TOTC Deuteronomy by Edward J. Woods

Author:Edward J. Woods
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
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ISBN: 9781783592234
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Published: 2011-09-15T22:00:00+00:00

C. The Law of God: the detailed covenant stipulations (12:1 – 26:19)

Context

These chapters may be seen as a more detailed outworking (decrees and laws) of all that has been encountered in the first eleven chapters, and especially with the renewed covenant made in the plains of Moab centring on the ten words of 5:1–31. The present generation were reminded that it was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today (5:3). Therefore much of the law of Sinai is given fresh application in these chapters.

(1) In terms of continuity, Deuteronomy 12:1 is closely linked with 11:31–32, repeating the references to the gift of the land, and to the decrees and laws, thereby linking covenant promise with obedience at the beginning of the main body of laws. The following chiasmus proposed by Seitz (1971: 40) is helpful:

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