Deuteronomy 17 – Laws Pertaining to the Rulers of Israel A. Laws regarding justice and courts. 1. (1-5) Religious offenses. “You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep which has any blemish or defect, for that is an abomination to the LORD your God. “If there is found among you,…

Deuteronomy 34 – The Death of Moses A. Moses on Mount Nebo. 1. (1-3) God gives Moses a vision of the Promised Land. Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead…

Deuteronomy 33 – Moses Blesses the Tribes of Israel A. Introduction to the blessing of the tribes. 1. (1) Now this is the blessing. Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. a. Moses the man of God: As he looked at Israel…

Deuteronomy 32 – The Song of Moses A. The song of Moses. 1. (1-4) Introduction: Praise to Yahweh. “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak;And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.Let my teaching drop as the rain,My speech distill as the dew,As raindrops on the tender herb,And as showers on the grass.For…

Deuteronomy 31 – Some Final Instructions from Moses A. Moses charges the people, Joshua, and the priests. 1. (1-2) Moses at one hundred and twenty. Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. And he said to them: “I am one hundred and twenty years old today. I can no longer go out…

Deuteronomy 30 – The Choice A. Restoration for a repentant Israel. 1. (1) When the blessing and the curse comes upon Israel. “Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the…

Deuteronomy 29 – Renewal of the Covenant A. God’s mighty works for Israel. 1. (1) The covenant in the land of Moab. These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He made with them in…

Deuteronomy 28 – Blessing and Cursing A. Blessings on obedience. 1. (1-2) Overtaken by blessing. “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations…

Deuteronomy 27 – Stones of Witness A. The special altar on Mount Ebal. 1. (1-8) The command to set up a special altar. Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: “Keep all the commandments which I command you today. And it shall be, on the day when you cross over the…

Deuteronomy 26 – Presenting Firstfruits and Tithes A. Instruction for bringing the firstfruits and tithes. 1. (1-4) Bringing the firstfruits to the priest. “And it shall be, when you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, that you shall…

Deuteronomy 25 – More Laws on Various Subjects A. Two laws to protect criminals and animals. 1. (1-3) A limit on corporal punishment. “If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, then it shall be, if…

Deuteronomy 24 – The Law of Divorce and Other Various Laws A. Divorce, remarriage, and marriage. 1. (1) The law of divorce in ancient Israel. “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he…