Outline 1. Moses’ First Address: A Historical Summary ( 1:1–4:49 ) a. Introduction ( 1:1–4 ) b. The Summary of Events in the Wilderness ( 1:5–4:49 ) i. The Call to Leave Sinai (Horeb) ( 1:5–8 ) ii. Moses Appoints Leaders ( 1:9–18 ) iii. The Twelve Spies ( 1:19–46 ) 1. Spies Sent Out ( 1:19–25 ) 2. Israel’s Rebellion ( 1:26–33 ) 3. Israel’s Penalty ( 1:34–40 ) 4. The Defeat at Hormah ( 1:41–46 ) iv. The Journey from the Wilderness to the Plains of Moab ( 2:1–3:11 ) 1. The Edomites, Moabites, and Ammonites ( 2:1–23 ) 2. The Defeat of Sihon ( 2:24–37 ) 3. The Defeat of Og ( 3:1–11 ) v. In the Plains of Moab ( 3:12–4:49 ) 1. Land Division East of the Jordan ( 3:12–22 ) 2. Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan ( 3:23–29 ) 3. An Exhortation to Obedience ( 4:1–40 ) 4. The Cities of Refuge ( 4:41–43 ) 5. Conclusion ( 4:44–49 ) 2. Moses’ Second Address: The Terms of the Covenant ( 5:1–26:19 ) a. The Basic Stipulations ( 5:1–11:32 ) i. Remembering Mount Sinai ( 5:1–33 ) 1. The Covenant at Sinai ( 5:1–4 ) 2. The Ten Commandments ( 5:5–21 ) 3. Moses Mediates Between God and Israel ( 5:22–33 ) ii. The Greatest Commandment ( 6:1–25 ) iii. When You Go into the Land ( 7:1–10:11 ) 1. Do Not Assimilate into the Nations ( 7:1–11 ) 2. God will Fight for Israel ( 7:12–26 ) 3. Warning Against Becoming Proud ( 8:1–10:11 ) a. God has Provided All ( 8:1–20 ) b. Not Because of Your Righteousness ( 9:1–6 ) c. Remember the Golden Calf ( 9:7–29 ) d. The New Tablets of Stone ( 10:1–11 ) iv. Call to Obedience ( 10:12–11:32 ) b. The Specific Stipulations ( 12:1–26:19 ) i. Israel’s Worship ( 12:1–16:17 ) 1. One Place for Worship ( 12:1–28 ) 2. Warning against Idolatry ( 12:29–13:18 ) a. Do Not Inquire about Other Nations gods ( 12:29–32 ) b. Idolaters to be Put to Death ( 13:1–11 ) c. Idolatrous Cities to be Destroyed ( 13:12–18 ) 3. Clean and Unclean Animals ( 14:1–21 ) 4. Treatment of the Needy ( 14:22–15:23 ) a. Tithing to the Tabernacle ( 14:22–29 ) b. Cancel Depts in the Seventh Year ( 15:1–6 ) c. Generosity in Lending and Giving ( 15:7–11 ) d. Release of Hebrew Servants ( 15:12–18 ) e. Firstborn Animals ( 15:19–23 ) 5. The Pilgrimage Festivals ( 16:1–17 ) a. Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread ( 16:1–8 ) b. The Feast of Weeks ( 16:9–12 ) c. The Feast of Tabernacles ( 16:13–17 ) ii. Israel’s Leaders ( 16:18–18:22 ) 1. Judges and Justice ( 16:18–20 ) 2. Forbidden Forms of Worship ( 16:21–17:7 ) a. Forbidden Locations ( 16:21–22 ) b. Detestable Sacrifices ( 17:1 ) c. Purge the Idolater ( 17:2–7 ) 3. Courts of Law ( 17:8–13 ) 4. Guidelines for a King ( 17:14–20 ) 5. Provisions for Priests and Levites ( 18:1–8 ) 6. Sorcery Forbidden ( 18:9–14 ) 7. The Prophet like Moses ( 18:15–22 ) iii. Civil Laws and Social Justice ( 19:1–26:19 ) 1. Cities of Refuge ( 19:1–14 ) 2. The Testimony of Two or Three Witnesses ( 19:15–21 ) 3. The Laws of Warfare ( 20:1–20 ) 4. Atonement for an Unsolved Murder ( 21:1–9 ) 5. Marrying a Captive Woman ( 21:10–14 ) 6. Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn ( 21:15–17 ) 7. A Rebellious Son ( 21:18–21 ) 8. Cursed is Anyone Hung on a Tree ( 21:22–23 ) 9. Various Laws ( 22:1–12 ) 10. Marriage Violations ( 22:13–30 ) 11. Exclusion from the Congregation ( 23:1–8 ) 12. Uncleanness in the Camp ( 23:9–14 ) 13. Miscellaneous Laws ( 23:15–25 ) 14. Marriage and Divorce Laws ( 24:1–5 ) 15. Additional Laws ( 24:6–22 ) 16. Fairness and Mercy ( 25:1–4 ) 17. Widowhood and Marriage ( 25:5–12 ) 18. Standard Weights and Measures ( 25:13–16 ) 19. Revenge on the Amalekites ( 25:17–19 ) 20. Offering Firstfruits and Tithes ( 26:1–15 ) 21. Call to Obedience ( 26:16–19 ) 3. Moses’ Third Address: A Look into the Future ( 27:1–34:12 ) a. When You Enter the Land ( 27:1–28:68 ) i. The Altar on Mount Ebal ( 27:1–10 ) ii. Call and Response Curses ( 27:11–26 ) iii. The Blessings of Obedience ( 28:1–14 ) iv. The Curses of Disobedience ( 28:15–68 ) b. The Covenant in Moab ( 29:1–30:20 ) i. The Covenant with the Second Generation ( 29:1–29 ) ii. The Promise of Restoration ( 30:1–10 ) iii. The Choice of Life or Death ( 30:11–20 ) c. The Future Leadership of Israel ( 31:1–30 ) i. Joshua to Succeed Moses ( 31:1–8 ) ii. The Reading of the Law ( 31:9–13 ) iii. God Commissions Joshua ( 31:14–23 ) iv. The Law Placed in the Ark of the Covenant ( 31:24–27 ) v. Leadership Gathers to Hear the Song of Moses ( 31:28–30 ) d. The Song of Moses ( 32:1–47 ) e. The Death of Moses ( 32:48–34:12 ) i. Moses’ Death Foretold ( 32:48–52 ) ii. Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes ( 33:1–29 ) iii. The Death of Moses ( 34:1–12 ) |