Table of Contents
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy is Moses’ last word. The whole book is spoken in about a month, on the plains of Moab, to the generation that will cross the Jordan without him. He retells the journey, gives the law again — the Ten Commandments, the Shema, the blessings and the curses — and makes them swear the covenant for themselves.
It is the book Jesus quoted from most in the wilderness, and the one the New Testament leans on for “love the Lord thy God” and “a prophet like unto me.” These studies go through it in order, the same way the rest of the Bible section does.
List Of Articles
He Bare Thee, As A Man Doth Bear His Son
Moses on the plains of Moab retelling the forty years — Horeb, the spies, the wasted decades, and the first land won east of Jordan
Deuteronomy 1-3What Nation Is There So Great
a people who heard a voice and saw no form, warned against images, and told to teach their children what their own eyes had seen
Deuteronomy 4The LORD Talked With You Face To Face
the Ten Commandments spoken again to the new generation, and God’s wish over them: <em>O that there were such an heart in them</em>
Deuteronomy 5Hear, O Israel
the one God, loved with all the heart; words bound on the hand and taught to the children; and the answer to give when a son asks why
Deuteronomy 6Man Doth Not Live By Bread Only
a people chosen not for their size, a wilderness meant to humble and prove them, and a warning about the day the barns are full
Deuteronomy 7-8Circumcise The Foreskin Of Your Heart
not for your righteousness; the golden calf recalled in detail; and the plainest summary in the book of what the LORD requires
Deuteronomy 9-11The Place Which The LORD Shall Choose
one altar, not a shrine on every hill; and what to do with a prophet whose sign comes true but whose message leads away from God
Deuteronomy 12-13Thou Shalt Open Thine Hand Wide
the tithe, the seventh-year release of debts, a freed servant sent away not empty, and three feasts a year before the LORD
Deuteronomy 14-16A Prophet Like Unto Me
a king who must copy out the law in his own hand, priests with no inheritance but God, no place for divination, and a Prophet still to come
Deuteronomy 17-18By The Mouth Of Two Or Three Witnesses
cities of refuge, no conviction on one witness, mercy even in war, an unsolved killing atoned for, and a body not left hanging overnight
Deuteronomy 19-21Thou Shalt Not Muzzle The Ox
the law reaching into ordinary life — a lost animal returned, an honest weight, a hired man paid at sundown, a bird’s nest spared
Deuteronomy 22-25A Syrian Ready To Perish Was My Father
the words a farmer says while handing over the first of his harvest, and the day two parties say ‘thou art mine’ to each other
Deuteronomy 26A Blessing And A Curse
half the tribes on Gerizim, half on Ebal, the whole nation answering Amen, and a long unsparing list of what obedience and rebellion each bring
Deuteronomy 27-28Therefore Choose Life
the covenant renewed in Moab, the secret things left with God, the promise of a heart made new, and a word that is not far off but very near
Deuteronomy 29-30There Arose Not A Prophet Like Unto Moses
Joshua charged, the law laid beside the ark, the Song of Moses, the blessing of the tribes, and one man’s grave that God dug Himself
Deuteronomy 31-34