DEUTERONOMY
Deuteronomy means “second law.” It records the second giving of the Law by Moses as he prepared the nation to enter their promised inheritance. But Moses did more than simply repeat the Law to a new generation. He applied it to their new life in the land and stressed the importance of their loving God and obeying Him from the heart.
Some key words in Deuteronomy are land (190 times), hear (54 times), possess and possession (57 times), heart (53 times), and love (25 times).
The nation owned the land by God’s grace and possessed the land by God’s power, but they could not enjoy the land unless they obeyed God’s Word. When the nation disobeyed, God chastened them in the land (book of Judges) and then took them from the land into Babylonian captivity.
In the addresses, Moses first reminded the people of God’s past leading (chaps. 1–4). The word remember is used 14 times in the book. Then he restated and applied the Law (chaps.