OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Leaving Mount Horeb (1-8)

• Chiefs and judges appointed (9-18)

• Disobedience at Kadesh-barnea (19-46)

  • Israel’s refusal to enter the land (26-33)

  • Unsuccessful conquest of Canaan (41-46)

2

• Wandering in the wilderness for 38 years (1-23)

• Victory over King Sihon of Heshbon (24-37)

3

• Victory over King Og of Bashan (1-7)

• Division of the land east of the Jordan (8-20)

• Joshua told not to be afraid (21, 22)

• Moses not to enter the land (23-29)

4

• A call to obedience (1-14)

  • Do not forget God’s acts (9)

• Jehovah requires exclusive devotion (15-31)

• No other God besides Jehovah (32-40)

• Cities of refuge east of the Jordan (41-43)

• Introduction to the Law (44-49)

5

• Jehovah’s covenant at Horeb (1-5)

• The Ten Commandments restated (6-22)

• The people’s fear at Mount Sinai (23-33)

6

• Love Jehovah with all your heart (1-9)

  • “Listen, O Israel” (4)

  • Parents to instruct children (6, 7)

• Do not forget Jehovah (10-15)

• Do not put Jehovah to the test (16-19)

• Tell the next generation (20-25)

7

• Seven nations to be destroyed (1-6)

• Why Israel was chosen (7-11)

• Obedience brings future success (12-26)

8

• Blessings from Jehovah reviewed (1-9)

  • “Not live by bread alone” (3)

• Do not forget Jehovah (10-20)

9

• Why Israel was given the land (1-6)

• Israel provokes Jehovah four times (7-29)

  • The golden calf (7-14)

  • Moses intercedes (15-21, 25-29)

  • Three more provocations (22)

10

• Two tablets remade (1-11)

• What Jehovah requires (12-22)

  • Fear and love Jehovah (12)

11

• You have seen Jehovah’s greatness (1-7)

• The Promised Land (8-12)

• Rewards for obedience (13-17)

• God’s words to be impressed on hearts (18-25)

• “A blessing and a curse” (26-32)

12

• Worship at the place God chooses (1-14)

• Allowed to eat meat but not blood (15-28)

• Do not be entrapped by other gods (29-32)

13

• How to treat apostates (1-18)

14

• Inappropriate displays of mourning (1, 2)

• Clean and unclean foods (3-21)

• A tenth for Jehovah (22-29)

15

• Debt canceled every seventh year (1-6)

• Assisting the poor (7-11)

• Release of slaves every seventh year (12-18)

  • An awl through a slave’s ear (16, 17)

• Firstborn animals sanctified (19-23)

16

• Passover; Festival of Unleavened Bread (1-8)

• Festival of Weeks (9-12)

• Festival of Booths (13-17)

• Appointing judges (18-20)

• Forbidden objects of worship (21, 22)

17

• Sacrifices to be without defect (1)

• Handling matters of apostasy (2-7)

• Difficult judgment matters (8-13)

• Guidelines for a future king (14-20)

  • King to write a copy of the Law (18)

18

• Share of priests and Levites (1-8)

• Occult practices forbidden (9-14)

• A prophet like Moses (15-19)

• How to identify false prophets (20-22)

19

• Bloodguilt and cities of refuge (1-13)

• Boundary markers not to be moved (14)

• Witnesses in court (15-21)

  • Two or three witnesses required (15)

20

• Rules for warfare (1-20)

  • Exemptions from military service (5-9)

21

• Unsolved murders (1-9)

• Marrying captive women (10-14)

• Right of the firstborn (15-17)

• A stubborn son (18-21)

• A man hung on a stake accursed (22, 23)

22

• Respect for neighbors’ animals (1-4)

• Wearing garments of the opposite sex (5)

• Kindness to animals (6, 7)

• Parapet for the roof (8)

• Improper mixtures (9-11)

• Tassels on clothing (12)

• Laws on sexual violations (13-30)

23

• Those ineligible for God’s congregation (1-8)

• Cleanliness of the camp (9-14)

• Fugitive slaves (15, 16)

• Prostitution forbidden (17, 18)

• Interest and vows (19-23)

• What passersby are allowed to eat (24, 25)

24

• Marriage and divorce (1-5)

• Respect for life (6-9)

• Showing concern for the poor (10-18)

• Rules on gleaning (19-22)

25

• Flogging regulated (1-3)

• Do not muzzle a threshing bull (4)

• Brother-in-law marriage (5-10)

• Improper grabbing in fights (11, 12)

• Honest weights and measures (13-16)

• Amalekites to be destroyed (17-19)

26

• Offering the firstfruits (1-11)

• A second tithe (12-15)

• Israel, a special property to Jehovah (16-19)

27

• The Law to be written on stones (1-10)

• At Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim (11-14)

• The curses recited (15-26)

28

• Blessings for obedience (1-14)

• Curses for disobedience (15-68)

29

• Covenant with Israel at Moab (1-13)

• Warning against disobedience (14-29)

  • Things concealed, things revealed (29)

30

• Returning to Jehovah (1-10)

• Jehovah’s commands not too difficult (11-14)

• Choosing between life and death (15-20)

31

• Moses about to die (1-8)

• Public reading of the Law (9-13)

• Joshua appointed (14, 15)

• Israel’s rebelliousness foretold (16-30)

  • A song to teach Israel (19, 22, 30)

32

• Song of Moses (1-47)

  • Jehovah, the Rock (4)

  • Israel forgets its Rock (18)

  • “Vengeance is mine” (35)

  • “Be glad, you nations, with his people” (43)

• Moses to die on Mount Nebo (48-52)

33

• Moses blesses the tribes (1-29)

  • Jehovah’s “everlasting arms” (27)

34

• Jehovah shows Moses the land (1-4)

• Death of Moses (5-12)