• Title Page
• Pentateuch
  • Lesson 1: Genesis 1–11
  • Lesson 2: Genesis 12:1–28:15
  • Lesson 3: Genesis 28–50
  • Lesson 4: Exodus 1–19
  • Lesson 5: Exodus 20–40
  • Lesson 6: Leviticus
  • Lesson 7: Numbers 1–19
  • Lesson 8: Numbers 20–36
  • Lesson 9: Deuteronomy
    • The Book of Review
    • I: The Journeyings Reviewed, Deuteronomy 1–4
    • II: The Laws Reviewed, Deuteronomy 5–26
      • Spiritualism
      • The Prophecy of Christ
      • The Law of Double Reference
    • III: The Future History of Israel, Deuteronomy 27–30
    • IV: The Close of Moses’ Life, Deuteronomy 31–34
• History
• Poetry
• Prophets
• Post Captivity Prophets
• Gospels, Acts
• Pauline Epistles
• General Epistles

Deuteronomy

A book has been written by Canon Bernard, entitled, The Progress of Doctrine in the New Testament, in which he shows not only that the contents of those books are inspired, but that their present arrangement and order are also of the Holy Ghost. The same thing might be said of the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch which we are at present considering. It has been pointed out that the purpose of the Bible is to give us the history of redemption through a special seed. In Genesis, therefore, we have the election of that seed (Abraham), in Exodus their redemption, in Leviticus their worship, in Numbers their walk and warfare, and in Deuteronomy their final preparation for the experience towards which all has been directed. (C.H.M.)

The Book of Review

A secondary name for Deuteronomy might be “The book of review.” The word comes from two other Greek words, deuter, which means “the second,” and nomos, “law,” the second law, or the repetition of the law. And yet your reading of the book has made it clear that it is more than a repetition of the law. In the first place, it repeats, or reviews, the history of the previous journeyings, and when it comes to renewing the law it adds certain things not mentioned previously (Deuteronomy 29:1). Compared with the other books also, it is characterized by a rather warm and oratorical style, and is more spiritual and ethical in its tone. The one great lesson it contains is that of obedience grounded on a known and recognized relationship to God through redemption. We will study it in four great divisions.

The Journeyings Reviewed, Deuteronomy 1-4

Mark the locality (Deuteronomy 1:1-5), compared with the Revised Version. This will show that the contents of the book were given to Moses at the place where we left him in Numbers. Mark the time (Deuteronomy 1:3), just at the close of the wanderings, so-called, and before Moses is removed, and Joshua prepares to lead the people across the Jordan. At what point does the review begin (Deuteronomy 1:6)? To what appointment does Moses refer in Deuteronomy 1:9-18? To what does he allude at Deuteronomy 1:37? What nations were they to omit from their conquests, and why (Deuteronomy 2:9-19)? Whose history illustrates that God sometimes punishes by letting men go their own way