The laws regarding levirate marriage are outlined, so that each family would have a progeny in the land. Regulations for sacrifices celebrating the entering of the land are also prescribed, so that the nation would be prepared to thank the Lord continually for His repeated demonstrations of goodness.
This passage concludes with the prescription for after the nation possessed the land. The dedication ceremony would include standing on the Mounts of Blessing and Curse (Gerizim and Ebal) to ratify the laws that God had given to the nation. An altar would be erected that had the laws engraved on the plaster surrounding the sides. The nation would then antiphonally respond from their mountains the appropriate responses to the laws God had given.
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