Deuteronomy Chapter 25: So That a Brother’s Name Is Not Cut Off — Levirate Marriage, Honest Weights, and Remembering Amalek
PROLOGUE — The Final Chapter of the Detailed Law Code Deuteronomy 25 contains the final regulations of the detailed law […]
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy is the fifth and final book of the Torah, consisting of 34 chapters. Its name means “second law” — it’s essentially Moses’s farewell address to Israel, delivered on the plains of Moab just before they cross into the promised land.
Deuteronomy Chapter 24: The Gleanings of the Field Belong to Them — Regulations for Divorce, Newlyweds, and the Poor
PROLOGUE — Consistent Generosity Woven Through Scattered Regulations Deuteronomy 24 addresses divorce, a special exemption for newlyweds, the handling of
Deuteronomy Chapter 26: A Wandering Aramean Was My Father — A Confession of Faith Offered With Firstfruits
PROLOGUE — A Moment of Worship That Closes the Law Code Deuteronomy 26 is the chapter that closes the entire
Deuteronomy Chapter 1: A Final Sermon Begins on the Plains of Moab — Retelling the Road Already Traveled
PROLOGUE — First Words to a New Generation Deuteronomy begins on the plains of Moab. With the forty-year wilderness journey
Deuteronomy Chapter 2: Boundaries to Respect, Boundaries to Break Down — Edom, Moab, and Sihon
PROLOGUE — A Season of Detour, and a First Victory Deuteronomy 2 recounts the latter half of the thirty-eight-year wilderness
Deuteronomy Chapter 3: Battle Against a Giant King, and a Denied Wish — The Defeat of King Og, and Moses’s Plea
PROLOGUE — A Final Conquest, and a Personal Loss Deuteronomy 3 contains both the completion of the conquest east of