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 --> 00:00:04.090 Day 100 and 50 00:00:04.411 --> 00:00:08.341 this is the body of instruction that Moses presented to the Israelites. 00:00:09.091 --> 00:00:12.721 These are the laws, decrees, and regulations that Moses gave to the 00:00:12.721 --> 00:00:17.071 people of Israel when they left Egypt, and as they camped in the valley near 00:00:17.071 --> 00:00:19.021 Beth Peor, east of the Jordan River. 00:00:19.981 --> 00:00:22.741 This land was formerly occupied by the Amorites under King 00:00:22.741 --> 00:00:24.601 Sahan, who ruled from Heshbon. 00:00:25.921 --> 00:00:29.071 But Moses and the Israelites destroyed him and his people. 00:00:29.341 --> 00:00:33.541 When they came up from Egypt, Israel took possession of his land and 00:00:33.541 --> 00:00:37.441 that of King OG of Basian, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. 00:00:38.191 --> 00:00:43.411 So Israel conquered the entire area from a rower at the edge of the Arnon Gorge all 00:00:43.411 --> 00:00:48.541 the way to Mount Sranan, also called Mount Herman, and they conquered the Eastern 00:00:48.541 --> 00:00:53.221 Bank of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea below the slopes of Pisca. 00:00:54.811 --> 00:00:59.161 Moses called all the people of Israel together and said, listen 00:00:59.161 --> 00:01:03.811 carefully Israel, hear the decrees and regulations I am giving you today. 00:01:04.171 --> 00:01:06.061 So you may learn them and obey them. 00:01:06.991 --> 00:01:10.021 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Mount Sinai. 00:01:10.711 --> 00:01:14.521 The Lord did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us 00:01:14.521 --> 00:01:17.161 who are alive today at the mountain. 00:01:17.461 --> 00:01:20.581 The Lord spoke to you face to face from the heart of the fire. 00:01:21.241 --> 00:01:26.311 I stood as an intermediary between you and the Lord for you were afraid of the fire 00:01:26.671 --> 00:01:28.441 and did not want to approach the mountain. 00:01:29.191 --> 00:01:32.281 He spoke to me and I passed his words on to you. 00:01:33.211 --> 00:01:34.561 This is what he said. 00:01:35.611 --> 00:01:38.971 I am the Lord your God who rescued you from the land of 00:01:39.031 --> 00:01:41.101 Egypt, the place of your slavery. 00:01:41.881 --> 00:01:44.431 You must not have any other God but me. 00:01:45.421 --> 00:01:49.771 You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the 00:01:49.771 --> 00:01:52.051 heavens or on the earth or in the sea. 00:01:52.891 --> 00:01:55.591 You must not bow down to them or worship them. 00:01:56.011 --> 00:02:00.871 For I the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate 00:02:00.871 --> 00:02:02.671 your affection for any other gods. 00:02:03.571 --> 00:02:06.121 I lay the sins of the parents upon their children. 00:02:06.541 --> 00:02:11.311 The entire family is affected, even children in the third and fourth 00:02:11.311 --> 00:02:13.021 generations of those who reject me. 00:02:13.996 --> 00:02:18.526 But I lavish, unfailing love for a thousand generations on those 00:02:18.526 --> 00:02:20.836 who love me and obey my commands. 00:02:22.126 --> 00:02:24.916 You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. 00:02:25.756 --> 00:02:29.536 The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name. 00:02:30.646 --> 00:02:35.656 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you. 00:02:36.436 --> 00:02:40.156 You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh 00:02:40.156 --> 00:02:44.266 day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. 00:02:45.106 --> 00:02:47.926 On that day, no one in your household may do any work. 00:02:48.586 --> 00:02:52.576 This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female 00:02:52.581 --> 00:02:56.656 servants, your oxen and donkeys, and other livestock, and any 00:02:56.656 --> 00:02:58.036 foreigners living among you. 00:02:58.786 --> 00:02:59.026 All. 00:02:59.026 --> 00:03:01.786 Your male and female servants must rest as you do. 00:03:02.926 --> 00:03:07.216 Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the Lord your God brought you 00:03:07.216 --> 00:03:09.826 out with his strong hand and powerful arm. 00:03:10.546 --> 00:03:14.806 That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day. 00:03:16.006 --> 00:03:20.146 Honor your father and mother as the Lord your God commanded you. 00:03:20.716 --> 00:03:25.306 Then you will live along full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 00:03:26.326 --> 00:03:27.286 You must not murder. 00:03:27.856 --> 00:03:29.236 You must not commit adultery. 00:03:29.686 --> 00:03:30.886 You must not steal. 00:03:31.471 --> 00:03:34.111 You must not testify falsely against your neighbor. 00:03:34.681 --> 00:03:36.601 You must not covet your neighbor's wife. 00:03:37.051 --> 00:03:40.621 You must not covet your neighbor's house or land, male or female, 00:03:40.621 --> 00:03:45.181 servant ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor. 00:03:46.621 --> 00:03:50.671 The Lord spoke these words to all of you, assembled there, the foot of the mountain. 00:03:51.181 --> 00:03:55.111 He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire, surrounded 00:03:55.111 --> 00:03:57.271 by clouds and deep darkness. 00:03:58.186 --> 00:04:01.666 This was all he said at that time, and he wrote his words on two 00:04:01.666 --> 00:04:04.096 stone tablets and gave them to me. 00:04:05.086 --> 00:04:08.956 But when you heard the voice from the heart of the darkness while the mountain 00:04:08.956 --> 00:04:14.536 was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me, they said, 00:04:15.106 --> 00:04:20.236 look, the Lord, our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard 00:04:20.236 --> 00:04:22.186 his voice from the heart of the fire. 00:04:23.026 --> 00:04:27.286 Today we have seen that God can speak to us humans, and yet we live. 00:04:28.066 --> 00:04:30.586 Now, why should we risk death again? 00:04:31.576 --> 00:04:35.596 If the Lord our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and 00:04:35.596 --> 00:04:37.966 be consumed by this awesome fire. 00:04:38.866 --> 00:04:42.496 Can any living thing hear the voice of the living God from the heart of 00:04:42.501 --> 00:04:45.226 the fire as we did and yet survive? 00:04:46.156 --> 00:04:49.126 Go yourself and listen to what the Lord our God says. 00:04:49.786 --> 00:04:54.406 Then come and tell us everything he tells you and we will listen and obey. 00:04:55.591 --> 00:05:00.541 The Lord heard the request you made to me, and he said, I have heard what the 00:05:00.541 --> 00:05:02.851 people said to you, and they are right. 00:05:03.631 --> 00:05:06.781 Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might 00:05:06.781 --> 00:05:08.881 fear me and obey all my commands. 00:05:09.601 --> 00:05:12.531 If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever. 00:05:13.921 --> 00:05:18.091 Go and tell them, return to your tents, but you stand here 00:05:18.091 --> 00:05:22.741 with me so I can give you all my commands, decrees, and regulations. 00:05:23.536 --> 00:05:26.926 You must teach them to the people so they can obey them in the land I 00:05:26.926 --> 00:05:28.846 am giving them as their possession. 00:05:29.746 --> 00:05:33.976 So Moses told the people, you must be careful to obey all the commands 00:05:33.976 --> 00:05:37.816 of the Lord your God, following his instructions in every detail. 00:05:38.596 --> 00:05:41.896 Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow. 00:05:42.646 --> 00:05:46.726 Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land you 00:05:46.726 --> 00:05:48.586 are about to enter and occupy. 00:05:50.446 --> 00:05:54.196 These are the commands, decrees, and regulations that the Lord your 00:05:54.196 --> 00:05:56.086 God commanded me to teach you. 00:05:56.896 --> 00:05:58.306 You must obey them in the land. 00:05:58.306 --> 00:06:02.386 You are about to enter and occupy, and you and your children and 00:06:02.386 --> 00:06:06.436 grandchildren must fear the Lord your God, as long as you live. 00:06:07.276 --> 00:06:12.196 If you obey all his decrees and commands, you will enjoy a long life. 00:06:13.006 --> 00:06:16.126 Listen closely as real and be careful to obey. 00:06:17.131 --> 00:06:20.851 Then all will go well with you, and you will have many children 00:06:20.851 --> 00:06:25.081 in the land flowing with milk and honey just as the Lord, the God 00:06:25.081 --> 00:06:26.761 of your ancestors promised you. 00:06:27.871 --> 00:06:32.761 Listen, always real, the Lord is our God, the Lord alone. 00:06:33.421 --> 00:06:37.471 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and 00:06:37.471 --> 00:06:41.401 all your strength, and you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these 00:06:41.401 --> 00:06:43.321 commands that I am giving you today. 00:06:44.086 --> 00:06:46.876 Repeat them again and again to your children. 00:06:47.686 --> 00:06:51.286 Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road. 00:06:51.886 --> 00:06:53.026 When you are going to bed. 00:06:53.386 --> 00:06:57.466 And when you are getting up, tie them to your hands and wear them 00:06:57.466 --> 00:06:59.266 on your forehead as reminders. 00:06:59.806 --> 00:07:02.806 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. 00:07:03.886 --> 00:07:07.216 The Lord your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give 00:07:07.216 --> 00:07:11.656 you when he made a vow to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 00:07:12.301 --> 00:07:16.471 It is a land with large prosperous cities that you did not build. 00:07:17.161 --> 00:07:20.551 The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. 00:07:21.241 --> 00:07:26.251 You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig and you will eat from vineyards 00:07:26.251 --> 00:07:28.201 and olive trees you did not plant. 00:07:29.191 --> 00:07:32.551 When you have eaten your fill in this land, be careful not to forget the 00:07:32.551 --> 00:07:37.321 Lord who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt, you must fear 00:07:37.321 --> 00:07:39.331 the Lord your God and serve him. 00:07:39.976 --> 00:07:42.916 When you take an oath, you must use only his name. 00:07:44.296 --> 00:07:48.466 You must not worship any of the gods of neighboring nations for the Lord your 00:07:48.471 --> 00:07:51.346 God, who lives among you is a jealous God. 00:07:51.886 --> 00:07:56.836 His anger will flare up against you and he will wipe you from the face of the earth. 00:07:57.156 --> 00:08:01.426 You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at nasa. 00:08:02.086 --> 00:08:06.526 You must diligently obey the commands of the Lord your God, all the 00:08:06.526 --> 00:08:08.746 laws and decrees he has given you. 00:08:09.301 --> 00:08:11.611 Do what is right and good in the Lord's sight. 00:08:11.881 --> 00:08:13.471 So all will go well with you. 00:08:14.311 --> 00:08:17.221 Then you will enter and occupy the good land that the Lord 00:08:17.221 --> 00:08:18.901 swore to give your ancestors. 00:08:19.531 --> 00:08:23.131 You will drive out all the enemies living in the land, just as the 00:08:23.131 --> 00:08:26.071 Lord said you would in the future. 00:08:26.071 --> 00:08:30.481 Your children will ask you, what is the meaning of these laws, decrees 00:08:30.481 --> 00:08:34.591 and regulations that the Lord our God has commanded us to obey? 00:08:35.341 --> 00:08:36.331 And then you must tell them. 00:08:36.976 --> 00:08:40.696 We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us 00:08:40.696 --> 00:08:42.586 out of Egypt with his strong hand. 00:08:43.246 --> 00:08:47.926 The Lord did miraculous signs and wonders before our eyes dealing 00:08:47.931 --> 00:08:52.426 terrifying blows against Egypt and Pharaoh and all his people. 00:08:53.206 --> 00:08:56.326 He brought us out of Egypt so he could give us this land he 00:08:56.326 --> 00:08:58.036 had sworn to give our ancestors. 00:08:58.966 --> 00:09:04.276 And the Lord our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he 00:09:04.276 --> 00:09:09.616 can continue to bless us and preserve our lives as he has done to this day. 00:09:10.516 --> 00:09:14.266 For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands 00:09:14.266 --> 00:09:15.946 the Lord our God has given us. 00:09:17.566 --> 00:09:20.416 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:09:20.566 --> 00:09:21.766 Thank you for joining us.