Article January 12, 1963 Issue

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[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on January 20, 1963.]

Deuteronomy

(du'ter-on'o-my—uas in cube, e as in maker, first o as in odd, seeond as in obey, y as in sleepy). The fifth book in the Old Testament. Deriving as it does from the two Greek words deuteros (second) and nomos (law), it can be taken as meaning "the second law." Some scholars contend that "repetition of the law" more closely represents the meaning of Deuteronomy. In this connection it may be noted that the familiar Ten Commandments of Exodus 20 are repeated in slightly variant form in Deuteronomy 5. In the Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy is named 'elleh haddebarim from the two opening words represented in English by "these-are-the-words."

Statutes and... judgments (Deut. 4:1)

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