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The Book of Deuteronomy: ”Lest Ye Forget”

Unshaken Saints

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I Don't Take Reward, but Why Are We Offering Sacrifice?

Most scholars, when they study sacrifice in ancient religions, it's a way of buying god's good graces. But that verse changes the whole perspective. Sacrifice is for us, not for him. And so this is not god wanting to take reward. This is god wanting to teach us truth. Love them out of sempathy, out of compassion. You should know how they feel, cause you've been in their shoes. Yours haven't worn out theirs due. So share with them. Then in verse 22, thy fathers went down into egypt with threescore and ten persons. And now the lord, thy god, hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude

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