Read Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
3:23-29 {p} Joshua shall cross and cause Israel to inherit their possession
4:1-24 {p} Remember Sinai and the Ten Commandments
4:25-40 {p} That Israel might know that YHVH is God and there is no other
4:41-49 {p} Cities of refuge + this is the law
5:1-5 {s} These statutes and judgments are Israel’s covenant with YHVH
5:6-10 {s} YHVH alone is God + do not make idols to worship
5:11 {s} Do not take the name of YHVH in vain
5:12-15 {s} Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy
5:16 {s} Honor your father and mother
5:17 {s} Do not murder
5:18 {s} Do not commit adultery
5:19 {s} Do not steal
5:20 {s} Do not bear false witness
5:21a {s} Do not covet your neighbor’s wife
5:21b {s} Do not covet anything that is your neighbor’s
5:22-6:3 {p} YHVH’s voice spoke these commandments + hear + pay heed + observe
6:4-9 {s} Listen to YHVH’s commandments
6:10-15 {s} Pay careful heed to YHVH’s commandments
6:16-19 {s} Observe YHVH’s commandments
6:20-25 {s} Teach YHVH’s commandments to your children
7:1-11 {p} YHVH has set His love upon Israel
Strong themes of the parashah
1:1-3:29 {sx5+p} Unbelief cannot possess the land but Joshua (Yeshua) shall cause Israel to inherit their possession
4:1-49 {px3} Remember the covenant + commandments / YHVH alone is God + our refuge
5:1-6:3 {sx11+p} The commandments Moses is to teach, that Israel heard, to pay careful heed and observe
6:4-7:11 {sx4+p} YHVH desires obedience to His commandments because He loves Israel
Deu 3:23-7:11 triennial Torah portions
3:23-4:24, triennial Va’etchanan, “And I pleaded”
4:25-49, triennial Tholid, “Beget”
5:1-6:3, triennial Bazneikhem, “Listen”
6:4-7:11, triennial Shema, “Hear”
Deu 3:23-7:11 Chiastic structure
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Theme of the parashah
Faithfulness to the commandments is faithfulness to the covenant of reciprocal love between YHVH and His people.
Finding Messiah in Va’etchanan
Additional readings for this parashah
Studies in Va’etchanan
Deu 3:23-7:11, The Covenant and the Commandments
Deu 3:23-7:11, Paragraph divisions, Chiastic structures
Deu 3-4, Torah obedience for our good
Deu 3:23-4:24, Chiastic structures, Hebrew root meaning of yadah, “to teach”
Deu 4:25-49, Chiastic structure, Messiah in cities of refuge
Deu 5-6, Ten sacred things
Deu 5:1-6:3, Paragraph divisions, Chiastic structure
Deu 6:4-7:11, Because YHVH loves His people
Deu 6:4-7:11, Paragraph divisions, Chiastic structure
Deu 6:4-9, The commandment (hear)
Deu 6:10-15, Beware
Deu 6:16-19, Do
Deu 6:20-25, Teach
Deu 6:23, Brought out to be brought in
Deu 7:1-11, Chiastic structure
Deu 7:1-11, A chosen people
Deu 7:7, Set His love upon
Further study off site
Va’etchanan – Restoration of Torah
Va’etchanan Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | DEUTERONOMY in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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