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Deuteronomy, chapter 2, verses 24 37. Rise up, set out on your journey and go over the valley of Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon, the Amorite king of Heshbon and his land. Begin to take possession and contend with him in battle. This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you. The defeat of King Sihon. So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon, the king of Heshban, with words of peace, saying, let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road. I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left. You shall sell me food for money that I may eat and give me water for money that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar, did for me. Until I go over the Jordan into
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the land that the Lord our God
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is giving to us. But Sihon, the king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him. For the Lord your God, hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate that he might give him into your hand as he is this day. And the Lord said to me, behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession that you may occupy his land. Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people to battle at Jahaz. And the Lord our God gave him over to us. And we defeated him and his sons and all his people. And we captured all his cities at that time. And devoted to destruction every city, man, men, women and children. We left no survivors. Only the livestock we took as spoil for ourselves with the plunder of the cities that we captured.
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From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. The Lord our God gave all into our hands only to the land of the sons of Ammon. You did not draw near, that is, to all the banks of the river Shabbak and the cities of the hill country, whatever the Lord our God had forbidden us. Deuteronomy, chapter 3. The defeat of King Og Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan. And Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us, he and all his people to battle at Ed Re. But The Lord said to me, do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hand. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon. So the Lord our God gave into our hand Og also the king of Bashan and all his people. And we struck him down until he had no survivor left. And we took all his cities. At that time, there was not a city that we did not take from them. 60 cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og and Bashan. All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates and bars. Besides very many unwalled villages. And we devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon, the king of Heshbon. Devoting to destruction every city, men, women and children. But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as our plunder. So we took the land at that time and out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon. The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Se Ner. All the cities of the Tableland and all Gilead in all Bashan as far as Selkah and Ed Reee, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. For only Og, the king of Bashan, was left of the remnant of of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Amorites, nine cubits was its length and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit. When we took possession of this land at that time I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites the territory beginning at Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon and half the hill country of Gilead with its cities and the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og. That is all. The region of Argob I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh. All that portion of Bashan is called the land of Rephaim. Yair, the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is Bashan, as far as the border of the Gshurites and the Maakathites and called the villages after his own name, Havath Yair, as it is to this day. To Makir I gave Gilead. And to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the valley of Arnon with the Middle of the valley as a border as far over as the river Hyabbok, the border of the Amorites, the Arba, also with the Jordan as the border from Kynareth, as far as the sea, the Arba, the salt sea under the slopes of Pisgah on the east. And I commanded you at that time, saying, the Lord, the Lord your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor shall cross over armed before your brothers, the people of Israel. Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock. I know that you have much livestock shall remain in the cities that I have given you until the Lord gives rest to your brothers as to you, and they also occupy the land that the Lord your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you. And I commanded Joshua at that time. Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. So will the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you are crossing. You shall not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who fights for you. Moses, forbidden to enter the land. And I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying, o Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For for what God is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours? Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country in Lebanon. But the Lord was angry with me because of you and would not listen to me. And the Lord said to me, enough from you. Do not speak to me of this matter again. Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and look at it with your eyes. For you shall not go over this Jordan, but charge Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land that you shall see. So we remained in the valley opposite of beth peor. Deuteronomy 4:1 14. Moses commands obedience. And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them that you may live and go and take possession of the land that the Lord the God of your fathers is giving you. You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at BAAL Peor, for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed BAAL of Peor. But you who held fast to the Lord your God, are all alive today. See, I have taught you statutes and rules as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Keep them and do them. For that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what great nation is there that has a God so near to it as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call upon him? And what great nation is there that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today? Only take care and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget that the things that your eyes have seen, unless they depart from your heart all the days of your life, make them known to your children and your children's children. How on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so. And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud and gloom. Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form, there was only a voice. And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess Luke 10:25 42, the parable of the Good Samaritan. And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said to him, what is written in the law? How do you read it? And he answered, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength, and with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself. And he said to him, you have answered correctly, do this and you will live. But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, and who is my neighbor? Jesus replied, a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now, by chance, a priest was going down the road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii, and he gave them to the innkeeper, saying, take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back. Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers? He said, the one who showed him mercy. And Jesus said to him, you go and do likewise. Martha and Mary. Now, as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she went up to him and said, lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me. But the Lord answered her, martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion which will not be taken away from her. Luke, chapter 11, verses 1 4. The Lord's Prayer. Now, Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples. And he said to them, when you pray, say, father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us, and lead us not into temptation. Psalm 58, 1:11. God, who judges the earth, do you indeed decree what is right? You gods, do you judge the children of man uprightly? No. In your hearts you devise wrongs, your hands deal out violence on earth. The wicked are estranged from the womb, they go astray from birth, speaking lies. They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter. O God, break the teeth in their mouths. Tear out the fangs of the young lions. O Lord, let them vanish like water that runs away when he aims his arrows. Let them be blunted. Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime. Like the stillborn child who never sees the sun. Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns Whether green or ablaze May he sweep them away. The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. Mankind will say, surely there is a reward for the righteous. Surely there is a God who judges on earth.
In this episode, listeners continue their journey through Deuteronomy, Luke, and Psalms, focusing on the Israelites’ conquest and obedience, Jesus’ teachings on compassion and prayer, and a psalm emphasizing God's justice. The central theme revolves around God's faithfulness, the necessity of following His commandments, the call to true neighborly love and mercy, and reliance on God's righteous judgment.
Timestamps: 00:03–13:58
Defeat of Sihon and Og (2:24–3:11)
Division of Land and Commands to Joshua (3:12–3:22)
"Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. So will the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you are crossing. You shall not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who fights for you." (11:18)
Moses Forbidden to Enter the Promised Land (3:23–29)
"'Enough from you; do not speak to me of this matter again. ... You shall not go over this Jordan, but charge Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people.'" (12:40)
Call to Obedience—Importance of God’s Law (4:1–14)
"You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God." (13:03)
"For what great nation is there that has a God so near to it as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call upon him?" (13:44)
Timestamps: 13:59–19:00
The Good Samaritan (10:25–37)
"The one who showed him mercy."
Jesus replied: "You go, and do likewise." (18:18–18:20)
Mary and Martha (10:38–42)
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her." (18:43)
Teaching on Prayer—The Lord’s Prayer (11:1–4)
"Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation." (19:00)
Timestamps: 19:01–21:20
"Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth." (21:15)
On God’s Power and Promise:
"This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear...and shall tremble and be in anguish." (00:13)
On God’s Law:
"You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God." (13:03)
On Neighborly Mercy:
"The one who showed him mercy." Jesus said, "You go, and do likewise." (18:20)
On Devotion Over Distraction:
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion..." (18:43)
On Righteous Justice:
"Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth." (21:15)
This episode serves as both scriptural immersion and practical application, weaving together lessons of faithfulness, compassion, spiritual focus, and the assurance of God’s righteous judgment.