Deuteronomy Essentials Guide

Exodus 19:3–8 — Establishes Israel’s covenant calling as a peculiar treasure, a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.
Exodus 20:1–17 — Records the commandments originally given at Sinai and provides the foundation for their restatement in Deuteronomy.
Numbers 13:26–33 — Records the fearful report of the spies that led Israel to refuse entrance into the Promised Land.
Numbers 14:26–35 — Explains why the unbelieving generation died in the wilderness and why their children later stood before Moses in Moab.
Deuteronomy 1:1–8 — Introduces Moses’ final address, its location, its historical setting, and Israel’s command to possess the land.
Deuteronomy 1:19–46 — Reviews Israel’s unbelief at Kadesh-barnea and the difference between obedient faith and human presumption.
Deuteronomy 4:1–10 — Commands Israel to hear, keep, remember, and teach the words God had given.
Deuteronomy 4:25–31 — Foretells Israel’s corruption, dispersion, distress, return, and continued place within God’s covenant purpose.
Deuteronomy 5:1–21 — Restates the commandments for the generation preparing to enter Canaan.
Deuteronomy 5:22–33 — Describes Israel’s fear at Horeb, Moses’ mediatorial position, and God’s desire for an obedient heart.
Deuteronomy 6:4–9 — Commands Israel to love the Lord wholly and teach His words diligently within the home.
Deuteronomy 6:20–25 — Provides a pattern for explaining redemption, covenant, and obedience to the next generation.
Deuteronomy 8:1–18 — Explains the purpose of Israel’s wilderness testing and warns against forgetting God during prosperity.
Deuteronomy 10:12–22 — Summarizes what the Lord required of Israel: fear, love, service, obedience, humility, and justice.
Deuteronomy 12:1–14 — Establishes the place God would choose for Israel’s national worship.
Deuteronomy 16:18–20 — Commands Israel’s judges to reject bribery and partiality and pursue righteous judgment.
Deuteronomy 17:14–20 — Places Israel’s future king under the authority of the written law.
Deuteronomy 18:9–14 — Forbids divination, witchcraft, familiar spirits, wizardry, and consultation with the dead.
Deuteronomy 18:15–22 — Promises the coming Prophet like unto Moses and supplies tests for identifying false prophets.
Deuteronomy 28:1–68 — Sets forth the national blessings of covenant obedience and the severe curses resulting from rebellion.
Deuteronomy 29:10–29 — Renews the covenant in Moab and distinguishes between the secret things of God and the things He has revealed.
Deuteronomy 30:1–10 — Promises Israel’s return, regathering, heart circumcision, renewed obedience, and future blessing.
Deuteronomy 30:11–20 — Places life and death, blessing and cursing, before Israel and calls the nation to choose life.
Deuteronomy 31:1–13 — Records Joshua’s public commission and the command to read the law before the entire congregation.
Deuteronomy 32:1–47 — Contains the Song of Moses, which witnesses to God’s faithfulness, Israel’s corruption, divine judgment, and future mercy.
Deuteronomy 33:1–29 — Records Moses’ prophetic blessing upon the tribes of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34:1–12 — Describes Moses’ view from Mount Nebo, his death and burial, and Joshua’s succession.
Matthew 4:1–11 — Shows the Lord Jesus Christ answering all three wilderness temptations with Scripture from Deuteronomy.
Acts 3:19–26 — Identifies Jesus Christ as the Prophet like unto Moses promised in Deuteronomy.
Romans 10:6–10 — Uses the language of Deuteronomy to explain the nearness of the word and the confession of faith.
Romans 11:25–29 — Confirms that God has not finished with Israel and that His gifts and calling are without repentance.
Galatians 3:10–14 — Explains the curse of the law and how Christ redeemed sinners from that curse by being made a curse for them.