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Deuteronomy 11 - 20

God proclaims that they (and we) should do just as he com manded, not taking away and not adding to it.
God says you must follow God and him only. False prophets that go against what the law says must be put to death. We need to purge evil among us. It was everyone's duty to purge the evil. In our case, it's exclusion from the fellowship.

The people are commanded to give generously and not forget the poor people in that land because they will always be among them. Its so weird because its almost the exact scripture that is used the letter to the corinthian church.
God says that a man can only put to death on the account of two or three witnesses.
When a king is chosen (among the people) he is to write a copy of the law for himself and read it all the days of his life so that he will not veer to the left or to the right. For leader in God's eyes must be his best student.
Moses describes what a prohpet should be. Someone who proclaims the words of God in its entirety. So how do we know he's been sent.

The Word of God never returns empty-handed. It must be fulfilled.

When going to war, those who are afraid and unsure must go home or else they will discourage those in the battle as well. Same thing should apply to us today where we cannot afford to have people who are critical and indifferent about the purpose of God be workers of the harvest.

Destroy everything that breaths except. Hectic !

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