The Book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy is book 5 of 39 in the Tanakh, part of Torah. It has 34 chapters and 956 verses.
Updated September 19, 2026
דְּבָרִים
- Section
- Torah
- Chapters
- 34
- Verses
- 956
- Longest chapter
- 28 (69 verses)
What Deuteronomy is about
Deuteronomy is Moses' farewell, spoken on the plains of Moab in the last weeks of his life. He retells the journey, repeats the Ten Commandments, gives the Shema, restates the law for life in the land, and sets the choice of blessing and curse before the people. The book ends with his death on Mount Nebo.
Opening verse
אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בַּמִּדְבָּר בָּעֲרָבָה מוֹל סוּף בֵּין־פָּארָן וּבֵין־תֹּפֶל וְלָבָן וַחֲצֵרֹת וְדִי זָהָב׃
THESE ARE the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel beyond the Jordan; in the wilderness, in the Arabah, over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
Chapters
- Deuteronomy 146 verses
- Deuteronomy 237 verses
- Deuteronomy 329 verses
- Deuteronomy 449 verses
- Deuteronomy 530 verses
- Deuteronomy 625 verses
- Deuteronomy 726 verses
- Deuteronomy 820 verses
- Deuteronomy 929 verses
- Deuteronomy 1022 verses
- Deuteronomy 1132 verses
- Deuteronomy 1231 verses
- Deuteronomy 1319 verses
- Deuteronomy 1429 verses
- Deuteronomy 1523 verses
- Deuteronomy 1622 verses
- Deuteronomy 1720 verses
- Deuteronomy 1822 verses
- Deuteronomy 1921 verses
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- Deuteronomy 2123 verses
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- Deuteronomy 2519 verses
- Deuteronomy 2619 verses
- Deuteronomy 2726 verses
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- Deuteronomy 3130 verses
- Deuteronomy 3252 verses
- Deuteronomy 3329 verses
- Deuteronomy 3412 verses
Weekly portions in Deuteronomy
- Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1 to 3:22)
- Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23 to 7:11)
- Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12 to 11:25)
- Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26 to 16:17)
- Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18 to 21:9)
- Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10 to 25:19)
- Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1 to 29:8)
- Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9 to 30:20)
- Vayeilech (Deuteronomy 31:1 to 31:30)
- Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1 to 32:52)
- Vezot Haberakhah (Deuteronomy 33:1 to 34:12)