Study Desk

Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in all the sacred places you see.

This is what you requested from the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the Lord our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die!’

“When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

They will declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it.

if you see a beautiful woman among the captives, desire her, and want to take her as your wife,

“If you see your brother Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it; make sure you return it to your brother.

If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen down on the road, do not ignore it; help him lift it up.

For the Lord your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you; so your encampments must be holy. He must not see anything indecent among you or he will turn away from you.

Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you bear the Lord’s name, and they will stand in awe of you.

You will be driven mad by what you see.

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.

The Lord will take you back in ships to Egypt by a route that I said you would never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

“Future generations of your children who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant country will see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses the Lord has inflicted on it.

See, today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity.

He said: “I will hide my face from them;I will see what will become of them,for they are a perverse generation—unfaithful children.

See now that I alone am he;there is no God but me.I bring death and I give life;I wound and I heal.No one can rescue anyone from my power.

The Lord then said to him, “This is the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”

and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God carried by the Levitical priests, you are to break camp and follow it.

But keep a distance of about a thousand yards between yourselves and the ark. Don’t go near it, so that you can see the way to go, for you haven’t traveled this way before.”