Outline of Deuteronomy I. Introduction to Deuteronomy (preamble) 1:1-5 II. The address of Moses: historical prologue 1:6-4:43 A. The experience of God in history 1:6-3:29 1. Recollections of Horeb 1:6-18 2. Recollections of Kadesh-barnea 1:19-46 3. Recollections of Mount Seir 2:1-8 4. Recollections of Moab and Ammon 2:9-25 5. The conquest of Heshbon 2:26-37 6. The conquest of Bashan 3:1-11 7. The allocation of land east of the Jordan 3:12-22 8. Moses's request and its refusal 3:23-29 B. The call for obedience to God's law 4:1-40 1. The law as the foundation of the nation 4:1-8 2. The law and the nature of God 4:9-24 3. The law and judgment 4:25-31 4. The law and the God of history 4:32-40 C. A note on the cities of refuge 4:41-43 III. The address of Moses: the law 4:44-26:19 A. An introduction to the declaration of the law 4:44-49 B. The basic commandments: exposition and exhortation 5:1-11:32 1. The summons to obey the law 5:1-5 2. The Decalogue 5:6-21 3. Moses's mediatory role at Horeb 5:22-33 4. The principal commandment: to love God 6:1-9 5. Introductions concerning the Promised Land 6:10-25 6. Israel's policy of war 7:1-26 7. The wilderness and the Promised Land 8:1-20 8. The stubbornness of Israel 9:1-29 9. The tables of the law and the ark 10:1-10 10. God's requirement of Israel 10:11-11:25 11. A blessing and a curse 11:26-32 C. The specific legislation 12:1-26:15 1. Regulations relating to the sanctuary 12:1-31 2. The dangers of idolatry 12:32-13:18 3. Legislation relating to various religious practices 14:1-29 4. The year of release and the law regarding firstlings 15:1-23 5. Major festivals and the appointment of officers and judges 16:1-22 6. Laws relating to sacrifice, covenant transgression, the central tribunal, and kingship 17:1-20 7. Laws relating to the Levites, foreign practices, and prophecy 18:1-22 8. Cities of refuge and legal procedure 19:1-21 9. The conduct of war 20:1-20 10. Laws relating to murder, war, and family affairs 21:1-23 11. Miscellaneous laws and the regulation of sexual behavior 22:1-30 12. Miscellaneous laws 23:1-25:19 13. The ceremonial fulfillment of the law 26:1-15 D. The conclusion to the declaration of the law 26:16-19 IV. The address of Moses: blessings and curses 27:1-29:1 A. The renewal of the covenant commanded 27:1-26 1. The writing of the law and the offering of sacrifices 27:1-10 2. Blessings and curses at the covenant renewal 27:11-26 B. The blessings and curses pronounced in Moab 28:1-29:1 1. The blessings 28:1-14 2. The curses 28:15-29:1 V. The address of Moses: a concluding charge 29:2-30:20 A. An appeal for covenant faithfulness 29:2-29 B. The call to decision: life and blessing or death and cursing 30:1-20 VI. The continuity of the covenant from Moses to Joshua 31:1-34:12 A. Disposition of the law and the appointment of Joshua 31:1-29 B. The Song of Moses 31:30-32:44 C. The impending death of Moses 32:45-52 D. The blessing of Moses 33:1-29 E. The death of Moses and leadership of Joshua 34:1-9 F. Conclusion 34:10-12