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DEUTERONOMY – LESSON EIGHT
I. MOSES’ THIRD ADDRESS AND REEMPHASIS OF THE LAW (27:1-
A. Instructions concerning emphasizing the law when first in the “promised land” (27:1-
1. Set up stones on Mt. Ebal with plaster to write the law upon (v. 1-
2. Set up altar on Mt. Ebal to offer burnt offerings and peace offerings (v. 5-
B. Reverence for the law as blessings and curses are uttered from Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal (27:9-
C. Specific blessings and curses uttered as consequences of heeding or disobeying the Law (28:1-
D. The covenant expressing God’s sovereignty emphasized in Moab (29:1-
E. Conditional promises connected with the commandments (30:1-
QUESTIONS:
1. What was to be written on stones when God’s people crossed over the Jordan into the “promised land?”
2. Why was plaster to be applied to the stones?
3. Why was an altar to be constructed with unhewn stones?
4 Why were the people to be silent, and hearken?
5. Describe the scene of the blessings and curses from Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal:
6. Of the first eleven curses from the Law, what do they have in common?
7. What is the last curse demanding of God’s people?
8. How would God’s people hear the voice of God or know of His ways?
9. What is a blessing according to God: to lend to nations or the ability to borrow from nations?
10. How intrusive would be the curse if God’s people did not heed the commandments of God?
11. Serving God with joy and gladness would be forfeited for what darkness if the people of God do not keep God’s commandments?
12. What would the people do if they truly fear God’s name?
13 What irony would take place in the lives of a disobedient Israel who had been freed from Egypt?
14. In Chapter 29, what two words connect with God’s covenant helping us to know the makeup of a covenant?
15. What great purpose was God striving for in constantly delivering and providing for God’s people in their deliverance from Egypt and wanderings in wilderness?
16. With whom was God was making His covenant even though not with God’s people at this time?
17. Looking at a sick land, why would foreigners ask, “Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land?
18 How important should the things God has revealed in His Word be to us?
19. What blessing should God’s people remember when they experience the curse of captivity?
20. What are the conditions of this blessing?
21. How does Jehovah take away any excuse of not knowing His commandments?
22. How can we choose life?