Individual Passages
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1:1-5 Introduction
1:6-4:43 Moses's First Speech
1:6-18 Review Of History: Preparation To Leave Sinai
1:6-8 Command To Move From Horeb
1:9-18 Providing Just Leadership
1:19-46 Review Of History: Unbelief At Kadesh
1:19-25 Spies Sent To The Promised Land
1:26-33 Unbelief And Rebellion
1:34-40 The Lord's Anger And Punishment
1:41-46 Israel's Arrogant And Presumptuous Response
2:1-3:29 Review Of History: 40 Year Wanderings
2:24-37 Defeat Of King Sihon
3:12-20 Dividing The Eastern Lands
3:21-29 Moses Is Not Allowed To Cross The Jordan
4:1-40 Lessons From History
4:15-31 Do Not Make Any Idol
4:41-43 Review Of History: Cities Of Refuge
4:44-26:19 Moses's Second Speech
4:44-11:32 General Principles
4:44-6:25 Law And Shema
4:44-49 Introduction To The Law
5:1-21 The Ten Commandments
5:22-33 Response To The Ten Commandments
6:10-19 Exclusive Loyalty To God
6:20-25 Summary Of Covenant Relationship
7:1-8:20 Don't Forget God
7:1-6 Reject Other Nations' gods And Practices
7:7-11 Reason for God's Choice Of Israel
7:12-16 Promise Of Blessings
7:17-26 Dealing With The Nations
8:1-9 Obey God To Find Life
8:10-20 Don't Forget God In Prosperity
9:1-10:11 Remember Your Rebellion
9:1-6 God Will Give The Land From Wicked Nations
9:7-21 Remember Your idolatry & Unfaithfulness
9:22-29 Remember Your Unbelief & Rebellion
10:1-11 Remember The Second Giving Of The Tablets
10:12-11:32 Love And Fear God
10:12-22 Fear And Serve The Great God
11:1-7 Love God & Remember His Works
11:8-15 Obey God To Take The Land
11:16-21 Be Careful Against Idolatry
11:22-25 Be Careful To Love & Obey God
11:26-32 Promise Of Blessing & Curse
12:1-26:19 Specific Application Of The General Principles
12:1-13:18 Beware Idolatry
12:1-7 Do Not Worship Like The Nations
12:8-28 Laws For Sacrifice And Animal Butchery
12:29-32 Do Not Worship Like The Nations
13:1-5 Don&apost Let A "Prophet" Entice You To False gods
13:6-11 Don't Let Your Family Entice You To False gods
13:12-18 Don't Let Society Entice You To False gods
14:1-15:23 Dedication To God
14:1-2 You Are A Special People
14:3-21 Laws For Kosher Food
14:22-29 Tithe Of Produce
15:29-23 Firstborn Animals
16:1-17 Celebrating God
16:1-8 Observing Passover
16:18-19:21 Just Leadership
16:21-17:7 Purge Idolatry From Your Midst
17:8-13 Just Justice System
17:14-20 Laws For The King
18:1-8 Laws For Priests & Levites
18:9-13 Occult Practices Forbidden
18:14-22 Promise And Tests For The Future Prophet
19:1-13 Laws For Cities Of Refuge
19:14-21 Just Justice Practices
20:1-20 Just War
20:1-9 Laws For Recruiting Soldiers
20:10-20 Laws For Warfare
21:1-22:30 Justice In Community
21:1-9 Purging From Bloodguilt
21:10-14 Justice For Captive Women
21:15-17 Justice For Children
21:18-21 Justice To A Rebellious Son
21:22-22:12 Justice In Society
22:13-30 Justice For Wives
23:1-25 Purity In Community
23:1-8 Keeping The Congregation Pure
23:9-14 Keeping The Camp Pure
23:15-25 Keeping The Ethics Pure
24:1-25:19 Justice In Community
24:1-22 Treating Others Justly And Graciously
25:1-19 Equity And Justice In Judgment
26:1-15 Righteousness In Giving
26:1-15 Righteousness In Giving
26:16-19 Summary: Obey God
26:16-19 Summary: Obey The Lord
27:1-30:20 Moses's Third Speech
27:1-28:68 Blessings And Curses
27:1-10 Writing The Law On the Altar
27:11-26 The Curses Pronounced
28:1-14 Blessings For Obedience
28:15-24 Curses: Curses In General
28:25-37 Curses: Defeat By Enemies
28:38-44 Curses: Economic Defeat
28:45-48 Curses: Reason For Curses
28:49-57 Curses: Conquest By Enemies
28:58-63 Curses: Plague And Disease
28:64-68 Curses: Exile From The Promised Land
29:1-29 Covenant Renewal
29:9-15 Promise Of Prosperity & Relationship
29:16-29 Warning Of Punishment
30:1-20 Choose Life, Not Death
30:1-10 Promise Of Blessing And Restoration
30:11-20 Choose The Lord, To Choose Life
31:1-34:12 Appendix
31:1-8 Transfer Of Leadership
31:1-8 Transfer Of Leadership
31:9-13 Provisions For Reading The Law
31:9-13 Provisions For Reading The Law
31:14-29 Rebellion Predicted
31:14-18 Rebellion Predicted After Moses's Death
31:19-22 Command For A Song To Rebuke Future Rebellion
31:23 Commission To Joshua
31:24-29 Provision For Reading The Law
31:30-32:47 Song Of Moses
31:30-32:6 The People Rejected The Great God
32:7-14 History Of God Blessing Israel
32:15-18 History Of Their Rebellion
32:19-27 Proclamation Of Punishment
32:28-33 The Stupidity Of Their Rebellion
32:34-38 God Exercises Judgment And Compassion
32:39-43 God Is The Final Authority To Judge
32:44-47 The Song Is Taught To The People
32:48-52 Prediction Of Moses's Death
32:48-52 Prediction Of Moses's Death
33:1-29 Moses Blesses The Tribes
33:1-29 Blessing The Tribes
34:1-12 The Death Of Moses
34:1-12 The Death Of Moses