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Bible Commentaries
Scofield's Reference Notes Scofield's Notes
Moses Reviews Israel's Journey from Sinai.Chapter 2
Wanderings Through Edom, Moab, and Ammon.Chapter 3
Victory Over Og; Land Allocation East of Jordan.Chapter 4
Call to Obedience; Warning Against Idolatry.Chapter 5
Reiteration of the Ten Commandments.Chapter 6
The Shema: Love the Lord Your God.Chapter 7
Instructions for Conquering and Destroying Canaanite Nations.Chapter 8
Remember the Lord; Don't Forget His Provision.Chapter 9
Israel's Rebellion Recounted; God's Mercy Highlighted.Chapter 10
New Tablets; Fear the Lord Commandments.Chapter 13
Avoid False Prophets and Idolatry Temptations.Chapter 14
Clean and Unclean Foods; Tithing Instructions.Chapter 15
Sabbatical Year Laws and Servant Release.Chapter 16
Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles Festivals Reiterated.Chapter 17
Justice and Kingship Laws Established.Chapter 19
Cities of Refuge and Witness Regulations.Chapter 21
Family Laws and Miscellaneous Instructions.Chapter 24
Divorce, Loans, and Justice for the Poor.Chapter 28
Blessings for Obedience; Curses for Disobedience.Chapter 30
Repentance and Restoration; Life and Death Choices.Chapter 31
Joshua Commissioned; Law Read Every Seven Years.Chapter 32
Moses' Song Recounts Israel's History.Chapter 33
Moses Blesses the Tribes of Israel.
- Deuteronomy
by C.I. Scofield
Book Introduction - Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:1
DEUTERONOMY consists of the parting counsels of Moses delivered to Israel in view of the impending entrance upon their covenanted possession. It contains a summary of the wilderness wanderings of Israel, which is important as unfolding the moral judgement of God upon those events; repeats the Decalogue to a generation which had grown up in the wilderness; gives needed instruction as the conduct of Israel in the land, and contains the Palestinian Covenant (Deuteronomy 30:1-9). The book breathes the sternness of the Law. Key- words, "Thou shalt"; key-verses, Deuteronomy 11:26-28.
It is important to note that, while the land of promise was unconditionally given Abraham and to his seed in the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:7), it was under the conditional Palestinian Covenant (Deuteronomy 28:1-9) that Israel entered the land under Joshua. Utterly violating the conditions of that covenant, the nation was first disrupted (1 Kings 12:0) and then cast out of the land (2 Kings 17:1-18; 2 Kings 24:1-11). But the same covenant unconditionally promises a national restoration of Israel which is yet to be fulfilled (See Scofield "2 Kings 24:1-12.25.11- :") .
DEUTERONOMY is in seven divisions: Summary of the history of Israel in the wilderness, Deuteronomy 1:1-29 A restatement of the Law, with warnings and exhortations, Deuteronomy 4:1-32, Instructions, Warnings, and Predictions, Deuteronomy 12:1-26, The great closing prophecies summarizing the history of Israel to the second coming of Christ, and containing the Palestinian Covenant, Deuteronomy 28:1-20, Last counsels to Priests, Levites, and to Joshua, 31, The Song of Moses and his parting blessings, 32,33, The Death of Moses, 34.
The time covered by this retrospect is approximately forty years.
