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• Deuteronomy 7Bible

  Deuteronomy 7 is the chapter in which Moses commands Israel, as it prepares to enter Canaan, to destroy the seven nations and their idols. It declares that God chose Israel not because of its great numbers but because of his love and the oath he swore to their fathers.

• Deuteronomy 5Bible

  Deuteronomy 5 is the chapter in which Moses recalls for Israel the covenant made at Mount Horeb, restates the Ten Commandments, and recounts how the people asked Moses to serve as their mediator.

• Deuteronomy 4Bible

  Deuteronomy 4 concludes Moses' first address. It urges Israel to keep the law without adding to it or taking from it, warns against making idols, records the setting apart of three cities of refuge east of the Jordan, and introduces the setting of the second address.

• Deuteronomy 6Bible

  Deuteronomy 6 is the chapter in which Moses delivers the confession of the one God that begins "Hear, O Israel" (the Shema), together with the command to love God. He urges Israel to teach these words to their children and not to forget the LORD even in times of plenty.

• Deuteronomy 9Bible

  Deuteronomy 9 is the chapter in which Moses declares that Israel will not possess the land of Canaan because of its own righteousness. He recalls the golden calf incident at Mount Horeb, Israel's rebellions in the wilderness, and his own intercessory prayer.

• Deuteronomy 8Bible

  Deuteronomy 8 is the chapter in which Moses urges Israel to remember the Lord's guidance during the forty years in the wilderness and warns them not to grow proud and forget the Lord once they enjoy abundance in the Promised Land.

• Deuteronomy 11Bible

  A chapter of Deuteronomy in which Moses reminds Israel of the Exodus and the events in the wilderness and urges the people to love God and keep His commandments. It contains the promise of rain and an accompanying warning, instruction on teaching children, and the command to pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

• Deuteronomy 12Bible

  Deuteronomy 12 is the first chapter of the Deuteronomic Code. It commands the destruction of Canaanite places of worship, requires that sacrifices and tithes be offered only at the one place God chooses, and prohibits eating blood.

• Deuteronomy 15Bible

  Deuteronomy 15 is a chapter of law containing the ordinance for releasing debts owed by fellow Israelites every seventh year, the command to open one's hand to a poor brother, the law for freeing in the seventh year a Hebrew servant who has served six years, and the law for consecrating the firstborn males of cattle and sheep.

• Deuteronomy 10Bible

  Deuteronomy 10 recounts Moses' receiving of the second tablets of stone and the ark, and exhorts Israel to fear and love the LORD, to circumcise their hearts, and to love the stranger.

• Deuteronomy 13Bible

  Deuteronomy 13 is a body of law prescribing how Israel is to deal with a prophet, a close family member or friend, or a city that entices others to serve other gods. It commands loyalty to the LORD alone, even when signs and wonders occur.

• Deuteronomy 16Bible

  Deuteronomy 16 sets out the laws for keeping Israel's three pilgrimage feasts: Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. It also commands the appointment of judges who are to judge justly and forbids setting up Asherah poles or sacred pillars.

• Deuteronomy 14Bible

  Deuteronomy 14 sets out the regulations Israel was to observe as a holy people unto the LORD: mourning customs, the distinction between clean and unclean animals for food, the annual tithe, and the tithe brought every third year.

• Deuteronomy 17Bible

  Deuteronomy 17 is a chapter of law that prohibits blemished sacrifices, sets out the procedure for trying idolaters along with the principle of two or three witnesses, prescribes how to handle cases too difficult to judge locally, and gives the law that a future king must keep.

• Deuteronomy 20Bible

  Deuteronomy 20 sets out the regulations Israel was to observe when going to war. It covers the exhortation not to fear, the men to be sent home from military service, the conditions for attacking a city and accepting its surrender, the command to utterly destroy the Canaanite nations, and the protection of fruit trees.

• Deuteronomy 19Bible

  Deuteronomy 19, part of the law delivered by Moses, contains the regulations on cities of refuge for those who kill a person unintentionally, the command not to remove a neighbor's landmark, the principle of two or three witnesses, and the punishment of false witnesses.

• Deuteronomy 18Bible

  Deuteronomy 18 sets out the portion due to the Levitical priests, forbids the divination and necromancy (calling up the spirits of the dead) practiced by the nations of Canaan, and records God's promise to raise up a prophet like Moses, together with the criteria for distinguishing true prophets from false ones.

• Deuteronomy 21Bible

  Deuteronomy 21 is a chapter of laws concerning the handling of a murder whose perpetrator is unknown, the taking of a female war captive as a wife, the inheritance rights of the firstborn, the punishment of a rebellious son, and the burial of a body hanged on a tree.

• Deuteronomy 24Bible

  Deuteronomy 24 contains laws protecting households and neighbors, including the prohibition against remarrying a former wife after divorce, the exemption of newly married men from military service, rules on pledges and wages, the principle of individual responsibility, and the leaving of gleanings for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

• Deuteronomy 22Bible

  Deuteronomy 22 contains everyday regulations, such as returning lost livestock, building a parapet on the roof, prohibitions against mixing kinds, and tassels on the outer garment, along with laws concerning marriage and sexual fidelity.