Deuteronomy 8 - Introduction

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER ELEVEN

The people are exhorted to obedience from a consideration of God's goodness to their fathers in Egypt, 1-4. and what he did in the wilderness, 5. and the judgment on Dathan and Abiram, 6. and from the mercies of God in general, 7-9. A comparative description of Egypt and Canaan, 10-12. Promises to obedience, 13-15. Dissuasives from idolatry, 16, 11. The words of God to be laid up in their hearts, to be for a sign on their hands, foreheads, gates, &c., 18. taught to their children, made the subject of frequent conversation, to the end that then days may be multiplied, 19-21. If obedient, God shall give them possession of the whole land, and not one of their enemies shall be able to withstand them, 22-25. Life and death, a blessing and a curse, are set before them, 26-28. The blessings to be put on Mount Gerizim and the curses on Mount Ebal, 29, 30. The promise that they should pass over Jordan, and observe these statutes in the promised land, 31, 32.

QUESTIONS, LESSON EIGHT (Deuteronomy 8:1 to Deuteronomy 11:32)

CHAPTER 8

1.

What was God's purpose in both providing Israel's food and allowing him to suffer hunger?

2.

In what sense did neither this generation nor their fathers know the manna? (finish before proceeding.)

3.

Complete: ________ doth not ________ by ________ alone, but by ________.________ that proceedeth out of the mouth of ________ doth man ________.

4.

Explain what particular significance the above verse would have to Israel in the wilderness.

5.

In what context did Jesus use this verse?

6.

What applications do you see for this passage in life today?

7.

Finish: And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man

his son, so Jehovah thy God ________ thee (Deuteronomy 8:5).

8.

Name two metals Israel would be able to obtain in their new land.

9.

What is said of Israel's wearing apparel during the wilderness trek?

10.

What particular temptations would come Israel's way along with their wealth and plenty?

CHAPTER 9
11.

How do you reconcile the statement of Deuteronomy 9:3 (make them

[the native tribes] to perish quickly,) with the command to cast out those nations by little and little (Deuteronomy 7:22)?

12.

Israel was not to say For ________ righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land because for the ________ of these nations Jehovah does drive them out. (Deuteronomy 9:4).

13.

What two basic reasons, then, did God have for exterminating the Canaanite tribes?

14.

Moses could personally testify that Israel had been rebellious for quite some time. How long?

15.

Of whom did God threaten to make a nation when Israel sinned below the mount?

16.

How much total time did Moses spend in fasting and prayer on the mount?

CHAPTER 10
17.

What was kept in the ark?

18.

Levi had no inheritance but ________.

19.

What exceptions do the scriptures make to the above rule?

20.

Was heart-felt service absolutely necessary to the faithful Israelite? Explain.

CHAPTER 11
21.

What advantage did the adult Israelite have that the children did not?

22.

What was the chief difference mentioned here between Egypt and Palestine?

23.

Who could stand before Israel when they were obedient?

24.

What was to be the mountain of blessing? Of the curse?

Phylacteries for Head and Arm.