This short excursus is to contextualise Galatians 3:10-13. It uses the scheme of the closing chapters of Deuteronomy to explain Israel's history. This is a history of rebellion leading to exile and repentance leading to restoration. To sum it all up, Paul seems to understand exile in terms of death, just as the author of Deuteronomy, and freedom and restoration as life, once more, just as the author of Deuteronomy. This becomes key for the rest of the argument, because for Paul the motif of life emerging from death is the most central dynamic reality of justification.