THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY CHAPTERS 18-34

THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY CHAPTERS 18-34 A study using 18 questions per chapter The purpose of this study is to find out What the Bible says. THE WORD FOR THE WORLD STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT by Bill DeLaughter

Bill DeLaughter P.O. Box 193 Crown Point, In. 46308-0193 U.S.A. Phone - (219) 661-0998 Bill desires that this study be made available to everyone to be used for their further understanding of What The Bible Says. This study may be photo copied for single church use and/or translated into any language where it can be used with permission from the author. INSTRUCTIONS or suggestions as to how to conduct this study. I can only suggest how this study was originally conducted and it was very successful. First of all, we tried to arrange a very informal atmosphere with the folks sitting in a loose circle. We would begin the session by having tea, or cokes and an informal time of fellowship. Then we would have a prayer time with everyone suggesting names of those for whom we should pray. It was also mentioned each session that we expected that each individual have at least one person for whom they would agree to pray for in regards to that person s salvation. To actually begin the study the entire chapter would be read aloud with each one willing to read, taking the number of verses and dividing it by the number of people present and each one reading a portion. Then the first one on the left (a habit of mine) would begin by reading the first question and giving their answer. The verse where their answer was found must also be given. Then the leader asks if everybody agrees. Let discussion carry on as necessary but not too long. Then go to the next question and the next person until all of the fifteen questions are answered. For the discussion questions (numbers 16-17-18) each person present should give their answer once again going from the first one on the left and so on. Answer one question at a time, with each person present giving their reasons for their answer to each question. Discussion can be long or short depending on how the group feels. Do not carry the class session on too long. Encourage each one to prepare his answers BEFORE the session begins if at all possible only because they will get more out of the discussion if they have thought about it. INTRODUCTION The word Deuteronomy actually means the second law. When the Children of Israel had wandered in the wilderness for 40 years, at the end of that time Moses gave his first speech. In it he reminded the people of God s goodness to them all through their journey in the desert, how God had led them out of Egypt and cared for them all this time. Moses s second speech was a summary of God s laws including the Ten Commandments. The conclusion of the book tells about the appointment of a leader to replace Moses and then tells about his death. Naturally Moses did NOT write about the last events.

DEUTERONOMY Chapter 18 1. How is a Levite to make a living?. Verse 2. What is the priest s share of the burnt offering of a bull or sheep?. Verse 3. Why will the Lord drive out the nations before them? 4. Why was the Lord to raise up a prophet like Moses from among them? 5. How will they know that a prophet is from God? 6. The Levites were chosen from among all the tribes to have the Lord as their inheritance. 7. If a Levite sells family possessions he no longer qualifies for his share of the offerings. 8. Consulting the dead is called a detestable practice. 9. Mount Sinai is called Mount Horeb in this chapter. 10. A false prophet was to be put to death. 11. Were the first fruits of the wool to be given to the Levites? 12. Did the Lord promise to choose the place where a Levite should live? 13. Were all Levites to share equally? 14. If you practice divination are you blameless before the Lord? 15. Are they to be afraid of a false prophet?

DEUTERONOMY Chapter 19 1. Why were the people to divide the land into 3 separate parts? 2. Under what circumstances were they to divide the land into 6 parts? 3. Why did the Lord say to set up Cities of Refuge? 4. What was to happen to a witness who gives false testimony in a court case? 5. Is eye for eye, tooth for tooth, etc. a fair thing in meeting out punishment? Why do you think so. Verse 6. The Lord was going to drive out the people in the land by having the army drive them out. 7. They were ordered to build roads once they were in possession of the land. 8. Even if someone killed a man accidently he should be put to death. 9. If the avenger of death kills someone who is fleeing to a city of refuge and kills him, even if he had killed someone accidently, was he to be punished? 10. Even one witness is enough to convict someone of a crime. 11. Were the cities of refuge to be located in a convenient place? 12. Was the purpose of these cities to protect the guilty? 13. Would the people be guilty if an innocent person was put to death? 14. Is the punishment for a crime limited to the crime committed? 15. Was giving false testimony considered an evil thing?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 20 1. Before going into battle who was supposed to speak to the army? 2. Who was the one who was going to give them victory?. Verse 3. Who was allowed to go home and not go into battle? Why. Verse 4. If a city is offered a peaceful surrender who was to be killed anyway? 5. What was to happen to the people in a city within the Promised land? 6. The priest was to speak to the army to encourage them not to be afraid. 7. A man pledged to be married was exempt from battle. 8. If a man was afraid, he did not have to go into battle. 9. All the cities with all their people within the land were to be totally destroyed. 10. The army was forbidden to cut down fruit trees when laying siege to a city. 11. Were the people going to face armies greater than their own? 12. If a man had built a house and not dedicated it was he exempt from battle? 13. Were the officers to appoint commanders over the army? 14. Under certain circumstances was the army allowed to take women and children as well as livestock as plunder? 15. Were the army allowed to use all the trees to build siege works if needed?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 21 1. Why measure the distance to the nearest town if a body if found and no one knows who killed him? 2. What was to be done to the heifer down by the stream?. Verse 3. If a woman is taken captive in battle and a warrior thinks she is beautiful and wants to marry her, how long must he wait before he does?. Verse 4. What was to be done to a rebellious son? 5. What is a man called who is hanged on a tree?. Verse 6. The Levites were to handle all disputes and assaults. 7. By washing their hands over the broken neck of the heifer atonement was made for shedding innocent blood. 8. A captive woman must shave her head before she can marry. 9. A firstborn son is a firstborn even if a man does not love his mother. 10. If a guilty man is hung on a tree he can be left overnight before he has to be buried. 11. Are the elders, the judges and the Levites all involved if a man is found dead and no one knows who did it? 12. Can a captive woman a man had married be sold if he changes his mind? 13. Does a firstborn son receive a double portion in his inheritance? 14. Is being a rebellious son a capital offence? 15. Does leaving a man hanging on a tree overnight desecrate the land?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 22 1. What command is given if an ox is found and you don t know who it belongs to?. Verse 2. What does this chapter say about a man who wears women s clothing? 3. How long must a man stay married to a woman he accuses of not being a virgin but she is proven by her parents to have been a virgin until married?. Verse 4. What is to happen to a woman that a man marries and she cannot prove her virginity? 5. Describe what happens to a man who finds a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and is discovered? 6. If a man finds a birdnest on the ground with eggs and the mother sitting on them, he can take them all for food. 7. They were not allowed to plant 2 kinds of seed in their vineyard. 8. A cloth held by the parents can prove a daughter s virginity. 9. There are different regulations for a man who rapes a girl in town or in the county. 10. Some marriages were considered permanent no matter what. 11. Does building a new house require some safety precautions? 12. Should cloth made of wool and linen be made for cold weather? 13. Is being promiscuous while still living in her father s house a cause to put a woman to death? 14. Is there a circumstance where a raped woman should not be put to death? 15. Are they prohibited from marrying their father s wife?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 23 1. Why were the Ammonites and Moabites forbidden to enter the assembly of the Lord? 2. What equipment was necessary when a man had to relieve himself?. Verse 3. What was the attitude of the earnings of a male or female prostitute in the eyes of the Lord? 4. Who could the Israelite charge interest for a loan and who was he not supposed to charge interest?. Verse 5. What can you do if you enter your neighbor s vineyard? 6. Not every foreigner was to be prohibited to enter the assembly of the Lord for 10 generations. 7. The Lord moved about in the camp to protect them. 8. If a slave ran away from his master he had to be given back. 9. All vows made to the Lord had to be paid back. 10. Grabbing a handful of grain while walking through a field was all right. 11. After 10 generations could a treaty be made with an Ammonite? 12. Were Edomites and Egyptians to be treated in a different way? 13. Are they to be prompt in paying a vow to the Lord? 14. Should you do what you say you will do? 15. Could they eat all they wanted from a neighbor s vineyard as long as they did not take any away?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 24 1. What rules are given about a man who marries a woman and divorces her and she marries another man who divorces her?. Verse 2. Why should a newly married man NOT be sent to war? 3. What was the rule about millstones as security for a debt?, Verse 4. What is listed in this chapter as a righteous act before God? 5. What was the purpose of beating the olive from the trees only once? 6. If a man marries a woman then divorces her he can never marry her again. 7. Kidnappers should be put to death. 8. A hired man had to be paid each evening. 9. Children should not be put to death for the sins of their fathers. 10. Provisions were made for the alien, the fatherless and the widow. 11. Were the Levites instructed on how to handle lepers? 12. Should they go into a man s house to collect what was pledged for a debt? 13. Should the poor whether an Israelite or an alien be treated the same? 14. Was the cloak of the widow off limits as a pledge for a loan? 15. Did the Lord give some of these commands because they had been slaves in Egypt?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 25 1. What is the duty of the judge in a court of law? 2. Why was a flogging limited to 40 lashes? 3. What is a woman allowed to do if her husband dies and his brother will not take her as a wife?. Verse 4. What kind of weights and measures were they to have in their house? 5. What were they to not forget in this chapter? 6. When a man is found guilty and is to be flogged the judge must be present. 7 An ox that is treading out the grain must wear a muzzle so he cannot eat while he works. 8. The reason a brother must marry his brother s widow is so that his line will not cease. 9. It is not proper for a woman to fight to protect her husband. 10. The tribe of Amalek killed the stragglers when Israel passed through their land. 11. Did every guilty person have to be flogged with 40 lashes? 12. Were ALL of the children that a brother s widow bears for him have to carry on his brother s line? 13. To be called The Family of the Unsandaled, was it a good thing? 14. If you had honest weights to use for everyone were you promised long life? 15. Did the Amalekites have a fear of God?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 26 1. What is to be put in a basket and brought to the priest? 2. Where were they to take the basket? 3. Who were they to say their father was?. Verse 4. What words were used to describe the land they had been promised? 5. Describe how they were to follow the laws and decrees that the Lord had given them. 6. The priest was to take their basket and place it on the altar. 7. The Lord brought them out of Egypt with great terror as well as with miraculous signs and wonders. 8. The third year is the year of the tithe. 9. All of the first fruits were to be given to the Levites alone. 10. They were prohibited from offering any of the first fruits to the dead. 11. Were the aliens among them to share with the Levites in the offering of the first fruits? 12. Did the Israelites become powerful while in Egypt? 13. Were they required to bow down before the Lord? 14. Was the Lord s dwelling place called heaven? 15. Are the Israelites called God s treasured possession?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 27 1. Where were the stones that the Lord commanded them to write on to be put?. What was to be written on these stones?. Verse 2. Which tribes were to stand on Mount Gerizim? 3. Which tribes were to stand on Mount Ebal? 4. How many curses were there?. Verse 5. What were the people to say after each curse was called out?. Verse 6. The stones used to build the altar must not be cut stones. 7. The fellowship offerings were to be eaten by the people. 8. They were to become the people of God once they entered the Promised Land. 9. There were curses against having sex with a family member who is not your wife. 10. The man who does not obey the laws is to be cursed. 11. Was one mountain used to bless and the other to curse? 12. Is dishonoring your father and mother as serious as leading the blind astray? 13. Does killing an innocent man for money deserve a curse? 14. Are there 6 curses for sexual sins? 15. By saying Amen are the people agreeing to abide by these curses?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 28 1. What was the first blessing that God said would be given if they obeyed these commands? 2. What circumstance would bring about the curses in this chapter? 3. In the curses if they came upon an enemy from one direction, in how many directions would they flee?. Verse 4. What were they told would drive them mad?. Verse 5. What would please God when they disobeyed these commands? 6. To obey is the condition put on the promise for God to make them His holy people. 7. If they obeyed they would always be on the top, not the bottom. 8. If they disobeyed they would be afflicted with the boils of Egypt. 9. If they disobeyed they would no longer be as numerous as the stars of the sky. 10. They would desire to sell themselves as slaves but no one would buy them. 11. Would their barns be blessed if they obeyed? 12. Were blight and mildew promised if they disobeyed? 13. Would they be able to marry the woman of their choice? 14. If they disobeyed would the most gentle and sensitive man do evil things? 15. If they disobeyed would they return to Egypt?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 29 1. Where were the people when the Lord made the two covenants with them? 2. Why were all of the people standing in front of Moses?, Verse 3. What was the bitter poison that is spoken about in this chapter? 4. What is it that the Lord will never be willing to forgive? 5. To whom do the secret things belong to?. Verse 6. Moses said that they had not been given eyes to see yet. 7. Some land had already been given to some of the tribes. 8. The ones standing with Moses as well as those not there were all making the covenant with the Lord. 9. A land of burning waste of salt and sulphur would describe the land if they did not obey. 10. If they disobeyed they would be uprooted from the land. 11. Was this covenant made after they had entered the Promised Land? 12. If they persisted in going their own way would disaster follow? 13. Would their children in later generations come from distant lands to see the calamities that had befallen if they disobeyed? 14. Did the same thing happen to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim? 15. Did the things revealed belong to the people and their children?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 30 1. What would it require of them in order for the Lord to being them back from where he scattered them?. Verse 2. What would happen to their hearts if they returned to the land in obedience? 3. What did God say WAS NOT up in heaven or across the sea? 4. What did God set before them that day?. Verse 5. What were heaven and earth called as witnesses for that day? 6. God said he would restore their fortunes if they obeyed. 7. Their restoration would result in greater prosperity than their fathers. 8. The word is to be located in their hands and feet. 9. They were told under what condition they would not live long in the land. 10. The Lord said that he was their life. 11. Was the Lord expecting them to disobey? 12. If they love God with all their heart and soul were they promised life? 13. Was the task of obedience too hard for them? 14. Was the decision to obey or disobey mentioned 3 times in this chapter? 15. Do you need to love God in order to hold fast to him?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 31 1. Who were the 2 who were to cross over the Jordan before any one else did? 2. Who was told to divide the land up among the tribes?. Verse 3. What was to be done every seven years? 4. Who commissioned Joshua to lead the people into the Promised Land? 5. What was to be done with the Book of The Law when Moses finished writing it? 6. Moses was one hundred thirty years old when he passed the leadership to Joshua. 7. When Moses wrote down the law he gave it to the high priest. 8. Even the aliens living among them were to listen to the law. 9. Moses was to write a song so the people would not forget the law. 10. Not only did Moses tell Joshua to be strong, but so did the Lord. 11. Did God promise them that he would never leave them nor forsake them? 12. Were all debts were to be cancelled. at the end of every seven years? 13. Did Moses know that the people would not obey the law? 14. Were the things that their hands would make get them into trouble? 15. Did Moses write the song that God asked him to write?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 32 1. Who is called the Rock in this chapter? 2. What does the term foaming blood describe in this poem?. Verse 3. When they sacrificed to idols what were they sacrificing to?. Verse 4. How many other gods are there?. Verse 5. If what Moses spoke to them were not idle words, what were they. Verse 6. God sets the boundaries for all His people. 7. God said he will be angered by his sons and daughters. 8. If God were with him one man could chase a thousand. 9. The gods of those who oppress Israel are called their rock. 10. Moses was told when he would die and where and for what reason. 11. Are the people the allotment that belongs to God? 12. Did the Lord say he was going to give up his people? 13. Does God say that the foot of the oppressor will slip eventually? 14. Does God claim that he can make people come alive again? 15. Does anyone know where Moses is buried?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 33 1. Of which tribe did Moses bless by saying, let them live and not die? 2. Of which tribe does Moses talk about the burning bush?. Verse 3. Which tribe is called a firstborn bull?. Verse 4. Which tribe is called the lion s cub?. Verse 5. Of which tribe does Moses say, The eternal God is your refuge?. Verse 6. The law is called the possession of the assembly of Jacob. 7. Moses gave the shortest blessing to Judah. 8. Joseph is called the prince among his brothers. 9. Moses said there is treasure hidden in the sand. 10. God is called Israel s shield and helper. 11. Is the Lord said to have come from Jerusalem? 12. Do the Thummim and Urim belong to the tribe of Judah? 13. Did Moses say that God would shield the tribe of Gad all day long? 14. Would the tribe of Naphtali inherit southward to the lake? 15. Will the tribe of Ashur bathe his feet in oil?

DEUTERONOMY - Chapter 34 1. Where did God command Moses to go just before he died? What did he see?. Verse 2. In what land did Moses die?. Verse 3. What happened to the body of Moses?. Verse 4. How long did the Children of Israel grieve over Moses death?. Verse 5. Why was Joshua filled with the spirit of wisdom? 6. The Lord showed Moses ALL of the land that Israel was to possess. 7. Moses body was buried on Mt. Nebo. 8. Moses was very weak in his old age. 9. The people now listened to what Joshua told them. 10. There would never be a prophet just like Moses. 11. Was Jericho just over the river from where Moses stood? 12. Was this the very land that the Lord had promised to Abraham? 13. Was Moses one hundred and thirty years old when he died? 14. Did Moses know the Lord face to face? 15. Did Moses do all those miraculous sign in the sight of all of Israel?