This is the Bible Book Club, and we're in Deuteronomy.

Welcome to the club.

In chapters 24 through 26, Moses wrapped up the just-do-it sermon, and he expanded the concept

of treating others fairly, including things like fair wages, fair treatment of criminals,

foreigners, orphans, widows, and even the fair treatment of animals. He also set up some rules

about the lover right marriage and cheating others in business. Yeah, we covered a lot of rules. Okay,

in the last episode, like Heather said, Chapter 26 was the end of the second sermon for the Israelis that just do it.

In other words, do everything God commands.

Now remember, we have three speeches in Deuteronomy and all three speeches contain Moses' final words to encourage the next generation of Israel to be faithful to their God,

unlike their parents, who wandered in the wilderness for their unfaithfulness.

Now, the chapters we just completed 12 through 26 are a collection of laws.

Remember, most of those laws occurred at Mount Sinai.

Many of the laws are strange for us.

Just remember that.

Don't get upset about the curses and stuff you're going to hear about this one.

Because, again, these were laws and curses that applied to a time when things were happening that Israel could not partake of.

It's weird to us, but it made total sense to them.

Yes.

And if I had all day to go into the history of the cultures living around them, they were sick.

Like, they were sick of cultures.

And so a lot of the commentaries spent a lot of time talking about, you know, just just how dark it was and how

God needed to really rip them out of that culture of like sex fertility practices and all these

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