This Weekend's Reading is Deuteronomy 25-26...
My thoughts on this weekend's reading...
Still more guidance and laws for God's people are imparted by Moses in these two chapters, some of which are interesting to say the least. We hear about a person deserving of being punished by lashes, and the importance of a brother assuring that his deceased brother has a child to carry on his brother's name. I find the resulting punishment of the sister-in-law towards her husband's brother if he refuses to carry out this responsibility to be interesting... it boils down to her taking off his sandal and spitting in his face... talk about humiliating, which I guess is the point in this case.
The we get a few little odds and ends... fighting, unjust weights and the charge to destroy the people Amalek for how they treated Israel... As we move into Chapter 26, we hear how it is important to give to the Lord His tithes, and in so doing use a chant that is still referenced to this day... "A wondering Aramean was my father..." The were also encouraged to care for the orphan, sojourner, and the Levite. As God considers them as His treasured possession, they in response are called to keep His commandments.