Hey, this is a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

I'm Shelby, and I'm here with Paul.

Hey, Paul.

And we're jumping into the book of Deuteronomy today.

Paul, you last walked us through the book of Exodus.

Are you ready to jump into Deuteronomy?

Yes, yes, I am.

Yeah, I was grateful to Scott and CJ for jumping into Leviticus and Numbers, but yeah, we're back.

Yeah, super excited.

Okay, so before we get into our chapters for today, chapters one through three, is there anything we need to keep in mind just as we read Deuteronomy, the book as a whole?

Yeah, yeah.

So obviously we're continuing our story of the

Israelites. They've just finished wandering through the wilderness in numbers. And now they are

standing just at the edge of the Jordan River about to step into the promised land. And so as they're

about to do that, Moses here in Deuteronomy is basically just going to give a

retelling of the law and the commandments that God had given them, reminding them who they're

supposed to be, how they're supposed to live in the promised land.

And, you know, I think if some of these things sound familiar, that's because they are.

He's actually in the first few chapters here, he's going to be kind of retelling the story of the Israelites and, again, giving some of those commands that God had given them. And that's because, you know, they've been wandering for 40 years. And so, you know, there's definitely some children that have been born that haven't heard their story. And also some people that have probably just forgotten some of it. And so he's going to retell them that.

And, you know, when scripture is repeating itself, it can be a little bit challenging for us

as readers, like, oh, I've already read this. I've already seen this, you know. But it's such an

important reminder for us to remember our story, remember truths about God, because we are

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