People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
JOSHUA TO SUCCEED MOSES
Joshua to Succeed Moses. It is the LORD your God who will cross ahead of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua is the one who will go across before you [to lead you], just as the LORD has said.
THE CHOICE OF LIFE AND DEATH
The Choice of Life and Death. “Listen closely, I have set before you today life and prosperity (good), and death and adversity (evil)
PROMISES TO RETURNING WANDERERS
Promises to returning wanderers. The Hebrew people have often turned to this chapter in the belief that the day must come when God will pity their forlorn condition and restore them from “the outmost parts of heaven.” They do not consider that the promise was fulfilled in the return of a handful of their race under Nehemiah and Ezra.
THE PENALTY OF SERVING FALSE GODS
The penalty of serving false gods .”It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath,
but with those [future Israelites] who are not here with us today, as well as with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God
THE COVENANT RENEWED IN MOAB
The Covenant Renewed in Moab. These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which He made with them at Horeb (Sinai).
BLESSINGS UPON THE OBEDIENT
Blessings upon the obedient. “Now it shall be, if you diligently listen to and obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all of His commandments which I am commanding you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
THE ALTAR ON MOUNT EBAL
The Altar on Mount Ebal.
OFFERINGS OF FIRSTFRUITS AND TITHES
“Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and live in it,
that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His Name (Presence).
LAWS CONCERNING LEVIRATE MARRIAGE
Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage. “If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, the widow of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall be intimate with her after taking her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
Miscellaneous Laws
Miscellaneous Laws