| Book introduction | 1:1-2 |
| First address - historical prologue | 1:3-4:43 |
| Introduction | 1:3-4 |
| History | 1:5-3:29 |
| Appointing of judges | 1:5-18 |
| Failure to take promised land | 1:19-46 |
| From Kadesh to the transjordan | 2:1-23 |
| Defeat of Sihon, Amorite king of Heshbon | 2:24-37 |
| Defeat of Og, king of Bashan | 3:1-11 |
| Land given to Reuben, Gad and half-tribe of Manasseh | 3:12-20 |
| Joshua, not Moses, to lead Israelites into Canaan | 3:21-29 |
| Moses urges Israelites to follow God and His laws | 4:1-40 |
| Cities of Refuge east of the Jordan | 4:41-43 |
| Second address - stipulations of the covenant | 4:44-26:19 |
| Introduction | 4:44-49 |
| General/primary commands and pleas to follow God and His laws | 5:1-11:32 |
| Ten Commandments (5:6-21) | 5:1-33 |
| Deep, whole devotion to God | 6:1-25 |
| Commands for destruction of the Canaanites, blessings if followed | 7:1-26 |
| Don't forget God and His laws | 8:1-9:6 |
| History: Israelites anger God (giving of the law at Horeb (Sinai)) | 9:7-10:11 |
| Love God and follow His laws | 10:12-11:32 |
| Laws - supplemental and specific regulations | 12:1-26:15 |
| No idolatry, rules for sacrifices | 12:1-32 |
| Don't follow other Gods | 13:1-14:2 |
| Clean and Unclean foods | 14:3-21 |
| Tithe | 14:22-29 |
| Generosity, seventh year cancelling of debts | 15:1-18 |
| Firstborn animals | 15:19-23 |
| Feasts | 16:1-17 |
| Various commands | 16:18-17:13 |
| A King | 17:14-20 |
| Priests and Levites | 18:1-8 |
| Sorcery, witchcraft, etc. forbidden | 18:9-14 |
| Prophets | 18:15-22 |
| Prophecy of the coming of another prophet like Moses | 18:15-19 |
| Cities of refuge | 19:1-13 |
| Witnesses, etc. | 19:14-21 |
| War | 20:1-20 |
| Various commands | 21:1-22:12 |
| Adultery, rape | 22:13-30 |
| Various commands | 23:1-25:19 |
| Firstfruits poem | 26:1-11 |
| Tithe poem | 26:12-15 |
| Summary | 26:16-19 |
| Third address - blessings and curses | 27:1-28:68 |
| Instructions for things to do after crossing the Jordan | 27:1-26 |
| Blessing if covenant followed | 28:1-14 |
| Curse if covenant not followed | 28:15-68 |
| Terms of the covenant | 29::1-31:13 |
| The song of witness | 31:14-32:47 |
| The reason for the song | 31:14-30 |
| The song | 32:1-43 |
| Moses' death | 32:48-34:12 |
| Moses informed he will die | 32:48-52 |
| Moses blesses the tribes | 33:1-29 |
| Moses dies | 34:1-12 |