![]() ![]() It contained the Great King's pledge to be Israel's Near Eastern suzerainty-vassal treaties of the second millenniumī.c. The book of Deuteronomy was cast in the form of ancient Narrated in the Former Prophets is brought under the judgment Land and its promised "rest" to hear again this final wordįrom God through his servant Moses (see also Ps 95:7b-22).įor this reason, all the history of Israel in Canaan as Israel was brought ever anew to the threshold of the promised ![]() ![]() Of the promised land and there enjoy the promised "rest" People if they were to cross the Jordan, take possession Israel at length of what the Lord required of them as his Land Moses, in this renewal of the Sinaitic covenant, reminded Land where he has pitched his tent ( Jos 22:19).īut in that long pause on the threshold of the promised of deliverance from a life of banishmentįrom God's Garden ( Ge 3) to a life in the Lord's own.of deliverance from rootlessness in the post-Babel world (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) to security and "rest" (see Dt 3:20 and note 12:10 25:19) in the promised land. #12 RULES FOR LIFE AUDIOBOOK IN HEBREW FREE#of deliverance from bondage to a world power (Egypt) to a place in the earth where Israel can be a free people under the rule of God.So Deuteronomy creates a long pause in the advancement To the mission on which Moses had been sent (see Nu 17:15-23 Jos 21:43-45), serves as the introduction to the Former Prophets. Of the promises made to the patriarchs and the conclusion While the book of Joshua, which narrates the initial fulfillment Servant for dealing with Israel are so momentous that Deuteronomy'sĪccount of them marks the conclusion to the Pentateuch, But Moses' final acts as the Lord's appointed Representative to that of Joshua in his place ( Dt 34:9 All that has happened is the transitionįrom the ministry of Moses as God's spokesman and official The people are still there ( Dt 34:8) waiting to cross the Of Numbers, Israel is "on the plains of Moab by the JordanĪcross from Jericho" ( Nu 36:33) and at the end of Deuteronomy, Here there is very little forward movement. But Deuteronomy intervenes as a massive interruption. Promise to fulfillment (see Introduction to Joshua: TitleĪnd Theme). Seems to call for an account of the conquest of CanaanĪs found in Joshua to bring closure to the movement from The trajectory of the story that unfolds in Genesis-Numbers To us from his heart as this servant of the Lord presses Of Leviticus and Numbers, here the words of Moses come In contrast to the matter-of-fact narratives Them, Moses emphasized the laws that were especially neededĪt such a time, and he presented them in a way appropriate To prepare the people for their entrance into Canaan. Leadership to Joshua, Moses delivered his farewell addresses As his final act at this important time of transferring Of Moab in the area where the Jordan flows into the Dead Historical Settingĭeuteronomy locates Moses and the Israelites in the territory See Introduction to Genesis: Author and Date of Writing. Narrative framework within which the Mosaic material is ![]() At the same time, it seems clear that the Similarly Jesus attributed DtĢ4:1 to Moses ( Mt 19:7-8 Mk 10:3-5), Peter attributedĭt 18:15,18-19 to Moses ( Ac 3:22-23), as did Stephen (see Ac 7:37-38 and notes), and Paul attributed Dt 32:21 to Moses ( Ro 10:19). For that reason, the OT elsewhereĪscribes the bulk of Deuteronomy and other Pentateuchal The book itself ascribes most of its content to Moses Since Deuteronomy is, in a certain sense, a "repetition Means "copy of this law." The error is not serious, however, Latin Vulgate of a phrase in Dt 17:18, which in Hebrew (the pre-Christian Greek translation of the OT) and the The law") arose from a mistranslation in the Septuagint The word "Deuteronomy" (meaning "repetition of The Hebrew name of the book is �elleh haddebarim ("TheseĪre the words") or, more simply, debarim ("words" Theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Deuteronomy. This summary of the book of Deuteronomy provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme, ![]()
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