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Deuteronomy has been aptly described as a book “on the boundary.” It addresses the possibilities of new life “beyond the Jordan” as dependent upon Israel’s keeping of the law and acknowledgment of Yahweh’s supremacy. Moses leaves the people with his last will and testament that would ensure their success and well-being in the new land. In this completely new volume on Deuteronomy in the Tyndale...

term may refer to the Decalogue at 5:6–21 (McBride 1987: 233–234), which represents the particulars of the covenant requirements. This is followed at 4:45 by the terms decrees (ḥuqqîm = written down or inscribed) and laws or ‘statutes’ (mišpāṭîm = rulings of a judge), as more explicit ways of defining the stipulations/testimonies. On only one occasion do stipulations and decrees come together as an exclusive pair (6:17). This serves as a parallel to the exclusive use of all these decrees at 6:24,
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