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Lesson OneReady or Not! (Num 20-36)17 Activities5 Assessments
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Lesson TwoCovenantal History (Deut 1-4)21 Activities
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Lesson ThreeCovenantal Challenge (Deut 5–26)12 Activities
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Lesson FourCase Study: Moses (Ex-Deut)11 Activities
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Lesson FiveLooking Back, Heading Home (Num, Deut)12 Activities
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Lesson 5, Activity 4
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This is how one commentator has distributed the parts.
| Verses | Content | Speaker |
| 1-3 | Introduction | Leader of the service |
| 4 | Creedal Affirmation | Congregation |
| Pause | ||
| 5-6 | Summary declaration of the indictment | Leader of the service |
| 7 | Call to remember Yahweh’s grace | Leader of the service |
| 8-14 | Recitation of Yahweh’s grace | Man or men in the assembly |
| 14-18 | Declaration of the indictment of the people | Leader of the service |
| Pause | ||
| 19-20 | Declaration of Yahweh’s sentence | Leader of the service |
| 20-27 | Recitation of Yahweh’s judgment speech | Priest or cultic prophet |
| 27 | Declaration by the nations | Appointed man in the assembly |
| 28-29 | Description of the nations | Priest or cultic prophet |
| 30 | Question asked of the nations | Leader of the service |
| 31 | Declaration of the Israelites | Congregation |
| 32-35 | Recitation of Yahweh’s description of Israel’s enemies | Priest or cultic prophet |
| Pause | ||
| 36-37 | Declaration of Yahweh’s commitment to his people | Priest or cultic prophet |
| 37-38 | Recitation of Israel’s challenge to the nations | Congregation |
| 39-42 | Recitation of Yahweh’s judgment speech against the nations | Priest or cultic prophet |
| 43 | Concluding summons to praise | Congregation |
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.