Bible Study Guide. Deuteronomy - Andrew J. Lamont-Turner

Standing on the edge of the Promised Land, Israel must decide what kind of people they will become.

Deuteronomy captures the final words of Moses to a generation preparing to cross the Jordan without him. Looking back over forty years of wilderness history, Moses recalls Yahweh’s faithfulness, confronts Israel’s failures, restates the covenant, and presses one demand upon the heart of the nation: remember the God who redeemed you, love Him wholeheartedly, and obey His word.

This verse-by-verse Bible study guide follows those speeches carefully, opening up their historical setting, covenant structure, laws, warnings, promises, and theology. It explains why Deuteronomy is more than a repetition of earlier law. It is law preached, applied to a new generation facing new responsibilities in the land.

Across its thirty-four chapters, Deuteronomy confronts forgetfulness, idolatry, injustice, fear, prosperity, leadership, worship, family life, covenant blessing, judgement, repentance, and restoration. At its centre stands the Shema:

"Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might." Deuteronomy 6:4-5, WEB.

The book also reaches beyond Israel’s immediate setting. Its language and theology reverberate through the New Testament, where Jesus and the apostles repeatedly draw upon Deuteronomy. Moses’ call to covenant faithfulness ultimately directs the Christian reader towards the greater Prophet whom God would raise up, and towards an obedience shaped not by bare duty, but by love for God.

Written for serious readers who want more than a surface summary, Bible Study Guide: Deuteronomy combines the complete Ancient Words Bible text with detailed verse-by-verse exposition, chapter summaries, prayers, study questions, and an answer guide. It is designed to help readers hear Moses’ final appeal with its original force and recognise why Deuteronomy remains one of Scripture’s clearest calls to remember, love, and obey Yahweh.