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Deuteronomy

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I.  The review of the past—1:1-4:43A.  The journey from the mount of God to the entry of the Holy Land—1:1-4B.  God's charge to the children of Israel to enter the good land—1:5-8C.  The appointing of offices—1:9-18D.  The failure at Kadesh-barnea—1:19-46E.  The wandering from Kadesh-barnea to the crossing over of the brook Zered—2:1-23F.  The defeating of King Sihon and King Og, and the taking possession of their lands east of Jordan—2:24-3:22G.  Moses prohibited from entering the good land and Joshua assigned to lead the people into the good land—3:23-29H.  Moses' hearty advice to the children of Israel—4:1-40I.  Moses setting apart three cities of refuge east of Jordan—4:41-43II.  The rehearsal of the law—4:44-26:19A.  The rehearsing of the Ten Commandments—4:44-5:31B.  The general advice and warnings—5:32-13:18
1.  Keeping the commandments, statutes, and ordinances of God—5:32-6:3
2.  Loving Jehovah their God, and keeping, teaching, and writing His words—6:4-9
3.  Remembering Jehovah, fearing Him, serving Him, and not going after other gods—6:10-15
4.  Not testing Jehovah their God, diligently keeping His commandments, testimonies, and statutes, and doing that which is right and good in His sight—6:16-19
5.  Telling their sons about the significance of the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances—6:20-25
6.  Dealing with all the nations around them—7:1-8
7.  Knowing Jehovah their God—7:9-15
8.  Not being afraid of the nations but remembering what Jehovah their God did and will do—7:16-26
9.  Remembering why Jehovah humbled and tested them in the wilderness—8:1-5
10.  Keeping the commandments of Jehovah their God in order to be brought into a good land—8:6-10
11.  Not forgetting Jehovah their God—8:11-20
12.  Knowing that Jehovah their God will drive out the nations from before them, not because of the uprightness of their heart but because of the wickedness of the nations—9:1-7
13.  Moses' rehearsing the story of the rebellion of the children of Israel at the mount of God—9:8-10:11
14.  Moses' charging the children of Israel concerning nine matters—10:12-22
15.  Loving Jehovah their God as witnesses of what He had done—11:1-7
16.  The children of Israel to receive blessings by keeping Moses' words of advice and warning—11:8-25
17.  Moses' setting a blessing and a curse before the children of Israel—11:26-32
18.  Moses' charging the children of Israel concerning the way to worship God—12:1-32
19.  Moses' charging the children of Israel concerning the apostasy—13:1-18
C.  The rehearsing of the general statutes and ordinances—14:1-26:19
1.  Concerning being Jehovah's personal treasure—14:1-2
2.  Concerning the holy diet—14:3-21
3.  Concerning the worship of God—14:22-27; 15:19-16:17; 16:21-17:7; 23:21-23; 26:1-11
a.  By giving the tithes of all the produce of both their cattle and their crop—14:22-27b.  By offering the firstborn males of the herd and of the flock—15:19-23c.  By keeping the three main annual festivals—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles—16:1-17d.  By not having any mixture of idolatry—16:21-22e.  By not sacrificing anything to Jehovah in which there is a blemish—17:1f.  By stoning to death those who transgressed God's covenant and served other gods—17:2-7g.  By keeping a vow to Jehovah—23:21-23h.  By offering some of the first of all the fruit of the good land after entering it and possessing it as an inheritance—26:1-11
4.  Concerning aid to the needy—14:28-15:18; 23:15-16, 19-20; 24:6, 10-15, 17-22; 26:12-15
a.  The aid by the tithes at the end of every three years—14:28-29; 26:12-15b.  The release at the end of every seven years—15:1-6c.  The lending to the poor brothers—15:7-11d.  The freeing of a Hebrew male servant or a female servant—15:12-18e.  Taking care of an escaped slave—23:15-16f.  Not making a brother pay interest—23:19-20g.  Taking a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge—24:6h.  Concerning taking a pledge from the borrower—24:10-13i.  Concerning the wages given to the poor hired servant—24:14-15j.  In remembering the need of a sojourner, and orphan, or a widow—24:17-22
5.  Concerning the government among the people—16:18-20; 17:8-20; 19:15-21; 21:1-9, 18-23; 22:13-30; 24:1-4, 7, 16; 25:1-3, 5-16
a.  The appointing of judges and officers—16:18-20b.  The ordinance concerning a complicated civil suit—17:8-13c.  The setting of a king over the people—17:14-20d.  The ordinance concerning any iniquity or any sin—19:15-21e.  The ordinance concerning one who murders a man, the slain one being found lying in the field in the good land—21:1-9f.  The ordinance concerning a stubborn and rebellious son—21:18-21g.  The hanging of a criminal on a tree—21:22-23h.  The ordinances concerning matters related to marriage—22:13-30i.  The ordinance concerning divorce—24:1-4j.  The ordinance concerning kidnapping—24:7k.  The ordinances concerning fathers and their children—24:16l.  The ordinance concerning a dispute brought before the children of Israel—25:1-3m.  The ordinance concerning a brother who is not willing to do the duty of a husband's brother—25:5-10n.  The ordinance concerning a wife who helps a fighting husband immorally—25:11-12o.  The ordinance concerning weights and measures—25:13-16
6.  Concerning the supply of the Levitical priests and the whole tribe of Levi—18:1-8
7.  Concerning the prohibitions against contacting evil spirits or the spirits of the dead—18:9-14
8.  Concerning Jehovah God's raising up of a prophet (the coming Christ) like Moses for the children of Israel—18:15-19
9.  Concerning the false prophet—18:20-22
10.  Concerning the setting apart of the cities of refuge—19:1-13
11.  Concerning the moving of the neighbor's boundary marker—19:14
12.  Concerning the children of Israel going forth into battle against their enemies—20:1-20
13.  Concerning marrying a beautiful woman among the captives—21:10-14
14.  Concerning the right of the firstborn son—21:15-17
15.  Concerning taking care of others' interests—22:1-4, 8
16.  Concerning mixtures of any kind—22:5, 9-12
17.  Sparing the producing animals—22:6-7; 25:4
18.  Concerning the losing of the right to enter the congregation of Jehovah—23:1-8
19.  Concerning keeping the camp clean—23:9-14
20.  Concerning a harlot and a dog—23:17-18
21.  Concerning the neighbor's produce—23:24-25
22.  Concerning a man taking a new wife—24:5
23.  Concerning a case of leprosy—24:8-9
24.  Not forgetting to blot out the memory of Amalek—25:17-19
25.  A concluding word—26:16-19
III.  A warning—27:1-28:68A.  Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanding the people to keep the whole commandment and to declare the curses in the good land—27:1-26B.  The blessings that would overtake them for their diligence in listening to Jehovah and doing His commandments—28:1-14C.  The curses that would overtake them for their failing to listen to Jehovah and do His commandments—28:15-68IV.  The enactment of the covenant—29:1-30:20A.  The introductory word—29:1-17
1.  Based upon the experiences of the past—vv. 1-8, 16-17
2.  The objects and the purpose of the enactment of the covenant—vv. 9-15
B.  The contents of the covenant—29:18-30:10C.  The concluding word—30:11-20V.  The final exhortations and charges—31:1-29A.  Moses' exhortation to the people—vv. 1-6B.  Moses' exhortation to Joshua—vv. 7-8C.  Moses' exhortation to the priests, the sons of Levi, and the elders of Israel—vv. 9-13D.  Jehovah's command to Moses to write a song—vv. 14-23E.  Moses' completion of the writing and his charges to the Levites and to all the elders of Israel—vv. 24-29VI.  The song of Moses—31:30-32:47A.  The contents of the song—31:30-32:43B.  The word of Moses and Joshua to the people—32:44-47VII.  The death of Moses, and his successor—32:48-52; 34:1-12A.  The death of Moses—32:48-52; 34:1-8B.  The successor of Moses—34:9-12VIII.  The blessing of Moses—33:1-29A.  The introductory word—vv. 1-5B.  The blessing—vv. 6-25C.  The concluding word—vv. 26-29Outline of Deuteronomy
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