Deuteronomy Chapter 12: In One Place Alone — Centralized Worship, and a Faith That Doesn’t Follow Its Own Will
PROLOGUE — The Beginning of the Detailed Law Code Deuteronomy 12 opens this book’s third major section (chapters 12–26, the […]
The Detailed Law Code(Chapters 12–26)
Centralization of worship, purity laws, festivals, the judicial system, regulations concerning kings and prophets, laws of warfare, and protections for society’s vulnerable are all compiled here in remarkably specific, everyday legislation. This is the largest section of Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy Chapter 13: Something More Important Than a Sign — False Prophets and the Temptation of Those Closest to Us
PROLOGUE — Even a Miracle Is No Guarantee of Truth Deuteronomy 13 addresses three sources that could lead toward idolatry
Deuteronomy Chapter 14: The Table of a Holy People — Clean Food, Unclean Food, and Tithes That Are Shared
PROLOGUE — Two Forms of Holiness: What We Eat, and What We Share Deuteronomy 14 summarizes the clean and unclean
Deuteronomy Chapter 15: Freedom in the Seventh Year — Release for the Indebted, Release for the Bondservant
PROLOGUE — Periodic Liberation from Economic Bondage Deuteronomy 15 expands the Sabbath year principle of Leviticus 25 into practical economic
Deuteronomy Chapter 16: Three Pilgrimages, and Impartial Justice — The Regulations of Feasts and Judges
PROLOGUE — Feasts for Remembering, Institutions for Justice Deuteronomy 16 addresses two subjects — the three pilgrimage feasts Israelite men
Deuteronomy Chapter 17: A King From Among the Brethren — Unblemished Offerings, Difficult Cases, and a Humble Ruler
\PROLOGUE — Three Domains of Authority Deuteronomy 17 addresses three distinct domains of authority — worship at the altar, difficult