Annual Reading Schedule - Torah Given Through Mosheh - Week 47 - Laws, Blessings, & Curses (Deuteronomy 23:21-29:1)

Reading Questions

  1. Can a man remarry his ex-wife if she got married after their divorce and then divorced her 2nd husband after him?
  2. What can we learn from the law regarding the upper and lower millstone in Deuteronomy 24:6?
  3. What is the penalty for kidnapping someone and selling them or treating them harshly?
  4. What did Yahweh do to Miryam (Miriam) on the way as they came out of Mitsrayim (Egypt)? (Deuteronomy 24:9)
  5. What is the purpose of a pledge?
  6. Why does the law teach stand outside and let a man you are lending to bring the pledge out to you rather than you go in and get it? (Deuteronomy 24:10-11)
  7. Why, when beating someone, traditionally would they only go up to 39 lashes?
  8. Whose remembrance is blotted out from under the skies that we are not to forget and why?
  9. What is the year of tithing and who gets the tithe in that year?
  10. Should we guard or do any of the laws given by Yahweh through the hand of His servant Mosheh (Moses)? If so which ones?
  11. Do we receive blessings for obedience to Yahweh's laws and commandments?
  12. Is there a curse for not obeying the laws and commandments?
  13. Can a believer in Yahushua who is forgiven of their sins be cursed or be under a curse because of something they've done?
  14. How are we to serve Yahweh?
  15. What nation eventually came to fulfill what is written in Deuteronomy 28:49?

Reading Notes

  • The issue of tithing comes up in this reading and is a very controversial issue that is disagreed upon among believers. You can click here to read a little about tithing if you want to hear our perspective on this.

Related Verses

Marriage: Genesis 2:24, Exodus 22:16-17, Numbers 1:3 (age of adult when one can marry), Leviticus 19:19 (spiritual similarity to not committing adultery), Proverbs 2:16-19, Jeremiah 3:1, Malachi 2:15-16, Matthew 5:32-34, 13:25 (spiritual similarity to not committing adultery), 19:6-9, Luke 16:18, 20:34-36, Mark 10:8-12, 1 Corinthians 7, Romans 7:1-3, 14:21 (no offensive marital practices should be practiced), Galatians 3:15
Duty of A Husband's Brother: Genesis 38:8, Ruth 4:1-13
Laws of Pledges: Exodus 22:26, Job 22:6, 24:3, Proverbs 6:1, 11:15, 17:18, 20:16, 27:13, Ezekiel 18:7-16, 33:15, Amos 2:8, 2 Corinthians 1:22, 5:5, Ephesians 1:14
Do Not Oppress Wage Earners/Pay Same Day: Malachi 3:5, Matthew 20:1-16
Do Not Muzzle An Ox: Proverbs 12:10, 1 Corinthians 9:9-10, 1 Timothy 5:17-18
Establish The Words of This Torah: Romans 3:31
Fulfillment of Siege In Deuteronomy 28:52 And Scattering: 2 Kings 24:17-25:22, 2 Chronicles 36:10-36:21, Jeremiah 52:1-52:30
Prophesy & Fulfillment of Cannibalism In Deuteronomy 28:53-57: Leviticus 26:29, Jeremiah 19:9, Ezekiel 5:10, 2 Kings 6:28-29, Lamentations 2:20, 4:10
Daniel Confessing Why they Are Scattered As Predicted, etc.: Daniel 9:1-19
Redeemed From Curse of The Law: Galatians 3:10-13
A Tenth: Genesis 14:20, 28:19-22
Tithes: Genesis 14:20, Leviticus 27:30-32, Numbers 18:20-32, Deuteronomy 12:6, 11, 17, 14:22-29, 2 Chronicles 31:2-12, Nehemiah 10:34-39, 12:44, 13:3-14, Malachi 3, Matthew 23:23, Luke 11:42, 18:12, Hebrews 7:4-10