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Reflections on Reading: The Book of Ruth
A depiction of Ruth gathering grain in Boaz’s field. The book of Ruth is commonly referred to as a love story in the period of the judges. When most people say this, they are thinking of the relationship between Ruth and Boaz; however, the greater love story here is that of Yahweh and Israel. Even…
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Reflections on Reading: The Book of Judges
Chapter two of the book of Judges gives an overview of the rest of the book. After the death of Joshua and the generation that had followed him in conquering the Promised Land, the next generation did not know God or what He had done for Israel. They began to worship other gods, bringing God’s…
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Reflections on Reading: Joshua 11-24
After Joshua led the Israelites to defeat the nations of Canaan and conquer the lands, God instructed him to divide the land to the tribes of Israel. Due to his faithfulness as a spy, Caleb also received an inheritance of the land. The Levites received cities throughout the lands and cities of refuge were established.…
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Reflections on Reading: Joshua 1-10
We had Fall Break (or Fall Reading days, according to SWBTS) last week. I had a great week of no classes. I am back at it this week. We finished the Pentateuch before Fall Break, so we will pick up with Joshua this week. The two spies escape from Jericho out Rahab’s window. The book…
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Reflections on Reading: Deuteronomy 12-34
In the latter part of Deuteronomy, Yahweh continues to give principles regulating the way the people of Israel are to live in relation to Him, to the nations around them, and to each other. He continues to give prohibitions against idolatry and how to deal with those whom would lead them toward idolatry. He provides…
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Reflections on Reading: Deuteronomy 1-11
As Moses begins the book of Deuteronomy, he begins by calling the people to remember what has taken place in their lives by recounting their history. As this second generation of Israelites from the Exodus are preparing to enter the Promised Land, he calls them to live in obedience to Yahweh. He calls them to…
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Reflections on Reading: Numbers 15-36
Starting in chapter 15 of the book of Numbers, the Israelites had refused to enter the land of promise and were condemned to wander in the wilderness for forty years. All but Caleb and Joshua from that generation would die in the wilderness. We find several stories of what took place during that forty years…
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Reflections on Reading: Numbers 1-14
The book of Numbers begins with God commanding a census be taken of all the males of Israel. Any male twenty years of age and older are to be drafted into military service, except for Aaron’s descendants and the Levites. They were to be organized in a military manner. The males of the tribe of…
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Reflections on Reading: The Book of Leviticus
My apologies for being late on this post. We have had a sick baby at home and it has been difficult to keep up with everything this week. I am going to post this one today as well as the regular post. Once again, my apologies. Leviticus is primarily a book contain laws for the…
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Reflections on Reading: Exodus 21-40
After giving Israel the Ten Words, Yahweh also gives the nation more laws regarding how to interact with each other and how to interact with God properly. He once again promises them that He will go before them into the land of Canaan and defeat their enemies. He warns them not to covenant with the…
Joel McReynolds 