What was the point of renewing the covenant with Israel? How were they to relate to God? What does it mean to submit to Him? How did God make the Israelites out of nothing and then into a mighty nation? Why does God bring up a comparison to Israel's apostasy and Sodom and Gomorrah? How were Israel to gain prosperity? How can God offer us a choice between life and death? Why was Moses going to die? How was Joshua to succeed him? Why did God show love to Israel knowing they would betray Him and seek after other gods?