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deuteronomy 27:14-26

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Deuteronomy 27:14-26

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

14. And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15. Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16. Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17. Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18. Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19. Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20. Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 21. Cursed [be] he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22. Cursed [be] he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23. Cursed [be] he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 24. Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25. Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 26. Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:14-26 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:14

Theological / Devotional

The Levites. Their voices could be heard by all the assembled multitude. By the reading of the law and the response of the people God and His people entered anew into a solemn covenant that held blessings for obedience and penalties for disobedience. The impressive occasion would not soon be forgotten.

Here was a foretaste of Christianity: the guilt (James 2:10) that comes with the broken law (Rom. 1:32); the assent that God’s requirements are just and good (Rom. 7:12-14); the redemption from the curse of the law (Gal. 3:13), with the inability of the law to lay hands upon the man in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:1); the final victory and the Promised Land (Rev. 15:2; 21:1-7).

By SdaBc

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