Free teaching materials · Law and covenant

Teacher guide

Prepare a complete 45-minute session for every passage unit.

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

A complete 45-minute teaching path

The lesson is free, printable, and usable without an account. Adjust vocabulary for your group, but keep the passage boundaries and evidence visible.

A complete 45-minute teaching path

5 min

Orient the group

Name the book, passage boundary, setting, and the question this unit will explore. Allow learners to pass on personal sharing.

10 min

Read the text

Read the assigned passage aloud or silently. Mark speakers, repeated words, commands, contrasts, promises, and changes.

10 min

Explain from the evidence

Walk through the observations on this page. Connect every conclusion to a verse and label interpretive judgments honestly.

15 min

Discuss and apply

Use the discussion questions. Move from what the passage says to responsible application without forcing disclosure.

5 min

Summarize and pray

Ask for one sentence that captures the passage. Close with a prayer shaped by its words and concerns.

All study units

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

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

Open study →Passage study 03 · Deuteronomy 5:1–33

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

Open study →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

Open study →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

Open study →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

Open study →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

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

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

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

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

Open study →Passage study 10 · Deuteronomy 26:1–19

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

Open study →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

Open study →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

Open study →Passage study 13 · Deuteronomy 31:1–29

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

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

Moses teaching the covenant song to Israel

Open study →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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