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Deuteronomy in the Daily Office Lectionary

The Daily Office Lectionary appoints Deuteronomy 47 times in its two-year course and once on Holy Days. The course reads 20 of its 34 chapters, 5 of them in full.

Chapter by chapter

  • Year One reads chapters 1, 4–13, 16–17, 26, 29–32 during Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and the Season after Pentecost, at Morning Prayer.
  • Year Two reads chapters 1, 3, 8, 16, 31–32, 34 during Epiphany, Easter, and the Season after Pentecost, at Morning Prayer.
Deuteronomy chapters: both years 1, 8, 16, 31–32; Year One only 4–7, 9–13, 17, 26, 29–30; Year Two only 3, 34; not in the two-year course 2, 14–15, 18–25, 27–28, 33; in part 1, 3–4, 7, 9–13, 16–17, 26, 29, 31–32.
  • Year One only
  • Year Two only
  • Both years
  • Half filled: only part of the chapter
  • Not in the two-year course

When both offices have two lessons, “the Old Testament Reading for the alternate year is used as the First Reading at Evening Prayer” (BCP p. 934). This site and the app follow that rubric, so most of these lessons are heard twice: at Morning Prayer in the year listed, and at Evening Prayer on the same day in the other year.

Year One41 lessons

Deuteronomy in Year One of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Week of 8 Epiphany, SundayMorningDeuteronomy 4:1-9950
Week of 8 Epiphany, MondayMorningDeuteronomy 4:9-14950
Week of 8 Epiphany, TuesdayMorningDeuteronomy 4:15-24950
Week of 8 Epiphany, WednesdayMorningDeuteronomy 4:23-31950
Week of 8 Epiphany, ThursdayMorningDeuteronomy 4:32-40950
Week of 8 Epiphany, FridayMorningDeuteronomy 5:1-22950
Week of 8 Epiphany, SaturdayMorningDeuteronomy 5:22-33950
Week of Last Epiphany, SundayMorningDeuteronomy 6:1-9950
Week of Last Epiphany, MondayMorningDeuteronomy 6:10-15950
Week of Last Epiphany, TuesdayMorningDeuteronomy 6:16-25950
Week of Last Epiphany, ThursdayMorningDeuteronomy 7:6-11950
Week of Last Epiphany, FridayMorningDeuteronomy 7:12-16950
Week of Last Epiphany, SaturdayMorningDeuteronomy 7:17-26950
Week of 1 Lent, SundayMorningDeuteronomy 8:1-10952
Week of 1 Lent, MondayMorningDeuteronomy 8:11-20952
Week of 1 Lent, TuesdayMorningDeuteronomy 9:4-12952
Week of 1 Lent, WednesdayMorningDeuteronomy 9:13-21952
Week of 1 Lent, ThursdayMorningDeuteronomy 9:23–10:5952
Week of 1 Lent, FridayMorningDeuteronomy 10:12-22952
Week of 1 Lent, SaturdayMorningDeuteronomy 11:18-28952
Week of 6 Easter, MondayMorningDeuteronomy 8:1-10962
Week of 6 Easter, TuesdayMorningDeuteronomy 8:11-20962
Week of Proper 2, SaturdayMorningDeuteronomy 1:1-8966
Week of Proper 3, SundayMorningDeuteronomy 4:1-9968
Week of Proper 3, MondayMorningDeuteronomy 4:9-14968
Week of Proper 3, TuesdayMorningDeuteronomy 4:15-24968
Week of Proper 3, WednesdayMorningDeuteronomy 4:25-31968
Week of Proper 3, ThursdayMorningDeuteronomy 4:32-40968
Week of Proper 3, FridayMorningDeuteronomy 5:1-22968
Week of Proper 3, SaturdayMorningDeuteronomy 5:22-33968
Week of Proper 4, SundayMorningDeuteronomy 11:1-12968
Week of Proper 4, MondayMorningDeuteronomy 11:13-19968
Week of Proper 4, TuesdayMorningDeuteronomy 12:1-12968
Week of Proper 4, WednesdayMorningDeuteronomy 13:1-11968
Week of Proper 4, ThursdayMorningDeuteronomy 16:18-20, 17:14-20968
Week of Proper 4, FridayMorningDeuteronomy 26:1-11968
Week of Proper 4, SaturdayMorningDeuteronomy 29:2-15968
Week of Proper 5, SundayMorningDeuteronomy 29:16-29970
Week of Proper 5, MondayMorningDeuteronomy 30:1-10970
Week of Proper 5, TuesdayMorningDeuteronomy 30:11-20970
Week of Proper 5, WednesdayMorningDeuteronomy 31:30–32:14970

Year Two6 lessons

Deuteronomy in Year Two of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
The Epiphany and Following, Jan. 7MorningDeuteronomy 8:1-3943
Week of 7 Easter, The Day of PentecostMorningDeuteronomy 16:9-12965
Week of Proper 9, WednesdayMorningDeuteronomy 1:1-18975
Week of Proper 9, ThursdayMorningDeuteronomy 3:18-28975
Week of Proper 9, FridayMorningDeuteronomy 31:7-13, 24–32:4975
Week of Proper 9, SaturdayMorningDeuteronomy 34:1-12975

On Holy Dayspages 996–1000, the same in both years

Deuteronomy on Holy Days and other occasions
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Thanksgiving DayMorningDeuteronomy 26:1-111000

Coming up

The next 12 offices on this site that read from Deuteronomy:

28 more through November 25, 2027; see the calendar.

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