“1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. 2 And he said
unto them, I [am] an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no
more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not
go over this Jordan. 3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee,
[and] he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt
possess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD
hath said. 4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to
Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto
them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. 6
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for
the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee. 7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto
him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for
thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn
unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit
it. 8 And the LORD, he [it is] that doth go before thee; he will be with
thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be
dismayed.”
“9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the
sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto
all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the
end of [every] seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in
the feast of tabernacles, 11 When all Israel is come to appear before
the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read
this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Gather the people
together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that [is]
within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear
the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: 13 And
[that] their children, which have not known [any thing], may hear, and
learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither
ye go over Jordan to possess it.”
“14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou
must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the
congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went,
and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And
the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the
pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. 16 And the
LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and
this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the
strangers of the land, whither they go [to be] among them, and will
forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then
my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake
them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and
many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that
day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God [is] not among
us? 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils
which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children
of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for
me against the children of Israel. 20 For when I shall have brought them
into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk
and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen
fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke
me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils
and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against
them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of
their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now,
before I have brought them into the land which I sware.”
“22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel. 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and
said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children
of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with
thee. 24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the
words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 That Moses
commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark
of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness
against thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold,
while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against
the LORD; and how much more after my death? 28 Gather unto me all the
elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words
in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 29 For
I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and
turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall
you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the
LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 30 And
Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of
this song, until they were ended.” (Deuteronomy 31:1-30 AV)
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