A Jealous God The First Commandment No other gods Deuteronomy 6:13-15 “It is the LORD your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you, for the LORD your God in ...
Next to Godliness The First Commandment No other gods Deuteronomy 23:12-14 “You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover ...
The Lesson of the Fruit Tree The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 19:23-25 “When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, then you shall regard its fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. And in the fourth ...
Everyday Reminders The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 19:19 “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.” Deuteronomy 22:9-11 “You ...
Holy unto the Lord The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 20:22-26 “You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I ...
The Way to the Promises of God The First Commandment No other gods Deuteronomy 32:45-47 And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to Israel, he said to them, “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may ...
Take It to Heart! The First Commandment No other gods Deuteronomy 32:45-47 And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to Israel, he said to them, “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to ...
The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 18:1-5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as ...
Be Holy The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 19:2 “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” Matthew 5:44, 45 Obedience to the Law of God is the way to holiness, for the Law is ...
All the Law, All the People The First Commandment No other gods Deuteronomy 31:9-13 Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. And Moses commanded them, “At the end ...