Readers Guide: “The Word for Today” Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Read – Deuteronomy 10 & 11 A second telling of Moses receiving the 10 Commandments for a second time leads to Deuteronomy’s purpose for the commandments – God gave them in order to bless his people. Keeping the commandments leads to blessing. Disobedience leads to the loss of blessing. This is one of the main themes of Deuteronomy. The book of Deuteronomy now moves into a long and sometimes tedious description of the law – sometimes known as the “Holiness Code”. We are going to pass over this part, not because it is not important but because it will more than likely bog us down as readers. Those who desire to plunge through are welcome to do so. We move now to the ending of Deuteronomy.