WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.840 Nancy: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.920 --> 00:00:04.320 Day 100 and 53 00:00:04.664 --> 00:00:08.894 these are the decrees and regulations you must be careful to obey when you 00:00:08.899 --> 00:00:12.914 live in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors is giving you. 00:00:13.364 --> 00:00:16.004 You must obey them as long as you live. 00:00:16.544 --> 00:00:19.814 When you drive out the nations that live there, you must destroy all the 00:00:19.814 --> 00:00:21.764 places where they worship their gods. 00:00:22.184 --> 00:00:26.414 High on the mountains, up on the hills, and under every green tree. 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:32.279 Break down their altars and smash their sacred pillars, burn their asherah 00:00:32.284 --> 00:00:34.739 poles and cut down their carved idols. 00:00:35.069 --> 00:00:37.709 Completely erase the names of their gods. 00:00:38.549 --> 00:00:41.999 Do not worship the Lord your God, in the way these pagan 00:00:41.999 --> 00:00:43.649 peoples worship their gods. 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:47.399 Rather, you must seek the Lord your God at the place of worship. 00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:51.389 He himself will choose from among all the tribes, the place 00:00:51.389 --> 00:00:52.979 where his name will be honored. 00:00:54.029 --> 00:00:59.399 There you will bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:04.589 sacred offerings, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your voluntary offerings, 00:01:05.009 --> 00:01:08.519 and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks. 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:14.459 There, you and your families will feast in the presence of the Lord your God, and you 00:01:14.459 --> 00:01:18.869 will rejoice in all you have accomplished because the Lord your God has blessed you. 00:01:19.709 --> 00:01:21.569 Your pattern of worship will change. 00:01:22.199 --> 00:01:25.979 Today all of you are doing as you please because you have not yet 00:01:25.979 --> 00:01:28.589 arrived at the place of rest the land. 00:01:28.589 --> 00:01:33.149 The Lord your God is giving you as your special possession, but he will soon 00:01:33.149 --> 00:01:36.959 cross the Jordan River and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 00:01:37.649 --> 00:01:40.589 When he gives you rest from all your enemies and you're living 00:01:40.589 --> 00:01:44.999 safely in the land, you must bring everything I command you, your burnt 00:01:44.999 --> 00:01:50.009 offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, and 00:01:50.009 --> 00:01:51.179 your offerings to fulfill a vow. 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:56.369 To the designated place of worship, the place the Lord your God chooses 00:01:56.369 --> 00:02:00.629 for his name to be honored, you must celebrate there in the presence of 00:02:00.629 --> 00:02:04.799 the Lord your God, with your sons and daughters and all your servants. 00:02:05.549 --> 00:02:09.239 And remember to include the Levites who live in your towns, for they will 00:02:09.239 --> 00:02:11.519 receive no allotment of land among you. 00:02:12.329 --> 00:02:16.349 Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you like. 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:19.859 You may do so only at the place the Lord will choose within 00:02:19.859 --> 00:02:21.389 one of your tribal territories. 00:02:22.079 --> 00:02:22.409 There. 00:02:22.409 --> 00:02:27.899 You must offer your burnt offerings and do everything I command you, but you 00:02:27.899 --> 00:02:32.639 may butcher your animals and eat their meat in any town whenever you want, 00:02:33.509 --> 00:02:36.899 you may freely eat the animals with which the Lord your God blesses you. 00:02:37.589 --> 00:02:42.299 All of you, whether ceremonially, clean or unclean, may eat that meat 00:02:42.809 --> 00:02:45.239 just as you now eat gazelle and deer. 00:02:45.989 --> 00:02:47.579 But you must not consume the blood. 00:02:47.999 --> 00:02:50.249 You must pour it out on the ground like water. 00:02:51.539 --> 00:02:55.709 But you may not eat your offerings in your hometown, neither the tithe 00:02:55.799 --> 00:03:00.059 of your grain and new wine and olive oil, nor the firstborn of your 00:03:00.059 --> 00:03:05.279 flocks and herds, nor any offering to fulfill a vow nor your voluntary 00:03:05.279 --> 00:03:07.679 offerings, nor your sacred offerings. 00:03:08.429 --> 00:03:11.159 You must eat these in the presence of the Lord your God, 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:12.509 at the place he will choose. 00:03:13.349 --> 00:03:16.649 Eat them there with your children, your servants, and the 00:03:16.649 --> 00:03:18.209 Levites who live in your towns. 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:22.259 Celebrating in the presence of the Lord your God, and all you do. 00:03:23.069 --> 00:03:27.749 And be very careful never to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land. 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:33.029 When the Lord, your God expands your territory as he has promised, and you 00:03:33.029 --> 00:03:37.379 have the urge to eat meat, you may freely eat meat whenever you want. 00:03:38.099 --> 00:03:41.789 It might happen that the designated place of worship, the place the Lord 00:03:41.789 --> 00:03:45.929 your God, chooses for His name to be honored is a long way from your home. 00:03:46.304 --> 00:03:51.014 If so, you may butcher any of the cattle, sheep, or goats the Lord has given 00:03:51.014 --> 00:03:55.484 you, and you may freely eat the meat in your hometown, as I have commanded you. 00:03:56.294 --> 00:04:01.034 Anyone, whether ceremonially, clean or unclean, may eat that meat just 00:04:01.034 --> 00:04:05.294 as you do now with gazelle and deer, but never consume the blood. 00:04:05.594 --> 00:04:09.554 For the blood is the life, and you must not consume the lifeblood with the meat. 00:04:10.184 --> 00:04:13.124 Instead, pour out the blood on the ground like water. 00:04:13.739 --> 00:04:17.249 Do not consume the blood so that all may go well with you and your 00:04:17.249 --> 00:04:21.539 children after you because you will be doing what pleases the Lord. 00:04:22.559 --> 00:04:26.099 Take your sacred gifts and your offerings given to fulfill a vow 00:04:26.099 --> 00:04:27.719 to the place the Lord chooses. 00:04:28.619 --> 00:04:31.649 You must offer the meat and blood of your burnt offerings and 00:04:31.654 --> 00:04:33.689 the altar of the Lord your God. 00:04:34.619 --> 00:04:38.609 The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out on the altar of the Lord 00:04:38.609 --> 00:04:40.919 your God, but you may eat the meat. 00:04:41.699 --> 00:04:46.379 Be careful to obey all my commands so that all will go well with you 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:50.339 and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:52.649 and pleasing to the Lord your God. 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:57.509 When the Lord, your God goes ahead of you and destroys the nations, and you 00:04:57.514 --> 00:05:01.949 drive them out and live in their land, do not fall into the trap of following 00:05:01.949 --> 00:05:04.619 their customs and worshiping their gods. 00:05:05.234 --> 00:05:10.424 Do not inquire about their gods saying, how do these nations worship their gods? 00:05:10.754 --> 00:05:12.554 I want to follow their example. 00:05:13.724 --> 00:05:17.234 You must not worship the Lord your God, the way the other nations worship their 00:05:17.239 --> 00:05:19.514 gods, for they perform for their god's. 00:05:19.514 --> 00:05:24.944 Every detestable act that the Lord hates, they even burn their sons and 00:05:24.944 --> 00:05:27.884 daughters as sacrifices to their gods. 00:05:28.574 --> 00:05:31.004 So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. 00:05:31.634 --> 00:05:35.294 You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them. 00:05:36.674 --> 00:05:40.964 Suppose there are prophets among you or those who dream dreams about the future 00:05:41.744 --> 00:05:46.874 and they promise you signs or miracles and the predicted signs or miracles occur. 00:05:47.834 --> 00:05:53.954 If they then say, come let us worship other Gods Gods you have not known before. 00:05:54.494 --> 00:05:55.994 Do not listen to them. 00:05:56.909 --> 00:06:00.809 The Lord your God is testing you to see if you truly love him. 00:06:00.809 --> 00:06:06.809 With all your heart and soul, serve only the Lord your God and fear him alone. 00:06:07.499 --> 00:06:08.969 Obey his commands. 00:06:09.299 --> 00:06:11.999 Listen to his voice and clinging to him. 00:06:12.569 --> 00:06:16.979 The false prophets or visionaries who try to lead you astray must 00:06:16.984 --> 00:06:21.389 be put to death for they encourage rebellion against the Lord your God, 00:06:21.779 --> 00:06:25.769 who redeemed you from slavery and brought you out of the land of Egypt. 00:06:26.609 --> 00:06:30.269 Since they try to lead you astray from the way the Lord your God commanded you 00:06:30.269 --> 00:06:32.879 to live, you must put them to death. 00:06:33.599 --> 00:06:36.659 In this way, you will purge the evil from among you. 00:06:38.009 --> 00:06:43.199 Suppose someone secretly entices you, even your brother, your son or 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:48.359 daughter, your beloved wife or your closest friend, and says, let us go 00:06:48.359 --> 00:06:52.889 worship other Gods gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known. 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:57.119 They might suggest that you worship the gods of peoples who live nearby 00:06:57.479 --> 00:07:02.309 or who come from the ends of the earth, but do not give in or listen. 00:07:02.849 --> 00:07:05.969 Have no pity and do not spare or protect them. 00:07:06.569 --> 00:07:08.159 You must put them to death. 00:07:08.789 --> 00:07:12.419 Strike the first blow yourself, and then all the people must join 00:07:12.419 --> 00:07:16.949 in stone, the guilty ones to death because they have tried to draw 00:07:16.949 --> 00:07:19.019 you away from the Lord your God. 00:07:19.409 --> 00:07:23.099 Who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery. 00:07:23.729 --> 00:07:27.599 Then all Israel will hear about it and be afraid, and no one 00:07:27.599 --> 00:07:29.099 will act so wickedly again. 00:07:30.269 --> 00:07:34.289 When you begin living in the towns the Lord your God is giving you, you 00:07:34.289 --> 00:07:37.889 may hear that scoundrels among you are leading their fellow citizens astray 00:07:37.894 --> 00:07:42.929 by saying, let us go worship other Gods Gods you have not known before. 00:07:43.859 --> 00:07:46.979 In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. 00:07:47.834 --> 00:07:51.734 If you find that the report is true and such a detestable act has been 00:07:51.734 --> 00:07:56.894 committed among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its 00:07:56.899 --> 00:07:59.564 inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. 00:08:00.404 --> 00:08:04.184 Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the open square and 00:08:04.184 --> 00:08:09.854 burn it, burn the entire town as a burnt offering to the Lord Your God, 00:08:10.484 --> 00:08:13.184 that town must remain a ruin forever. 00:08:13.844 --> 00:08:15.614 It may never be rebuilt. 00:08:16.469 --> 00:08:19.469 Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction, 00:08:20.189 --> 00:08:24.359 then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:29.249 He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation just 00:08:29.249 --> 00:08:30.929 as he swore to your ancestors. 00:08:31.889 --> 00:08:36.989 The Lord your God will be merciful only if you listen to his voice and keep all 00:08:36.989 --> 00:08:39.029 his commands that I'm giving you today. 00:08:39.509 --> 00:08:41.039 Doing what pleases him. 00:08:42.554 --> 00:08:46.274 Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves 00:08:46.274 --> 00:08:49.064 or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead. 00:08:49.964 --> 00:08:54.074 You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen 00:08:54.074 --> 00:08:58.034 you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure. 00:08:58.434 --> 00:09:03.044 You must not eat any detestable animals that are ceremonially, unclean. 00:09:03.824 --> 00:09:07.904 These are the animals you may eat, the ox the sheep. 00:09:08.324 --> 00:09:14.504 The goat, the deer, the gazelle, the row deer, the wild goat, the attics, 00:09:14.594 --> 00:09:16.574 the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 00:09:17.324 --> 00:09:22.454 You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and choose the cudd, but 00:09:22.454 --> 00:09:26.594 if the animal doesn't have both, it may not be eaten, so you may not eat 00:09:26.594 --> 00:09:29.624 the camel, the hair, or the high racks. 00:09:30.344 --> 00:09:33.494 They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are 00:09:33.494 --> 00:09:35.294 ceremonially unclean for you. 00:09:36.059 --> 00:09:37.319 And you may not eat the pig. 00:09:37.829 --> 00:09:40.919 It has split hooves but does not chew the cudd, so it is 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:42.899 ceremonially unclean for you. 00:09:43.589 --> 00:09:46.649 You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their 00:09:46.649 --> 00:09:49.889 carcasses of all the marine animals. 00:09:50.219 --> 00:09:53.159 You may eat whatever has both fins and scales. 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:58.559 You may not, however, eat marine animals that do not have both fins and scales. 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:01.259 They're ceremonially unclean for you. 00:10:02.234 --> 00:10:05.354 You may eat any bird that is ceremonially clean. 00:10:06.134 --> 00:10:07.634 These are the birds you may not eat. 00:10:08.084 --> 00:10:12.374 The Griffin vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, the 00:10:12.374 --> 00:10:17.354 kite, the falcon buzzards of all kinds, ravens of all kinds. 00:10:17.744 --> 00:10:22.724 The eagle owl, the short eared owl, the seagull hawks of all kinds. 00:10:23.234 --> 00:10:28.604 The little owl, the great owl, the barn owl, the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture. 00:10:29.129 --> 00:10:34.709 The Coran, the stork herons of all kinds, the whooo and the bat. 00:10:36.149 --> 00:10:39.989 All winged insects that walk along the ground are ceremonially unclean 00:10:39.989 --> 00:10:44.249 for you and may not be eaten, but you may eat any winged bird or 00:10:44.254 --> 00:10:46.799 insect that a ceremonially clean. 00:10:47.789 --> 00:10:50.369 You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. 00:10:50.999 --> 00:10:54.569 You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a 00:10:54.569 --> 00:10:57.419 stranger, but do not eat it yourselves. 00:10:57.839 --> 00:11:02.909 For you are set apart as holy to the Lord your God, you must not cook 00:11:02.909 --> 00:11:04.859 a young goat in its mother's milk. 00:11:06.569 --> 00:11:09.419 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:11:09.569 --> 00:11:10.619 Thank you for joining us.