Hebrew Devarim words Emphasis on Words the ten

Hebrew: Devarim ("words") Emphasis on “Words”: the ten words [4: 13; 5: 1 -21], Don't add/take away from these words (4: 2), these words can be obeyed (30: 14), etc. Greek: Deutero-nomion (2 nd Law or better still “ 2 nd/copy of law, ” 17: 18) Re-presents stories/laws from Exodus, Leviticus, & Numbers Re-interprets stories/laws for a New Generation (1: 5)

Moses’ Three Sermons Sermon 1 (1: 1 -4: 43): Remember Israel’s Salvation History (what God did for Israel from the exodus until this day) Sermon 2 (4: 44 -28: 68): Understand the Meaning of Torah (the same instructions updated & applied to a new generation) Sermon 3 (29: 1 -32: 52): New Covenant with God to Keep Torah (your parents’ faith will not get you into the promised land) Appendix (33: 1 -34: 12): Moses’ Greatness

Sermon 1: Remember Our Salvation History (Chs. 14) Chs. 1 -3 Rehearse History: • Original command to take the land (1: 8) • Appointment of judges (1: 13, 16) • 10/12 spies rebelled (1: 23, 28 -29; 34 -40) • Wilderness wandering: bypassed Edom, Moab, & Ammon (2: 1 -7, 9 -15, 24 -25, 34 -37), defeated Sihon & Og of Ammon (3: 1 -11, 13, 15, 21 -22) • Moses’ punishment reinterpreted as Israel’s fault (1: 37; 3: 26 -29; 4: 21)

Sermon 1: Remember Our Salvation History (Chs. 14) Ch 4 Call for Obedience: • The law is wisdom & righteousness (4: 1 -8) • Remember Sinai (4: 9 -14) & the exodus (4: 20) • YHWH is jealous (4: 24) • YHWH punishes idolatry (4: 24 -31) • YHWH alone is God = monotheism (4: 32 -40) • Cities of refuge (4: 41 -43)

Sermon 2: Understand the Meaning of the Torah (Chs. 528) Chs. 5 -6 The Torah: • Interprets 10 commandments (5: 1 -21): notice the basis for the Sabbath! • Commit to obey (5: 22, 24, 27, 29, 32) • The “Shema” (hear!) – God is one (6: 4) • Love God with your entirety (6: 5) • Know, do, & teach the law (6: 6 -9, 20 -25) • Warning against forgetting God (6: 10 -16)

Sermon 2: Understand the Meaning of the Torah (Chs. 528) Chs. 7 -11 A Chosen People: • Be a distinct people – don’t intermarry with non-Yahwists (7: 3 -4; Ezra 9 -10; 1 Cor 7: 39; 2 Cor 6: 14) • 3 Temptations of Christ (6: 13, 16; 8: 3) • Circumcise your heart – remove all pride (9: 6; 10: 12 -22; cf. 30: 6; Col. 2: 11 -12)

Sermon 2: Understand the Meaning of the Torah (Chs. 528) A Chosen Religion: • Trust the God of the Rain – not Baal but Yahweh (11: 10 -12) • Worship only at Yahweh’s chosen site not Baal’s or Molech’s (12: 2 -6, 31; 23: 17) • Test prophets & dreamers: 1) come true? 2) lead to Yahweh? (13: 1 -3) Molech Baal

Sermon 2: Understand the Meaning of the Torah (Chs. 528) A Chosen Justice: • Court: no bribes (16: 19), multiple witnesses (17: 6), cast 1 st stone (17: 7) • Rules for Israel's king: God’s choice, Israelite, Not go back to Egypt, Not much wealth or many wives, copy the law (17: 14 -20; cf. 1 Kgs 10: 21 -22, 28; 11: 3) • A prophet like Moses will come later (18: 15)

Sermon 2: Understand the Meaning of the Torah (Chs. 528) A Chosen Justice: • Offer terms of Peace to nations far away (20: 10) • Death pollutes the land (21: 8, 22 -23; Gal 3: 13) • Lost & found laws (22: 1 -4) • Don’t be consumers (22: 6) • Leave food for the poor (23: 24 -25; 24: 19 -22; Jms 1: 27) The Verdict: • Confess God's Providence Often (26: 5 -10; cf. 1 Cor 15: 3 -5) • Write Torah on Stones at Mt. Ebal & Pronounce Curses & Blessings (chs 27 -28)

Sermon 3: New Covenant with God to Keep Torah (chs 29 - 32) A New Covenant: • Made covenant with new generation • Repentance & forgiveness in covenant • The law is not too difficult to keep Law and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near East George Mendenhall

Appendix: Moses' Greatness (Deut. 33 -34) • The Song of Moses (ch 32 -33; Rev. 15: 3) • Unknown Divine Burial of Moses • Eulogy – No prophet like him “The Death of Moses” Arvis L. Stewart