#Rastafari #FirstDay aka #Sundays #Psalm5 #RSS #48 #Shoftim 2023-08-20 #LOJ

THIS WEEK'S PORTION #48

Shoftim | שופטים | "Judges" ፈራጆችን | Ferajoch’[-n]
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1. TORAH READING

Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9

1.1 First reading — Deuteronomy 16:18–17:13

1.2 Second reading — Deuteronomy 17:14–20

1.3 Third reading — Deuteronomy 18:1–5

1.4 Fourth reading — Deuteronomy 18:6–13

1.5 Fifth reading — Deuteronomy 18:14–19:13

1.6 Sixth reading — Deuteronomy 19:14–20:9

1.7 Seventh reading — Deuteronomy 20:10–21:9

2. PROPHETS READING

Isaiah 51:12-52:12

3. NEW TESTAMENT READING

John 1:19-27; Acts 3:22-23

PORTION OUTLINE - TORAH

Deuteronomy 16:18 | Municipal Judges and Officers

Deuteronomy 16:21 | Forbidden Forms of Worship

Deuteronomy 17:8 | Legal Decisions by Priests and Judges

Deuteronomy 17:14 | Limitations of Royal Authority

Deuteronomy 18:1 | Privileges of Priests and Levites

Deuteronomy 18:9 | Child-Sacrifice, Divination, and Magic Prohibited

Deuteronomy 18:15 | A New Prophet Like Moses

Deuteronomy 19:1 | Laws concerning the Cities of Refuge

Deuteronomy 19:14 | Property Boundaries

Deuteronomy 19:15 | Law concerning Witnesses

Deuteronomy 20:1 | Rules of Warfare

Deuteronomy 21:1 | Law concerning Murder by Persons Unknown

PORTION OUTLINE - PROPHETS

Isaiah 51:1 | Blessings in Store for God's People

Isaiah 52:1 | Let Zion Rejoice

The commandment for the king to write a copy of the Torah demonstrates the work of Messiah. He Himself is the Word made flesh

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