Deuteronomy-Outline

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Deuteronomy 1: Summary of Israel’s History: from Horeb to Spies in Canaan

  1. Moses’ speech in the end of the fortieth year
  2. briefly rehearsing the history of God’s sending them from Horeb
  3. of giving them officers
  4. of sending the spies to search the land
  5. of his anger for their incredulity
  6. and disobedience

Deuteronomy 2: Summary of Wanderings in the Desert

  1. The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites
  2. nor with the Moabites
  3. nor with the Ammonites
  4. but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them

Deuteronomy 3: Defeat and Division of Og; Moses Forbidden from Crossing the Jordan

  1. The conquest of Og, king of Bashan
  2. This size of his bed
  3. The distribution of his lands to the two tribes and half
  4. Moses prays to enter into the land
  5. He is permitted to see it

Deuteronomy 4: Israel Urged to Obey; Idolatry Forbidden

  1. An exhortation to obedience
  2. Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan
  3. Recapitulation

Deuteronomy 5: Covenant in Horeb; Ten Commandments Recounted

  1. The covenant in Horeb
  2. The ten commandments
  3. At the people’s request Moses receives the law from God

Deuteronomy 6: Exhortation to Obedience and Prosperity

  1. The end of the law is obedience
  2. An exhortation thereto
  3. What they are to teach their children

Deuteronomy 7: Warnings and Rewards for Driving out Nations

  1. All communion with the nations is forbidden
  2. for fear of idolatry,
  3. for the holiness of the people,
  4. for the nature of God in his mercy and justice,
  5. and for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them.

Deuteronomy 8: God’s Mercy

  1. An exhortation to obedience in regard to God’s mercy and goodness to Israel.

 

Deuteronomy 9: Reminders of God’s Grace; The Golden Calf

  1. Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness
  2. Moses reminds them of the golden calf

Deuteronomy 10: Rewriting of Stone Tablets Recalled

  1. God’s mercy in restoring the two tablets
  2. in continuing the priesthood
  3. in separating the tribe of Levi
  4. in hearkening unto Moses’ plea for his people
  5. An exhortation to obedience

Deuteronomy 11: God’s Great Blessings for Obedience and Love

  1. Another exhortation to obedience
  2. by their own experience of God’s great works
  3. by promise of God’s great blessings
  4. and by threatenings
  5. A careful study is required in God’s words
  6. The blessing and curse set before them

Deuteronomy 12: Laws of the Sanctuary

  1. Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed
  2. The place of God’s service to be kept
  3. Blood is forbidden
  4. Holy things must be eaten in the holy place
  5. The Levite is not to be forsaken
  6. Blood is again forbidden
  7. and holy things must be eaten in the holy place
  8. Idolatry is not to be enquired after

Deuteronomy 13: No Mercy for Idolaters

  1. Enticers to idolatry
  2. however near to oneself
  3. are to be stoned to death
  4. Idolatrous cities are not to be spared

Deuteronomy 14: Eating Only Clean Animals; Tithes

  1. God’s children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning
  2. What may and may not be eaten
  3. of animals
  4. of fishes
  5. of fowls
  6. That which dies of itself may not be eaten
  7. Tithes of Divine Service
  8. Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord
  9. The third year’s tithe of alms and charity

Deuteronomy 15: The Seventh Year: Debts to be Cancelled, Servants Freed

  1. The seventh year a year of release for the poor
  2. one must be generous in lending or giving
  3. A Hebrew servant, except by choice, must be freed in the seventh year
  4. All firstborn males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord.

Deuteronomy 16: The Feasts of Passover, Weeks and Tabernacles

  1. The feast of the Passover
  2. of weeks
  3. of tabernacles
  4. Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts
  5. Of judges and justice
  6. Asherah poles and images are forbidden

Deuteronomy 17: Appointment of Judges, Courts and Kings

  1. The things sacrificed must be sound
  2. Idolaters must be slain
  3. Hard controversies are to be determined by the priests and judges
  4. The one who shows contempt for the judge must die
  5. The election
  6. and duty of a king

Deuteronomy 18: Offerings for Priests; Spells and Mediums Forbidden

  1. The LORD is the priests and Levites’ inheritance
  2. The priests’ due
  3. The Levites’ portion
  4. The abominations of the nations are to be avoided
  5. Christ the Prophet is to be heard
  6. The presumptuous prophet is to die

Deuteronomy 19: Cities of Refuge; More than One Witness Required

  1. The cities of refuge
  2. The privilege thereof for the manslayer
  3. The landmark is not to be removed
  4. At least two witnesses are required
  5. the punishment of a false witness

Deuteronomy 20: Laws of Warfare

  1. The priest’s exhortation to encourage the people to battle
  2. The officers’ proclamation of who are to be dismissed from the war
  3. How to use the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace
  4. What cities must be devoted
  5. Trees must not be destroyed in the siege

Deuteronomy 21: Atonement for a Murder; Family Relations

  1. The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder
  2. The usage of a captive taken to wife
  3. The firstborn is not to be disinherited upon private affection
  4. A rebellious son is to be stoned to death
  5. The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree

Deuteronomy 22: Additional Laws, Morality, Marriage

  1. Of humanity toward brothers
  2. The sex is to be distinguished by apparel
  3. The bird is not to be taken with her young ones
  4. The house must have battlements
  5. Confusion is to be avoided
  6. Tassels upon the vesture
  7. The punishment of him who slanders his wife
  8. of adultery
  9. of rape
  10. of fornication
  11. of incest

Deuteronomy 23: List of Those Excluded from the Assembly

  1. Who may or may not enter into the congregation
  2. Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host
  3. Of the fugitive servant
  4. Of filthiness
  5. Of abominable sacrifices
  6. Of usury
  7. Of vows
  8. Of trespass

Deuteronomy 24: Law of Divorce, Leprosy, Justice and Charity

  1. Of divorce
  2. A new married man goes not to war
  3. Of pledges
  4. Of kidnapping
  5. Of leprosy
  6. Of pledges
  7. The hire is to be given
  8. Of justice
  9. Of charity

Deuteronomy 25: Laws of Stripes, Oxen, Seed, Modesty, Weights and Measures

  1. Punishment must not exceed forty lashes
  2. The ox is not to be muzzled
  3. Of raising seed unto a brother
  4. Of the immodest woman
  5. Of unjust weights and measures
  6. The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out

Deuteronomy 26: Offering First Fruits and Tithes

  1. The confession of him who offers the basket of firstfruits
  2. The prayer of him who gives his third year’s tithes
  3. The covenant between God and his people

Deuteronomy 27: The Altar and Curses on Mount Ebal

  1. The people are commanded to write the law upon stones
  2. and to build an altar of whole stones
  3. The tribes to be divided on Gerizim and Ebal
  4. The curses to be pronounced on mount Ebal

Deuteronomy 28: Blessings and Consequences regarding Obedience

  1. The blessings for obedience
  2. The curses for disobedience

Deuteronomy 29: The Covenant Renewed in Moab

  1. Moses exhorts them to obedience, reminding of the works they had seen
  2. All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant
  3. The great wrath on him who flatters himself in his wickedness
  4. Secret things belong unto God

Deuteronomy 30: Restoration Promised; Life Offered

  1. Great mercies promised unto the penitent
  2. The commandment is manifest
  3. Death and life are set before them

Deuteronomy 31: Moses Encourages the People; Joshua Is Commissioned

  1. Moses encourages the people
  2. He encourages Joshua
  3. He delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year
  4. God gives a charge to Joshua
  5. and a song to testify against the people
  6. Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites to keep
  7. He makes a protestation

Deuteronomy 32: The Song of Moses

  1. Moses’ song, which sets forth God’s mercy and vengeance
  2. He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it
  3. God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die

Deuteronomy 33: Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes

  1. The majesty of God
  2. The blessings of the twelve tribes
  3. The excellence of Israel

Deuteronomy 34: The Death of Moses on Mount Nebo

  1. Moses from mount Nebo views the land
  2. He dies there
  3. His burial
  4. His age
  5. Thirty days mourning for him
  6. Joshua succeeds him
  7. The praise of Moses

But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. (Hebrews 13:16)

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