deuteronomy outline

1. Moses’ First Address: A Historical Summary (1:1-4:49)

a. Introduction (1:1-4)

b. The Summary of Events in the Wilderness (1:5-4:49)

i. The Call to Leave Sinai (Horeb) (1:5-8)

ii. Moses Appoints Leaders (1:9-18)

iii. The Twelve Spies (1:19-46)

1. Spies Sent Out (1:19-25)

2. Israel’s Rebellion (1:26-33)

3. Israel’s Penalty (1:34-40)

4. The Defeat at Hormah (1:41-46)

iv. The Journey from the Wilderness to the Plains of Moab (2:1-3:11)

1. The Edomites, Moabites, and Ammonites (2:1-23)

2. The Defeat of Sihon (2:24-37)

3. The Defeat of Og (3:1-11)

v. In the Plains of Moab (3:12-4:49)

1. Land Division East of the Jordan (3:12-22)

2. Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan (3:23-29)

3. An Exhortation to Obedience (4:1-40)

4. The Cities of Refuge (4:41-43)

5. Conclusion (4:44-49)

2. Moses’ Second Address: The Terms of the Covenant (5:1-26:19)

a. The Basic Stipulations (5:1-11:32)

i. Remembering Mount Sinai (5:1-33)

1. The Covenant at Sinai (5:1-4)

2. The Ten Commandments (5:5-21)

3. Moses Mediates Between God and Israel (5:22-33)

ii. The Greatest Commandment (6:1-25)

iii. When You Go into the Land (7:1-10:11)

1. Do Not Assimilate into the Nations (7:1-11)

2. God will Fight for Israel (7:12-26)

3. Warning Against Becoming Proud (8:1-10:11)

a. God has Provided All (8:1-20)

b. Not Because of Your Righteousness (9:1-6)

c. Remember the Golden Calf (9:7-29)

d. The New Tablets of Stone (10:1-11)

iv. Call to Obedience (10:12-11:32)

b. The Specific Stipulations (12:1-26:19)

i. Israel’s Worship (12:1-16:17)

1. One Place for Worship (12:1-28)

2. Warning against Idolatry (12:29-13:18)

a. Do Not Inquire about Other Nations gods (12:29-32)

b. Idolaters to be Put to Death (13:1-11)

c. Idolatrous Cities to be Destroyed (13:12-18)

3. Clean and Unclean Animals (14:1-21)

4. Treatment of the Needy (14:22-15:23)

a. Tithing to the Tabernacle (14:22-29)

b. Cancel Depts in the Seventh Year (15:1-6)

c. Generosity in Lending and Giving (15:7-11)

d. Release of Hebrew Servants (15:12-18)

e. Firstborn Animals (15:19-23)

5. The Pilgrimage Festivals (16:1-17)

a. Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (16:1-8)

b. The Feast of Weeks (16:9-12)

c. The Feast of Tabernacles (16:13-17)

ii. Israel’s Leaders (16:18-18:22)

1. Judges and Justice (16:18-20)

2. Forbidden Forms of Worship (16:21-17:7)

a. Forbidden Locations (16:21-22)

b. Detestable Sacrifices (17:1)

c. Purge the Idolater (17:2-7)

3. Courts of Law (17:8-13)

4. Guidelines for a King (17:14-20)

5. Provisions for Priests and Levites (18:1-8)

6. Sorcery Forbidden (18:9-14)

7. The Prophet like Moses (18:15-22)

iii. Civil Laws and Social Justice (19:1-26:19)

1. Cities of Refuge (19:1-14)

2. The Testimony of Two or Three Witnesses (19:15-21)

3. The Laws of Warfare (20:1-20)

4. Atonement for an Unsolved Murder (21:1-9)

5. Marrying a Captive Woman (21:10-14)

6. Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn (21:15-17)

7. A Rebellious Son (21:18-21)

8. Cursed is Anyone Hung on a Tree (21:22-23)

9. Various Laws (22:1-12)

10. Marriage Violations (22:13-30)

11. Exclusion from the Congregation (23:1-8)

12. Uncleanness in the Camp (23:9-14)

13. Miscellaneous Laws (23:15-25)

14. Marriage and Divorce Laws (24:1-5)

15. Additional Laws (24:6-22)

16. Fairness and Mercy (25:1-4)

17. Widowhood and Marriage (25:5-12)

18. Standard Weights and Measures (25:13-16)

19. Revenge on the Amalekites (25:17-19)

20. Offering Firstfruits and Tithes (26:1-15)

21. Call to Obedience (26:16-19)

3. Moses’ Third Address: A Look into the Future (27:1-34:12)

a. When You Enter the Land (27:1-28:68)

i. The Altar on Mount Ebal (27:1-10)

ii. Call and Response Curses (27:11-26)

iii. The Blessings of Obedience (28:1-14)

iv. The Curses of Disobedience (28:15-68)

b. The Covenant in Moab (29:1-30:20)

i. The Covenant with the Second Generation (29:1-29)

ii. The Promise of Restoration (30:1-10)

iii. The Choice of Life or Death (30:11-20)

c. The Future Leadership of Israel (31:1-30)

i. Joshua to Succeed Moses (31:1-8)

ii. The Reading of the Law (31:9-13)

iii. God Commissions Joshua (31:14-23)

iv. The Law Placed in the Ark of the Covenant (31:24-27)

v. Leadership Gathers to Hear the Song of Moses (31:28-30)

d. The Song of Moses (32:1-47)

e. The Death of Moses (32:48-34:12)

i. Moses’ Death Foretold (32:48-52)

ii. Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes (33:1-29)

iii. The Death of Moses (34:1-12)