The Book Of Leviticus Singles Out What God Has Done For The Israelites

In the Old Testament, the Israelites were seen as people who failed to listen to God’s commandments. Despite knowing beforehand that they would be punished for their disobedience, they still continued to commit sin. God tried to deter their misbehavior by promising them many blessings, but it worked to no avail. Due to the insubordination of the Israelites, He made sure that the promises He made to them would be withheld and that they would face consequences.

Note that in the commandments concerning how to conduct war, certain tribes are singled out for complete destruction. Starting in verse sixteen, God commands the Israelites to kill everything, men, women, children, and their animals. Also note that in verse eighteen, He gives one of the reasons, “That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods.”

Without devotion to God, violence and death would flourish in Israel. These factors would impede God’s blessings of security and life; thus, the Mosaic covenant demonstrates the continual faithfulness of God in the Old Testament. Finally, God is faithful to Israel during the people’s complaints in the desert. Rather than abandoning the nation for its faithlessness, God provides them will nourishment and protection during their journey. These acts further reinforce the faithfulness of God, even when his followers stray. In all, the Pentateuch demonstrates the theme of God’s faithfulness.

Deuteronomy comes next in the Pentateuch--the do this, do that, Deuteronomy. The name Deuteronomy means “the second law. “It was given because the Greek translators found in it a repetition of some laws previously given, and the enactment of some new laws.” Almost similar in its structure to Numbers this book has three parts, the three parts are the three speeches delivered by Moses in Moab. The first speech Moses gives starts in Deuteronomy 1:6 and ends with Deuteronomy 4:40. This speech Moses gives has practical meaning and analysis of the events that led them up to the previous forty years. The second part of Deuteronomy is Moses’s second speech (Deuteronomy 5-Deuteronomy 26). Moses adds some laws and encourages the people to live up to their plan of being God’s nation and to raise the children up in this way. The third speech from Moses begins in the twenty-seventh chapter and finishes in chapter thirty. Moses tells the people not to

The whole book of Deuteronomy is telling the story of a people that made a deal with God. They made promises to serve him according to the way that he wanted to be served. Deuteronomy laid out all the wonderful things that would happen to them if they were obedient and kept their promises. It also laid out what would happen if they did not keep their promise. It was pretty harsh too.

In Deuteronomy 14:22-26, God instructs the Israelites, "You shall tithe all the yield of your seed, which comes forth from the field year by year. And before the LORD your God, in the place which he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the

6. And he shall read it all the days of his life, to fear the Lord and observe all the words of this law, that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, and not turn aside from the commandment, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:14-20)

“You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it. You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the people of Israel.” Numbers 35: 33-34

they would be blessed if they followed God, but punished if they strayed from him. Nehemiah

Deuteronomy 8:2, “You shall remember the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His

After that they will inherit the land “But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.” Numbers 32:23

- It is generally agreed that the Deuteronomist history originated independently of the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers, and the history of the books of Chronicles; most of scholars followed all the way back or most of it to the Babylonian exile, and put it with people rewording of both the Tetrateuch and Jeremiah. The principles of Deuteronomy are that Israel must follow the Law, and gain God’s blessing or ignore it, get cursed, and be forced out of their homeland by Israel’s enemies.

Exodus and Deuteronomy are very similar in many aspects. They both include the Decalogue of the 10 commandments and with only minor differences. The only major difference is the wording of the commandment of keeping the sabbath day holy. In Deuteronomy it states, “You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out thence with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day” (Deuteronomy 5:15). Deuteronomy includes the slaves when keeping the sabbath day holy, because the Israelites were once slaves before Moses led them out of slavery.

At the end of Genesis and into exodus, we see a God who is delivering a people out of slavery and promising this same people a literal land of their own. He promised to be their God. We find moving into exodus that Jacob and Joseph are dead. In Exodus, we see God taking the blessings of Egypt to Jacob and his seed making it bondage to prepare their heart to be His people. Deuteronomy teaches the people how they will live in the promised land. Moses was used of God to lead them out of Egypt and to prepare the new generation to be His people, but Moses could not enter the promised land (Deuteronomy 34:4, HCSB). As Deuteronomy ends God provides new leadership, but His words live on with the people. He continues to choose to work among them. They conquer the land He promised with His guidance and by their obedience to His commands. In conclusion, the storyline from

The book of Deuteronomy is regarded as the fixed book for Old Testament study. "Deuteronomy was "the book of the law" which was found in the temple in the time of King Josiah. Its theology and ideas were fixed to be used in the seventh century BC. Deuteronomy could also be used as to date other Old Testament books. In the study of literary and source critic, Deuteronomy was obscured to understand. In this form critic questions to the book. What is the social setting of life "Sitz im Leben"? What kind of book is it to contain diverse elements like "historical surveys, moral exhortation, ceremonial laws, curses, poems and descriptions of solemn rituals?" (pg. 40). Many scholars answered Deuteronomy as the written for against vassal treaty. And they questioned about the relations between God and Israelites. If it is true we need to suggest which context in ancient Israel was presented as the same relationship between the ruler and the clients, God and Israel. In addition, the author mentions that as Deuteronomy is