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| Probably written by a Levite Priest in the time after the exile when the Temple was rebuilt in Jerusalem |
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| Handbook of Instructions for Israel’s worship. The rituals were presented as DIRECT STATEMENTS FROM GOD TO MOSES, but obviously this wasn’t accurate as these laws were not written until after the dispersion. |
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| The writer wanted the Jews to see their worship in the Temple as related to their life in the community. Worship is genuine only if it is expressed in HOW THE PEOPLE TREAT ONE ANOTHER. |
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| honesty, reverence, respect, t6olerance, compassion and generousity – virtues that are as needed today as they were then. |
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| Israelites felt that when they sinned |
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| they needed to repair the damage their sin caused in their relationship with God. |
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| They sacrificed an animal as a |
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| Each year a very special ritual took place called |
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| The High priest enters the Temple Sanctuary called the |
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HOLY OF HOLIES
Where God is believed to dwell |
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| the life of the people offered to God to reconcile them with him |
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| (when the Israelites were separated from the Promised Land) the use of animal blood was discontinued. |
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| On the way to the Promised land |
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| the Israelites started to complain about only having manna to eat. God got angry and sent them quail to eat and some people ate so much they died. |
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| Aaron and Miriam start to get jealous of Moses and say they |
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| are prophets as well. God tells them they are prophets, but GodÂ’s relationship with Moses is much closer. |
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| The people finally make it to Canaan and one man from each of the 12 tribes goes into Canaan to see whatÂ’s happening there. They are afraid to go in because giants are living there. Only Joshua and Caleb say they will go into Canaan; the others |
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| Moses and Aaron say disrespectful things about their own people even though they deserve it, so God says |
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| Moses and Aaron will die before the people enter Canaan. |
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| King of Moab asks a soothsayer named Balaam, what will happen when the Israelites come into his land. The soothsayer tells him |
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| about a blessing for Israel. Balaam also tells about JacobÂ’s star. |
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| For the Jews is a prediction of the reign of King David. |
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| For later Christians is a prediction of |
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Christ’s coming.
Deuteronomy |
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| Probably long after Moses’ death / probably about 30 years before the Babylonian exhale. |
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| Literary genre: Three sermons by Moses to the Israelites. They are considered his last will and testament. They tell the people how to live when they get to the promised land. He warns about |
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| idolatry, wealth, and trusting their own power instead of GodÂ’s power. |
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| Moses probably did not actually preach these sermons. The sermons were the literary device the author used |
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| to get the most important information across to the Israelites. |
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| Moses dies before entering |
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| Joshua becomes the new leader of the Israelites and takes the |
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| people into the Promises Land. |
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