English DeuteronomyDavid Mack2020-08-27T20:00:21+00:00

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Deuteronomy, Where Life and the Bible Meet

– Table of Contents –

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Aa – Deuteronomy, Where Life and the Bible Meet

Ab – The Outline of the Book of Deuteronomy

Ac – Deuteronomy from a Jewish Perspective

Ad – Glossary

Ae – The Value of Deuteronomy

Af – Parashah

Ag – The Problem of Holy War in the TaNaKh

Ah – Treaty of the Great King

Ai – These are the Words Moses Spoke 1: 1-5

Aj – The Historical Prologue 1:6 to 4:49

Ak – Moshe Remembered the Events at Horeb 1: 6-18

Al – Moshe Remembered the Events at Kadesh-barnea 1: 19-46

Am – Moshe Remembered Sending in the Spies 1: 19-25

An – Moshe Remembered Isra’el’s Lack of Faith 1: 26-33

Ao – Moshe Remembered God’s Judgment on Isra’el 1: 34-46

Ap – Moshe Remembered the Journey from Kadesh-barnea to Mo’av 2: 1-25

Aq – Moshe Remembered the Events in Seir 2: 1-8

Ar – Moshe Remembered the Events in Mo’av 2: 9-15

As – Moshe Remembered the Events in Ammon 2: 16-25

At – Moshe Remembers Isra’el’s Conquest of the Transjordan 2:26 to 3:22

Au – Moshe Remembers the Conquest of Sihon 2: 26-37

Av – Moshe Remembers the Conquest of Og 3: 1-11

Aw – Moshe Remembered the Distribution of the Conquered Land 3: 12-22

Ax – Moshe Pleads 3: 23-29

Ay – Moshe and the Torah 20: 1-26

Az – The Eternal Torah Matthew 5: 17-20

Ba – Moshe Exhorts God’s People to Obey the Torah 4: 1-40

Bb – Hear and Obey 4: 1-8

Bc – Do Not Forget 4: 9-14

Bd – Watch Yourselves Carefully 4: 15-24

Be – Discipline and Torah 4: 25-31

Bf – God’s Chosen People 4: 32-40

Bg – Three Cities of Refuge 4: 41-43

Bh – This is the Torah 4: 44-49

Bi – The Stipulations of the Covenant 5:1 to 26:19

Bj – The First Address: The General Stipulations of the Covenant 5:1 to 11:32

Bk – The Ten Words 5: 1-5

Bl – Have No Other Gods 5: 6-7

Bm – Do Not Make Idols 5: 8-10

Bn – Do Not Misuse God’s Name 5: 11

Bo – Observe Yom Shabbat 5: 12-15

Bp – Honor Your Parents 5: 16

Bq – Do Not Murder 5: 17

Br – Do Not Commit Adultery 5: 18

Bs – Do Not Steal 5: 19

Bt – Do Not Give False Testimony 5: 20

Bu – Do Not Covet 5: 21

Bv – Moses as Mediator 5:22 to 6:3

Bw – Sh’ma Isra’el 6: 4-9

Bx – Do Not Forget ADONAI 6: 10-19

By – Teaching the Covenant History 6: 20-25

Bz – The Conquest of Canaan 7: 1-26

Ca – Warning Against Idolatry 7: 1-6

Cb – God Has Chosen Isra’el 7: 7-11

Cc – Because You are Listening 7: 12-15

Cd – Show No Pity 7: 16-26

Ce – Depend Totally on God 8: 1-20

Cf – The Danger of Prosperity 8: 1-10

Cg – Do not Forget ADONAI 8: 11-20

Ch – Moses Warns Isra’el 9:1 to 10:11

Ci – Moshe Remembered the Sin of the Golden Calf 9: 1-29

Cj – You are a Stiff-Necked People 9: 1-6

Ck – Moshe Remembered how the Israelites Provoked ADONAI to Wrath 9: 7-24

Cl – Moshe Remembered when He Cut Two Tablets of Stone 9:25 to 10:11

Cm – Looking to the Future 10:12 to 11:32

Cn – Circumcise Your Hearts 10: 12-22

Co – You are to Love ADONAI 11: 1-7

Cp – Possess the Land 11: 8-25

Cq – A Blessing and a Curse 11: 26-32

Cr – The Second Address: The Specific Stipulations of the Covenant 12:1 to 26:19

Cs – What God Chooses 12:1 to 16:17

Ct – The Place to Worship ADONAI 12: 1-12

Cu – Do Not Eat the Blood 12: 13-28

Cv – Beware of Idolatry 12:29 to 13:19

Cw – A Holy People 14: 1-21

Cx – Do Not Neglect the Levite 14: 22-29

Cy – The Year of Release 15: 1-11

Cz – The Hebrew Slave 15: 12-18

Da – Dedicate All the Firstborn Animals 15: 19-23

Db – The Three Pilgrimage Festivals 16: 1-17

Dc – Keep the Passover 16: 1-8

Dd – Keep the Feast of Shavu’ot 16: 9-12

De – Keep the Feast Sukkot 16: 13-17

Df – The Appointment of Kingdom Leaders 16:18 to 18:22

Dg – Judges 16:18 to 17:13

Dh – The King 17: 14-20

Di – The Priests and Levites 18: 1-8

Dj – God Hates Sorcery 18: 9-14

Dk – A Prophet Like Moses 18: 15-22

Dl – The Social and Family Mitzvot 19:1 to 26:15

Dm – Six Cities of Refuge 19:1-13

Dn – Moving a Boundary Stone 19: 14

Do – Life for Life, Eye for Eye 19: 15-21

Dp – Regulations for a Holy War 20: 1-20

Dq – Purge Innocent Blood 21: 1-9

Dr – When You Go Out to War 21: 10-14

Ds – The Tale of Two Sons 21: 15-21

Dt – The Corpse of an Executed Criminal 21: 22-23

Du – Restoration of Lost Property 22: 1-4

Dv – No Crossdressing 22: 5

Dw – Sparing the Mother Bird 22: 6-7

Dx – Make a Guardrail on Your Roof 22: 8

Dy – Israelite Distinctiveness 22: 9-11

Dz – Twisted Threads 22: 12

Ea – Sexual Purity 22: 13-30

Eb – Purity in Public Worship 23: 1-8

Ec – Purity in the Military Camp 23: 9-14

Ed – Treat Fugitive Slaves Kindly 23: 15-16

Ee – No Dirty Money 23: 17-18

Ef – Don’t Gouge Your Brother 23: 19-20

Eg – Keep Your Word 23: 21-23

Eh – Compassion for Travelers 23: 24-25

Ei – Divorce and Remarriage 24: 1-4

Ej – Happy Wife, Happy Life 24: 5

Ek – Take No Millstone as Collateral 24: 6

El – The Kidnapper Must Die 24: 7

Em – Leprous Diseases 24: 8-9

En – Collecting a Pledge 24: 10-13

Eo – Protection for Hired Workers 24: 14-15

Ep – Personal Responsibility 24: 16

Eq – Justice for the Poor 24: 17-22

Er – Limits for Corporal Punishment 25: 1-3

Es – Don’t Muzzle the Ox 25: 4

Et – Levirate Marriage 25: 5-10

Eu – Stopping a Fight the Wrong Way 25: 11-12

Ev – Honest Weights and Measures 25: 13-16

Ew – Blot Out the Memory of Amalek 25: 17-19

Ex – When You Come to the Land 26: 1-11

Ey – The Year of the Tithe 26: 12-15

Ez – Statutes, Mitzvot, and Ordinances 26: 16-19

Fa – The Warnings of the Covenant 27:1 to 30:20

Fb – The Ratification of the Covenant 27: 1-26

Fc – Be Silent and Listen, O Isra’el 27: 1-10

Fd – Blessings and Curses 27: 11-26

Fe – Blessings for Obedience 28: 1-14

Ff – Curses for Disobedience 28: 15-68

Fg – Disease and Drought 28: 15-24

Fh – Defeat and Deportation 28: 25-37

Fi – Deprivation and Dominance 28: 38-44

Fj – Military Siege 28: 45-57

Fk – The Diaspora 28: 58-68

Fl – Summary of the Covenant Demand 29:1 to 30:20

Fm – Renewal of the Covenant 29: 1-9

Fn – All of You Are Standing 29: 10-15

Fo – Do Not Worship Other Gods 29: 16-29

Fp – Restoration After Repentance 30: 1-10

Fq – Choose Life 30: 11-20

Fr – The Continuity of the Covenant 31:1 to 34:12

Fs – Moses Went 31: 1-8

Ft – The Reading of Deuteronomy 31: 9-13

Fu – The Tent of Meeting 31: 14-18

Fv – Teach This Song to the Israelites 31: 19-29

Fw – The Song of Moses 31:30 to 32:43

Fx – You Will Not Enter 32: 44-52

Fy – This is the Blessing 33: 1-29

Fz – Let Reuben Live 33: 1-6

Ga – Hear the Voice of Judah 33: 7

Gb – Let the Urim and Thummim be with Pious Levi 33: 8-11

Gc – ADONAI Shields Benjamin All Day Long 33: 12

Gd – May Joseph’s Land be Blessed by ADONAI 33: 13-17

Gd – May Joseph’s Land be Blessed by ADONAI 33: 13-17

Ge – Rejoice Zebulun, in Your Going Out, Issachar, in Your Tents 33: 18-19

Gf – Blessed Is the One Who Enlarges Gad 33: 20-21

Gg – Dan is a Lion’s Cub 33: 22

Gh – Naphtali Possess the Sea and the South 33: 23

Gi – May Asher Dip His Foot in Oil 33: 24-29

Gj – The Death of Moses 34: 1-12

Gk – End Notes

Gl – Bibliography