The Lord Your God Has Been With You
Questions for Study 2

Deuteronomy 2:1-37
Memory Verse: 7

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I. Your Bother Esau (1-8)

1. After many years of wandering where did the Lord tell Israel to go? (1-4) Who was Esau? (12; Gen. 25:19-27, 26:34-35, 27:34-40) How were the Israelites instructed to treat Esau's people and land? (5-6) What can we learn? (Mark 9:38-41)

2. How would you describe the way the Lord dealt with Israel in the desert wanderings? (7) What event could have tempted them to attack and steal from the Edomites? (Num. 20:14-21) How did they treated the Edomites? What can we learn? (Luke 6:27-31)

II. Lot's descendants, Moabites and Ammonites (9-23)

3. Who was Lot? (Gen. 11:27, 12:4-5, 13:8-9, 19:29, 36-38) What did the Lord instruct Israel to do in regard to his descendants? (9-11, 16-19)

4. Where did they go next? (13) How long was the Lord against the fighting men of Israel? (14-15)

5. Who had given Lot's descendants victory? (20-23) How might this be an encouragement to Israel?

6. With knowledge of their parents and brother nations history, what lay before Israel? (24) What will be the effect if they obeyed? (25) What can be learned about the way God works with and for his people? (Eph. 2:11-13; Matt. 16:18)

III. Defeat of Sihon King of Heshbon (24-37)

7. What did Moses offer Sihon? (26-29) Why did he refuse? (30) What was God doing for Israel before any weapon was drawn? (31) What can we learn about how the Lord Jesus is working for us even though we don't know it? (Eph. 1:22-23)

8. What was the outcome of the battle? (32-34; c.f. Num. 21:21-31)

9. How did the Lord provide through their faith? (35-36)

10. How did they keep the limits the Lord had given them? What limits do we live in while obeying the command to preach the gospel? (2 John 1:4-6)