In this video listen to Deuteronomy 1 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

Deuteronomy 1 starts with “These are the words of Moses.” In Hebrew,the name for this book is Debarim from the phrase,ʾēlleh haddĕbārîm, meaning ‘these are the words.’ And in Greek the name of the book is Deutero Nomos meaning the second law. Forty years earlier Moses had an encounter with God at the burning bush and argued with God five times about his suitability for service.

One of his key arguments was that he could not speak, but God clearly knew what he had created. Here we see what God saw when he called Moses, and the many words that came from Moses from God. What a spiritual and personal change in his life resulted from doing what God required.

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