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Moses, again
Right around 1400 B.C., just before the people entered into the promised land
Deuteronomy means literally "the second law". It does not really give a second law, but is the second giving of the original law. This giving is to the generation that will actually inherit the promised land.
First sermon of Moses (1-4)
Review of God's acts for Israel
Second Sermon of Moses (5-26)
Exposition of the Decalogue (5-11)
Ceremonial Laws (12-16:17)
Civil laws (16:18-20)
Social laws (21-26)
Third Sermon of Moses (27-33)
Ratification of covenant (27-28)
Palestinian Covenant (29-30)
Transition of covenant mediator (31-33)
Death of Moses (34)
The Israelites are poised to enter into the promised land after spending 40 years wandering in the wilderness. This is roughly the time frame when the Hittites begin smelting iron and learn to harden it by adding carbon.
5:6-21 - The ten commandments repeated (compare Exodus 20:2-17), 6:4 - the greatest commandment, 21:22-23 - those hanged on a tree, 23:2 - illegitimate birth
Moses, Joshua
Presents God as the God of the covenant and the God of history. The relationship between God and the nation of Israel is re-affirmed and strengthened. The phrase "the Lord our God" appears with its implication of belonging. The law is shown as the means by which God's chosen people can stay close to him. Jesus quotes from Deuteronomy 80 times. We may be under grace, but the law given in the Pentateuch shows what sort of behavior will please and displease God.