Deuteronomy 32
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Summary
The Israelites sing the song of Moses and proclaim that the Lord speaks to men and chose the Israelites to be a unique example to the nations. When they forgot Him, they were cursed.
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Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Helaman Compare Christ to a Rock? (Helaman 5:12),” KnoWhy 176 (August 30, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Helaman Want His Sons to Remember to Build upon the Rock? (Helaman 5:12),” KnoWhy 332 (June 28, 2017).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Does the Book of Mormon Use So Many Different Terms for ‘Law’? (Alma 30:3),” KnoWhy 568 (July 7, 2020).
George A. Horton Jr., “Insights into Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy,” in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1985), 71–88.
Stephen O. Smoot, “The Divine Council in the Hebrew Bible and the Book of Mormon,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 27 (2017): 155–180.
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