Tag: Old Testament

CONQUEST OF CANAAN PROMISED

When My Angel goes before you and brings you to [the land of] the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, I will reject them and completely destroy them.

LAWS ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE

You shall not harm or oppress any widow or fatherless child.
If you harm or oppress them in any way, and they cry at all to Me [for help], I will most certainly hear their cry;
and My wrath shall be kindled and burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

MOSES APPOINTS RULERS TO JUDEGE ISRAEL

Moses Appoints Rulers to Judge Israel. You shall teach them the decrees and laws. You shall show them the way they are to live and the work they are to do.
Furthermore, you shall select from all the people competent men who [reverently] fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; you shall place these over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.

MOSES TELLS JETHRO OF GODS GOODNESS

Moses told his father-in-law about all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and about all the hardship that had happened during the journey, and how the LORD had rescued them.

WATER FROM THE ROCK AND VICTORY OVER AMALEK

Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; there you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may [have something to] drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. So Joshua overwhelmed and defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.