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'Lord' in the Bible

However, it was not until the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year that Moses addressed the Israelites just as the Lord had instructed him to do.

Verse ConceptsMonthMonth 11

The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, "You have stayed in the area of this mountain long enough.

Verse ConceptsActionsMoving On

Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants."

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To AbrahamGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchPossessingAncestorsprocessland

The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

Indeed, may the Lord, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you just as he said he would!

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersA Thousand PeopleGod Multipling PeopleMay God Bless!AbundanceBlessings From GodBlessing OthersBlessings And ProsperityGiving Back

Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.

Verse ConceptsMonotony

Then I said to you, "You have come to the Amorite hill country which the Lord our God is about to give us.

Look, he has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!"

Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesdiscouragementAssurance in the life of faithFear, Overcome ByConquestResisting Discouragement

Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying, "The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good."

Verse ConceptsLand ProducingGiving Good ThingsGod's Plan For UsGiving Back

You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RebellionRebellion, Of IsraelPeople UnwillingRebellion against GodSurrender

You complained among yourselves privately and said, "Because the Lord hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!

Verse ConceptsComplaintsdoubt, results ofResentment, Against GodAmbivalenceGod Hating PeopleGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod Will Cause DefeatComplaining

The Lord your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

Verse ConceptsGod Going Before

When the Lord heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

Verse ConceptsGod Paid Attention To ThemComplaining

As for me, the Lord was also angry with me on your account. He said, "You also will not be able to go there.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With Individualsland

Then you responded to me and admitted, "We have sinned against the Lord. We will now go up and fight as the Lord our God has told us to do." So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.

Verse ConceptsUnderestimationEasy For PeopleWe Have Sinned

But the Lord told me: "Tell them this: 'Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.'"

Verse ConceptsdefeatGod ForbiddingEnemy Attacks

I spoke to you, but you did not listen. Instead you rebelled against the Lord and recklessly went up to the hill country.

Verse ConceptsSelf WillProud People

Then you came back and wept before the Lord, but he paid no attention to you whatsoever.

Verse ConceptsWeepingSpiritual Deafness

Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.

Verse ConceptsComing To The Red SeaGod Led Them Through The WildernessStaying A Long TimeFalling

At this point the Lord said to me,

Verse Conceptswandering

All along the way I, the Lord your God, have blessed your every effort. I have been attentive to your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have been with you; you have lacked for nothing.'"

Verse ConceptsLackDesertsGod, The ProviderJourneyThe Number FortyWatchfulness, DivineDivine SuppliesanniversariesGod, All knowing40 To 50 YearsPlenty In The WildernessGod Has Been With YouBlessings From Godwandering

Then the Lord said to me, "Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.

Verse ConceptsAvoid QuarrelsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of Godharassment

Previously the Horites lived in Seir but the descendants of Esau dispossessed and destroyed them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land it came to possess, the land the Lord gave them.)

Verse ConceptsGod Gave The Land

Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them.

Verse ConceptsGenerations30 To 40 YearsDeath As Punishment

Indeed, it was the very hand of the Lord that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.

Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentGod Opposing

the Lord said to me,

They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites in advance of the Ammonites, so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

just as the descendants of Esau who live at Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land the Lord our God is giving us."

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised Land

But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedStiffnecked PeopleGod Hardening PeoplePeople Unwilling

The Lord said to me, "Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession."

the Lord our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, along with his sons and everyone else.

From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us -- the Lord our God gave them all to us.

Verse ConceptsCities Under AttackArnonThose God Gave Into Their Hands

However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the Lord our God.

Verse ConceptsGod Forbidding

The Lord, however, said to me, "Don't be afraid of him because I have already given him, his whole army, and his land to you. You will do to him exactly what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon."

Verse ConceptsDo Not Fear Men

So the Lord our God did indeed give over to us King Og of Bashan and his whole army and we struck them down until not a single survivor was left.

Verse ConceptsNo Survivors

At that time I instructed you as follows: "The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle.

Verse ConceptsUnity, Of God's PeopleGod Gave The Land

You must fight until the Lord gives your countrymen victory as he did you and they take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given you."

Verse ConceptsNot going home directlyTime Of Peace

I also commanded Joshua at the same time, "You have seen everything the Lord your God did to these two kings; he will do the same to all the kingdoms where you are going.

Verse ConceptsLooking At God's WorksTwo Other Men

Do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God will personally fight for you."

Verse ConceptsBattlesDo Not Fear Men

But the Lord was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me, "Enough of that! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With Individuals

Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceCommands, in OTHearingKnowledge, Of SinLife Through Keeping The LawKeep The Commandments!The Law Given To Israel

Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you.

Verse ConceptsAdding to the BibleCommands, in OTRespect, For God's CharacterRevelation, In NtWord Of GodAdditionsAdding To GodSubtracting From God

You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleLooking At God's Works

But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By God

Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.

Verse ConceptsGod TeachingKeep The Commandments!Old Testament Claims Inspiration

In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?

Verse ConceptsAnswered PromisesClosenessUnique Israel

You stood before the Lord your God at Horeb and he said to me, "Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children."

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleStandingBibleStudentsAssembling IsraelTeaching ChildrenFear God!

Then the Lord spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything -- only a voice was heard.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Appearing In FireHearing God's VoiceNot Seeing God

Moreover, at that same time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess.

Verse ConceptsScripture TeachingKeep The Commandments!

Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.

Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of BelieversGod Appearing In FireNot Seeing God

When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars -- the whole heavenly creation -- you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the Lord your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyPlanetsMoonSkyStarsThe SunIdolatry Consists OfDo Not Have Other godsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonWorship Of The SunSunWorshiping TogetherSunshineThe Moonadoration

You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesIron, Figurative Use OfIronPeople Of God, In OtSevere AfflictionsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

But the Lord became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityGod Angry With Individuals

Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.

Verse ConceptsForgetting GodAvoiding Idolatry

After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him,

Verse ConceptsProvokingIdols

Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

Verse ConceptsRemnantScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering IsraelDriven Away By GodFew People

In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the Lord your God and obey him

Verse ConceptsDistressReturning To GodEnd Of Days

Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivineArm Of God

Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.

Verse ConceptsTemporal Blessingsethics, and graceBlessings, To AbrahamOld Age, Attainment OfHow To Live LongEternal PossessionResults Of Keeping The CommandmentsKeep The Commandments!

The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Verse ConceptsCovenant Made At Sinai

(I was standing between the Lord and you at that time to reveal to you the message of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:

Verse ConceptsMediatorWord Of GodFear, Caused ByFear, Of UnknownFire Emanating From GodThose Frightened Of God

"I am the Lord your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Is GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

You must not worship or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me,

Verse ConceptsGenerationsGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Zeal OfSin, God's Judgment OnIdolatry Consists OfGod, JealousSins Of The FathersAvoiding IdolatryDo Not Have Other godsHating God

You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

Verse ConceptsBad Languageethics, personalGod, The LordLaw, Ten CommandmentsOaths, HumanRespect, For God's CharacterSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCursingProfaning God's NameMisusing God's Name

Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalHoly TimesSabbath Observed

but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyWork, And RestStrangersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekForeigners Included In The LawDay 7No Work On Feast DaysRegulations For Men And Women

Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, As RedeemerHand Of GodHolidayRememberingCaptivity, Of IsraelAbusive ParentsArm Of GodGod's HandGroups Of SlavesKeeping The SabbathGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Verse ConceptsCongregationStonesTabletsVoicesAdding To GodGod Appearing In FireTwo Stone Tablets

You said, "The Lord our God has shown us his great glory and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory Of GodGod Appearing In FireLiving Despite God's Presencegreatness

But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die!

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceFire Emanating From Godrisk

You go near so that you can hear everything the Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he says to you; then we will pay attention and do it."

Verse ConceptsMediatorTheocracySpeaking The Word God GivesListening To God

When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he said to me, "I have heard what these people have said to you -- they have spoken well.

Verse ConceptsGod Paid Attention To Them

Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!

Verse ConceptsOrthodoxy, In OtMoving ForwardNot Turning Aside

Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed

Verse ConceptsMind, Of Godstatuescommandments

and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you -- you, your children, and your grandchildren -- all your lives, to prolong your days.

Verse ConceptsFutureFear Of The LordHow To Live Longstatues

Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number -- as the Lord, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

Verse ConceptsFoodLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilkGod Multipling PeopleMilk And Honey

Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you -- a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

Verse ConceptsCityLargenessBuilding CitiesThe Promised LandCities In IsraelGod Gave The Land

be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.

Verse ConceptsForgettingBeing BewareGroups Of SlavesGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egyptslavery

for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

Verse ConceptsJealousyGod, JealousGod Is Among YouGod Will Kill His People

Do whatever is proper and good before the Lord so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

Verse ConceptsOaths, DivineDoing RightDoing The Right ThingDoing Your Best

and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the Lord said.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

When your children ask you later on, "What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?"

Verse ConceptsAskingMeaningThe Future

you must say to them, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.

Verse ConceptsempiresOppression, God's Attitude ToGod's HandGroups Of SlavesGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

The Lord commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingFear Of God, Results OfSustaining ProvidenceReverence To GodBlessings Of ObedienceFear God!Keep The Commandments!Survivalpreservation

When the Lord your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you -- Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you --

Verse ConceptsSevenSeven PeopleThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.

Verse ConceptsIdolatry Consists OfEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsGod Will Be AngryIntermarriage

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