Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Today we started a new book and the last book of the law or the Torah, as it's known in

the Jewish world.

Deuteronomy is the third most frequently quoted book in the New Testament and it's the

second most quoted by Jesus, so you may recognize a lot of what we read.

The word deuteronomy means second law.

We're going to revisit some old laws as well as see some practical application of them.

In many ways deuteronomy serves to recap everything we've read so far.

Moses never goes very deep into any of the stories but he does skim the surface of a lot of

things that will be familiar to you and that's all perfectly timed for us.

Because after we wrap up deuteronomy, we're about to move into a more narrative story

with lots of new characters so it'll be great to have a quick refresher on everything

we just learned.

Plus, they say you have to hear something eight times before you retain it so this is

all serving to embed it into our hearts and minds.

And anytime we do come across something familiar, I have two challenges for us.

First, resist the potential frustration that might come from this.

Be grateful you're recalling the things you've already read.

That means you really learned it.

That's worth celebrating.

Second, even in the familiar stories, try to learn something new about God then you

learn the first time we covered these things.

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