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Deuteronomy: The Commands of a Covenant God is unavailable, but you can change that!

The word ‘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 the Promised Land, Deuteronomy confirmed God’s gracious promises as they prepared for new...

opening section of the Old Testament. The central ideas of Deuteronomy are not peculiar to it alone, but are common to all the books of the Pentateuch. Genesis 1–11 is foundational for the rest of the Pentateuch and indeed for the rest of the Bible. It details the nature of God’s created world that overcomes the consequences of sin. From Genesis 12 the covenant blessings become dominant. In the covenant with Abraham God promised three things: a large family (Gen. 12:2) a land (Gen. 12:1, 7) blessing
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