Almost the entire book of Deuteronomy is devoted to recording God's effort to teach people his will. By Moses God taught the Israelites who were on the verge of taking possession of the promised land. God also counselled the nations in that land through prophets such as Balaam.

Teaching in Moab (Part 1)

1 Moses in Moab

Having wandered 38 years after leaving Sinai, the children of Israel were ready to enter the promised land.

They were gathered in great numbers in the land of the Moabites, and there they were prepared with teaching from God. This came through Moses before he died.

But there was, at the same time, other teaching in Moab too —God's oracles to the Moabites and Midianites through one of their diviners, Balaam.

2 Bible Summary (Deuteronomy 1-26)

• Moses teaches in Moab:Leaving Sinai (1)
• Spying out Canaan (1)
• The rebellion (1)
• Wanderings (2-3)
• Tribes east of Jordan (3)
• Moses cannot cross Jordan (3)
• Neither add nor subtract (4)
• Make yourself no idol (4)
• Cities of refuge (4)
• The ten commandments (5)
• Love and fear God (6)
• Conquest promised (7)
• Do not live by bread alone (8)
• If you ever forget... (8)
• Not your own righteousness (9)
• Remember the golden calf (9)
• The two new stone tablets (10)
• Serve God (10)
• The new land unlike Egypt (11)
• A blessing and a curse (11)
• A place of God's choosing (12)
• Laws for the new land (12)
• Condemnation of idols (13)
• Suitable foods (14)
• The poor and the servants (15)
• Give your firstborn to God (15)
• Festivals (16)
• Appoint judges (16)
• Miscellaneous laws (17-26)

3 God Provides Prophets

God never fails to tell people the truth. God has always had his prophets and teachers among the Gentiles as well as among the people of Israel.

Even today God raises up people to communicate his truth wherever people seek it or need it.

God always makes himself known clearly to those who try to understand. He never leaves people in ignorance —people create their own darkness (Rom 1:16-25 2Th 2:7-12). Our mission is to help them dispel it.

4 The End of Moses's Life (Deuteronomy 27-34)

• The stones on Mount Ebal (27)
• The blessings and the curses (27-30)
• Joshua to succeed Moses (31)
• Provisions for remembering the law (31)
• The song of Moses (32)
• Moses told to go to Mount Nebo and die (32)
• Moses's blessing on the tribes (33)
• The death of Moses (32,34)