Deuteronomy • Chapter 8 (20 verses)
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wildernes... Mentions: Egypt .
Old Testament • 34 Chapters
Deuteronomy (Old Testament, 34 chapters). Key figures: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Laban , Moab , Abram/Abraham , Isaac . Key places: Jordan , Paran , Tophel , Laban , Hazeroth , Dizahab . Opens with: "These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between P..."
Deuteronomy • Chapter 18 (22 verses)
The priests the Levites , and all the tribe of Levi , shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel : they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath... Mentions: Levi , Jacob/Israel , Horeb .
Deuteronomy • Chapter 28 (68 verses)
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come ... Mentions: Egypt .
fire, flame, consuming judgment
Fire; physical combustion and theophanic symbol of divine holiness, presence, and consuming judgment ('consuming fire', Deuteronomy 4:24).
Derivation: Primitive word.
heart, core of moral volition
Fuller anatomical form of lev; moral volition and interior integrity ('love the LORD with all your heart', Deuteronomy 6:5).
Derivation: From לֵב (H3820).
king, royal sovereign
King, sovereign ruler; human earthly king under the covenant law (Deuteronomy 17) and supremely Yahweh as cosmic King of kings ruling from Zion.
Derivation: From מָלַךְ (H4427) to reign.
tree, wood, timber, gallows
Tree, wood; features in primeval garden (Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge), altar/ark, and tree bearing covenant curse (Deuteronomy 21:23).
Derivation: From עָצָה (H6095) to firm, close.
to hear, listen, obey (The Shema)
To hear attentively, pay heed, obey; opening imperative of Israel's confession: Shema Yisrael ('Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one', Deuteronomy 6:4).
Derivation: Primitive root.
to love, desire, delight in
To love, delight in; commanded in Shema ('love the LORD your God with all your heart', Deuteronomy 6:5) and neighbor love (Leviticus 19:18).
Derivation: Primitive root.
love, covenant affection
Love, affection, relational commitment; describes God's unprovoked love for Israel (Deuteronomy 7:8) and ardent marital covenant devotion.
Derivation: From אָהַב (H157) to love.
hand, power, agency of the LORD
Hand, forearm, power, dominion, agency; the 'Hand of the LORD' (Yad YHWH) represents sovereign divine intervention in the Exodus ('with a mighty hand and outstretched arm', Deuteronomy 26:8), victorious deliverance, and prophetic inspiration (Ezekiel 1:3).
Derivation: Primitive word.
curse, execration
Curse, divine penalty for covenant unfaithfulness in Deuteronomy 28:20 and Proverbs 3:33.
Derivation: From אָרַר (H779) to curse.
tithe, tenth part
Tenth part consecrated to God, presented from agrarian harvest to support Levites, priests, and care for poor (Deuteronomy 14:28, Malachi 3:10).
Derivation: From עָשַׂר (H6237) to tithe, from עֶשֶׂר (H6235) ten.
prophet, spokesman for God
Prophet, divine spokesman; one who receives direct divine revelation and proclaims God's authoritative message ('I will put My words in his mouth', Deuteronomy 18:18).
Derivation: From an unused root cognate with Akkadian nabu (to call, name, announce).
curse, execration, covenant sanction
Curse, reviling, divine penalty; solemn negative sanction threatened against unfaithful covenant breakers in Deuteronomy 28.
Derivation: From קָלַל (H7043) to curse.
to judge, plead cause, contend, govern
To act as judge, champion the cause of the oppressed, vindicate the helpless ('The LORD will judge His people', Deuteronomy 32:36).
Derivation: Primitive root.
to live, have life, revive
To live, preserve alive, revive, recover from death or sickness; theological in Deuteronomy ('that you may live') and Ezekiel ('shall these dry bones live?').
Derivation: Primitive root.
vengeance, vindication, retributive justice
Vengeance, retributive justice; exclusive divine prerogative to right moral wrongs and vindicate oppressed saints ('Vengeance is Mine, I will repay', Deuteronomy 32:35).
Derivation: From נָקַם (H5358) to avenge.
rock, cliff, boulder, fortress
Massive boulder, cliff; paramount metaphor for divine unchangeableness, refuge, and strength ('The Rock, His work is perfect', Deuteronomy 32:4).
Derivation: From צוּר (H6696) to bind, besiege.
assembly, congregation, convocation
Assembly, summoned congregation of all Israel before God at Sinai ('day of the assembly', Deuteronomy 9:10); Greek ekklesia root.
Derivation: From קָהַל (H6950) to assemble.
1 Corinthians • Chapter 8 (13 verses)
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. But if any man love God, the same is known of him. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 8 (24 verses)
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyo... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Macedonia .
Acts • Chapter 8 (40 verses)
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria , except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, an... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Jerusalem , Samaria , Gaza , Ethiopia , Azotus .
Acts • Chapter 18 (28 verses)
After these things Paul departed from Athens , and came to Corinth ; And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus , lately come from Italy , with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome :) and came unto them. And because he was of ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Athens , Corinth , Pontus , Italy , Rome .
Acts • Chapter 28 (31 verses)
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of st... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Alexandria , Syracuse , Rhegium , Puteoli , Rome .
Hebrews • Chapter 8 (13 verses)
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest , who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is or... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Egypt .
John • Chapter 8 (59 verses)
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abram/Abraham .
Hittite Vassal Treaties, Neo-Assyrian Parallels, and the Covenant Lawsuit (Rib)
Monumental archaeological and historical consensus (established by George Mendenhall, Kenneth Kitchen, Meredith Kline) that the literary structure of the Mosaic Covenant in Exodus and particularly Deuteronomy mirrors Late Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC) Hittite Vassal Treaties rather than 1st millennium Neo-Assyrian treaties.
