The
Book of Deuteronomy (from
Greek Δευτερονόμιον,
Deuteronómion, "second law"; ,
Devārīm, "[spoken] words") is the fifth book of the
Hebrew Bible, and of the Jewish
Torah. The
Hebrew title is taken from the opening phrase
Eleh ha-devarim, "These are the words..."; the English title is from a Greek mistranslation of the Hebrew phrase
mishneh ha-torah ha-zoth, "a copy of this law", in , as
to deuteronomion touto – "this second law".