DEUTERONOMY: COMMANDS OF COV – FOTB

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ALLAN HARMAN

‘Deuteronomy’ is a misnomer, it means ‘the second law’. The name is taken from Deuteronomy 17:18 where the expression really means having a copy of the law. Deuteronomy is therefore not a second, different, law but a renewal of the covenant made on Mount Sinai. For a people on the brink of entering their promised land Deuteronomy confirmed God’s gracious promises as they prepared for new horizons and adventures:

 

Allan Harman shows the covenant structure of Deuteronomy throughout its 5 key sections

• Historical introduction (1:1 to 4:49)

• The Foundation of the Covenant Relationship (5:1 to 31)

• The Exposition of Ten Commandments (6:1 to 26:15)

• The Re-affirmation of the Covenant (27:1 to 30:20)

• The Continuation of the Covenant (31:1 to 34:12)

 

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“He keeps the connectedness of the text before us and yet can dash off to capture a Hebrew participle or suffix, pilfer a bit of Near Eastern background, or serve up the succinct result of a word study – all to light up a passage.”

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