1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,080 Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,760 in a year. 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,960 Today's reading is from Deuteronomy chapters 3 and 4. 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:13,960 Chapter 3 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:19,400 Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and all king of Bashan came out against us, 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,240 he and all his people, to battle at Edri. 7 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:26,480 And the LORD said to me, Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people, 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,120 and his land into your hand. 9 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,680 We shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt at Heshbon. 10 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:37,560 So the LORD our God also delivered into our hands Og king of Bashan with all his people, 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,880 and we attacked him until he had no survivors remaining. 12 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,020 And we took all his cities at that time. 13 00:00:43,020 --> 00:00:47,880 There was not a city which we did not take from them, sixty cities, all the region of 14 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,760 Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 15 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,600 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates and bars, besides a great many 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:00,880 rural towns, and we utterly destroyed them as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly 17 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:05,200 destroying the men, women and children of every city, but all the livestock and the 18 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,480 spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves. 19 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,600 And at that time we took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who 20 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,800 were on this side of the Jordan, from the river Arnon to Mount Hermon. 21 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,320 The Sidonians called Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites called it Senir. 22 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:26,680 All the cities of the plain, all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salka and Edri, cities 23 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,400 of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 24 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:34,320 For only king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants, indeed his bedstead was an 25 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:35,640 iron bedstead. 26 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,560 Is it not an Raba of the people of Amon? 27 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:44,200 None cubits is its length, and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit. 28 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:49,200 And this land which we possessed at that time from Arawar, which is by the river Arnon, 29 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,880 and half the mountains of Gilead and its cities, I gave to the Rubanites and the Gadites. 30 00:01:54,880 --> 00:02:00,760 The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. 31 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:05,080 All the region of Argob with all Bashan was called the land of the giants. 32 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:10,560 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites 33 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:16,440 and the Makkotites, and called Bashan after his own name Havoth Jair to this day. 34 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:22,120 Also I gave Gilead to Makkir, and to the Rubanites and the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far 35 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:23,560 as the river Arnon. 36 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,760 The middle of the river as the border, as far as the river Jabak, the border of the 37 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,360 people of Amon. 38 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,800 The plain also with the Jordan as the border, from Shinareth as far as the east side of 39 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:38,240 the sea of Araba, the salt sea, below the slopes of Pisgah. 40 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,480 Then I commanded you at that time saying, The Lord your God has given you this land 41 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:47,680 to possess, all you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren the children 42 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:48,680 of Israel. 43 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,640 By your wives, your little ones, and your livestock, I know that you have much livestock, 44 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:58,120 shall stay in your cities which I have given you, until the Lord has given rest to your 45 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:02,760 brethren as to you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving 46 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,600 them beyond the Jordan. 47 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,120 Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you. 48 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,640 And I commanded Joshua at that time saying, Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your 49 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:17,840 God has done to these two kings, so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms through which 50 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,000 you pass. 51 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,080 You must not fear them, for the Lord your God himself fights for you. 52 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,400 Then I pleaded with the Lord at that time saying, O Lord God, you have begun to show 53 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:32,440 your servant your greatness and your mighty hand, for what God is there in heaven or on 54 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,480 earth who can do anything like your works and your mighty deeds? 55 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:42,200 I pray let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains 56 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,440 and Lebanon. 57 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,340 But the Lord was angry with me on your account and would not listen to me. 58 00:03:47,340 --> 00:03:51,720 So the Lord said to me, Enough of that, speak no more to me of this matter. 59 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:57,240 Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and 60 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:58,240 the east. 61 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,260 Behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan. 62 00:04:02,260 --> 00:04:07,800 But command Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him, for he shall go over before this people, 63 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,360 and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you will see. 64 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,040 So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth Pior. 65 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,760 Chapter 4 Now O Israel, listen to the statutes and the 66 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:23,720 judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live and go in and possess the land 67 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,800 which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you. 68 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:31,220 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the 69 00:04:31,220 --> 00:04:34,320 commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 70 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:39,240 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal Pior, for the Lord your God has destroyed 71 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,540 from among you all the men who followed Baal of Pior. 72 00:04:42,540 --> 00:04:47,480 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you. 73 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:52,720 Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the Lord my God commanded me, that 74 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,880 you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. 75 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,840 Therefore be careful to observe them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding 76 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:05,780 in the sight of the peoples who will bear all these statutes, and say surely this great 77 00:05:05,780 --> 00:05:09,000 nation is a wise and understanding people. 78 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:14,780 For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, 79 00:05:14,780 --> 00:05:17,260 for whatever reason we may call upon him? 80 00:05:17,260 --> 00:05:22,280 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in 81 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:25,680 all this law which I said before you this day? 82 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,400 Only take heed to yourself and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things 83 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:35,160 your eyes have seen, unless they depart from your heart all the days of your life. 84 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,520 And teach them to your children and your grandchildren, especially concerning the day you stood before 85 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,020 the Lord your God in Horeb. 86 00:05:42,020 --> 00:05:46,520 When the Lord said to me, gather the people to me, and I will let them hear my words, 87 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:51,360 that they may learn to fear me all the days they live on earth, and that they may teach 88 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:52,560 their children. 89 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,120 Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with 90 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,880 fire in the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 91 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,720 And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. 92 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:08,440 You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form, you only heard a voice. 93 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:13,440 So he declared to you his covenant which he commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments, 94 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,920 and he wrote them on two tablets of stone. 95 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,840 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you 96 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:24,120 might observe them in the land which you cross over to possess. 97 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:29,080 Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb 98 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,960 out of the midst of the fire, lest you act corruptly, and make for yourselves a carved 99 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:39,520 image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any animal 100 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:44,360 that is on the earth, or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, the likeness 101 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:49,080 of anything that creeps on the ground, or the likeness of any fish that is in the water 102 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:50,440 beneath the earth. 103 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:55,320 And take heed lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the 104 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:00,360 stars, all the hosts of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the 105 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:05,440 Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage. 106 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,760 But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to 107 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,480 be His people and inheritance as you are this day. 108 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,960 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I would not cross 109 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:22,640 over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving 110 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,680 you as an inheritance. 111 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:29,600 But I must die in this land, I must not cross over the Jordan, but you shall cross over 112 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,760 and possess that good land. 113 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:36,240 Take heed to yourselves lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made 114 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,840 with you, and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord 115 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:42,760 your God has forbidden you. 116 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,920 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. 117 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:52,040 When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly, 118 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,980 and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the Lord your 119 00:07:55,980 --> 00:08:02,040 God to provoke Him to anger, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, 120 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:07,580 that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess. 121 00:08:07,580 --> 00:08:11,880 You will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed, and the Lord will 122 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:16,240 scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where 123 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:17,760 the Lord will drive you. 124 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:22,560 And there you will serve Gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither 125 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,360 see nor hear nor eat nor smell. 126 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,840 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him 127 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,880 with all your heart and with all your soul. 128 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,480 When you are in distress and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you 129 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:42,760 turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice, for the Lord your God is a merciful God, 130 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:47,080 He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which 131 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:48,400 He swore to them. 132 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:53,600 For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you since the day that God 133 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:59,440 created man on earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great 134 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,760 thing like this has happened or anything like it has been heard. 135 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,440 Did any people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire as you 136 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,080 have heard and live? 137 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:15,360 Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, 138 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:22,080 by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and 139 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,840 by great terrors according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before 140 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:27,940 your eyes? 141 00:09:27,940 --> 00:09:33,000 To you it was shown that you might know that the Lord Himself is God, there is none other 142 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,280 besides Him. 143 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,360 Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you. 144 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,440 On earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the 145 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:43,440 fire. 146 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,760 And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them. 147 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:52,920 And He brought you out of Egypt with His presence, with His mighty power, driving out from before 148 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:57,780 you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as 149 00:09:57,780 --> 00:10:00,880 an inheritance as it is this day. 150 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:05,560 Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord Himself is God in 151 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:09,560 heaven above and on earth beneath, there is no other. 152 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:14,280 You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, 153 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:18,720 that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong 154 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:23,280 your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time. 155 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:27,120 Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan toward the rising of the 156 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:32,480 sun, that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without 157 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:38,160 having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live, 158 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:44,240 Bessar in the wilderness on the plateau of the Rubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, 159 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,360 and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites. 160 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,880 Now this is the law which Moses said before the children of Israel. 161 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:55,160 These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children 162 00:10:55,160 --> 00:11:00,100 of Israel after they came out of Egypt, on this side of the Jordan in the valley opposite 163 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:05,960 Pior, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children 164 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:10,920 of Israel defeated after they came out of Egypt, and they took possession of his land 165 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:16,200 and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the 166 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,720 Jordan toward the rising of the sun. 167 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:24,600 From Erewar which is on the bank of the river Arnon, even to Mount Sion, that is Hermon, 168 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:29,420 and all the plain on the east side of the Jordan as far as the sea of the Araba, below 169 00:11:29,420 --> 00:11:36,320 the slopes of Pisgah. 170 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,920 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you 171 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,240 again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 172 00:11:42,240 --> 00:12:00,440 God bless you and have a great day.