Deuteronomy
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Origin of Deuteronomy
< Late Latin Deuteronomium < Greek Deuteronómion ( see deutero-, -nomy); earlier Deutronome, Middle English Deutronomie < Late Latin
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Presiding over the competition is the emperor of theatrical fabulosity, André De Shields, in the role of Old Deuteronomy, leader of the Jellicle colony.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
In Deuteronomy 10:19, the command is explicit: “You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
Deuteronomy 24:16 states: “Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
For example, she said, the rabbis of the Talmud reasoned their way out of the injunction in the Book of Deuteronomy calling for the community to stone a stubborn and rebellious child.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
They started with Genesis and kept going straight through Numbers and Deuteronomy.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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