shows the renewal of the covenant with the people, adding fresh commands besides those published at Horeb (chap. 29:1). The motives urging to obedience are of the most tender and touching kind. None save Christ ever stood in perfection on the ground of Deuteronomy-obedience. Christ quoted from the early chapters of the book (Luke 4.); Peter from the central part (Acts 3.); Paul from the latter portion (Rom 10.)