Moses' farewell sermons — the law repeated, the covenant renewed, the land in view.
"And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy ______."
When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, all three of His scripture replies came from Deuteronomy. It pays to know this book.
'Deuteronomy' means 'second law' — not a new law, but Moses preaching the old one to a new generation on the edge of the Promised Land.
Moses wrote about his own death — or someone finished the scroll for him. Chapter 34 records it, and no one has ever found his grave.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5, the Shema, is still prayed daily by observant Jews around the world — 'Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.'