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Deuteronomy: An Expositional Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

Such love has a practical expression (vv. 6–9). These verses are commands, yet they are also the natural consequence of loving God. Those who love God will love what he says, and they will take his words to heart. They will treasure them up in their minds, meditate upon them and put them into practice in their lives: ‘His delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night’ (Psalm 1:2). Verses 8 and 9 are to be interpreted metaphorically. God’s commands and words are to be
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