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= The Book of Deuteronomy =

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The Book of Deuteronomy is found in the section of the bible known as The Old Testament. It is one of four Old Testament books most frequently quoted in The New Testament. It presents the basic biblical understanding of the nature of Yaweh, his people, his covenant, relationship of the law, of worship and of the ethical life. The Law in Deuteronomy isn't like the law of today but it's Gods law, a law of instruction for all of his people to remain faithful to him. ======

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Deuteronomy was written in the time of King Josiah, when work is going on in the temple and the high priest discovers the book of the law, which forms a basis for The Book of Deuteronomy. Moses gives a series of speeches before his death giving his people the laws and last bit of advice on the way in which they should live in the country in which they are going to conquer. In the northern Kingdom, before the fall of Samaria in 721 people were becoming aware that the law Moses gave them didn't match up well with reality; the law had been made for a nomadic people and now Israel had become an organised nation. New problems had arisen some greater than others so it was necessary to read the law and enforce it. ======