| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 Events at Horeb recalled (1:1-8) 1:5Moses began to explain the law | Torah | 17 Caution against disobedience (6:10-25) 6:17 But keep the commandments of the LORD, your God, and the ordinances and statutes he has enjoined on you. |
| 2 Appointment of Tribal Leaders (1:9-18) 1:10 The LORD, your God, has so multiplied you that you are now as numerous as the stars in the sky. 1:11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over, and bless you as he promised! | Increased Israel | 16 Don't forget the Lord (6:1-9) 6:3 Hear then, Israel, and be careful to observe them, that you may grow and prosper the more, in keeping with the promise of the LORD, the God of your fathers, to give you a land flowing with milk and honey. |
| 3 Israel's refusal to enter the Land (1:19-33) 1:26 But you refused to go up, and after defying the command of the LORD, your God, 1:27 you set to murmuring in your tents | Disobeying / obeying people | 15 Moses the mediator of God's will (5:23-33) 5:27 Go closer, you, and hear all that the LORD, our God, will say, and then tell us what the LORD, our God, tells you; we will listen and obey. |
| 4 The penalty for Israel's rebellion (1:34-45) 1:35 and he swore, 'Not one man of this evil generation shall look upon the good land I swore to give to your fathers, 1:36 except Caleb, son of Jephunneh; he shall see it. For to him and to his sons I will give the land he trod upon, because he has followed the LORD unreservedly.' | Punishment for disobeyingand mercy for obeying | 14 The ten commandments (5:1-22) 5:9 For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, inflicting punishments for their fathers' wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation 5:10 but bestowing mercy, down to the thousandth generation, on the children of those who love me and keep my commandments. |
| 5 The desert years (1:46-2:25) 2:28 we left behind us the Arabah route (2:8) | Arabah | 13 Transition to the second address (4:44-49) 4:49 all the Arabah east of the Jordan (4:49) |
| 6 Defeat of king Sihon (2:26-37) 2:36From Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon and from the city in the wadi itself, as far as Gilead, no city was too well fortified for us to whom the LORD had delivered them up. | East bank of the Jordan | 12 Cities of refuge East of the Jordan (4:41-43) 4:43 Bezer in the desert, in the region of the plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites. |
| 7 The land of king Sihon and Og (3:1-22) 3:21'Your eyes have seen all that the LORD, your God, has done to both these kings; so, too, will the LORD do to all the kingdoms which you will encounter over there. | God drives out enemies | 11 Mighty acts of God (4:32-40) 4:38 driving out of your way nations greater and mightier than you, so as to bring you in and to make their land your heritage, as it is today. |
| 8 Moses views Canaan from Pisgah (3:23-29) 3:24For what god in heaven or on earth can perform deeds as mighty as yours? | Heaven and earth | 10 Against idolatry (4:15-31) 4:26 I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 Events at Horeb recalled (1:1-8) 1:5Moses began to explain the law in the land of Moab beyond the Jordan, as follows: | Torah | 9 Exhortation to keep the law (4:1-14) 4:8 Or what great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law which I am setting before you today? |
| 2 Appointment of Tribal Leaders (1:9-18) 1:13 Choose wise, intelligent and experienced men from each of your tribes, that I may appoint them as your leaders. | Calling | 8 Moses views Canaan from Pisgah (3:23-29) 3:28 Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall cross at the head of this people and shall put them in possession of the land you are to see. |
| 3 Israel's refusal to enter the Land (1:19-33) 1:21 The LORD, your God, has given this land over to you. Go up and occupy it, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, commands you. Do not fear or lose heart.' (1:21) | Do not be afraid and get the land | 7 The land of king Sihon and Og (3:1-22) 3:22 Fear them not, for the LORD, your God, will fight for you.' (3:22) |
| 4 The penalty for Israel's rebellion (1:34-45) 1:44 Then the Amorites living there came out against you and, like bees, chased you, cutting you down in Seir as far as Hormah.(1:44) | Defeating / defeated by Amorite | 6 Defeat of king Sihon (2:26-37) 2:32 So Sihon and all his people advanced against us to join battle at Jahaz; 2:33but since the LORD, our God, had delivered him to us, we defeated him and his sons and all his people. |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 9 Exhortation to keep the law (4:1-14) see 2-1 | see 2-1 | 17 Caution against disobedience (6:10-25) see 2-1 |
| 10 Against idolatry (4:15-31) see 2-1 | see 2-1 | 16 Don't forget the Lord (6:1-9) see 2-1 |
| 11 Mighty acts of God (4:32-40) see 2-1 | see 2-1 | 15 Moses the mediator of God's will (5:23-33) see 2-1 |
| 12 Cities of refuge East of the Jordan (4:41-43) see 2-1 | see 2-1 | 14 The ten commandments (5:1-22) see 2-1 |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 17 Caution against disobedience (6:10-25) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 33 First fruits and tithes (26:1-15) see 1-1 |
| 18 Destroy them (7:1-5) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 32 Destroy Amalek (25:17-19) see 1-1 |
| 19 God chooses Israelites (7:6-15) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 31 Regulations (14:1-25:16) see 1-1 |
| 20 Don't be afraid (7:16-26) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 30 Slaughtering animals (12:29-13:19) see 1-1 |
| 21 God's care in the wilderness (8:1-20) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 29 A prescribed place of worship (12:13-28) see 1-1 |
| 22 Warning about perish (9:1-6) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 28 Correct place for worship (12:1-12) see 1-1 |
| 23 The consequences of rebelling against God (9:7-29) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 27 Blessings and curses (11:10-32) see 1-1 |
| 24 The second pair of tablets (10:1-11) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 26 Great deeds of the Lord (11:1-9) see 1-1 |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 17 Caution against disobedience (6:10-25) 6:17 But keep the commandments of the LORD, your God, and the ordinances and statutes he has enjoined on you. 6:18 Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, | Keeping the commandments | 25 The essence of the law (10:12-22) 10:13 to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD which I enjoin on you today for your own good? |
| 18 Destroy them (7:1-5) 7:5 But this is how you must deal with them: Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down their sacred poles, and destroy their idols by fire. | Broken objects | 24 The second pair of tablets (10:1-11) 10:2 I will write upon the tablets the commandments that were on the former tablets that you broke, and you shall place them in the ark. |
| 18 Destroy them (7:1-5) 7:4 For they would turn your sons from following me to serving other gods, and then the wrath of the LORD would flare up against you and quickly destroy you. | The Lord destroys you | 24 The second pair of tablets (10:1-11) 10:10 After I had spent these other forty days and forty nights on the mountain, and the LORD had once again heard me and decided not to destroy you |
| 19 God chooses Israelites (7:6-15) 7:12 If you heed these ordinances, by diligently observing them, the LORD your God will maintain with you the covenant loyalty that he swore to your ancestors;(7:12) | The covenant | 23 The consequences of rebelling against God (9:7-29) 9:9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.(9:9) |
| 20 Don't be afraid (7:16-26) 7:16 You shall consume all the nations which the LORD, your God, will deliver up to you. You are not to look on them with pity, lest you be ensnared into serving their gods. | The Lord destroys a nation | 22 Warning about perish (9:1-6) 9:3 you can drive them out and destroy them quickly, as the LORD promised you (9:3) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 25 The essence of the law (10:12-22) 10:22 Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven. (10:22) | To became a great nation | 33 First fruits and tithes (26:1-15) 26:5 A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous.(26:5) |
| 26 Great deeds of the Lord (11:1-9) 11:4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to their horses and chariots, how he made the water of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued you, so that the LORD has destroyed them to this day;(11:4) | Gentiles are cleared away | 32 Destroy Amalek (25:17-19) 25:19 you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; do not forget. (25:19) |
| 27 Blessings and curses (11:10-32) 11:13If, then, you truly heed my commandments which I enjoin on you today, | Commandments | 31 Regulations (14:1-25:16) The book of regulations |
| 28 Correct place for worship (12:1-12) 12:2 Destroy without fail every place on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every leafy tree where the nations you are to dispossess worship their gods. | Do not serve to other god | 30 Slaughtering animals (12:29-13:19) 12:30 you will be lured into following them. Do not inquire regarding their gods, 'How did these nations worship their gods? I, too, would do the same.' |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 33 First fruits and tithes (26:1-15) 26:8 The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders;(26:8) | Miracles in Egypt | 49 Israel mourns the death of Moses (34:1-12) 34:11 He was unequaled for all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants and his entire land,(34:11) |
| 34 Concluding exhortation (26:16-19) 26:18 Today the LORD has obtained your agreement: to be his treasured people, as he promised you, and to keep his commandments;(26:18) | People of the LORD | 48 Moses' blessing on Israel (33:1-29) 33:29 Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD (33:29) |
| 35 The inscribed stones and altar on Mount Ebal (27:1-10) 27:3 You shall write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over (27:3) | Words of the Law | 47 Moses' death foretold (32:45-52) 32:46 Take to heart all the words that I am giving in witness against you today; give them as a command to your children, so that they may diligently observe all the words of this law.(32:46) |
| 36 Twelve curses (27:11-26) Twelve curses | Curses of the LORD | 46 The song of Moses (31:30-32:44) 32:23 I will heap disasters upon them, spend my arrows against them:(32:23) |
| 37 Blessings for obedience and warnings against disobedience (28:1-46) 28:15 But if you will not obey the LORD your God by diligently observing all his commandments and decrees, which I am commanding you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you:(28:15) | Curses of the LORD | 45 Moses prepares to recite his song (31:24-29) 31:29 For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly, turning aside from the way that I have commanded you. In time to come trouble will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands. (31:29) |
| 38 Warning against descendants (28:47-68) 28:59 then the LORD will overwhelm both you and your offspring with severe and lasting afflictions and grievous and lasting maladies.(28:59) | Disasters of descendants | 44 Introduction to Song of Moses (31:14-23) 31:21 And when many terrible troubles come upon them, this song will confront them as a witness, because it will not be lost from the mouths of their descendants. For I know what they are inclined to do even now, before I have brought them into the land that I promised them on oath."(31:21) |
| 39 The covenant renewed in Moab (28:69-29:28) 29:14 I am making this covenant, sworn by an oath, not only with you who stand here with us today before the LORD our God,(29:14) | Future people of Israel | 43 The law to be read every seventh year (31:9-13) 31:13 and so that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God (31:13) |
| 40 With heart and soul (30:1-14) 30:5 The LORD your God will bring you into the land that your ancestors possessed, and you will possess it; he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors.(30:5) | Entering into the land of ancestors | 42 Joshua becomes Moses' successor (31:1-8) 31:7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel: "Be strong and bold, for you are the one who will go with this people into the land that the LORD has sworn to their ancestors to give them; and you will put them in possession of it.(31:7) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 33 First fruits and tithes (26:1-15) see 2-2 | see 2-2 | 41 Life and death (30:15-20) see 2-2 |
| 34 Concluding exhortation (26:16-19) see 2-2 | see 2-2 | 41 Life and death (30:15-20) see 2-2 |
| 35 The inscribed stones and altar on Mount Ebal (27:1-10) see 2-2 | see 2-2 | 39 The covenant renewed in Moab (28:69-29:28) see 2-2 |
| 36 Twelve curses (27:11-26) see 2-2 | see 2-2 | 38 Warning against descendants (28:47-68) see 2-2 |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 41 Life and death (30:15-20) 30:15 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity.(30:15) | Death | 49 Israel mourns the death of Moses (34:1-12) 34:5 Then Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord's command.(34:5) |
| 42 Joshua becomes Moses' successor (31:1-8) 31:1 When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,(31:1) | Words of Moses | 48 Moses' blessing on Israel (33:1-29) 33:1 This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before his death.(33:1) |
| 43 The law to be read every seventh year (31:9-13) 31:9 Then Moses wrote down this law, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.(31:9) | Words of the Law | 47 Moses' death foretold (32:45-52) 32:46Take to heart all the words that I am giving in witness against you today; give them as a command to your children, so that they may diligently observe all the words of this law. (32:46) |
| 44 Introduction to Song of Moses (31:14-23) 31:19 Now therefore write this song, and teach it to the Israelites; put it in their mouths, in order that this song may be a witness for me against the Israelites.(31:19) | The song of Moses | 46 The song of Moses (31:30-32:44) The song of Moses |