Holiness In The Bible: The Book Of Deuteronomy

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INTRODUCTION The book of Deuteronomy is a reminder of what God did for the Israelites and instructions on how to live holy and have a covenant relationship with God. Moses gave sermons to the people of Israel just before they crossed the Jordan River into the Promise Land. He knew that he would not be allowed to cross the Jordan so he took the time to say some final words to the Israelites before his foreseen death. Moses retold God’s law where he reminded God’s people how to live holy in the Kingdom. It is believed that the book originates sometime in the seventh century BCE. Moses is the narrator of the book and is also thought by some to be the author. Others speculate that the author of Deuteronomy is Josiah because he had a set of laws called “Josiah’s Reforms” and they were …show more content…

These rules keep runaway slaves safe and unholy earnings out of the house of the Lord. We see the theme of holiness as we did in the verses before. Do not return a slave to his owner if he comes to you, you him live with you or go where he wants to go. Do not abuse or mistreat them. Israelites are to give a place of safety to runaway slaves because Israel it’s self had once escaped from slavery. In Canaanite religions at the, time temple prostitutes would have intercourse with the worshipers in order to ensure that their fields and flocks would be fertile. The lord is disgusted with that behavior. No Israelite man or woman can become a prostitute of the temple and no earnings of a female or male prostitute are to be brought into the house of the Lord to pay a promise to him because the Lord detests them both. In this case it is talking about keeping “unholy” earnings out of the church. The church is pouring with God’s presence and therefore should have nothing unholy in its walls. If any earnings of a female or male prostitute comes into the church and is used to pay a promise to God he will turn away from

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