03 December 2014

EJ&T - Deuteronomy 18: Priests, abominations, and false prophets

In the Every Jot and Tittle project, I am listing all of the Bible's commandments from Genesis to Revelation, in accordance with Jesus's words in Matthew 5:18-19. I have no idea how many commandments I'll find, but Jewish tradition claims there are 613. See here for a list of those that I've found so far.

  1. Priests shall have no inheritance.

    2. The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel ... Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance. Deuteronomy 18:1-2

  2. When you sacrifice an animal, give the priest the animal's shoulder, cheeks, and maw.

    3. And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. Deuteronomy 18:3

  3. Give the priest the first fruits of your corn, wine, oil, and fleece.

    4. The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. Deuteronomy 18:4

  4. Don't learn to do the abominations of other nations.

    5. When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. Deuteronomy 18:9

    Learn not the way of the heathen. Jeremiah 10:2

  5. Don't make your children pass through the fire.

    6. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire. Deuteronomy 18:10a

    Manasseh ... did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. ... For he ... caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom. 2 Chronicles 22:1-6

  6. Don't use divination.

    7. There shall not be found among you any one ... that useth divination. Deuteronomy 18:10b

  7. Don't observe times.

    8. There shall not be found among you ... an observer of times. Deuteronomy 18:10c

    Manasseh ... did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. ... For he ... observed times. 2 Chronicles 22:1-6

  8. Don't be an enchanter

    9. There shall not be found among you ... an enchanter. Deuteronomy 18:10d

    Manasseh ... did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. ... For he ... used enchantments. 2 Chronicles 22:1-6

  9. Don't be a witch.

    10. There shall not be found among you ... a witch. Deuteronomy 18:10e

    Manasseh ... did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. ... For he ... used witchcraft. 2 Chronicles 22:1-6

  10. Don't be a charmer.

    11. There shall not be found among you ... a charmer. Deuteronomy 18:10-11a

  11. Don't consult with familiar spirits.

    12. There shall not be found among you ... a consulter with familiar spirits. Deuteronomy 18:10-11b

  12. Don't be a wizard.

    13. There shall not be found among you ... a wizard. Deuteronomy 18:10-11c

  13. Don't be a necromancer.

    14. There shall not be found among you ... a necromancer. Deuteronomy 18:10-11d

  14. Be perfect.

    15. Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. Deuteronomy 18:13

    Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Matthew 4:48

    Be perfect. 2 Corinthians 13:11

  15. Someday God will raise up a prophet and put words in his mouth. When he does, do whatever that prophet tells you to do.

    16. The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken. ... I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. Deuteronomy 18:15-19

  16. Kill false prophets.

    17. But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously. Deuteronomy 18:20-22

  17. Don't be afraid of false prophets.

    18. When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. Deuteronomy 18:22

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