Commentary on Deuteronomy ♦

IV. MOSES' SECOND ADDRESS, 5:1-29:1

A. Israel at the Mountain of Revelation,
5:1-33

B. Israel at the Mountain of Rebellion,
6:1-11:25

1. Blessings & Temptations in the Land, 6:1-8:20.

a. The Land as Cause to Fear Yahweh,
6:1-25.

b. The Cherem - The Land as Temptation, 7:1-26.

(Excursus on the Cherem)

c. The Land as Cause Not to Forget Yahweh,
8:1-20.

2. No Room for Self-Righteous Presumption,
9:1-11:17.

a. No Room for Presumptious Self-Righteousness, 9:1-10:11

b. Exhortation to Love Yahweh, 10:12-11:17.

3. Conclusion to Exposition on Life in the Land,
11:18-25

C. Israel at the Mountain of Accountability,
11:26-27:26

1. Introductory Instruction on Covenant Accountability at Gerizim & Ebal, 11:26-31.

2. Moses's Exposition of Specific Instructions, 12-26:

18 — Priests
— Canaanite Practices
— Future Prophets

19 — Cities of Refuge

20 — On the Making of Wars

21 — Un-Resolved Killing
— Female Prisoners-of-War
— Firstborn Son of an Unloved Wife
— Rebellious Son
— Disposal of a Hung Criminal

22 — Caring for One's Neighbour
— Cross Dressing
— Taking Game from the Wild
— Safety of One's Neighbours
— Forbidden Mixtures
— Tassels
— Marital Chastity

23 — Entry into the Lord's Presence
— Cleanliness in the Camp
— Fugitive Slaves
— Shrine Prostitutes
— Charging Interest
— Fulfilling One's Vows
— Abusing a Neighbour's Crops

24 — Forbidden Remarriage
— The Recently Married Man
— Taking a Security
— Kidnapping
— Leprous Diseases
— Taking an Article of Pledge
— Prompt Payment of Wages
— Individual Accountability
— Care of the Alien, Fatherless & Widows

25 — Fair Punishment of Criminals
— Muzzling the Treading Ox
— Levirate Marriage
— The Immodest Woman
— Honest Measures
— The Amalekites

3. Affirmation of Covenant Accountability
at Gerizim & Ebal, 27:1-26.

4. Promises of Blessings & Curses
to Affirm the Covenant at Moab, 28:1-29:1