I recently felt heartbreak when my daughter, shortly after receiving her first Bible, stumbled onto Deuteronomy 20, which commands Israelites to kill all that breathes in Canaan (vv. 16–18). I’m a ...

On its surface, the Book of Deuteronomy appears to be little more than a restatement of stories and laws that were already covered in the preceding four books of the Torah. This is, however, far from ...

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While some of the titles given to these books—most of which were given hundreds of years after the books were even written—make sense, there are some titles that do cause confusion. The letters of ...

The Daughters of Zelophehad, illustration from The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons. Edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer. 1908. Public domain.

In 1883, 15 manuscript fragments found near the Dead Sea caused an international sensation. Written in ancient Hebrew script, they were said to be an alternate version of the Book of Deuteronomy. They ...