“You shall walk after the Lord your God and you shall fear [and worship] Him [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], and you shall keep His commandments and you shall listen to His voice, and you shall serve Him, and cling to Him.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭13:4‬ ‭AMP‬‬ Clingy. I don’t like it. At all. I love my personal…

 “And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you…so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not. Therefore, know in your heart (be fully cognizant) that the Lord your God disciplines and instructs…

“For you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be a people for His own possession [that is, His very special treasure]. The Lord did not love you and choose you because…

“Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren…Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, and make for…

“Yet for all this you did not trust in Adonai your God—” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭1:32‬ ‭TLV‬‬ I made it to Deuteronomy – the fifth book of the Torah and Moses’ final three sermons of his life – sermons meant to prepare the Israelites to enter and inhabit the Promised Land. As he opens his final words,…

“Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint six cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee….” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭35:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Cities of Refuge – physical places of safety, free of judgement and punishment, were established by G-d in the beginning. Set among the Levites – or lead priests and…

“Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones,…

“The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Take vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people [in death].” Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for war, so that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian [for seducing Israel to participate in idolatry]…Moses…

““But if she marries while under her vows or if she has bound herself by a rash statement, and her husband hears of it and says nothing about it on the day he hears it, then her vows shall stand and her pledge by which she bound herself shall stand. But if her husband disapproves of her [making…

“And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭26:46‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ During my daily reading today, I was struck by this simple verse – the name of one woman mentioned among thousands of men above the age of 20 who were counted as ones who left Egypt and were able to go to…