Text and commentary
The outer frame: pt. 1:
A look backwards (1:1
3:29)
Superscription: Deuteronomy in a nutshell (1:1
6a)
Summons to enter the promised land (1:6a
8)
Excursus: Travel notices in the outer frame of Deuteronomy
Organization of the people for life in the land (1:9
18)
Israel's unholy war (1:19
2:1)
Excursus: The Numeruswechsel in Deuteronomy
The March of Conquest (2:2
25)
Excursus: Holy war as celebrated event in ancient Israel
Yahweh's holy war (2:26
3:11)
Distribution of the land in Transjordan (3:12
17)
Summons to take the promised land (3:18
22)
Transition: from Moses to Joshua (3:23
29)
The inner frame: pt. 1: The great peroration (4:1
11:25)
"And now, O Israel, obey Yahweh's commandments (4:1
40)
"Then Moses set apart three cities" (4:41
43)
"This is the Torah"
the ten words (4:44
6:3)
"Hear, O Israel, Yahweh is our God, Yahweh alone" (6:4
7:11)
When you obey, you will be blessed (7:12
26)
When you disobey, you will perish (8:1
20)
"Hear, O Israel, you are about to cross the Jordan" (9:1
29)
At that time Yahweh spoke the ten words (10:1-7)
"At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi" (10:8
11)
"And now, O Israel, what does Yahweh as of you?" (10:12
11:32)