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  1. May 30 - The Kiss of Death

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    05/30/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    נשׁיקה - So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord, and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day. Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. DEUTERONOMY 34:5–7
    May 30 - The Kiss of Death

  2. May 29 - Jeshurun: Israel’s Nickname

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    05/29/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ישׁרון - "“But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation." DEUTERONOMY 32:15
    May 29 - Jeshurun: Israel’s Nickname

  3. May 28 - Wheat, Kidneys, and Fat

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    05/28/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    חלב - [God] made [Israel] ride on the high places of the land, and he ate the produce of the field, and he suckled him with honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats, with the very finest of the wheat— and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape. DEUTERONOMY 32:13–14
    May 28 - Wheat, Kidneys, and Fat

  4. May 27 - Nephew Wormwood

    book
    05/27/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    לענה - "Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.'" DEUTERONOMY 29:18–19
    May 27 - Nephew Wormwood

  5. May 26 - Keep the Iron Away

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    05/26/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ברזל - "And there [on Mt. Ebal] you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. You shall wield no iron tool on them; you shall build an altar to the Lord your God of uncut stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God, and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and shall eat there, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God." DEUTERONOMY 27:5–7
    May 26 - Keep the Iron Away

  6. May 25 - The Farmer’s Creed

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    05/25/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ארמי אבד אבי - “A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians treated us harshly and humiliated us and laid on us hard labor." DEUTERONOMY 26:5–6
    May 25 - The Farmer’s Creed

  7. May 24 - Blotting out Names

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    05/24/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    מחה - “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt, how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God. Therefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget." DEUTERONOMY 25:17–19
    May 24 - Blotting out Names

  8. May 23 - Hung on a Tree

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    05/23/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    תלה - “And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance." DEUTERONOMY 21:22–23
    May 23 - Hung on a Tree

  9. May 22 - An Eye for an Eye

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    05/22/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    נביא - “Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." DEUTERONOMY 19:21
    May 22 - An Eye for an Eye

  10. May 21 - Forthtelling and Foretelling

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    05/21/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    נביא - “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen." DEUTERONOMY 18:15
    May 21 - Forthtelling and Foretelling

  11. May 20 - The Equestrian Christ

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    05/20/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    סוס - “[The Israelite king whom God chooses] must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never return that way again." DEUTERONOMY 17:16
    May 20 - The Equestrian Christ

  12. May 19 - Ear-Piercing, Hebrew Style

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    05/19/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    רצע - “If [your Hebrew servant] says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is well-off with you, then you shall take an awl, and put it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your slave forever." DEUTERONOMY 15:16–17
    May 19 - Ear-Piercing, Hebrew Style