March 15: Deuteronomy 10:1 – Deuteronomy 12:32

New Tablets of Stone – Deuteronomy 10

• Moses reminds the people how God instructed him to again make two tablets of stone for Him to write His statutes on, and how the people then journeyed to Moserah, where Aaron died. At that time, the Lord set apart the Levites, and Moses spent forty days and nights on the mountain.

Circumcise Your Heart

• Moses reminds the people what God requires of them—for them to fear Him, walk in His ways, and love and serve Him with all their hearts—and tells them to circumcise their hearts and no longer be stubborn. Moses reminds them that their forefathers went to Egypt as seventy persons and the Lord made them as numerous as the stars.

Love and Serve the Lord – Deuteronomy 11

• Moses instructs the Israelites to love the Lord and keep His charge, His statutes, His rules, and His commandments. They are to remember everything He has done for them. They are to keep these commands as they go in to inhabit the land the Lord has given them, and if they do, He will give them rain for the land and grass for the fields. They are to turn aside from and not serve other gods, and to lay up God's words in their hearts.
• Moses tells them that he is setting before them a blessing and a curse—they will be blessed if they do as instructed, and they will be cursed if they don't. They are to cross over the Jordan River into the land God has given them, and they are to be careful to heed God's instructions.

The Lords Chosen Place of Worship – Deuteronomy 12

• Moses again instructs the Hebrew people that they are to destroy all the places where the previous peoples worshiped their gods. They are not to worship their God that way, but are to seek the place where God will tell them to worship Him. They are to not offer their sacrifices just anywhere, but only in the place God instructs them to do so. They may slaughter and eat meat within their towns, but shall not eat the blood. They may not eat of their tithes in the town, and are to rejoice in the Lord and not neglect the Levites. They are to be careful to heed God's commands, that it may go well with them.

Warning Against Idolatry

• Moses reminds the people that when they defeat the people living in the land, they are not to be ensnared by their gods or their religions.