Deuteronomy 5 — The Ten Words and the Heart to Obey

THE COVENANT AT HOREB • THE TEN WORDS • REDEMPTION BEFORE COMMANDMENT • SABBATH AND EXODUS • MOSES BETWEEN YAHWEH AND ISRAEL • “O THAT THERE WERE SUCH AN HEART”

Primary source: H. P. Mansfield’s annotations in his HP Bible, HPB 04-Deu01-Jud04.PDF, pp. 11–13. The separately published Deuteronomy Expositor is a distinct document and was used only as a secondary cross-check.

Deuteronomy 4 — Hear, Remember and Worship Yahweh Alone

HEARKEN • DO NOT ADD OR DIMINISH • CLEAVE TO YAHWEH • TEACH THE CHILDREN • NO IMAGE OF GOD • IRON FURNACE • DISPERSION AND RETURN • “YAHWEH HE IS GOD; THERE IS NONE ELSE”

Primary source: H. P. Mansfield’s annotations in his HP Bible, HPB 04-Deu01-Jud04.PDF, pp. 9–11. The separately published Deuteronomy Expositor is a distinct document and was used only as a secondary cross-check.

Deuteronomy 3 — Og, the Eastern Inheritance and Joshua

OG OF BASHAN • SIXTY FORTIFIED CITIES • THE IRON BED • EASTERN INHERITANCE • FIGHT FOR YOUR BRETHREN • JOSHUA ENCOURAGED • MOSES’ REQUEST REFUSED

Primary source: H. P. Mansfield’s annotations in his HP Bible, HPB 04-Deu01-Jud04.PDF, pp. 5 and 8. The separately published Deuteronomy Expositor is a distinct document and was used only as a secondary cross-check.

Deuteronomy 2 — Boundaries, Wilderness and the Defeat of Sihon

THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS • EDOM, MOAB AND AMMON PROTECTED • ZERED • YAHWEH RULES NATIONAL BOUNDARIES • SIHON AUTHORISED FOR CONQUEST • PEACE OFFERED BEFORE BATTLE

Primary source: H. P. Mansfield’s annotations in his HP Bible, HPB 04-Deu01-Jud04.PDF, pp. 3–7. The separately published Deuteronomy Expositor is a distinct document and was used only as a secondary cross-check.

Deuteronomy 1 — Israel’s Unbelief at Kadesh

MOSES EXPLAINS THE PAST • ELEVEN DAYS VERSUS FORTY YEARS • JUDGES AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY • THE SPIES • UNBELIEF AT KADESH • PRESUMPTION WITHOUT YAHWEH

Primary source: H. P. Mansfield’s annotations in his HP Bible, HPB 04-Deu01-Jud04.PDF, pp. 1–3. The separately published Deuteronomy Expositor is a distinct document and was used only as a secondary cross-check.

Deuteronomy — Divine Faithfulness, Remembrance and Exhortation

H. P. Mansfield Bible notes — checked and arranged as an Expositor-style book introduction

Primary source: H. P. Mansfield’s annotations in his HP Bible, HPB 03-Lev12-Num36.PDF, pp. 99–100, and HPB 04-Deu01-Jud04.PDF, p. 1. The separately published Deuteronomy Expositor is distinct and was used only as a secondary cross-check.

Numbers 35 — Levitical Cities and Cities of Refuge

H. P. Mansfield Bible notes — checked and arranged in verse-by-verse Expositor style

Primary source: H. P. Mansfield’s annotations in his HP Bible, HPB 03-Lev12-Num36.PDF, mainly pp. 96–98. The separately published Numbers Expositor is a distinct work and was used only as a secondary cross-check.

CHAPTER OVERVIEW

Numbers 35 distributes Levites throughout Israel and establishes six cities of refuge within the forty-eight Levitical cities. The arrangement combines instruction, sanctuary from premature vengeance and formal judgment.