Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. (Deuteronomy 1:13) Where Israel is concerned, the selection of leaders was to be based on integrity. In other words, it was never to be a popularity contest...

And I spoke to you at that time, saying: "I alone am not able to bear you. The Lord your God has multiplied you, and here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude." (Deuteronomy 1:9-10) There are two things that merit mentioning as we look at these verses....

The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: “You have dwelt long enough at this mountain. Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the...

The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: “You have dwelt long enough at this mountain. Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the...

On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law. (Deuteronomy 1:5) It has always intrigued me that, as a nation, Israel didn't grow and multiply while in the land of Canaan but always outside of the land, in fact, in the land of their...

Now it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him as commandments to them. (Deuteronomy 1:3) In addition to the points we have made...

Now it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him as commandments to them. (Deuteronomy 1:3) Building on the issue we discussed in the...

It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea. (Deuteronomy 1:2) Two hundred years ago, before the invention of automobiles and other modern modes of transportation, a pilgrim to the Holy Land decided to make the journey from Horeb to the...

These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain opposite Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. (Deuteronomy 1:1) In the Jewish world, the book we call Deuteronomy is known officially...

They shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the man slayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment. (Numbers 35:12) There is something very interesting about the "avenger" or "avenger of blood" mentioned here. We can...

Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint six cities of refuge, to which a man slayer may flee. (Numbers 35:6) Six cities were appointed to serve as "cities of refuge" -- a temporary asylum for those who committed involuntary homicide....

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying: “Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites common-land around...