Deuteronomy 1

This book begins with a recounting of the major events the have occured since God brought Israel out of Egypt. As we saw at the end of Numbers, the people are now on the cusp of entering the Promised Land, and the generation which rejected God's instructions to conquer the land the first time around have passed away. Moses himself is likely nearing his end, since God had said he would not be allowed to enter the land. It should start to get very interesting in the next few chapters...