Justin Houtz

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  • Daily Bible Study

    Deuteronomy 25-27; Galatians 5

    DateVersionReading Plan
    March 14, 2026ESV (2016)ESV Life Journal Plan – 2026

    Deuteronomy 25-27

    Observation & Interpretation

    Chapter 25 continues in the giving of laws concerning how to handle disputes between men, levirate marriage, what is to be done with a wife who seizes a man beating her husband by his private parts, use of equal weights and measures, remembering what Amalek did to them as they came out of Egypt and to acknowledge that the LORD was giving them rest from all their enemies.

    In Chapter 26, laws are given concerning what the people were to do with the first of all fruit of the ground from the land they were being given to possess. They were to set it before the altar of the LORD and make a response of remembrance of all He had done for them in rescuing out of the land of Egypt and brought them to a land flowing with milk and honey. Upon finishing paying all the tithe of all their produce in the third year which was the year of tithing and gave it to the Levite, sojourner, fatherless and widow, they were to say to the LORD what they had done and that they had done all the LORD commanded. They were to be careful to do all that the LORD commanded, obeying His statutes and rules. The LORD declared that day that He had taken this people as His treasured possession and that they shall be holy to Him as He promised.

    Chapter 27 begins with a command by Moses and the elders of Israel to keep the commandment that they had given the people and that they were to setup an altar of uncut stones when they cross over the Jordan to the land they were to possess. They were to offer burnt and peace offerings to the LORD and write the words of the law on the stones very plainly. According to the CSB Notes, this “probably comprised the Ten Commandments, which were to be written on the plastered stones on Mount Ebal, i.e., in Shechem.” Moses and the Levitical priests then commanded the people to keep silence and listen, that they shall obey the voice of their God and keep His commandments. Moses charged the people to split the people by tribe, six to stand on Mount Gerizim and six to stand on Mount Ebal, the former to “Amen” the blessings and the latter to “Amen” the cursings. The Levites were then to declare the cursings.

    Application

    So much in these chapters speak to how the people were to remember what had happened, what the LORD had done for them and how He provided for them. They were to remember what Amelek did and the rest that the LORD was now giving them; to remember that the Egyptians treated them harshly and how the LORD delivered them from slavery; to remember and keep the laws they had been given and that the LORD would set them in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that He had made.

    It is at the heart of sinful man to forget and actively rebel against our LORD for whom we have been created and by whom we have been redeemed. By His grace, He has given us His Word and His Spirit in guidance that we would ever be refreshed in the truth of His presence and faithfulness. May we respond in earnest gratitude that He has chosen to speak to us by seeking communion with Him in Word and prayer.

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