Whole-book orientation · Law and covenant

Overview and structure

See the book’s genre, major movements, and complete reading route.

Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.

A clear route through the whole book

The units preserve the book’s order. Read the surrounding passage whenever a unit crosses a chapter boundary, and do not let a memorable verse replace the argument or story around it.

Overview

01 · Deuteronomy · 01

Rescue and covenant identity

See how God forms a people in Deuteronomy and grounds their life in his saving action and covenant.

02 · Deuteronomy · 02

Worship and holy presence

Learn how Deuteronomy orders worship, sacrifice, leadership, and life near the holy presence of God.

03 · Deuteronomy · 03

Justice and life together

Follow the commands and community responsibilities that shape mercy, justice, purity, work, and neighbor love in Deuteronomy.

04 · Deuteronomy · 04

Remember and remain faithful

Hear the warnings, promises, and calls to remembrance that prepare God’s people for what follows Deuteronomy.

All study units

Passage study 01 · Deuteronomy 1:1–3:29

Moses addressing Israel on the plains of Moab and retelling the wilderness failures and victories

Open study
Passage study 02 · Deuteronomy 4:1–49

Families listening as Moses warns against making images and calls them to remember the voice at Horeb

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Passage study 03 · Deuteronomy 5:1–33

The covenant people hearing the Ten Commandments repeated for the new generation

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Passage study 04 · Deuteronomy 6:1–25

Parents teaching the words of the Shema to children at home, on the road, at bedtime, and in the morning

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Passage study 05 · Deuteronomy 7:1–11:32

Israel looking toward the land while Moses warns against pride, fear, idolatry, and forgetting the wilderness provision

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Passage study 06 · Deuteronomy 12:1–16:17

Central worship, tithes shared in joy, care for the poor, release of debt, and the pilgrimage festivals

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Passage study 07 · Deuteronomy 16:18–18:22

Judges at the gate, a future king copying the law, priests serving, and the promise of a prophet like Moses

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Passage study 08 · Deuteronomy 19:1–21:23

Cities of refuge, truthful witnesses, boundary stones, and restrained scenes of justice in public life

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Passage study 09 · Deuteronomy 22:1–25:19

Neighbors returning lost animals, building a safe parapet, paying workers, and preserving dignity in household law

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Passage study 10 · Deuteronomy 26:1–19

A family bringing firstfruits and confessing Israel’s story of rescue before the Lord

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Passage study 11 · Deuteronomy 27:1–28:68

The altar and inscribed stones, with the tribes gathered at Ebal and Gerizim to hear blessing and warning

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Passage study 12 · Deuteronomy 29:1–30:20

The whole community standing in covenant as Moses sets before them life and death, blessing and cursing

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Passage study 13 · Deuteronomy 31:1–29

Moses commissioning Joshua and giving the written law to the priests for public reading

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Passage study 14 · Deuteronomy 31:30–32:47

Moses teaching the covenant song to Israel

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Passage study 15 · Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12

Moses blessing the tribes, viewing the land from Pisgah, and the people mourning after his death

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