Moses’ farewell speeches

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Moses’ farewell speeches are a series of final addresses in which Moses recounts Israel’s history, reiterates God’s laws, and exhorts the people to covenant faithfulness before they enter the Promised Land.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament text unit
biblical discourse
religious speech
addressesGroup new generation of Israelites
affirms Shema Yisrael
surface form: Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4–5)
containsElement blessing of the tribes
blessings and curses formula
covenant oath
historical prologue
legal material
song of Moses
emphasizesTheme Torah as covenant law
blessings and curses
covenant renewal
exclusive loyalty to Yahweh
love for God
obedience to God
remembrance of God’s acts
hasPrimaryAudience Israelites
hasPurpose exhort covenant faithfulness
recount Israel’s history
reiterate God’s laws
hasSetting Plains of Moab
surface form: plains of Moab
hasSpeaker Moses
highlightsLeader Joshua as Moses’ successor
highlightsLocation Promised Land
includesSection Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy 12–26

Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy 1–4

Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy 27–30

Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy 31–34

Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy 5–11
literaryForm covenant treaty style
locatedInText Book of Deuteronomy
surface form: Deuteronomy 1–34
partOf Book of Deuteronomy
precedesEvent Israel’s entry into the Promised Land
death of Moses
promises blessing for obedience
reiterates Mosaic covenant
surface form: Sinai covenant

Ten Commandments
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
scripturalStatus canonical Scripture in Christianity
canonical Scripture in Judaism
threatens curse for disobedience
warnsAgainst covenant disobedience
forgetting God
idolatry

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Book of Deuteronomy contains Moses’ farewell speeches