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 --> 00:00:04.310 Day 100 and 59 00:00:04.684 --> 00:00:08.284 these are the terms of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the 00:00:08.284 --> 00:00:12.754 Israelites while they were in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant 00:00:12.754 --> 00:00:17.344 he had made with them at Mount Sinai, Moses summoned all the Israelites and 00:00:17.374 --> 00:00:21.484 said to them, you have seen with your own eyes, everything the Lord did in 00:00:21.484 --> 00:00:25.684 the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to his whole country. 00:00:26.344 --> 00:00:27.964 All the great tests of strength. 00:00:28.444 --> 00:00:33.784 The miraculous signs and the amazing wonders, but to this day, the Lord has 00:00:33.784 --> 00:00:39.064 not given you minds that understand nor eyes that see nor ears that hear. 00:00:39.934 --> 00:00:44.044 For 40 years I led you through the wilderness, yet your clothes 00:00:44.044 --> 00:00:45.574 and sandals did not wear out. 00:00:46.294 --> 00:00:50.284 You ate no bread and drank no wine or other alcoholic drink, but 00:00:50.284 --> 00:00:53.704 he provided for you so you would know that he's the Lord your God. 00:00:55.039 --> 00:01:00.409 When we came here, king Sahan of Heshbon and King OG Abian came out to 00:01:00.409 --> 00:01:02.839 fight against us, but we defeated them. 00:01:03.409 --> 00:01:07.939 We took their land and gave it to the tribes of Reuben and Gadd and to the half 00:01:07.944 --> 00:01:10.789 tribe of Manassa as their grant of land. 00:01:11.839 --> 00:01:15.169 Therefore, obey the terms of this covenant so that you will 00:01:15.169 --> 00:01:16.999 prosper in everything you do. 00:01:17.659 --> 00:01:21.679 All of you tribal leaders, elders, officers, all the men of 00:01:21.679 --> 00:01:25.699 Israel are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God. 00:01:26.659 --> 00:01:29.839 Your little ones and your wives are with you as well as the 00:01:29.839 --> 00:01:33.559 foreigners living among you who chop your wood and carry your water. 00:01:34.369 --> 00:01:38.989 You are standing here today to enter into the covenant of the Lord your God. 00:01:39.949 --> 00:01:43.219 The Lord is making this covenant, including the curses. 00:01:44.059 --> 00:01:49.039 By entering into the covenant today, he will establish you as his people and 00:01:49.039 --> 00:01:53.959 confirm that he's your God, just as He promised you and as he swore to your 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:56.719 ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 00:01:57.859 --> 00:02:01.579 But you are not the only ones with whom I am making this covenant with its curses. 00:02:02.509 --> 00:02:05.539 I am making this covenant both with you who stand here today in the 00:02:05.539 --> 00:02:09.799 presence of the Lord our God, and also with the future generations 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:11.749 who are not standing here today. 00:02:12.709 --> 00:02:16.519 You remember how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled 00:02:16.519 --> 00:02:18.079 through the lands of enemy nations. 00:02:18.079 --> 00:02:22.849 As we left, you have seen their detestable practices and their idols 00:02:22.849 --> 00:02:25.849 made of wood, stone, silver, and gold. 00:02:26.779 --> 00:02:31.249 I am making this covenant with you so that no one among you, no man, 00:02:31.279 --> 00:02:36.229 woman, clan or tribe will turn away from the Lord our God, to worship 00:02:36.229 --> 00:02:40.669 these gods of other nations and so that no root among you bears bitter. 00:02:40.969 --> 00:02:42.139 And poisonous fruit. 00:02:43.219 --> 00:02:46.549 Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate 00:02:46.549 --> 00:02:50.689 themselves thinking, I am safe, even though I am following the 00:02:50.689 --> 00:02:52.519 desires of my own stubborn heart. 00:02:53.029 --> 00:02:54.769 This would lead to utter ruin. 00:02:55.729 --> 00:02:57.799 The Lord will never pardon such people. 00:02:58.429 --> 00:03:01.849 Instead, his anger and jealousy will burn against them. 00:03:02.419 --> 00:03:06.919 All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the Lord will 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:08.749 erase their names from under heaven. 00:03:09.709 --> 00:03:13.669 The Lord will separate them from all the tribes of Israel to pour out on 00:03:13.669 --> 00:03:17.929 them all the curses of the covenant recorded in this book of instruction. 00:03:18.829 --> 00:03:20.299 Then the generations to come. 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.959 Both your own descendants and the foreigners who come from distant 00:03:23.959 --> 00:03:28.249 lands will see the devastation of the land and the diseases. 00:03:28.249 --> 00:03:29.449 The Lord inflicts on it. 00:03:30.139 --> 00:03:34.609 They will exclaim the whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:39.079 It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:40.759 not even a blade of grass. 00:03:41.329 --> 00:03:45.619 It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, AMA and Zeum, which the 00:03:45.619 --> 00:03:47.719 Lord destroyed in his intense anger. 00:03:48.379 --> 00:03:53.239 And all the surrounding nations will ask, why has the Lord done this to this land? 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.129 Why was he so angry? 00:03:56.209 --> 00:04:00.439 The answer will be, this happened because the people of the land abandoned 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:04.879 the covenant that the Lord, the God of their ancestors made with them when he 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:06.739 brought them outta the land of Egypt. 00:04:07.279 --> 00:04:12.019 Instead, they turned away to serve and worship gods they had not known before. 00:04:12.619 --> 00:04:14.479 Gods that were not from the Lord. 00:04:15.589 --> 00:04:19.099 That is why the Lord's anger has burned against this land. 00:04:19.534 --> 00:04:24.994 Bringing down on at every curse Recorded in this book, in Great Anger and Fury, 00:04:25.324 --> 00:04:29.314 the Lord uprooted his people from their land and banished them to another 00:04:29.314 --> 00:04:31.894 land where they still live today. 00:04:32.884 --> 00:04:35.554 The Lord, our God has secrets known to no one. 00:04:36.304 --> 00:04:40.324 We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable 00:04:40.324 --> 00:04:45.004 forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all 00:04:45.004 --> 00:04:46.594 the terms of these instructions. 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:51.859 In the future, when you experience all these blessings and curses I 00:04:51.859 --> 00:04:55.279 have listed for you, and when you are living among the nations to which 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:59.809 the Lord your God has exiled, you take to heart all these instructions. 00:05:00.709 --> 00:05:04.879 If at that time you and your children return to the Lord your God, and 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:08.599 if you obey with all your heart and all your soul, all the commands I 00:05:08.599 --> 00:05:13.069 have given you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes. 00:05:13.789 --> 00:05:17.329 He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the 00:05:17.329 --> 00:05:18.919 nations where he has scattered you. 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:23.479 Even though you are banished to the ends of the earth, the Lord, 00:05:23.484 --> 00:05:26.809 your God will gather you from there and bring you back again. 00:05:27.559 --> 00:05:31.789 The Lord your God will return you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, 00:05:32.359 --> 00:05:34.189 and you will possess that land again. 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:38.809 Then He will make you even more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. 00:05:40.204 --> 00:05:45.034 The Lord your God will change your heart and the hearts of all your descendants so 00:05:45.034 --> 00:05:50.074 that you will love him with all your heart and soul, and so you may live the Lord. 00:05:50.074 --> 00:05:53.284 Your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on 00:05:53.284 --> 00:05:54.844 those who hate and persecute you. 00:05:55.534 --> 00:05:58.984 Then you will again obey the Lord and keep all his commands 00:05:58.984 --> 00:06:00.244 that I am giving you today. 00:06:01.444 --> 00:06:05.674 The Lord your God will then make you successful in everything you do. 00:06:06.469 --> 00:06:10.759 He will give you many children and numerous livestock, and he'll cause your 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:12.889 fields to produce abundant harvests. 00:06:13.219 --> 00:06:17.959 For the Lord will again delight in being good to you as he was to your ancestors. 00:06:18.709 --> 00:06:23.059 The Lord your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep 00:06:23.059 --> 00:06:26.119 the commands and decrees written in this book of instruction. 00:06:26.689 --> 00:06:30.289 And if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. 00:06:31.459 --> 00:06:34.969 This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you 00:06:35.359 --> 00:06:37.099 and it is not beyond your reach. 00:06:37.579 --> 00:06:43.279 It is not kept in heaven so distant that you must ask who will go up to heaven and 00:06:43.284 --> 00:06:45.769 bring it down so we can hear it and obey. 00:06:46.069 --> 00:06:51.139 It is not kept beyond the sea so far away that you must ask who 00:06:51.139 --> 00:06:54.739 will cross the sea to bring it to us so we can hear it and obey. 00:06:55.699 --> 00:06:58.759 No, the message is very close at hand. 00:06:59.464 --> 00:07:03.334 It is on your lips and in your heart so that you can obey it. 00:07:04.234 --> 00:07:08.494 Now, listen, today I'm giving you a choice between life and death, 00:07:08.884 --> 00:07:11.344 between prosperity and disaster. 00:07:12.334 --> 00:07:16.024 For I command you this day to love the Lord your God, and to 00:07:16.024 --> 00:07:20.584 keep his commands, decrees and regulations by walking in his ways. 00:07:21.364 --> 00:07:26.194 If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God 00:07:26.194 --> 00:07:30.184 will bless you in the land you are about to enter and occupy. 00:07:31.294 --> 00:07:35.434 But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you 00:07:35.434 --> 00:07:40.204 are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, then I warn you now that 00:07:40.204 --> 00:07:41.794 you will certainly be destroyed. 00:07:42.574 --> 00:07:45.904 You will not live a long good life in the land. 00:07:45.904 --> 00:07:47.914 You are crossing the Jordan to occupy. 00:07:48.859 --> 00:07:51.889 Today, I have given you the choice between life and death, 00:07:52.219 --> 00:07:53.959 between blessings and curses. 00:07:54.649 --> 00:07:58.009 Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:03.199 Oh, that you would choose life so that you and your descendants might live. 00:08:03.949 --> 00:08:08.809 You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him and 00:08:08.809 --> 00:08:10.609 committing yourself firmly to him. 00:08:11.089 --> 00:08:12.619 This is the key to your life. 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:17.449 If you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land. 00:08:17.449 --> 00:08:21.379 The Lord swore to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 00:08:23.299 --> 00:08:26.749 When Moses had finished giving these instructions to all the people of 00:08:26.749 --> 00:08:33.169 Israel, he said, I am now 120 years old and I am no longer able to lead you. 00:08:33.769 --> 00:08:39.109 The Lord has told me you will not cross the Jordan River but the Lord your God 00:08:39.114 --> 00:08:41.479 himself will cross over ahead of you. 00:08:42.184 --> 00:08:44.824 He will destroy the nation's living there, and you will 00:08:44.824 --> 00:08:46.654 take possession of their land. 00:08:47.464 --> 00:08:49.564 Joshua will lead you across the river. 00:08:49.804 --> 00:08:55.204 Just as the Lord promised, the Lord will destroy the nation's living in the land. 00:08:55.474 --> 00:08:59.314 Just as he destroyed Saan and og, the kings of the Amorites. 00:09:00.064 --> 00:09:03.364 The Lord will hand over to you the people who live there, and you must 00:09:03.364 --> 00:09:05.164 deal with them as I have commanded you. 00:09:05.854 --> 00:09:08.314 So be strong and courageous. 00:09:08.839 --> 00:09:11.629 Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. 00:09:12.169 --> 00:09:15.349 For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. 00:09:15.739 --> 00:09:18.049 He will neither fail you nor abandon you. 00:09:19.429 --> 00:09:23.929 Then Moses called for Joshua, and as all Israel watched, he said to him, 00:09:24.709 --> 00:09:28.969 be strong and courageous for you will lead these people into the land that 00:09:28.969 --> 00:09:30.589 the Lord swore to their ancestors. 00:09:30.594 --> 00:09:31.369 He would give them. 00:09:31.999 --> 00:09:35.359 You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of land. 00:09:36.034 --> 00:09:38.104 Do not be afraid or discouraged. 00:09:38.584 --> 00:09:40.564 For the Lord will personally go ahead of you. 00:09:41.074 --> 00:09:42.184 He will be with you. 00:09:42.664 --> 00:09:45.394 He will neither fail you nor abandon you. 00:09:47.074 --> 00:09:51.394 So Moses wrote this entire body of instruction in a book and gave it to the 00:09:51.394 --> 00:09:56.014 priests who carried the Ark of the Lord's covenant and to the elders of Israel. 00:09:56.794 --> 00:09:58.834 Then Moses gave them this command. 00:09:59.824 --> 00:10:03.844 At the end of every seventh year, the year of release during the Festival 00:10:03.844 --> 00:10:07.744 of Shelters, you must read this book of instruction to all the people of 00:10:07.749 --> 00:10:12.334 Israel when they assemble before the Lord your God, at the place he chooses. 00:10:12.964 --> 00:10:16.894 Call them all together, men, women, children, and the 00:10:16.894 --> 00:10:18.544 foreigners living in your towns. 00:10:18.904 --> 00:10:22.384 So they may hear this book of instruction and learn to fear the 00:10:22.384 --> 00:10:26.644 Lord your God, and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions. 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:31.219 Do this so that your children who have not known these instructions will hear them 00:10:31.609 --> 00:10:33.619 and will learn to fear the Lord your God. 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:34.879 Do this. 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:38.869 As long as you live in the land, you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. 00:10:40.909 --> 00:10:45.499 Then the Lord said to Moses, the time has come for you to die. 00:10:46.099 --> 00:10:49.969 Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tabernacle so that 00:10:49.969 --> 00:10:51.259 I may commission him there. 00:10:52.339 --> 00:10:56.059 So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tabernacle. 00:10:56.674 --> 00:10:59.764 The Lord appeared to them in a pillar of cloud that stood at 00:10:59.764 --> 00:11:01.234 the entrance to the sacred tent. 00:11:02.134 --> 00:11:06.424 The Lord said to Moses, you are about to die and join your 00:11:06.424 --> 00:11:09.394 ancestors after you are gone. 00:11:09.694 --> 00:11:13.204 These people will begin to worship foreign gods, the gods 00:11:13.204 --> 00:11:14.584 of the land where they are going. 00:11:15.274 --> 00:11:18.784 They will abandon me and break my covenant that I have made with them. 00:11:19.594 --> 00:11:22.384 Then my anger will blaze forth against them. 00:11:22.804 --> 00:11:26.824 I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. 00:11:27.484 --> 00:11:31.234 Terrible trouble will come down on them and on that day they will say, 00:11:31.714 --> 00:11:33.874 these disasters have come down on us. 00:11:34.024 --> 00:11:39.004 Because God is no longer among us at that time, I will hide my face from 00:11:39.009 --> 00:11:43.204 them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods. 00:11:44.014 --> 00:11:48.004 So write down the words of this song and teach it to the people of Israel. 00:11:48.484 --> 00:11:49.444 Help them learn it. 00:11:49.654 --> 00:11:52.324 So it may serve as a witness for me against them. 00:11:52.894 --> 00:11:54.724 For, I will bring them into the land. 00:11:54.904 --> 00:11:59.614 I swore to give their ancestors a land flowing with milk and honey. 00:12:00.604 --> 00:12:05.044 There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat, 00:12:06.124 --> 00:12:08.014 but they will begin to worship other gods. 00:12:08.254 --> 00:12:10.894 They will despise me and break my covenant. 00:12:11.854 --> 00:12:15.784 And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as 00:12:15.784 --> 00:12:19.714 evidence against them for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. 00:12:20.374 --> 00:12:24.484 I know the intentions of these people even now before they have entered 00:12:24.484 --> 00:12:26.464 the land I swore to give them. 00:12:27.574 --> 00:12:31.384 So that very day Moses wrote down the words of the song and 00:12:31.384 --> 00:12:32.764 taught it to the Israelites. 00:12:33.454 --> 00:12:35.854 Then the Lord commissioned Joshua, son of none. 00:12:36.094 --> 00:12:41.824 With these words, be strong and courageous for you must bring the people of Israel 00:12:41.824 --> 00:12:43.834 into the land I swore to give them. 00:12:44.044 --> 00:12:45.094 I will be with you. 00:12:46.609 --> 00:12:50.179 When Moses had finished writing this entire body of instruction in a book, 00:12:50.599 --> 00:12:54.499 he gave this command to the Levites who carried the Ark of the Lord's covenant. 00:12:55.369 --> 00:12:58.669 Take this book of instruction and place it beside the Ark of the 00:12:58.669 --> 00:13:00.349 Covenant of the Lord your God. 00:13:00.739 --> 00:13:05.239 So it may remain there as a witness against the people of Israel for I know 00:13:05.239 --> 00:13:07.459 how rebellious and stubborn you are. 00:13:08.314 --> 00:13:11.344 Even now, while I am still alive and I'm here with you, you 00:13:11.344 --> 00:13:12.964 have rebelled against the Lord. 00:13:13.234 --> 00:13:15.094 How much more rebellious will you be? 00:13:15.094 --> 00:13:21.184 After my death now summon all the elders and officials of your tribes so that 00:13:21.184 --> 00:13:25.414 I can speak to them directly and call heaven and Earth to witness against them. 00:13:26.254 --> 00:13:31.264 I know that after my death, you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from 00:13:31.264 --> 00:13:33.484 the way I have commanded you to follow. 00:13:33.904 --> 00:13:38.554 In the days to come, disaster will come down on you for you will do what 00:13:38.554 --> 00:13:42.754 is evil in the Lord's sight, making him very angry with your actions. 00:13:44.434 --> 00:13:47.284 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:13:47.434 --> 00:13:48.634 Thank you for joining us.