The Book of Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy is Moses' final preaching to Israel on the plains of Moab, as a new generation stands ready to cross the Jordan. The book renews the covenant made at Sinai, retells the wilderness years, and presses one command above all: 'Hear, O Israel! Yahweh is our God, Yahweh is one! And you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.' Blessing and curse are set before the people, life and death, and Israel is called to choose life by clinging to Yahweh.

The book closes with Moses' song, his blessing, and his death within sight of the land he will not enter. These chapter-by-chapter commentaries trace the covenant structure of the book, the call to wholehearted love and obedience, the warnings that Israel's later history proves true, and the promise of a prophet like Moses whom God would one day raise up.