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Excerpt from Deuteronomy and Joshua: Introductions Revised Version With Notes Map and Index
The Book of Deuteronomy, as it mow lies before us, consists' of severaladdresses, professedly delivered by Moses to the Israelites in the land of Moab on'the eve of. Their entrance into Palestine (i. 1 - 5, iv.44 ix. 1, xx'xi; I T 0 these are added four chapters (xxxi - xxxiv) narrating the appointment of Joshua in place of 'moses (xxxi. 3 f., 14 the writing down by Moses of the law just given (verses 9 f., 24 and the ascent bymoses, at the com mand of God, of Mount Nebo (pisgah), where he dies (xxxii. 48 f., xxxiv). In this narrative are incorporated two poems, the Song' and the Blessing (chap. Xxxiii) ascribed to'moscs'and to this particular occasion. The' following is a brief outline of the-argu ment of the book itself, as distinct from its appendix.
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