Old Testament · 34 chapters
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Deuteronomy presents Moses’ final teaching before Israel enters the promised land. He recalls God’s faithfulness, renews the covenant, and urges the people to love God through wholehearted, practical obedience.
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Chapter 1.
Moses recalls the journey from Horeb, the appointment of leaders, and Israel’s refusal to enter Canaan. The account highlights how fear and distrust delayed the people’s arrival.
Read chapter 37 versesChapter 2.
Moses recounts travels around Edom, Moab, and Ammon, whose lands Israel was not to seize. The narrative then describes the defeat of Sihon.
Read chapter 29 versesChapter 3.
The defeat of Og and the allocation of land east of the Jordan are recalled. Moses encourages Joshua but is told he will not enter the land himself.
Read chapter 49 versesChapter 4.
Moses urges Israel to remember God’s revelation and obey without turning to idols. Cities of refuge are designated east of the Jordan.
Read chapter 33 versesChapter 5.
Moses repeats the Ten Commandments and recalls Israel’s response at Sinai. The people are urged to walk faithfully in the covenant’s commands.
Read chapter 25 versesChapter 6.
Israel is called to love the Lord wholeheartedly and teach his commands through daily life. Prosperity must not lead the people to forget their deliverance from Egypt.
Read chapterChapter 7.
Moses warns against alliances and worship practices that would turn Israel toward other gods. Israel’s chosen status rests on God’s love and covenant faithfulness.
Read chapter 20 versesChapter 8.
The wilderness is remembered as a place of testing and provision. Moses warns that abundance can produce pride and forgetfulness about the source of every gift.
Read chapter 29 versesChapter 9.
Israel is reminded that receiving the land does not prove its moral superiority. Moses recalls the golden calf and his intercession for the rebellious people.
Read chapter 22 versesChapter 10.
Moses recounts the replacement tablets and calls Israel to fear, love, and serve God. God’s concern for the vulnerable is to shape Israel’s treatment of strangers.
Read chapter 32 versesChapter 11.
Remembering God’s works should lead to love and obedience in the land. Blessing and curse are set before the people as consequences of their covenant response.
Read chapter 32 versesChapter 12.
Israel must reject the worship sites of other gods and worship at the place God chooses. Instructions distinguish ordinary meat consumption from sacred offerings.
Read chapter 18 versesChapter 13.
Prophets, relatives, or communities who entice Israel toward other gods are not to be followed. The chapter stresses exclusive covenant loyalty even under intimate pressure.
Read chapter 29 versesChapter 14.
Instructions distinguish permitted foods and set out the use of tithes. Shared meals and local provision ensure that Levites and vulnerable neighbors are included.
Read chapter 23 versesChapter 15.
Debt release, generosity to the poor, and the release of Hebrew servants are commanded. The chapter urges openhandedness rather than calculating away responsibility to those in need.
Read chapter 22 versesChapter 16.
Passover, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths are prescribed. Instructions about judges insist that worship and public justice remain connected.
Read chapter 20 versesChapter 17.
The chapter regulates serious cases, central judicial decisions, and the conduct of a future king. Royal authority must remain subject to God’s law.
Read chapter 22 versesChapter 18.
Provision for priests is followed by warnings against divination and occult practices. God promises a prophet like Moses and gives standards for discerning prophetic claims.
Read chapter 21 versesChapter 19.
Cities of refuge protect those responsible for accidental killing. Boundary markers, evidence, and false testimony are regulated to preserve justice.
Read chapter 20 versesChapter 20.
Instructions govern warfare, including exemptions from military service and distinctions between kinds of cities. Even during siege, fruit trees are to be protected.
Read chapter 23 versesChapter 21.
Laws address an unsolved killing and difficult household situations involving captives, inheritance, and rebellion. The chapter closes with instructions about a body exposed after execution.
Read chapter 30 versesChapter 22.
Neighborly responsibility, practical safety, clothing, and sexual conduct are addressed. These varied laws connect communal care with accountability for harm.
Read chapter 25 versesChapter 23.
Rules cover membership in the assembly, camp cleanliness, escaped servants, lending, vows, and use of a neighbor’s crops. The community’s conduct is shaped by holiness and restraint.
Read chapter 22 versesChapter 24.
The chapter addresses divorce, lending, wages, justice, and gleaning. Repeated concern for foreigners, orphans, and widows is grounded in Israel’s memory of slavery.
Read chapter 19 versesChapter 25.
Laws concern proportional punishment, working animals, family inheritance, fair weights, and Amalek. The common thread is responsible treatment of people and obligations within covenant life.
Read chapter 19 versesChapter 26.
Firstfruits and tithe declarations recall Israel’s history and acknowledge God’s provision. The chapter closes with mutual declarations of covenant belonging and obedience.
Read chapter 26 versesChapter 27.
Israel is instructed to inscribe the law, build an altar, and pronounce covenant curses after crossing the Jordan. Public agreement underscores shared responsibility before God.
Read chapter 68 versesChapter 28.
Moses sets out blessings for covenant obedience and extensive consequences for disobedience. The warnings move from hardship in the land toward siege, displacement, and exile.
Read chapter 29 versesChapter 29.
The covenant is renewed with the assembled people and future generations in view. Moses warns against secret idolatry and the devastation that persistent unfaithfulness would bring.
Read chapter 20 versesChapter 30.
Moses anticipates return and restoration after exile and describes God’s command as accessible. Life and death are set before Israel, with a call to choose life.
Read chapter 30 versesChapter 31.
Joshua is commissioned, and the law is entrusted for public reading. God warns Moses about future unfaithfulness and commands a song to serve as a witness.
Read chapter 52 versesChapter 32.
Moses’ song contrasts God’s faithfulness with Israel’s rebellion and describes judgment and compassion. Moses is then told to view the land before his death.
Read chapter 29 versesChapter 33.
Moses blesses Israel’s tribes with words about their inheritance and future. The chapter celebrates the protection and help of Israel’s God.
Read chapter 12 versesChapter 34.
Moses views the promised land from Mount Nebo and dies in Moab. Joshua succeeds him, while the closing tribute remembers Moses’ unique relationship with God.
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