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Deuteronomy is a book about Israel’s preparation for a new life. Hardship and the wilderness lie behind; the conquest of the promised land lies ahead. What remains at this crucial stage in Israel’s history—the end of the Mosaic Age—is a call for a new commitment to God and a fresh understanding of the nature of the community of God’s people. Interpreting Deuteronomy from a conservative...

that the people might act accordingly (Heb. “to do”: see also v. 3) in the promised land. The object of Moses’ teaching of the law was life-long fear (or reverence) of the Lord your2 God; the evidence of this reverence would be seen in the obedience of the Israelites to God’s law, and its fruit would be long life (see also 5:33). Therefore, the people are commanded to hear (or “obey”: see 5:1) in order that they might find the full prosperity of life promised by the Lord God of your fathers (v.
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