Tag: Parashat Ki Tavo

Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8: Coveting thankfulness for the LORD’s blessings

Post author By Jeff
Post date September 9, 2017
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God's way to teach us not to covet is to remind us that everything we have comes from him anyway. (Photo by Freeimages.com/Hazel Bregazzi via Creative Commons license)

There’s more to “you shall not covet” (Exodus 20:17) than lusting after other people’s stuff and spouses. That’s the lesson of Torah reading תבוא Ki Tavo (“when you come in,” Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8), which wraps an elaboration of the Ten Commandments that spans most of the book.

Under the hood of the instructions about the thanksgiving ceremony for first fruits of the Land’s crops and the third-year tithe is this message: We also are to be grateful for what the LORD has placed in our hands and use it to produce a “bumper crop” for the Kingdom.

Tags 10 Commandments, aparche - firstfruits - Strong's G536, bikkurim - firstfruits - Strong's H1061, Coveting, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 26, Deuteronomy 27, Deuteronomy 28, Deuteronomy 29, Firstfruits, greed, Parashat Ki Tavo, Tenth Commandment - coveting

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Deuteronomy 26: Messianic significance of the third-year tithe

Post author By Richard
Post date June 2, 2012
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Remember that the number three is a Messianic reference. This third-year tithe is a reference to the Messiah: His sacrifice, God’s acceptance of the Messiah’s sacrifice and, from that point, God will make those who accept the Messiah’s sacrifice into His people.

Tags 'arammi - Aramean/Syrian - Strong's H761, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 26, ma'aser - tithe - Strong's H4643, messianic prophecy, Parashat Ki Tavo, sabbatical year, three days, tithe

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Deuteronomy 27-28: Blessings and Curses before entering the Land

Post author By Richard
Post date May 19, 2012
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These two chapters are very heavy and they record far more curses than blessings. The previous chapters we covered tell us how God expects to treat one another and today’s chapters show us how God will either reward or punish the people depending on how well they put His words into practice.

Tags blessings, curse, Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 27, Deuteronomy 28, Ebal, Gerazim, Parashat Ki Tavo

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Deuteronomy 27-28: Tale of two mountains

Post author By Richard
Post date January 3, 2008

In this passage, Moshe (Moses) reminds the people of Israel that God will bless them if they follow His Torah but he will have to curse them if they do not. He also reminds the people they have the duty to enforce God’s Torah in the land as well. It really is a Tale of Two Mountains.

Tags Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 27, Deuteronomy 28, Parashat Ki Tavo

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Deuteronomy 25-26: Sowing seeds of a healthful culture

Post author By Richard
Post date December 29, 2007

Honesty in business dealings and setting aside for the LORD the first and a 10th of what He has blessed us with seem like straightforward teachings from these two chapters for modern times. However, what do we do with teachings in this passage about men temporarily marrying their sisters-in-law to perpetuate the name of her dead husband and amputation as punishment for women who “fight dirty” seem way out of step with modern culture? Richard Agee explores what God is trying to show us about Himself with these teachings.

Tags Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 25, Deuteronomy 26, Parashat Ki Tavo, Parashat Ki Tetze