These chapters of Deuteronomy continue Moses’ messages to Israel as they looked to life in Canaan. In Deuteronomy 5-11, Moses set forth the proposition that Israel’s success in the Promised…
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In Deuteronomy 5, Moses reviewed the covenant God made with Israel at Mount Sinai. After Moses restated the Ten Commandments (Deut 5:6-21), he reminded Israel that they had pledged to…
Deuteronomy has a sermonic character. It may be best to consider Deuteronomy as Moses’ messages to Israel as they prepared to enter Canaan—exhortations based upon the events and instruction recorded…
By presenting instructions for habitation in the land—as opposed to plans for military conquest—the concluding chapters of Numbers detail the surety of God’s promise to give His people the land…
The account of Israel in Numbers 30-33 provides a view of how God further prepared Israel for the conquest of Canaan. Here the text ties up some loose ends—matters needing…
The Scriptures are a storyline, not a random collection of ancient texts. They are arranged primarily for the sake of presenting the history of redemption. Numbers 26-29 address some of…
The initial record of Israel’s Transjordan conquest did not record military interaction with Moab. As the people of Balak received a new and numerous neighbor to the north, they were…
The Scriptures are an arrangement of selected material, not the detailed record of every occurrence in the history of the people of God. While thirty-eight years had passed since the…
These chapters show how God directed His covenant partner Israel after their great failure of faith at the southern edge of the Promised Land in Numbers 13-14. Numbers 15-19 offers…
Deuteronomy 16-20; Psalm 119:145-152
Moses covers a variegated landscape of ideas in Deuteronomy. But the necessity of heeding God’s instructions is never far from view. Moses instructed Israel to remember the Lord through special…
Commentary Deuteronomy Old Testament
Canaan Decalogue History Holy Spirit Moses Promise Promised Land Sermons Ten Commandments