Anders Max - 2002;2001;

Holman Old Testament Commentary

2002 Broadman & Holman Publishers

Nashville, Tennessee

All rights reserved

978-0-8054-9463-1

Bible versions used in the book:

Unless otherwise stated all Scripture citation si from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All Rights Reserved. The "NIV" and "New International Version" trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by International Bible Society. Use of either trademark requires the permission of International Bible Society.

The King James Version

Scripture passages marked NASB are taken from Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, Copyright The Lockman Foundation, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 Used by permission.

From the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers

Dewey Decimal Classification: 222.15

Subject Heading: BIBLE. OT. DeuteronomyStudy

McIntosh, Doug

Deuteronomy/Doug McIntosh

p.cm.(Holman Old Testament commentary)

Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

ISBN 0-8054-9463-4

I. Bible. O.T. DeuteronomyCommentaries.I. Title. II.Series

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T his volume is dedicated in
loving memory of Harold Storm
(19232001):
coach, mentor, cousin, friend.

Today's church hungers for Bible teaching, and Bible teachers hunger for resources to guide them in teaching God's Word. The Holman Old Testament Commentary provides the church with the food to feed the spiritually hungry in an easily digestible format. The result: new spiritual vitality that the church can readily use.

Bible teaching should result in new interest in the Scriptures, expanded Bible knowledge, discovery of specific scriptural principles, relevant applications, and exciting living. The unique format of the Holman Old Testament Commentary includes sections to achieve these results for every Old Testament book.

Opening quotations stimulate thinking and lead to an introductory illustration and discussion that draw individuals and study groups into the Word of God. In a Nutshell summarizes the content and teaching of the chapter. Verse-by-verse commentary answers the church's questions rather than raising issues scholars usually admit they cannot adequately solve. Bible principles and specific contemporary applications encourage students to move from Bible to contemporary times. A specific modern illustration then ties application vividly to present life. A brief prayer aids the student to commit his or her daily life to the principles and applications found in the Bible chapter being studied. For those still hungry for more, Deeper Discoveries take the student into a more personal, deeper study of the words, phrases, and themes of God's Word. Finally, a teaching outline provides transitional statements and conclusions along with an outline to assist the teacher in group Bible studies.

It is the editors' prayer that this new resource for local church Bible teaching will enrich the ministry of group, as well as individual, Bible study, and that it will lead God's people truly to be people of the Book, living out what God calls us to be.

My special thanks go to the staff at Cornerstone Bible Church, Lilburn, Georgia, for sharing the challenges of ministry with me: associate pastor Chuck Taylor, youth pastor Everett Bracken, and Kathy Berkstresser, Kay Himmel, Susan Bracken, and Jo Ann Jones. As always, loving thanks go also to my wife Cheryl, who shared me with my word processor for many months without complaining.

Twenty volumes designed for Bible study and teaching to enrich the local church and God's people.

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On a remote and rocky hillside in territory assigned to the tribe of his ancestor Judah, the Son of God once engaged in a fierce spiritual struggle against Satan. Three times the enemy of souls encouraged him to declare his independence from heaven in order to alleviate his suffering. Although physically weakened by forty days of fasting, the Savior refused to yield. As each temptation was offered, Jesus denied the tempter's urgings, in each case citing as his reason a passage from the Book of Deuteronomy. Three times the enemy attacked, and three times he was beaten off when Jesus took refuge in the words of God found in this great book.