30 A.D.

2000 A.D.

1400 B.C..

Moses

Creation of world

Book 5 DEUTERONOMY

• The name means “SECOND LAW”

• THEME: What it means to have a covenant with the LORD

• DATE: 1406 BC

2000 B.C.

Abraham

Moses• Deuteronomy records three

sermons Moses preached to the nation Israel as they lay camped on the east bank of the Jordan River across from Jericho.

• Moses was 120 years old at the time

• Moses warns Israel of the spiritual dangers they will face and he seeks to encourage them in the grace of their LORD.

Purpose of the BookDeuteronomy is a fascinating book that describes God’s people in a time in between. After forty years of wandering in the wilderness,

they arrived at the Promised Land but hadn’t entered yet. Deuteronomy mostly consists of the speeches Moses gave to the second generation on the plains of Moab before they entered the Promised Land. The first generation, those who had left Egypt and

witnessed God’s mighty acts of salvation, had died—all except Joshua, Caleb, and Moses. The second generation had not witnessed first

hand God’s powerful acts against Egypt, nor his awesome glory revealed on Mount Sinai. Moses took a long pause to instruct this new

generation about what makes them God’s people and to challenge them to find their identity and purpose in the covenant with God. As the people waited at the edge of the Promised Land, God’s promises were already there to the reaching hand, but they had not yet been

fulfilled.

Recap of Israel’s History (ch: 1-4)• The command to Leave Horeb (1:1-8) • The appointment of leaders (1:9 – 18) • 12 Spies on Canaan (1:19 – 25) • Rebellion against the Lord (1:26 – 46) • Wanderings in the Desert (2:1 – 23) • Defeat of Sihon, King of Heshbron (2:24 – 37)• Defeat of Og, King of Bashan (3:1-11) • Division of the land (3:12 – 20) • Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan (3:21-29)• Obedience Command and Idolatry Forbidden (4:1-31)• The Lord is God (4:32 – 40) • Cities of Refuge (4:41 – 43)

Moses Speaks

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the

wilderness…go in and take possession of the land that

LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them

and to their offspring after them. (1:1, 8)

The Wilderness Years

Turn northward and command the people, You are about to pass

through the territory of your brothers, the

people of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very

careful. (2:4)

Mount Seir, Edom and Esau

• Mount Seir is located in Edom

• Region southeast of the Salt Sea, now part of Saudia Arabia

• Edom was settled by Esau the twin brother of Jacob.

• This land was promised to them by God

(Genesis 36:8 – 9)

The Wilderness Years Do not contend with them, for I

will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the

sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mt. Seir to Esau as a possession…purchase what you need from them…for the Lord your God has blessed you in the all the work of your

hand. He knows your going through this great wilderness.

These forty years the LORD God has been with you. You have

lacked nothing. (2:5 - 7)

38 Year JourneyAt the time from our

leaving Kadesh-barnea until we corssed the

brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the

entire generation, that is, the men of war, had

perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. (2:14)

Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land

Moses CommandAnd now, O Israel, listen to the statues and

the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take

possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the

commandments of the LORD your God that I command you. (Deuteronomy 4:1 – 2)

For what great nation is there, that has a God so

near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever

we call upon him? Only take care…don’t forget…

and don’t depart from my word…Make them

know to you children and your children’s children…