Teaching Guides

Matthew has introduced Jesus as King, through his Davidic genealogy with Gentiles. Now he follows it with a story about Gentile magi being the ones to honor Jesus as King, while the Jewish king seeks to kill him.

As Moses has completed his contributions to the covenant documents through his speeches, song, and blessing, the narrator’s voice emerges for only the third or fourth time.

Moses’ final testament, a binding legal statement and prophetic proclamation, establishes Yahweh as God and King in Israel.

Moses shares the song God commissioned him to write as a witness against the people.