Sunday Sermonette: Well okay then

I think Deuteronomy 28 is the longest chapter in the Torah, though I haven ' t tried to confirm that. Anyway, it ' s actually an expanded version of Leviticus 26, which recites the blessings the people will receive if they obey Yahweh and the evil that will befall them if they don ' t. It even uses some of the same language; the blessing section is quite similar, but it adds a lot to the curse part. I actually do recommend that you read this, for the black comedy value. Update: After I posted this, by coincidence I learned that Flavius Josephus, in his account of the rebellion against Roman rule that culminated in the sack of Jerusalem and destruction of the temple in 70 CE, tells the story of a starving woman who eats her own infant. Josephus was Jewish (he was born Yosef ben Matityahu), and I suspect he got the idea from this chapter. His account of the war is generally considered to include invented material. 28 “And if you obey the voice of theLord your God, being careful to do all his commandments which I command you this day, theLord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of theLord your God.3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.5 Ble...
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