The Outline of the Book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy from a Jewish Perspective (Ac)
Glossary (Ad)
The Value of Deuteronomy (Ae)
The Parashah (Af)
The Problem of Holy War in the TaNaKh (Ag)
Treaty of the Great King (Ah)
I. These are the Words Moses Spoke – 1:1-5 (Ai)
II. The Historical Prologue: Covenant History – 1:6 to 4:49 (Aj)
A. Moshe Remembered the Events at Horeb – 1:6-18 (Ak)
B. Moshe Remembered the Events at Kadesh-barnea – 1:19-46 (Al)
1. Moshe Remembered Sending in the Spies – 1:19-25 (Am)
2. Moshe Remembered Isra’el’s Lack of Faith – 1:26-33 (An)
3. Moshe Remembered God’s Judgment on Isra’el – 1:34-46 (Ao)
C. Moshe Remembered the Journey from Kadesh Barnea to Mo’av – 2:1-25 (Ap)
1. Moshe Remembered the Events in Seir – 2:1-8 (Aq)
2. Moshe Remembered the Events in Mo’av – 2:9-15 (Ar)
3. Moshe Remembered the Events in Ammon – 2:16-25 (As)
D. Moshe Remembered Isra’el’s Conquest of the Transjordan – 2:26 to 3:22 (At)
1. Moshe Remembered the Conquest of Sihon – 2:26-37 (Au)
2. Moshe Remembered the Conquest of Og – 3:1-11 (Av)
3. Moshe Remembered the Distribution of the Conquered Land – 3:12-22 (Aw)
E. Moshe Pleads – 3:23-29 (Ax)
F. Moshe and the Torah – Exodus 20:1-26 (Ay)
G. The Eternal Torah – Matthew 5:17-20 (Az)
H. Moshe Exhorts God’s People to Obey the Torah – 4:1-40 (Ba)
1. Hear and Obey – 4:1-8 (Bb)
2. Do Not Forget – 4:9-14 (Bc)
3. Watch Yourselves Carefully – 4:15-24 (Bd)
4. Discipline and Torah – 4:25-31 (Be)
5. God’s Chosen People – 4:32-40 (Bf)
I. Moshe Remembered the Three Cities of Refuge – 4:41-43 (Bg)
J. This is the Torah – 4:44-49 (Bh)
III. The Stipulations of the Covenant – 5:1 to 26:19 (Bi)
A. The First Address: The General Stipulations of the Covenant – 5:1 to 11:32 (Bj)
1. The Ten Words – 5:1-5 (Bk)
a. Have No Other Gods – 5:6-7 (Bl)
b. Do Not Make Idol’s – 5:8-10 (Bm)
c. Do Not Misuse God’s Name – 5:11 (Bn)
d. Observe Yom Shabbat – 5:12-15 (Bo)
e. Honor Your Parents – 5:16 (Bp)
f . Do Not Murder – 5:17 (Bq)
g. Do Not Commit Adultery – 5:18 (Br)
h. Do Not Steal – 5:19 (Bs)
i. Do Not Give False Testimony – 5:20 (Bt)
j. Do Not Covet – 5:21 (Bu)
2. Moses as Mediator – 5:22-6:3 (Bv)
3. Sh’ma Isra’el – 6:4-9 (Bw)
4. Do Not Forget ADONAI – 6:10-19 (Bx)
5. Teaching the Covenant History – 6:20-25 (By)
6. The Conquest of Canaan – 7:1-26 (Bz)
a. Warning Against Idolatry – 7:1-6 (Ca)
b. God Has Chosen Isra’el – 7:7-11 (Cb)
c. Because You are Listening – 7:12-15 (Cc)
d. Show No Pity – 7:16-26 (Cd)
7. Depend Totally on God – 8:1-20 (Ce)
a. The Danger of Prosperity – 8:1-10 (Cf)
b. Do Not Forget ADONAI – 8:11-20 (Cg)
8. Moses Warns Isra’el – 9:1 to 10:11 (Ch)
a. Moshe Remembered the Sin of the Golden Calf – 9:1-29 (Ci)
1.) You are a Stiff-Necked People – 9:1-6 (Cj)
2.) Moshe Remembered when the Isrealites Provoked God to Wrath – 9:7-24 (Ck)
b. Moshe Remembered when He Cut Two Tablets of Stone – 9:25-10:11 (Cl)
9. Looking to the Future – 10:12 to 11:32 (Cm)
a. Circumcise Your Hearts – 10:12-22 (Cn)
b. You are to Love ADONAI – 11:1-7 (Co)
c. Possess the Land – 11:8-25 (Cp)
d. A Blessing and a Curse – 11:26-32 (Cq)
B. The Second Address: The Specific Stipulations of the Covenant – 12:1 to 26:19 (Cr)
1. What God Chooses – 12:1 to 16:17 (Cs)
a. The Place to Worship ADONAI – 12:1-12 (Ct)
b. Do Not Eat the Blood – 12:13-28 (Cu)
c. Beware of Idolatry – 12:29 to 13:19 (Cv)
d. A Holy People – 14:1-21 (Cw)
e. Do Not Neglect the Levite – 14:22-29 (Cx)
f. The Year of Release – 15:1-11 (Cy)
g. The Hebrew Slave – 15:12-18 (Cz)
h. Firstborn Animals – 15:19-23 (Da)
i. The Three Pilgrimage Festivals – 16:1-17 (Db)
(1.) Keep the Passover – 16:1-8 (Dc)
(2.) Keep the Feast of Shavu’ot – 16:9-12 (Dd)
(3.) Keep the Feast Sukkot – 16:13-17 (De)
2. The Appointment of Kingdom Leaders – 16:18 to 18:22 (Df)
a. The Judges – 16:18 to 17:13 (Dg)
b. The King – 17:14-20 (Dh)
c. The Priests and Levites – 18:1-8 (Di)
d. God Hates Sorcery – 18:9-14 (Dj)
e. A Prophet Like Moses – 18:15-22 (Dk)
3. The Social and Family Mitzvot – 19:1 to 26:15 (Dl)
a. Six Cities of Refuge – 19:1-13 (Dm)
b. Moving a Boundary Stone – 19:14 (Dn)
c. Life for Life, Eye for Eye – 19:15-21 (Do)
d. Regulations for a Holy War – 20:1-20 (Dp)
e. Purge Innocent Blood – 21:1-9 (Dq)
f. When You Go Out to War – 21:10-14 (Dr)
g. The Tale of Two Sons – 21:15-21 (Ds)
h. A Criminal’s Corpse – 21:22-23 (Dt)
i. Restoration of Lost Property – 22:1-4 (Du)
j. No Crossdressing – 22:5 (Dv)
k. Sparing the Mother Bird – 22:6-7 (Dw)
l. Make a Guardrail for Your Roof – 22:8 (Dx)
m. Israelite Distinctiveness – 22:9-11 (Dy)
n. Twisted Threads – 22:12 (Dz)
o. Sexual Purity – 22:13-30 (Ea)
p. Purity in Public Worship – 23:1-8 (Eb)
q. Purity in the Military Camp – 23:9-14 (Ec)
r. Treat Fugitive Slaves Kindly – 23:15-16 (Ed)
s. No Dirty Money – 23:17-18 (Ee)
t. Don’t Gouge Your Brother – 23:19-20 (Ef)
u. Keep Your Word – 23:21-23 (Eg)
v. Compassion for Travelers – 23:24-25 (Eh)
w. Divorce and Remarriage – 24:1-4 (Ei)
x. Happy Wife, Happy Life – 24:5 (Ej)
y. Take No Millstones as Collateral – 24:6 (Ek)
z The Kidnapper Must Die – 24:7 (El)
aa. Leprous Diseases – 24:8-9 (Em)
bb. Collecting a Pledge – 24:10-13 (En)
cc. Protection for Hired Workers – 24:14-15 (Eo)
dd. Personal Responsibility – 24:16 (Ep)
ee. Justice for the Poor – 24:17-22 (Eq)
ff. Limits for Corporal Punishment – 25:1-3 (Er)
gg. Don’t Muzzle the Ox – 25:4 (Es)
hh. Levirate Marriage – 25:5-10 (Et)
ii. Stopping a Fight the Wrong Way – 25:11-12 (Eu)
jj. Honest Weights and Measures – 25:13-16 (Ev)
kk. Blot Out the Memory of Amalek – 25:17-19 (Ew)
ll. When You Come to the Land – 26:1-11 (Ex)
mm. The Year of the Tithe – 26:12-15 (Ey)
4. Statutes, Mitzvot, and Ordinances – 26:16-19 (Ez)
IV. The Warnings of the Covenant – 27:1 to 30:20 (Fa)
A. The Ratification of the Covenant in the Land of Canaan – 27:1-26 (Fb)
1. Be Silent and Listen, O Isra’el – 27:1-10 (Fc)
2. Blessings and the Curses – 27:11-26 (Fd)
B. Blessings for Obedience – 28:1-14 (Fe)
C. Curses for Disobedience – 28:15-68 (Ff)
1. Disease and Drought – 28:15-24 (Fg)
2. Defeat and Deportation – 28:25 -37 (Fh)
3. Deprivation and Dominance – 28:38-44 (Fi)
4. Military Siege – 28:45-57 (Fj)
5. The Diaspora – 28:58-68 (Fk)
D. Summary of the Covenant Demand – 29:1 to 30:20 (Fl)
1. Renewal of the Covenant – 29:1-9 (Fm)
2. All of You Are Standing – 29:10-15 (Fn)
3. Do Not Worship Other Gods – 29:16-29 (Fo)
4. Restoration After Repentance – 30:1-10 (Fp)
5. Choose Life – 30:11-20 (Fq)
V. The Continuity of the Covenant – 31:1 to 34:12 (Fr)
A. Moses Went – 31:1-8 (Fs)
B. The Reading of Deuteronomy – 31:9-13 (Ft)
C. The Tent of Meeting – 31:14-18 (Fu)
D. Teach This Song to the Israelites – 31:19-29 (Fv)
E. The Song of Moses – 31:30 to 32:43 (Fw)
F. You Will Not Enter – 32:44-52 (Fx)
G. This is the Blessing – 33:1-29 (Fy)
1. Let Reuben Live – 33:1-6 (Fz)
2. Hear the Voice of Judah – 33:7 (Ga)
3. Let the Urim and Thummim be with Pious Levi – 33:8-11 (Gb)
4. ADONAI Shields Benjamin All Day Long – 33:12 (Gc)
5. May Joseph’s Land be Blessed by ADONAI – 33:13-17 (Gd)
6. Rejoice Zebulun, in Your Going Out, Issachar, in Your Tents – 33:18-19 (Ge)
7. Blessed Is the One Who Enlarges Gad – 33:20-21 (Gf)
8. Dan Is a Lion’s Cub – 33:22 (Gg)
9. Naphtali Possesses the Sea and the South – 33:23 (Gh)
10. May Asher Dip His Foot in Oil – 33:24-29 (Gi)
H. The Death of Moses – 34:1-12 (Gj)
Endnotes (Gk)
Bibliography (Gl)
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