From Deuteronomy 10-12:
1. I wonder why it states that the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers in Deuteronomy 10:9. I mean, I know that they were given cities by God, so that would seem to me to be an inheritance of theirs. Unless, of course, God is saying that those cities were not the Levites' cities, but rather cities God is loaning to them to use.
2. In Deuteronomy 10:16 God asks the Israelites to circumcise their hearts. I wonder why the religious leaders in Jesus' day could not understand Him when He told them about spiritual things. It is obvious even here that God is more interested in the spiritual aspect than the physical aspect. But to them I suppose it may have been a great mystery.
3. God commands the Israelites to love the aliens among them. I never realized that.
4. Having had a garden in years past, I understand what God is talking about regarding rain. The Israelites had come from Egypt where they had to water things by hand or irrigation, but now they are going into a land where God will provide rain as long as they are faithful to Him. I have planted gardens in years where it was really dry, and I got very little, if any crop.
5. Do you think that might be important? - Deuteronomy 11:18-21 state the same things that Deuteronomy 6:6-9 say. If you want to know what is emphasized in Deuteronomy, I think that repetition should be a pretty good indication.
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