Deuteronomy 1 - 2

The name of the book of Deuteronomy means “second law”, and it represents the final words of Moses to the nation of Israel in the days before he died. Israel is encamped east of the Jordan river, across from Jericho near the end of the 40th year after leaving Egypt.

Moses recounts the history of Israel over the 40 years since leaving Egypt, and how God finally brought them to the land of the Amorites after all who had rebelled against the Lord had died in the wilderness.