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Deuteronomy can seem rather formidable at first sight, but it is actually one of the most important books in the Old Testament. It consists almost entirely of words spoken by Moses to the people of Israel as they camp in the plains of Moab next to the river Jordan with the Promised Land awaiting them on the opposite bank. These are God’s people, whom he has taken into covenant with himself. Moses...

translation of the Old Testament (known as the Septuagint, LXX for short) where at 17:18 ‘a copy of this law’ was rendered ‘second law’. As a title it is not inapt, in that in this book we find Moses repeating the Ten Commandments to a new generation. In the Hebrew Old Testament the title is simply ‘these are the words’, which is the opening phrase. Deuteronomy is arguably the key book in the Old Testament. It sets out the covenant relationship between the LORD and Israel.1 This relationship is based
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