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Numbers, Part 2 and Deuteronomy: Looking Back, Heading Home

  1. Lesson One
    Ready or Not! (Num 20-36)
    17 Activities
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    5 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    Covenantal History (Deut 1-4)
    21 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Covenantal Challenge (Deut 5–26)
    12 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    Case Study: Moses (Ex-Deut)
    11 Activities
  5. Lesson Five
    Looking Back, Heading Home (Num, Deut)
    12 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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This is how one commentator has distributed the parts.

VersesContentSpeaker
1-3IntroductionLeader of the service
4Creedal AffirmationCongregation
Pause
5-6Summary declaration of the indictmentLeader of the service
7Call to remember Yahweh’s graceLeader of the service
8-14Recitation of Yahweh’s graceMan or men in the assembly
14-18Declaration of the indictment of the peopleLeader of the service
Pause
19-20Declaration of Yahweh’s sentenceLeader of the service
20-27Recitation of Yahweh’s judgment speechPriest or cultic prophet
27Declaration by the nationsAppointed man in the assembly
28-29Description of the nationsPriest or cultic prophet
30Question asked of the nationsLeader of the service
31Declaration of the IsraelitesCongregation
32-35Recitation of Yahweh’s description of Israel’s enemiesPriest or cultic prophet
Pause
36-37Declaration of Yahweh’s commitment to his peoplePriest or cultic prophet
37-38Recitation of Israel’s challenge to the nationsCongregation
39-42Recitation of Yahweh’s judgment speech against the nationsPriest or cultic prophet
43Concluding summons to praiseCongregation

Source: Daniel I. Block, The NIV Application Commentary: Deuteronomy, 2012, pp. 748-749.

However this was sung, and whoever sang which parts, it was a communal exercise where the people sang as God commanded them. Beyond being an act of obedience, it was a hymn where God was praised and the people referred to them as “foolish and unwise,” and as “a nation without sense.” But in spite of this language, this song became a way of renewing the covenant, long after the death of Moses. In one sense, each new generation entered the story at the same point and owned the national history, with both its low points and its promises.