Tag Archives: Deuteronomy 9

focused praying

focused praying Deuteronomy 9:25 “I fell down in the presence of Yahveh forty days and forty nights because Yahveh had threatened to exterminate you. Deuteronomy 9:26 I prayed to Yahveh: Lord Yahveh, do not annihilate your people, your inheritance, whom … Continue reading

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thoughts on radical obedience

thoughts on radical obedience Deuteronomy 9:21-24 Deuteronomy 9:21 I took the calf you had mistakenly made and burned it. I crushed it, thoroughly grinding it to powder as fine as dust, and tossed its dust into the stream that came … Continue reading

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I prayed for Aaron

I prayed for Aaron Deuteronomy 9:18 I fell down like the first time in the presence of Yahveh for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water because of all the mistakes you made, doing … Continue reading

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acts of defiance

acts of defiance Deuteronomy 9:15 “So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. Deuteronomy 9:16 I saw and noticed how you had made a … Continue reading

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daring to intercede

daring to intercede Deuteronomy 9:12 “Yahveh said to me, ‘Get up and go down immediately from here. You see, your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned from the way that I commanded … Continue reading

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duplicate

duplicate Deuteronomy 9:8 You infuriated Yahveh at Horeb, and he was angry enough with you to exterminate you. Deuteronomy 9:9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant Yahveh established with you, … Continue reading

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infuriating God

infuriating God Deuteronomy 9:6 Understand that Yahveh your God is not giving you this good land to take possession of because of your righteousness, because you are a hard-necked people. Deuteronomy 9:7 “Remember and do not forget how you infuriated … Continue reading

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his chosen sword

his chosen sword Deuteronomy 9:4 When Yahveh your God pushes them away before you, do not say in your heart, and this is what you say: ‘Yahveh brought me in to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.’ … Continue reading

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God will cross over ahead

God will cross over ahead Deuteronomy 9:1 “Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go into and take possession from nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the sky. Deuteronomy 9:2 The … Continue reading

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in retrospect: hinges of mercy

Deuteronomy 9:6-10:11 Moses’ prayers  served as hinges that let the LORD turn from his judgment upon Israel to his mercy toward them.  Many times the anger of the LORD was ready to consume the people, and it was the persistent … Continue reading

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