DEUTERONOMY OUTLINE

--A. Ralph Johnson

 

Theme: Review of the journey and the Law

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KEY WORDS

OUTLINE

 

 

I.         JOURNEYS REVIEWED

Introduction (1:1-5)

1:

Sinai

A.      HOREB (Mount Sinai) TO KADESH

Commanded by Jehovah to go take the land (6-8)

Establishing leaders over the tribes (9-18)

Searching the land – the twelve spies (19-25)

Refusal to go in – the false report (26-33)

Jehovah declares only Joshua and Caleb will enter (34-40)

They attempt to go in but are beaten back (41-46)

2:

Amorites

B.       KADESH TO AMORITES (38 years)

Compassing Seir  (1-8)

Moab to the Brook of Zered (9-25) 

Sihon’s defeat (26-37)

3:

Jordan

C.       AMORITES TO JORDAN RIVER

Og of Bashan defeated (1-11)

Possession of land east of Jordan secured for Reuben, Gad and Manasseh (12-17)

They are required to help conquer west of Jordan (18-22)

Moses not permitted to cross Jordan River (3:23-29)

 

 

 

II.      STATUTES, ORDINANCES AND COMMANDMENTS REVIEWED

 

 

A.      THE COVENANT

4:

Harken!

No additions or subtractions. (4-8)

Take diligent heed to keep the covenant (9-24)

Warning of defection and tribulation (25-31)

Remember what God has done and be faithful (32-40)

Three cities of refuge chosen east of Jordan (41-43)

Remember this law (44-49)

5:

Commandments

Ten Commandments

6:

Teach

Hear and teach these things

7:

Heathens

Expel the heathen nations

8:

Remember

Do not forget

9:

Pride

Beware of becoming puffed up

10:

Stones

Second pair of stones made (1-12)

“Circumcise your hearts” (13-22)

11:

Warnings

Warnings: Blessing and Curses

 

 

 

B.   STATUTES AND ORDINANCES

12:

Offerings

A central place for offerings to be established (1-14)

Animals may be killed for food elsewhere (12:15-28)

Beware of idolatry (29-32)

13:

Idolatry

Warning against idolatry

Beware of idolatrous false prophets (1-5)

Beware of idolatrous relatives (6-11)

If a city becomes idolatrous, destroy it (12-18)

14:

Food

Do not be like the heathen

Do not mark yourselves for the dead (1-2)

Clean and unclean foods (3-21)

Beasts, fish, birds (3-20)

Nothing that dies of itself (21)

No kid boiled in its mother’s milk (21)

Festival tithe in third year, eaten and shared with Levites (22-29)

15:

7th year

Indebtedness and lending  (1-18)

First belongs to God (19-23)

16.

Feasts

Feasts

Passover (1-8)

Pentecost (9-12)

Tabernacles (13-17)

Judges must be just (18-20)

Altars may not have trees or pillars set up (21-22)

17:

Kings

Sacrifice requirements (1)

Rules for Judging Idolatry (2-7)

Hard judgments to go to the Priests and Levites (8-13)

Laws concerning kings (14-20)

18:

Prophet

Provision for Priests 1-5)

Provision for the Levites (7-8)

Beware of cultic abominations of the nations (9-14)

Prophet Like Moses (15-19)

False prophets (20-22)

19:

Refuge

Laws concerning manslaughter (1-13)

Laws concerning landmarks (14)

Laws concerning witnesses (15-21)

20:

War

Laws concerning war

Exemptions (1-9)

Resistance and surrender (10-18)

Do not destroy orchards (19-20)

21:

Captives

Responsibility dealing with Man found slain outside city (1-9)

Captive woman’s rights (10-14)

Rights of firstborn in polygamous marriage (15-17)

Rebellious son (18-21)

Hanged person buried same day (22-23)

22:

Property

Lost animals and property (1-4)

Women and men’s clothing distinct (5)

Nesting birds (6-7)

Roofs must have walls (8)

Confusion: seed, Ox & ass, fibers in garments (9-11)

Fringes on garments for reminders (12)

Sexual conduct

Disputed virginity (13-21)

Adultery (22)

Promiscuous behavior (23-24)

Rape (25-27)

Seduction (28-29)

23:

Exclusion

Exclusion from the congregation

Mutilation of sexual organs (1)

Bastards (2)

Moab & Amon (3-6)

Edomites and Egyptians not to be despised (7-8)

In war, the camp must be kept clean (9-14)

Escaped slaves must not be returned (15-16)

Vice shall not be tolerated (17-18)

Usury (19-20)

Vows (21-23)

Eating neighbor’s grapes or corn (24-25)

24:

Divorce

Divorce (1-4)

Marriage: Free from public service for a year (5)

Pledge (6)

Hired servants (14-15)

No one executed for another’s crime (16)

Justice (17-18)

Poor and strangers entitled to gleanings (19-22)

25:

Whippings

Whippings (1-3)

Muzzling the ox (4)

Duty to continue brother’s name (5-10)

Woman grabbing a man’s privates (11-12)

Just measures (13-16)

Amalek to be destroyed (17-19)

26:

Firstfruits

Law of firstfruits that belong to God

 

 

 

III.   BLESSINGS AND CURSES

27:

Stones

Plastered stones set up with the Law written (1-8)

Blessings and Cursings (Gerizim and Ebal)

28:

Blessings

Blessings and Cursings

Blessings (1-14)

Cursings (15-68)

      (cf. Josephus, Wars of the Jews, Book 6, Chapter 3)

29:

Remember

Remember and beware

30:

Repentance

Repentance will bring restoration (1-10) 

The solution is faith within, not someplace else (11-14)

Choose life and live (15-20)

 

 

 

IV.  MOSES CLOSING CHARGES

31:

Charges

Charge to trust Jehovah (1-9)

Charge to the priests to teach the Law (10-13)

Future apostasy predicted (14-29)

Moses introduces his song of reminder (30)

32:

Song

Song of Moses declaring their judgment (1-47)

Jehovah tells Moses to go up on the mountain to die (48-52)

33:

Blessing

Moses’ final blessing upon Israel

34:

Death

Moses’ death (1-8)

Joshua takes leadership (9-12)