Questions and Answers Deuteronomy 18 - 34 |
Q. What characterized the peoples who were driven away from Canaan? |
A. Deuteronomy 18:9-14 = Detestable customes of idol worship: 1). They did child sacrifice 2). They practiced fortunetelling 3). They practiced sorcery 4). They were interpreting omens 5). They were into witchcraft 6). They were casting spells 7). They were functioning as mediums or psychics 8). They called forth the spirits of the dead. |
Q. How did God define such people? | A. Deuteronomy 18:12 = He called them objects of horror and disgust to the Lord. |
Q. Did God give Israel another prophet similar to Moses? | A. Deuteronomy 18:15 = Yes. |
Q. Why did the Israelites get prophets? | A. Deuteronomy 18:16 = Because at the foot of Mount Sinai, they begged that they might never again have to listen to the voice of the Lord their God or see His blazing fire. |
Q. Why? | A. Deuteronomy 18:16 = They feared God's presence would kill them. |
Q. So the prophet role was established permanently in Deuteronomy 18:17? | A. Deuteronomy 18:17 = Yes. |
Q. With guidelines? |
A. Deuteronomy 18:17-22 = Yes. 1). A prophet would speak in the name of the Lord what God tells him to speak 2). God would deal with those who did not listen to the prophet 3). A prophet speaking inthe name of any other god or who falsely claimed to speak for God would be put to death 4). If the prophet spoke of something that did not come to pass (in God's name), it wasn't from God and they had nothing to fear. 5). Sometimes prophets were mistaken. |
Q. Were cities of refuge set up in Canaan? | A. Deuteronomy 19:2 = Yes. 3 cities alongside good roads in 3 different districts. |
Q. Why 3 cities of refuge? | A. Deuteronomy 19:6 = To insure it would be close enough to run to and away from an avenger from anywhee in Canaan. |
Q. What happened to false witnesses? | A. Deuteronomy 19:16 = He took the punishment of the slayer. |
Q. Isn't that harsh? | A. Deuteronomy 19:20 = No. It kept people from bearing false witness. |
Q. What was God's brand of perfect justice? |
A. Deuteronomy 19:21 = 1). Never show pity for a guilty person 2). An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, hand for a hand, foot for a foot. |
Q. God commanded Israel to have an army with which to take the land. What motivated them to fight? |
A. Deuteronomy 20:2 = 1). The priest gave a pep talk 2). God promised to go before them 3). The army officers gave a pep talk. |
Q. What would the priest say? |
A. Deuteronomy 20:3 = 1). Do not be afraid; God will fight for you 2). You will win. |
Q. What was the offers' pep talk like? |
A. Deuteronomy 20:5 = He told his men to 1). Dedicate their homes 2). Eat from your vineyard at least once 3). Get married 4). If you're scared, go home before your fear rubs off on others. |
Q. Did the Israelites just do a surprise attack? | A. Deuteronomy 20:10 = No. They first offered terms of peace. |
Q. What were the Israelites' terms of surrender? | A. Deuteronomy 20:11 = To give up the town and serve the Israelites in forced labor. |
Q. And if their enemies prepared to attack? | A. Deuteronomy 20:12 = The Israel was obliged to attack. |
Q. How would they know to attack? | A. Deuteronomy 20:13 = When the Lord handed the city over to them, and they would kill every man. |
Q. What happened to the rest of the people and plunder? | A. Deuteronomy 20:14 = They kept it for themselves. |
Q. Did this apply to every war? | A. Deuteronomy 20:15 = No. In Canaan, every living thing would be destroyed there. |
Q. Why? | A. Deuteronomy 20:18 = To keep them from teaching the Israelites their detestable customes in the worship of their gods, which would cause them to sin deeply against God. |
Q. Did the Israelites cut down trees to make weapons to beseige a city? | A. Deuteronomy 20:19 = Yes. But not fruit trees. They still needed to eat! |
Q. How were unsolved murders handled? | A. Deuteronomy 21:1 = The priest would take a young unworked cow, break its neck and declare innocence as a tribe (includes the tribe nearest to the dead body). |
Q. What if an Israelite wished to marry a captive woman? |
A. Deuteronomy 21:10 = 1). He'd take her home 2). She would shave her head, cut her fingernails and change her clothes 3). She'd remain in his house a full month, mourning her father and mother 4). They'd marry 5). If he decided he didn't like her after all, he'd let her go free, she wouldn't be a slave because she had been humiliated. Note: Divorce humiliates! |
Q. With polygamous marriages there were rules of inheritance. What were they? |
A. Deuteronomy 21:15 = Even if the man loved the 2nd wife and son better than the first, the first was entitled to his double portion of inheritance (Leah's sons got their share this way). Note: Love is a choice. This rule of marriage keeps men fair. |
Q. How did the Jacob/Israelites deal with rebellious sons? | A. Deuteronomy 21:18 = Death by stoning by all the men of the town. |
Q. Were people hanged in Moses' day? | A. Deuteronomy 21:22 = Yes. |
Q. How long would a dead person hang after he was dead? | A. Deuteronomy 21:23 = Not long. They had to be buried the same day. |
Q. Why? | A. Deuteronomy 21:23 = Because anyone hanging on a tree was cursed of God. They would defile the land. |
Q. Was there a "finders keepers, losers weepers" law? | A. Deuteronomy 22:1 = No. You find it, you give it back or babysit it till the owner came around to claim it. |
Q. Was there a good samaritan law? | A. Deuteronomy 22:4 = Yes. You see someone needing help, you gave it. |
Q. How does God feel about cross-dressing? | A. Deuteronomy 22:5 = He forbid it and hates it. |
Q. What if you came across a birds' nest with momma and babies or eggs in it? | A. Deuteronomy 22:6 = You could take the young or eggs and let the momma go. |
Q. Was there a promise attached to that command? | A. Deuteronomy 22:7 = Yes. That you may prosper and enjoy a long life. |
Q. How does God feel about our using safety features in our homes? | A. Deuteronomy 22:8 = He is for it. With the flat roofs of the Israelites' houses, he told them to put barriers around the edges so no one fell off. Otherwise, their injury or death would be your fault. |
Q. What about sexual purity? |
A. Deuteronomy 22:13 = Not to be taken lightly! 1). A man caught accusing a bride (virgin of Israel) of adultery was fined 100 pieces of silver and told he could never divorce her. 2). A bride would could not prove her virginity was stoned to death in front of her father's house 3). An adulterating man and woman were stoned. 4). An engaged woman who slept with another man was stoned with the other man ....4b). If she is being raped, she must cry for help or be guilty 5). If he raped her out in the country, only the rapist is killed. It would be assumed that she did cry out, but no one could hear her 6). If a man raped a young woman (not engaged or married), he paid her father 50 pieces of silver and married her. No divoce was allowed. 7). No intercourse between a son and his father's wife was ever allowed. |
Q. Were there strict regulations for worship? | A. Deuteronomy 23:1 = Yes. Certain people could not assemble for worship. |
Q. Who? |
A. Deuteronomy 23:1 = 1). A man with crushed reproductive organs or a cut off thingy 2). Illigitimate children for ten generations 3). No Ammonites or Moabites for ten generations because they did not welcome the Israelites with food or water when they came out of Egypt. But instead, they hired Balaam to curse them. |
Q. Does God sometimes turn someone's curse into a blessing? | A. Deuteronomy 23:5 = Yes. |
Q. Why? | A. Deuteronomy 23:5 = Because He loves us! |
Q. Did God ever tell the Israelites not to help a people in need? | A. Deuteronomy 23:6 = Yes. Israelites were never to help the Ammonites or Moabites in any way. |
Q. Did God spare other nations? |
A. Deuteronomy 23:7 = Yes. 1). He said not to hate the Edomites because they were relatives 2). He said not to hate the Egyptians because the Israelites had lived as foreigners amongst them. |
Q. Were the Egyptians who were among them now allowed in the assembly to worship? | A. Deuteronomy 23:8 = Yes. The 3rd generation and beyond. |
Q. What was it like to be an Israelite soldier? |
A. Deuteronomy 23:9 = 1). A soldier stayed away from anything impure 2). If he became dirty, he left the camp, bathed and returned at sunset 3). The latrine was outside the camp. Each man had a spade for burying his fecus. 4). The camp was holy so that God could move around in it, defeating their enemies. He could not see any shameful thing amongst them or He might turn away from a man. 5). A slave from the enemy master could take refuge with the Israelites. They would remain free and not oppressed. |
Q. Were prostitutes both men and women? | A. Deuteronomy 23:18 = Yes. |
Q. Were temple prostitutes ever Israelites? | A. Deuteronomy 23:17 = No. Never. |
Q. Could one bring an offering bought withthe earnings of a prostitute? | A. Deuteronomy 23:18 = No. Never. |
Q. Could an Israelite loan money with interest to another Israelite? | A. Deuteronomy 23:19 = No. Only to foreigners could they charge interest. |
Q. Is there a promise attached to that? | A. Deuteronomy 23:20 = Yes. God would bless them in everything they did in the promised land if they kept that law. |
Q. What about vows? |
A. Deuteronomy 23:21 = 1). They were to fulfill them quickly or the vow became a sin 2). They were to refrain from making vows. |
Q. What about food? |
A. Deuteronomy 23:24 = 1). You could eat your fill of your neighbor's vineyard, but couldn't take any grapes away in a basket 2). You could pluck a few heads of grain from your neighbor's field, but not with a sickle. Note: We should expect to feed stranges, but not be taken for granted!) |
Q. Could a man who found out something about his bride he didn't like divorce her over it? | A. Deuteronomy 24:1 = Yes. |
Q. Could she marry again? | A. Deuteronomy 24:2 = Yes. |
Q. What if the 2nd husband divorces her or dies? | A. Deuteronomy 24:3 = She could not remarry the first husband. |
Q. Why? |
A. Deuteronomy 24:4 = 1). God finds it detestable because she has been defiled by marrying the 2nd husband 2). She would bring guilt upon the land. |
Q. What was the penalty for an Israelite who kidnapped another Israelite and treated him like a slave or sold him? | A. Deuteronomy 24:7 = Death. |
Q. In Singapore, parents are punished for the crimes of their children. Is this biblical? |
A. Deuteronomy 24:16 = No! Each one is accountable for his own crime. Note: Take comfort, you parents of rebel children! |
Q. While harvesting my crops, I forget one bundle of grain inthe field. Should I go back and get it? | A. Deuteronomy 24:19 = No. Leave it for the orphans and widows. The Lord will bless you for it. |
Q. When beating the olives from my trees, should I go over the tees twice to make sure I get every olive? |
A. Deuteronomy 24:20 = No. Leave the rest for the poor, the orphan and the widow. Note: God provides. Don't account for every penny. Be open-handed like these Israelite farmers, with what God provides you! |
Q. And this applied to vineyards and any other crop? |
A. Deuteronomy 24:21 = Yes. This action would serve to remind them of their own poor days in Egypt. Note: Never forget what it was like to be poor! |
Q. Is there such a thing as overkill in punishment? |
A. Deuteronomy 25:3 = Yes. If a punishment of 40 lashes was given and no more, or humiliation would come to the person being punished. Note: This is a reference to physical abuse. Being lashed in public was not shameful, but due. Being over-lashed was shameful. We need to be fair in discipling our children or else we overkill and cause shame. |
Q. What happened to a young widow living on the same property as her brother-in-law if she had no son? | A. Deuteronomy 25:5 = The brother-in-law would marry her and give her a son. This son would be his dead brother's heir. All children after him would be his own. |
Q. Why was this done? | A. Deuteronomy 25:6 = So that the dead brother would not be forgotten in Israel. |
Q. What if the brother refused to marry his brother's widow? |
A. Deuteronomy 25:7 = 1). The widow would go to the town gate and say to the leaders that he refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel 2). The leaders would summon him and try to reason with him. 3). If he still refused, the widow would pull his sandal from his foot and spit in his face. 4). Widow would then say, "This is what happens to a man who refuses to raise up a son for his brother." 5). Ever afterwards, his family would be known as "the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off!" |
Q. What was done when 2 men fought? | A. Deuteronomy 25:11 = If one man's wife tried to rescue her husband by grabbing the other man's reproductive organs, her hand was cut off without pity. |
Q. Were the Israelites to be exact in their trades? | A. Deuteronomy 25:13 = Yes. Their scales had tobe exact. Long life went to honest businessmen -- cheaters were detestable to God. |
Q. Is punishment sometimes delayed? | A. Deuteronomy 25:17 = Yes. God told the Israelites that eventually, they would need to destroy the Amalekites for their sins against Israel. But not until they occupied the promised land. |
Q. What was Jacob's nationality? | A. Deuteronomy 26 = He was a wandering Aramean. |
Q. Is it important to ackknowledge God when we get a sudden windfall of wealth? | A. Deuteronomy 26:1-10 = Yes. We need to say it and declare all God has brought us to that point, so that we remember who provides. |
Q. How were orphans and widows ensured they would be taken care of? | A. Deuteronomy 26:12 = Every 3rd year, farmers would tithe a special time. These tithes went to the Levites, foreigners, orphans and widows. The portion was the best and not 2nd best (like foodbank fodder!). It was declared as such in public. Followed by a a request to God for a blessing on Israel. |
Q. Is being famous wrong? | A. Deuteronomy 26:19 = No. God promises a righteous man praise, honor and reknown in exchange for obedience. |
Q. How committed must a man be to God's commands? | A. Deuteronomy 26:16 = 100% with no reservations. |
Q. What was the first thing God told the Israelites to do upon entering the promised land across the Jordan River? |
A. Deuteronomy 27:2 = 1). To set up some large stones, coat them with plaster and write all God's commands on them (at Mount Ebal). 2). Then build an altar there using natural stones. Offer burnt offerings and peace offerings and feast there with great joy before the Lord. |
Q. Then what? |
A. Deuteronomy 27 = 1). Six tribes (Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin) stood on Mount Gerizim to proclaim a blessing over the people 2). Six tribes (Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali) stood on Mount Ebal to proclaim a curse. 3). Then the Levites shouted to all the people of Israel these curses: 1). For secretive idol carvers or casters who also set them up 2). Theives who stole land 3). One who led a blind person astray 4). One who was unjust to foreigners, orphans and widows 5). One who entered his father's wife 6). One who entered an animal 7). One who entered his sister (step siblings too) 8). One who entered his mother-in-law 9). Murderers who killed in secret 10). Paid assassins 11). One who did not affirm al God's laws Note: After each curse was spoken, all Israel said "AMEN!" |
Q. Ouch! Were there blessings proclaimed as well? |
A. Deuteronomy 28:2-3 = Yes. For obedience, there was: 1). Blessings in town and country 2). Blessings of many children and good crops 3). Blessings of fertile herds and flocks 4). Blessings of much fruit and bread 5). Blessings followed you everywhere 6). God would conquer their enemies 7). God would fill the storehouses with grain 8). God would bless the land 9). God would establish them as His holy people. 10). The nations would stand in awe of them 11). God would send the rain at the proper time 12). Theywould be able to lend to many nations, but would never have to borrow from them 13). God would make them the head and not the tail and they would always have the upper hand. |
Q. And for disobedience? | A. Deuteronomy 28:2-3 = The above blessings 1-5 would be reversed! |
Q. What else? |
A. Deuteronomy 28:20 = They would suffer in their minds the following torments: 1). Confusion 2). Disollusionment in everything they did until they were destroyed 3). Disease 4). Scorching heat 5). Drought 6). blight and mildew 7). hard earth 8). sand and dust would pour down from the sky 9). Enemies would defeat them 10). They would be bjects of horror worldwide 11). Bird and beast would eat their dead bodies 12). Boils 13). tumors 14). Scurvy 15). madness 16). blindness 17). panic 18). failure in all they did 19). oppression 20) they would be robbed continually 21). the woman you were engaged to would be ravaged by another man 22). your house would become another's 23). You would not eat from your own vineyard 24). Your ox would be butchered before your eyes, but none of the meat would be for you 25). Your donkey would be driven away 26). Your sheep would be given to your enemies 27). Your offspring would be made slaves 28). A foreign nation you did not know would eat your crops 29). You would be treated harshly by them 30). You would go mad because of all this 31). You would be exiled with your king 32). All this punishment would still not get your attention because you'd still worship idols of stone and wood so... 33). You would be objects of horror to the world 34). Locusts would eat your crops 35). worms would eat your grapevines 36). Olive trees would drop their fruit before the olives were ripe 37). children would go into captivity 38). Swarms of insects would eat your crops 39). Foreigners among you would prosper while you would get poorer, they would get stronger while you got weaker. |
Q. What kind of worship did God expect? | A. Deuteronomy 28:47 = with joy and enthusiasm for the abundant benefits they received. |
Q. Did the list of ills continue? |
A. Deuteronomy 28:48 = Yes. 40). They would serve their enemies 41). They would grow hungry 42). Thirsty 43). naked 44). They would lack in everything 45). They would be oppressed until they were destroyed 46). A worse enemy would come who had no respect for the aged or the young 47). They would devour food and livestock and the Israelites would starve 48). The enemy would siege the city and knock its walls down 49). They would attack the towns in the promised land 50). Israelites would eat their young 51). A man wouldn't share the flesh of his own son with his wife and other children. 52). A tender wife would become cruel to her husband and childen. She'd eat her newborn baby in secret 53). Indescribible plagues would befall them 54). They would get Egypt's diseases 55). Plagues not mentioned in the bible would befall them 56). Most would die. |
Q. Did God enjoy being Israel's God? | A. Deuteronomy 28:63 = Yes. He found great pleasure in helping them to prosper and multiply. |
Q. Would God hesitate to bring great judgment on them? | A. Deuteronomy 28:63 = No. He would destroy them with pleasure! |
Q. Did the list continue? |
A. Deuteronomy 28:64 = Yes. 57). They would be scattered worldwide 58). They would worship gods not mentioned yet 59). They would have no security or rest 60). Hearts would tremble, eyes would fail, souls would despair 61). Lives would hang in doubt so they wouldn't know if they would be alive in the morning 62). They would be sent back to Egypt in ships, but even if they offered themselves as slaves, no one would buy them. |
Q. And these commandments and promises of punishment came with those given on Mount Sinai? | A. Deuteronomy 29:1 = Yes. |
Q. How binding was this covenant? | A. Deuteronomy 29:15 = It was good for all future descendants too. |
Q. Did God reveal everything to the Israelites? | A. Deuteronomy 29:29 = No. There are secret things that belong to God alone. |
Q. And who do the revealed things belong to? | A. Deuteronomy 29:29 = The Israelites and their descendants. |
Q. What are the revealed things? | A. Deuteronomy 29:29 = God's word through Moses. |
Q. Did God give them instructions for the road back to holiness from sin? |
A. Deuteronomy 30:1 = Yes. They and their children had to turn back. Then 1). God would gather them from all nations 2). Prosper them more than their ancestors 3). Cleanse their hearts and their descendants' hearts 4). Curses would go to their enemies 5). They would obey 6). They would become successful 7). They would have abundance 8). God would be delighted in being good to them. Note: God cleanses the heart and soul so that we can treat Him properly. |
Q. How long ago did God put His statutes inthe hearts of men? | A. Deuteronomy 30:11-14 = As far back as Moses' time. |
Q. Is the line between right and wrong drawn here? | A. Deuteronomy 30:15-19 = Yes. And the choices we make to do one or the other are ours to make. |
Q. Does God care about us that much? | A. Deuteronomy 30:19 = Passionately! |
Q. How long did Moses live? | A. Deuteronomy 31:1 = 120 years. |
Q. Who went ahead of the Israelites whey they crossed the Jordan River to enter into the promised land? | A. Deuteronomy 31:3 = God did. |
Q. Why? | A. Deuteronomy 31:3 = To destroy the nations living there so they could take possession of the land. |
Q. Who appointed Joshua to replace Moses as their leader? | A. Deuteronomy 31:3 = Moses did herre, but God did earlier in this book. |
Q. What would happen to the people already living in the promised land? | A. Deuteronomy 31:5 = God handed them over to the Israelites to deal with according to His word. |
Q. Were the Israelites tempted to be intimidated by them? | A. Deuteronomy 31:6 = Yes. But God told them to be strong and courageous. |
Q. Is being strong and courageous a choice? | A. Deuteronomy 31:6 = Yes. It requires beliving that God will be your army and not forsake nor fail you. |
Q. Is the Year of Jubilee also known by another name? | A. Deuteronomy 31:10 = Yes. Also known as the Year of Release. |
Q. The Year of Jubilee was a work-free year along with the following year. What was one event that happened only in the 7th year? | A. Deuteronomy 31:11 = The priest had to read the entire law to the people at assembly, before the Lord, at His chosen place. |
Q. Who was required to be there? | A. Deuteronomy 31:12 = Everyone -- foreigners and children too. |
Q. Who commissioned Joshua? | A. Deuteronomy 31:14 = God did. |
Q. Did God have any final words for Moses before he died? | A. Deuteronomy 31:16 = Yes. |
Q. What were they? |
A. Deuteronomy 31:16 = 1). That the people would worship foreign gods after he died -- gods from the land where they were going 2). The people would abandon God and break the covenant 3). God would be angry and abandon them 4). The people would be destroyed 5). Terrible trouble would come and they would realize it's because God has left them. |
Q. Why did God tell Moses all this bad news? | A. Deuteronomy 31:22 = So Moses would write down the words and make a song of it to pass down to their descendants. |
Q. What did the law serve as? | A. Deuteronomy 31:26 = A witness against Israel. It let them know that Moses knew their rebellion existed even during his lifetime. |
Q. What happened to the written law Moses wrote? | A. Deuteronomy 31:26 = It was placed beside the Ark of the Covenant. |
Q. What did Moses do next? | A. Deuteronomy 31:28 = He summoned all the leaders and officials of the tribes to speak to them and call heaven and earth to witness against them. He called them on their sins. |
Q. What was in the song Moses wrote down? | A. Deuteronomy 32 = A synopsis of Israel's relationship with God; their sins and punishment, God's anger with them for it, the angels witnessing it, God's promise to avenge them, theland and His people. |
Q. Did Moses give the people a final warning? | A. Deuteronomy 32:46 = Yes. He pled to them to do right, obey and be happy. |
Q. Where did Moses die? | A. Deuteronomy 32:49 = On Mount Nebo across from Jericho -- Looking at the promised land. |
Q. Did he bless the Israelites before his death? | A. Deuteronomy 33 = Yes. An nice long blessing. Each tribe would go a special way. Moses prophesied their fates and they have come to pass. |
Q. What were the fates of these tribes? |
A. Deuteronomy 33 = 1). Reuben's people would not die out, though they were a small tribe 2). Judah's people would need strength to fight their enemies 3). Levi's people would teach God's law; God would crush their enemies 4). Benjamin's people would be loved by the Lord, live in safety, surrounded by God continuously; preserved from every harm 5). Joseph's people would have fertile land, rain from heaven and earth, first crops of the ancient countains, the best gifts of the earth; the favor of God; the strength and majesty of a young bull, and be a powerful foe. 6). Ephraim's people and 7). Manasseh's people shared in this, their, Joseph's blessing. 8). Zebulun's people would be prosperous in their expeditions abroad 9). Issachar's people would be prosperous at home in their tents; summon the people to the mountain to offer proper sacrifices; benefit from the riches of the sea and the hidden treasures of the sand. (computer chips?) 10). Gad's people had the best land. They would be strong like a lion; protective; a leader's share was assigned to them; they would crry out the Lord's justice, obey His regulations for Israel. 11). Dan's people would be like a lion's cub, leaping out from Bashan 12). Naphtali's people would be rich in favor, full of the Lord's blessings, possess the west and south lands. 13). Asher's people would be blessed above the other sons; esteemed by his brothers; his feet bathed in olive oil; bolts of his gates would be made with iron and bronze; strength would match the length of his days. |
Q. What did Moses reveal about God here, right before his death? |
A. Deuteronomy 33:26 = 1). There is no one like the God of Israel 2). God rides across the heavens to help Israel, in majestic splendor 3). God is their refuge; His everlasting arms are under Israel. 4). God thrusts out the enemy before Israel. 5). It is God who cries "Destroy them!" 6). God is Israel's protecting shield and triumphant sword. |
Q. How was one way Israel defeated their enemies? | A. Deuteronomy 33:29 = Their enemies bowed down before them and they trampled on their backs! |
Q. Where did Moses finally die? | A. Deuteronomy 34:1 = Near Pisgah Peak in the land of Moab, where he viewed the promised land just before he died. |
Q. Where was Moses buried? | A. Deuteronomy 34:6 = In a valley near Beth-peor in Moab. To this day, no one knows exactly where. |
Q. Who buried Moses? | A. Deuteronomy 34:6 = Not sure. Some manuscripts say "The Lord buried him." Others say "He was buried." Still others say "They buried him." |
Q. How old was Moses when he died? | A. Deuteronomy 34:7 = 120 years of age. |
Q. What kind of physical condition was he in when he died? | A. Deuteronomy 34:7 = Strong and clear in vision. |
Q. What was the customary time of mourning? | A. Deuteronomy 34:8 = 30 days. |
Q. What do we need to remember about Moses? | A. Deuteronomy 34:9-12 = He was full of wisdom, there was never another prophet like him. |
Q. Why was that? |
A. Deuteronomy 34:10 = 1). The Lord knew Moses face to face. (He spent 40 days and 40 nights with God on Mount Sinai!) 2). He performed all the signs, and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his servants and his entire land 3). The Lord demonstrated His mighty power and terrifying acts inthe sight of all Israel through Moses. |