ADDING TO GOD'S WORD

Lesson 3

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Numbers 11:29
Then Moses said to him, "Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD'S people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!" -NKJ

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Deuteronomy

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Deuteronomy 5

1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

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1. Deuteronomy 5

22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and He added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

1. What words indicate that God only spoke aloud the TEN COMMANDMENTS?
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2. Deuteronomy 5

22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and He added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me [i.e., Moses is the speaker on this occasion].
2. How do we know this was the "TEN COMMANDMENTS"?
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3. Deuteronomy 5

22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me [i.e., Moses is the speaker on this occasion].
3. To whom was the TEN COMMANDMENTS tables delivered?
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4. Deuteronomy 5

23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 And ye said... 25 "Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it."
4. Why did the people NOT want to hear God's voice anymore?
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5. Deuteronomy 5

23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 And ye said... 25 "Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it."
5. What did they want Moses to do?
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6. Deuteronomy 5

28b and the Lord said unto me [Moses]...
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
6. What did God say He was to speak to Moses?
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7. Deuteronomy 5

28b and the Lord said unto me [Moses]...
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord you God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

7. How much of God's commandments, statutes, and judgments did God tell Moses?
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8. EXAMPLE 1 of the Private Delivery:Deuteronomy 9

9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: 10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
8. Give an example of what God delivered privately to Moses in the mountain?
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9. EXAMPLE 2 of the Private Delivery:Deuteronomy 10

18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
9. In another example, who was Israel commanded to love?
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10. EXAMPLE 3 of the Private Delivery:Deuteronomy 12

1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods... 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and
10. What in this passage was strictly for Israel to obey and certainly not for us today?
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11. Deuteronomy 12
1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods... 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
11. Where were the people to bring their sacrifices?
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12.

(Check Up Question)

Was the commandment concerning sacrifices given along with the Ten Commandments?

    Yes
    No

Deuteronomy

GOD ADDS
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
GOD ADDS
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

GOD ADDS
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

13. Deuteronomy 29

1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
13. What did God give later in the land of Moab?
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14. Deuteronomy 29

1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

14. What did God give Israel beside the Ten Commandments?
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15.

(Check Up Question)

God never added anything to the Ten Commandments.
    True   False

16. Deuteronomy 18

15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren--him you shall heed-- 16 just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, "Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, or see this great fire any more, lest I die." ... 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 And whoever will not give heed to my words which he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
16. What person did Moses mention that indicated more law was coming?
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17. Deuteronomy 18

15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren--him you shall heed-- 16 just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, "Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, or see this great fire any more, lest I die." ... 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 And whoever will not give heed to my words which he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
17. Why would God use a prophet instead of speaking directly to the people?
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18. Deuteronomy 18

15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren--him you shall heed-- 16 just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, "Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, or see this great fire any more, lest I die." ... 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 And whoever will not give heed to my words which he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
18. What does God put into the prophet`s mouth?
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Numbers

GOD'S PROPHETS ADD
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
GOD'S PROPHETS ADD
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

GOD'S PROPHETS ADD
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

19. Numbers 12

6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold:
19. God spoke directly to Moses. How would He speak to other prophets?
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THE PROPHET ISAIAH ADDS
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
THE PROPHET ISAIAH ADDS
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

THE PROPHET ISAIAH ADDS
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

20. Isaiah 51

Isaiah, a prophet of God, writes in his book:
15 "For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar --the LORD of hosts is his name.
16 And I have put my words in your mouth, and hid you in the shadow of my hand, stretching out the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth, and saying to Zion, "You are my people."
20. Whom does the prophet quote?
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21. Isaiah 51

Isaiah, a prophet of God, writes in his book:
15 "For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar--the LORD of hosts is his name.
16 And I have put my words in your mouth, and hid you in the shadow of my hand, stretching out the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth, and saying to Zion, "You are my people."
21. In whose mouth did the Lord God put His words?
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22. Isaiah 51

Isaiah, a prophet of God, writes:
15 "For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar--the LORD of hosts is his name.
16 And I have put my words in your mouth, and hid you in the shadow of my hand, stretching out the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth, and saying to Zion, `You are my people.`"

Hebrews 1

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

22. Later the Bible says that God had spoken by whom?
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Second Chronicles

WHAT COVENANT DID
HEZEKIAH RESTORE?
WHAT COVENANT DID
HEZEKIAH RESTORE?

WHAT COVENANT DID
HEZEKIAH RESTORE?

23. 2 Chronicles 29

23 Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them: 24 And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel. 25 Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.
23. The covenant required what kind of offering?
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24. 2 Chronicles 29

23 Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them: 24 And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel. 25 Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.
24. The covenant required what kind of music?
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25. 2 Chronicles 29

23 Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them: 24 And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel. 25 Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.
25. What kind of persons gave the music commandment for the Lord?
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26. 2 Chronicles 29

23 Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them: 24 And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel. 25 Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.
26. Who was the first named prophet that ordered instruments of music?
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COULD ISRAEL ADD
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?
COULD ISRAEL ADD
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?

COULD ISRAEL ADD
TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?

27.

Deuteronomy 4:2
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you."

27. God added to the 10 Commandments. What was the first thing listed here that Israel could not do to God's covenant?
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28.

Deuteronomy 4:2
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you."

28. What was the second thing listed here that Israel could not do to God's covenant?
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29.

Deuteronomy 12:32
"What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."

29. What was the first thing listed here that Israel could not do to God`s Covenant?
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30.

Deuteronomy 12:32
"What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."

30. What was the second thing in this passage that Israel could not do to God`s Covenant?
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31.Deuteronomy 30

10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

31. Where did Moses write all the commandments and statutes of God's Law?
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32. Deuteronomy 31

24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
32. Where was this Law written?
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33. Deuteronomy 31

9 ¶ And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
33. To whom did Moses give the words of God`s Law?
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34. Deuteronomy 31

26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
34. Where was the book of the Law put?
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GOD ADDS TO HIS COVENANT;
COULD ISRAEL DO IT?
GOD ADDS TO HIS COVENANT;
COULD ISRAEL DO IT?

GOD ADDS TO HIS COVENANT;
COULD ISRAEL DO IT?

35.

A Bible definition
of "prophet"
Exodus 7
1 And the Lord said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet."
35. What was Aaron to Moses when they were before Pharaoh?
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36.

A Bible definition
of "prophet" continued

Exodus 4
14 ..."Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite?
15 And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
16 He shall speak for you to the people; and he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God."
36. A prophet is what to his God?
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SUMMARY OF LESSON 3

The purpose of this lesson was to help the student to reason (by induction) the following information from the passages:
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1. God spoke "out loud" the Ten Commandments
to the people. "Deut. 5:22"
2. The people were scared by God's speaking
and so asked that God only speak to Moses.
"Deut. 5:23-26"
3. God spoke all His commandments, statutes,
and judgments directly to Moses. "Deut. 5:28"

SUMMARY OF LESSON 3 continued

4. Israel was commanded through Moses to love
strangers. "Deut. 10:17-19" 5. Israel was commanded also to offer sacrifices
in a certain place. "Deut. 12:5"
6. God added a covenant in Moab to the covenant
given at Mt Horeb [Sinai]. "Deut. 29:1"
7. God added His words and commandments
through the mouths of His appointed prophets.
"Deut. 18:15"

SUMMARY OF LESSON 3 continued

8. Unlike He did to Moses, God only spoke
indirectly to His prophets by means of dreams and
visions. "Num. 12:6"
9. David as a prophet of God was authorized by
Him to require instrumental music in worship.
"2 Chron.29:25"
10. Israel could not add or take away from God's
revealed word. "Deut. 4:2"

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