The Book of Deuteronomy - Chapters One Through Three

In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, moses spoke to the people of israel according to all that the lord had given him in commandment to them. There is a time marker in deuteronomy one three. So theyare now on the plains of moab, on the border of the jordan river, ready to enter into the promised land. The mat would consist of chapters four through 11, which i would describe as covenantal motivation. Four through 11, 27 through 30, in the body, in the centre of the book, chapters 12 through 26, you have the covenant stipulations. These are almost like expositions of the