NL-DBRP_101 DEU.17 DEU.18 PSA.58 ACT.13.1-33

DEUTERONOMY 17-18:
In yesterday's reading we heard about the release of debts and slaves in the Jubilee Year (also called the year of restoration), and a reminder about 100% participation for the males in three festivals.

PSALM 58:
This poem celebrates that God will indeed give justice to His people, even though many times it seems to us that there is no justice on earth.

ACTS 13a:
In yesterday’s reading, we heard how Herod decided to go after the top apostles, killing James. But Peter escaped. As a result, 16 soldiers died. Then Herod met his richly deserved end.

GNT Translation notes:
Deut. 17:18 When he becomes king, he is to [order that//have] a copy of the book of God's laws and teachings [be] made from the original copy kept by the levitical priests.
[The Hebrew says that the king is to make a copy. Most translations translate that literally, so that the king would make a copy himself. However probably most things that a king is spoken of as ‘doing’ are actually things he orders to have done for him. So this can be taken either way. We can see how Jehoiada the priest encouraged the obedience of this command when Joash was anointed king.]
18:8 [NLT He may eat his share of the sacrifices and offerings, even if he has a private source of income.//He is to receive the same amount of food as the other priests, and he may keep whatever his family sends him.]
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Ps. 58:9 Before they know it, they are cut down like weeds; in [your fierce anger, O God, You//his fierce anger God] will blow them away while they are still living.
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Acts 13:11 The Lord's hand will come down on you now; [and for a time//0] you will be blind and will not see the light of day [0//for a time].” At once Elymas felt a dark mist cover his eyes, and he walked around trying to find someone to lead him by the hand.
14 They went on from Perga and arrived in [the city of] Antioch [which is in the province of//in] Pisidia, and on the Sabbath they went into the synagogue and sat down.

NLT Translation notes:
Deut. 17:22 If the prophet speaks in [my//the LORD’s] name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that [I, the LORD//the LORD] did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.’
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Ps. 58:9 [You, O] God will sweep [those unjust people/them] away, both
young and old, faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.
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Acts 13:52 And the believers [there] were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

 

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