Selections from Devarim/Words in Re’eh Deuteronomy 11.26-16.17
This day I set before you a blessing or a curse
Hearken to God’s teachings or ignore the wise guidance
Pass over the Jordan; go in and possess the land
God is expanding your borders
(Your holdings and your understanding)
Destroy the nations you are dispossessing
Who have been serving lesser gods
(Vanity, self-image, greed, selfishness, gossip, anger, etc.)
God is blessing you and causing you to rest
From all your enemies round about you
(Those old thought patterns)
Dwell in safety
Rejoice before God with your sons and daughters
And also with those who serve you
And with the Levite (the holiness) within your gates
Love God with your heart and soul
Do what is right and good in God’s eyes
We are a people consecrated to God
Rejoice before God in all that you put your hand unto
Set aside every year a tenth part of the yield
Spend the money as you want
Don’t harden your heart before the needy
Rather open your hand; give readily without regrets
Feed outsiders, orphans, widows and widowers
Remember we were enslaved
Remember the day of our departure from bondage
Sacrifice in the evening at sundown
Don’t come before God empty-handed
We each bring our own gift
According to the blessings God is bestowing on us
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