Scofield Reference Bible Notes/Deuteronomy

by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield

Book Introduction - Deuteronomy

Read first chapter of Deuteronomy
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; 15:7), it was under the conditional Palestinian Covenant (Deuteronomy 28:1-30:9) that Israel entered the land under Joshua. Utterly violating the conditions of that covenant, the nation was first disrupted (1 Kings 12) and then cast out of the land (2 Kings 17:1-18; 24:1-25:11). But the same covenant unconditionally promises a national restoration of Israel which is yet to be fulfilled (See Scofield "De 15:18") .
DEUTERONOMY is in seven divisions:

• Summary of the history of Israel in the wilderness, 1:1-3:29
• A restatement of the Law, with warnings and exhortations, 4:1 -11:32,
• Instructions, Warnings, and Predictions, 12:1-27:26,
• The great closing prophecies summarizing the history of Israel to the second coming of Christ, and containing the Palestinian Covenant, 28:1-30:20,
• 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.

CHAPTER 1

Verse 2

eleven days
Prolonged by one act of unbelief to forty years. (See Scofield "Numbers 14:23").

Verse 3

eleventh
i.e. February.

CHAPTER 2

Verse 9

given Ar
A region east of the Dead Sea.

CHAPTER 3

Verse 17

Ashdoth-pisgah
i.e. the springs of Pisgah, or the hill.

CHAPTER 4

Verse 10

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

Verse 15

saw no manner
Cf. (See Scofield "John 1:18").

CHAPTER 5

Verse 29

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

CHAPTER 6

Verse 13

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

CHAPTER 7

Verse 8

redeemed
(See Scofield "Exodus 14:30").

CHAPTER 8

Verse 6

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

CHAPTER 9

Verse 10

And the Lord
(See Scofield "Exodus 20:4").

Verse 26

redeemed
(See Scofield "Exodus 14:30").

CHAPTER 10

Verse 3

shittim
i.e. acacia.

Verse 12

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

Verse 20

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

CHAPTER 13

Verse 4

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

Verse 5

redeemed
(See Scofield "Exodus 14:30").

CHAPTER 14

Verse 7

hare
(See Scofield "Leviticus 11:6").

Verse 23

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

CHAPTER 15

Verse 15

redeemed
See note, (See Scofield "Exodus 14:30").

CHAPTER 16

Verse 1

keep the passover
Cf. the order of the feasts in Lev. 23. Here the Passover and Tabernacles are given especial emphasis as marking the beginning and the consummation of God's ways with Israel; the former speaking of redemption, the foundation of all: the latter, or re-gathered Israel blessed in the kingdom. Between, in Deuteronomy 16:9-12 comes the Feast of Weeks--the joy of a redeemed people, anticipating a greater blessing yet to come. It is, morally, Romans 5:1,2.
Abib First month i.e. April.

Verse 21

grove
The groves (Heb. Asherim) so often mentioned in the OT were devoted to the worship of Ashtereth, the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the Aphrodite of the Greeks, the Roman Venus. CF.
(See Scofield "Judges 2:13").

CHAPTER 17

Verse 19

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

CHAPTER 19

Verse 6

avenger
Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isaiah 59:20").

CHAPTER 21

Verse 8

Israel
(See Scofield "Exodus 14:30").

CHAPTER 24

Verse 18

redeemed
(See Scofield "Exodus 14:30").

CHAPTER 28

Verse 1

if thou shalt hearken
Chapters 28.-29. are, properly, an integral part of the Palestinian covenant, Deuteronomy 30:1-9. (See Scofield "Deuteronomy 30:3").

Verse 52

trustedst
(See Scofield "Psalms 2:12").

Verse 58

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

CHAPTER 30

Verse 3

turn thy captivity
The Palestinian Covenant gives the conditions under which Israel entered the land of promise. It is important to see that the nation has never as yet taken the land under the unconditional Abrahamic Covenant, nor has it ever possessed the whole land (cf. Genesis 15:18; Numbers 34:1-12. The Palestinian Covenant is in seven parts.

• (1) Dispersion for disobedience, Deuteronomy 30:1; 28:63-68 (See Scofield "Genesis 15:18")
• (2) The future repentance of Israel while in the dispersion, Deuteronomy 30:2.
• (3) The return of the Lord, Deuteronomy 30:3; Amos 9:9-14; Acts 15:14-17.
• (4) Restoration to the land, Deuteronomy 30:5; Isaiah 11:11,12; Jeremiah 23:3-8; Ezekiel 37:21-25
• (5) National conversion, Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 11:26,27; Hosea 2:14-16
• (6) The judgment of Israel's oppressors, Deuteronomy 30:7; Isaiah 14:1,2; Joel 3:1-8; Matthew 25:31-46
• (7) National prosperity, Deuteronomy 30:9; Amos 9:11-14

For Another Point of View: See Topic 301242
See, for the other seven covenants:
EDENIC (See Scofield "Genesis 1:28") ADAMIC See Scofield "Genesis 3:15" ABRAHAMIC See Scofield "Genesis 15:18" NOAHIC See Scofield "Genesis 9:1" MOSAIC See Scofield "Exodus 19:25" DAVIDIC See Scofield "2 Samuel 7:16" NEW See Scofield "Hebrews 8:8"

CHAPTER 31

Verse 12

fear
(See Scofield "Psalms 19:9").

CHAPTER 32

Verse 36

repent
(See Scofield "Zechariah 8:14").

Verse 37

trusted
(See Scofield "Psalms 2:12").

CHAPTER 33

Verse 8

Thummim
(See Scofield "Exodus 28:30").