{"id":5842,"date":"2026-05-24T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:29:22","slug":"deuteronomy-532-33-therefore-you-shall-be-careful-to-do-as-the-lord-your-god-has-commanded-you-you-shall-not-turn-aside-to-the-right-hand-or-to-the-left-you-shall-walk-in-all-the-ways-wh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=5842","title":{"rendered":"Deuteronomy 5:32\u201333: “Therefore you shall be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deuteronomy is the most quoted Old Testament book by Jesus in the Gospels. The name deuto<\/em> means second<\/em>, and onomy<\/em> means law<\/em>, so this is the second time the Law was given. Moses was about to go be with the Lord, and the next generation of God\u2019s people were about to enter the Promised Land. So God had the aged Moses read it to them once again, encouraging them to embrace the Law of God, recognizing that it was given to them with their best interest and good in mind.<\/p>\n

The older generation had been given the opportunity to enter the land, but had been too afraid of the obstacles there. They murmured and complained and refused to take the gift God was giving them. So instead God took their children into the land they had rejected. But He wanted to remind the new generation of all that He had given in the way of law, order, and worship, so that they, as a nation, would prosper there.<\/p>\n

Some old American Hymnologists have mistakenly symbolized the crossing of the Jordan River and entering the Promised Land as going into heaven. But in fact, it is more like going through the baptism of the Holy Spirit and entering into the spirit-filled life. God wants us to prosper in this life and in His Kingdom right now, so He has given us commands to follow that we “may live and that it may be well with [us].” Yes, heaven is a wonder-filled place that we will enjoy after we go to be with Him, but God also wants us to live and do well while we are still here on this side of heaven.<\/p>\n

“Lord, we do want to walk with You and not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Please keep us on the road of life this day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Deuteronomy 5 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>\u00a0And 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.\u00a0\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0LORD\u00a0our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0LORD\u00a0made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>us, who\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>all of us here alive this day.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0LORD\u00a0talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0(I stood between the\u00a0LORD\u00a0and you at that time, to shew you the word of the\u00a0LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 6<\/sup>\u00a0I\u00a0am\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0LORD\u00a0thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.\u00a0\u00a07<\/sup>\u00a0Thou shalt have none other gods before me.\u00a08<\/sup>\u00a0Thou shalt not make thee\u00a0any\u00a0<\/em>graven image,\u00a0or\u00a0<\/em>any likeness\u00a0of any thing\u00a0<\/em>that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>in heaven above, or that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>in the earth beneath, or that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>in the waters beneath the earth:\u00a09<\/sup>\u00a0Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the\u00a0LORD\u00a0thy God\u00a0am\u00a0<\/em>a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth\u00a0generation\u00a0<\/em>of them that hate me,\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0Thou shalt not take the name of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0thy God in vain: for the\u00a0LORD\u00a0will not hold\u00a0him\u00a0<\/em>guiltless that taketh his name in vain.\u00a012<\/sup>\u00a0Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the\u00a0LORD\u00a0thy God hath commanded thee.\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0But the seventh day\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the sabbath of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0thy God:\u00a0in it\u00a0<\/em>thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.\u00a015<\/sup>\u00a0And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0LORD\u00a0thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the\u00a0LORD\u00a0thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16<\/sup> Honour thy father and thy mother, as the\u00a0LORD\u00a0thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the\u00a0LORD\u00a0thy God giveth thee.\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0Thou shalt not kill.\u00a018<\/sup>\u00a0Neither shalt thou commit adultery.\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0Neither shalt thou steal.\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.\u00a021<\/sup>\u00a0Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour\u2019s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour\u2019s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any\u00a0thing\u00a0<\/em>that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>thy neighbour\u2019s. 22<\/sup> These words the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spake 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. 23<\/sup>\u00a0And 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,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;\u00a024<\/sup>\u00a0And ye said, Behold, the\u00a0LORD\u00a0our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.\u00a025<\/sup>\u00a0Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0our God any more, then we shall die.\u00a0\u00a026<\/sup>\u00a0For who\u00a0is there of\u00a0<\/em>all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we\u00a0have\u00a0<\/em>, and lived?\u00a027<\/sup>\u00a0Go thou near, and hear all that the\u00a0LORD\u00a0our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the\u00a0LORD\u00a0our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear\u00a0it\u00a0<\/em>, and do\u00a0it\u00a0<\/em>.\u00a028<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the\u00a0LORD\u00a0said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.\u00a029<\/sup>\u00a0O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!\u00a030<\/sup>\u00a0Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.\u00a031<\/sup>\u00a0But 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\u00a0them\u00a0<\/em>in the land which I give them to possess it.\u00a032<\/sup>\u00a0Ye shall observe to do therefore as the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.\u00a033<\/sup>\u00a0Ye shall walk in all the ways which the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and\u00a0that it may be\u00a0<\/em>well with you, and\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>ye may prolong\u00a0your<\/em>days in the land which ye shall possess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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