🌾 Deuteronomy 19

Deuteronomy 19 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses;” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;” Deuteronomy 19 opens with these words: “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in…” The line to keep is Deuteronomy 19:1: “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses;” Carry the word “cuts” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Deuteronomy 19:1: “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses;” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Deuteronomy 19? Then try this: Read “When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.