] The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment

of heart:

[29] And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and

thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and

spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

[30] Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou

shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a

vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

[31] Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat

thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and

shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies,

and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

[32] Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and

thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and

there shall be no might in thine hand.

[33] The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou

knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

[34] So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt

see.

[35] The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore

botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy

head.

[36] The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee,

unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt

thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

[37] And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among

all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

[38] Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but

little in; for the locust shall consume it.

[39] Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of

the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

[40] Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt

not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

[41] Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for

they shall go into captivity.

[42] All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

[43] The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and

thou shalt come down very low.

[44] He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the

head, and thou shalt be the tail.

[45] Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee,

and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto

the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes

which he commanded thee:

[46] And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy

seed for ever.

[47] Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with

gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

[48] Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send

against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all

things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have

destroyed thee.

[49] The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of

the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt

not understand;

[50] A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of

the old, nor shew favour to the young:

[51] And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land,

until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine,

or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have

destroyed thee.

[52] And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced

walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he

shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD

thy God hath given thee.

[53] And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons

and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege,

and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

[54] So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye

shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and

toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

[55] So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children

whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the

straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

[56] The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to

set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness,

her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son,

and toward her daughter,

[57] And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and

toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of

all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall

distress thee in thy gates.

[58] If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are

written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name,

THE LORD THY GOD;

[59] Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy

seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and

of long continuance.

[60] Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou

wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

[61] Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book

of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

[62] And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of

heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD

thy God.

[63] And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you

good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you,

and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land

whither thou goest to possess it.

[64] And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of

the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which

neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

[65] And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole

of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart,

and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

[66] And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day

and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

[67] In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou

shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith

thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

[68] And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way

whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye

shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall

buy you.



DEUTERONOMY 29



Renewal of the Covenant



1 (Dt 5:2-3) These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded

Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab,

besides the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.



Deuteronomy 29

[1] These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses

to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside

the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.



2) Our Daily Bread for 17 March 2022

https://odb.org/CA/2022/03/17/preparing-a-place-for-us

entitled Preparing a Place for Us



John 14:1-4



John 14

Jesus the Way to the Father



1 (Jn 12:44; 16:22-23) "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God.

Believe also in Me.

2 (Jn 13:33; 13:36) In My Father's house are many dwelling places. If it were

not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

3 (Jn 12:26; 14:28) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again

and receive you to Myself, that where I am, you may be also.

4 You know where I am going, and you know the way."



John 14

[1] Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

[2] In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have

told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

[3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive

you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

[4] And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.



Our family was planning to get a puppy, so my eleven-year-old daughter

researched for months. She knew what the dog should eat and how to

introduce it to our new home-among myriad other details.



Turns out puppies do best, she told me, if they're introduced

to one room at a time. So we carefully prepared a spare bedroom.

I'm sure there will still be surprises as we raise our new puppy,

but my daughter's delight-infused preparation couldn't have been

more thorough.



The way my daughter channeled her eager anticipation for a puppy

into loving preparation reminded me of Christ's longing to share

life with His people and His promise to prepare a home for them.

Nearing the end of His earthly ministry, Jesus urged His disciples

to trust Him, saying, “You believe in God.

Believe also in Me.” (John 14:1). Then He promised to “prepare a place

for you, I will come again

and receive you to Myself, that where I am, you may be also” (v. 3).



The disciples would soon face trouble. But Jesus wanted them

to know that He was at work to bring them home to Him.



I can’t help but delight in the careful, deliberate intent with which

my daughter had prepared for our new puppy. But I can only imagine how

much more our Saviour is delighting in His own detailed preparation

for each of His people to share eternal life with Him (v. 2).



By: Adam Holz



Reflect & Pray



How do you feel knowing that Jesus is preparing a place for you

in His Father's house? How might hanging on to that hope give you

strength or courage in difficult seasons?



Jesus, thank You for going to prepare a place for me.

Help me to put my hope in You fully and not to be troubled by the struggles

in this life that might tempt me to take my eyes off You.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 5 - Starting Over



2 Cor 5:17



17 (Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7) Therefore, if any man is in Christ,

he is a new creature. Old things have passed away.

Look, all things have become new.



17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:

old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.



"The trouble with turning over a new leaf," Gordon sighed,

"is that once you've done it twice, you're right back where

you started." Gordon, in his mid-fifties, had his job

"canceled" by a company wanting to cut back on retirement payments.

Out of work, with few prospects, he said wistfully,

"I wish I had the chance to start over again."

Many of us would echo Gordon's sentiments. Whether we have lost a job,

gone through a divorce, moved to another part of the country, or

experienced some lesser crisis, we often long for the chance to

begin again, fresh, without the shadow of past mistakes following us.

God's word offers just such an opportunity. Anyone who is in Christ,

Paul says in 2 Cor 5:17, is a "new creation". For the Christian, the past

is truly past - "all things are become new". In the forgiveness

and restoration of God's grace we can leave the past behind,

with all its mistakes, and enter into new life.

And the promise is not just for the newly saved. Those of us who

have been Christians for years need to hear the truth of 2 Cor 5:17 again,

for we accumulated some "new mistakes" since we came to Christ. Anyone who

is in Christ is a new creation; the freedom of forgiveness, of

"starting over" is available to all who call upon the name of the Lord.

We cannot every really "start over" simply by establishing New Year's

resolutions or turning over a new leaf. Only God gives us that opportunity;

his grace allows us to clear away the rubble of the past and begin again.

Everything becomes new in God's loving forgiveness.



Application



a) What "resolutions" have I made in an attempt to "start over"

in some area of struggle or failure in my life? Did my resolutions work?



b) What does 2 Cor 5:17 mean for me at this point in my Christian Life?



4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland



Deut 28:11



11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,

in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,

and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore

to your fathers to give you.



11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body,

and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land

which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



When you are lonely



1 John 4:16b-18



God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,

so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,

so are we in this world.

18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,

but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.

Whoever fears is not perfect in love.



God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness

in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:

because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.





6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



Saskatchewan



Quick facts on Muslims in Saskatchewan



Saskatchewan 2015 population 1125400



est Muslim Population 17279



CNMM Networks: Saskatoon



Saskatoon has seen quick growth in its Muslim population over the past

5 years, which maybe as high as 5000 today. Islamic leaders have

focused specifically on this city , having twice already sent cohorts

of about 70 families to start mosques. There are now 7 Islamic centres

of worship and an ISlamic madrassah (school) located right next to a

Christian school.

Of particular concern recently is the number of young adults who grew up

in evangelical churches and converted to Islam. Most of these are young

women who were wooed by Muslim man and became emotionally bonded.

Both prior to and after marrying, these women are known to convert to ISlam.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"



Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."



Ideas for prayer



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



17th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the safety of those

who live in your community -

safety from conflict an crimes



( Ps 122:7 - 7 Peace be within your walls

and security within your towers!



7 Peace be within thy walls,

And prosperity within thy palaces.)



b) Pray for the province of Ontario



I) Pray for the leaders of Ontario,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to be in obedience with the Lord.



Pray to the Lord: "Jesus, thank You for going to prepare a place for me.

Help me to put my hope in You fully and not to be troubled by the struggles

in this life that might tempt me to take my eyes off You. "



Pray to the Lord and pray to become new in Christ.



Pray to the Lord and pray for obedience and abundance.



Pray to the Lord and pray to feel His love.



Agree in prayer with us for:

- entire congregations and individual believers to catch God's heart

and passion for reaching Muslims in Saskatoon and the other growing

Muslim population centres of Saskatchewan.

- for the eyes and understanding of Canadian youth to be opened to the

spiritual reality of Islam, and not deceived nor manipulated into

converting to a religion which cannot offer assurance of salvation.

- for the few workers among Muslims now engaged there, and for many more

to be raised up into effective witness.

- for prayer and training events that are starting in Saskatoon

to spread and grow to other cities.



Pray for the safety of those

who live in your community -

safety from conflict an crimes



Pray for thise who received a strict Muslim education

and are now persecuting believers in Bahrain.