Deuteronomy

Moses reviews Israel’s journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, the appointment of tribal judges, and the people’s unbelief that barred the first generation from entering Canaan.

He recounts the 38-year trek around Edom, Moab, and Ammon, how God spared those kinsmen, and how Sihon king of Heshbon was defeated to open the Trans-Jordan.

Victory over Og of Bashan is recalled; the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh receive their land east of the Jordan, and Moses pleads (unsuccessfully) to cross the river himself.

A closing exhortation urges obedience to the statutes given at Sinai, warns against idolatry, promises mercy after exile, and names three Trans-Jordan cities of refuge.

Moses restates the Ten Commandments and calls Israel to covenant faithfulness, noting that these words were spoken to the living generation.

The great Shema—‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD is one’—commands wholehearted love for God, diligent teaching to children, and caution against forgetting Him in prosperity.

Israel is to destroy the seven Canaanite nations, reject intermarriage and idols, and trust God’s covenant love to drive out enemies little by little.

Moses explains the wilderness testing, warns not to forget the LORD amid Canaan’s abundance, and reminds them that He gives power to get wealth.

He stresses that conquest is not for Israel’s righteousness; recounts the golden-calf rebellion, God’s wrath, and Moses’ intercession on the mountain.

Tablets replaced, the ark, Levites’ role, and a call to fear the LORD, walk in His ways, love strangers, and circumcise hearts.

Blessings for obedience and warnings of curse conclude the first discourse; Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal are set for covenant ratification.

Centralization of worship in the chosen place is commanded; local pagan sites must be destroyed and blood must not be eaten.

Tests from false prophets, dreamers, or even family are to be rejected and punished; entire cities that turn to idolatry are to be devoted to destruction.

Dietary laws distinguish clean from unclean animals; tithes support Levites and the poor, eaten in joyous worship at the central sanctuary.

The sabbatical release of debts, generosity to the poor, liberation of Hebrew slaves in the seventh year, and consecration of firstborn livestock.

Review of the three pilgrimage festivals—Passover, Weeks, Tabernacles—plus commands for just judges and prohibitions against sacred pillars or Asherah poles.

Limits for Israel’s future king (must be an Israelite, humble, Torah-reading), rules for difficult cases, and death for idolatry or persistent disobedience.

Provision for Levites, ban on occult practices, and promise of a coming prophet like Moses to whom Israel must listen.

Three more cities of refuge west of the Jordan, laws on boundary markers, and rules for witness testimony (two or three witnesses).

Warfare regulations: priests encourage soldiers, exemptions for the newly engaged or fearful, offers of peace to distant cities, and total ban (?erem) on Canaanite towns.

Atonement for unsolved murders, rules for marrying captive women, inheritance rights of firstborn sons, and dealing with a stubborn, rebellious child.

Various laws on lost property, gender distinctions in dress, rooftop safety, forbidden mixtures, sexual morality, and penalties for adultery and rape.

Assembly exclusions (e.g., Ammonites, Moabites), cleanliness in the camp, protection of escaped slaves, interest on loans, and keeping vows.

Laws on divorce, newly married exemptions, pledge limits, prompt wages, justice for foreigners, orphans, widows, and gleaning for the poor.

Limits on flogging, ox-treading rule, levirate marriage, punishment for dishonest weights, and command to blot out Amalek’s memory.

Presentation of firstfruits and third-year tithes with confessions of God’s faithfulness, concluding covenant affirmation: Israel as God’s treasured people.

Ebal altar with plastered stones, public reading of the law, and twelve curses pronounced by Levites for secret sins.

Blessings for obedience (fruitfulness, victory, plenty) and a long list of curses for disobedience culminating in exile and worldwide scattering.

Moses renews the covenant in Moab, warns of future generations’ disbelief, secret things belonging to God, revealed things to Israel.

Promise of restoration after exile, the nearness of the word (‘very near you’), and a choice of life and blessing or death and curse.

Joshua commissioned; law written and placed beside the ark; a song to witness against Israel; Moses prepares for his death.

The Song of Moses recounts God’s faithfulness, Israel’s corruption, and future redemption; Moses told to view Canaan from Mount Nebo and die there.

Moses blesses each tribe, summarizing their futures and extolling Israel’s unique blessing under God’s protection.

Moses views the Promised Land from Nebo, dies at 120, buried by God; Joshua succeeds, and no prophet like Moses arose again in Israel.