temptation – Page 4 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Daily Thoughts from Deuteronomy 16:1-3: Passover (Pesach)

18. Passover (Pesach) Observe the month of Aviv, and keep Pesach to Yahweh your

17. Release (Sh’mittah) At the end of every seven years you are to have a sh’mittah. Here

16. Abomination (Thoevah) You are not to eat any abomination. The animals which

15. Seduce (Hadicha) If a prophet or someone who gets messages while dreaming arises

14. The Place (Hamaqum) Here are the laws and rulings you are to observe and obey

13. Discipline of Yahweh (Et-Musar Yahveh) “Therefore, you are to love Yahweh your

12. Your Praise (T’hilat’ka) Only Yahweh took enough pleasure in your ancestors

11. Stiff-Necked (Q’she Oreph) “Don’t think to yourself, after your God has

10. Remember (Zakar’tah) “Be careful not to forget Yahweh your God by not

9. Chosen (B’chir) For you are a people set apart as holy for Yahweh your

8. Hear (Sh’ma) Hear, Isra’el! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh alone; and you

7. Laws (Mitzvot) Yahweh heard what you people were saying when you spoke to me,

6. Consuming Fire, Merciful (Esh Ak’lah, Rachum) Watch out for yourselves, so

5. Let Me Cross Over (A’eb’rah-Na) “Then I pleaded with Yahweh, ‘Sovereign Yahweh,

4. Fear and Dread of You (Pachd’kah veYirat’kah) Today I will start putting