Outline

1. Prologue (1:1–5)
2. Moses’ First Speech: Historical Prologue (1:6–4:43)
   1. Introduction to first speech (1:6–8)
   2. Encouragement to trust in the land of promise (1:9–18)
   3. Israel’s failure at Kadesh recalled (1:19–46)
   4. Israel passes through Edom, Moab, and Ammon (2:1–23)
   5. Israel defeats Heshbon (2:24–37)
   6. Israel defeats Bashan (3:1–11)
   7. Distribution of Transjordanian land (3:12–17)
   8. Command to all Israelites to fight (3:18–22)
   9. Reiteration of Moses being denied entry into the land (3:23–29)
   10. Exhortation to Israel (4:1–40)
   11. Setting apart cities of refuge (4:41–43)
3. Moses’ Second Speech: General Covenant Stipulations (4:44–11:32)
   1. Introduction to Moses’ second speech (4:44–49)
   2. The Ten Commandments (5:1–21)
   3. Israel requests Moses to mediate God’s law (5:22–33)
   4. The greatest commandment (6:1–25)
   5. Exclusive relationship worked out in conquest and worship (7:1–26)
   6. Learning the lessons of the wilderness (8:1–20)
   7. Recounting the golden calf incident (9:1–10:11)
   8. Exhortation (10:12–11:32)
4. Moses’ Second Speech: Specific Covenant Stipulations (12:1–26:19)
   1. Proper worship (12:1–32)
   2. Threats of idolatry (13:1–18)
   3. Clean and unclean foods (14:1–21)
   4. Tithes (14:22–29)
   5. The sabbatical year (15:1–18)
   6. Firstborn animals (15:19–23)
   7. Feasts (16:1–17)
   8. Leaders (16:18–18:22)
   9. Protecting life (19:1–21:14)
   10. Protecting sexual morality (21:15–23:14)
   11. Various laws protecting property (23:15–24:22)
   12. Laws on justice, marriage, and business (25:1–16)
   13. Amalek (25:17–19)
   14. Firstfruits and tithes (26:1–19)
5. Moses’ Third Speech: Blessings and Curses (27:1–28:68)
6. Moses’ Third Speech: Final Exhortation (29:1–30:20)
7. Succession of Leadership (31:1–34:12)
   1. The commissioning of Joshua and the writing of the law (31:1–29)
   2. The Song of Moses (31:30–32:47)
   3. The blessing of Moses (32:48–33:29)
   4. The death of Moses (34:1–12)