Deuteronomy 10:12-20
12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good? 14 To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. 15 Yet the LORD set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today. 16 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer. For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, 18 who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. 19 You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 20 You shall fear the LORD your God; him alone you shall worship; to him you shall hold fast, and by his name you shall swear.
Deuteronomy 14:28-29
28 Every third year you shall bring out the full tithe of your produce for that year, and store it within your towns; 29 the Levites, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you, as well as the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work that you undertake.
DEUTERONOMY – PREVIEW
Deuteronomy means ‘second law’. Deuteronomy covers the history of the Hebrew people from the time they were delivered from bondage in Egypt through the days before they entered Canaan, the promised land. Ch 10 starts with Moses going a second time to get the Ten Commandments from God. This is what he says to Israel right after that.
JOURNAL : What does loving strangers look like in our context?
What real issues do you face in providing for beggars, strangers, orphans & widows?
