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New American Standard Bible 1995

Deuteronomy 31

Moses’ Last Counsel

1So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. 2And he said to them, “I am 1a hundred and twenty years old today; 2I am no longer able to come and go, and the Lord has said to me, ‘3You shall not cross this Jordan.’ 34It is the Lord your God who will cross ahead of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. 5Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, just as the Lord has spoken. 4The Lord will do to them just as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when He destroyed them. 56The Lord will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you. 67Be strong and courageous, 8do not be afraid or tremble at them, for 9the Lord your God is the one who goes with you. 10He will not fail you or forsake you.”

7Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “11Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. 812The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. 13He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

9So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi 14who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 10Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of 15the year of remission of debts, at the 16Feast of Booths, 11when all Israel comes 17to appear before the Lord your God at 18the place which He will choose, 19you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing. 12Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and 20the alien who is in your 21town, so that they may hear and 22learn and fear the Lord your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this law. 13Their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as you live on the land 23which you are about to cross the Jordan to 24possess.”

Israel Will Fall Away

14Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, 2526the time for you to die is near; call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission him.” 27So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting. 1528The Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the doorway of the tent. 16The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, 29you are about to lie down with your fathers; and 30this people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and 31will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. 1732Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and 33I will forsake them and 34hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will come upon them; so that they will say in that day, ‘35Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have come upon us?’ 18But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.

19“Now therefore, 36write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it 37on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel. 2038For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and 39become 40prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant. 21Then it shall come about, 41when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the 42lips of their descendants); for 43I know their intent which they are 44developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.” 2245So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the sons of Israel.

Joshua Is Commissioned

2346Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “47Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and 48I will be with you.”

24It came about, when Moses finished writing the words of this law in a book until they were complete, 25that Moses commanded the Levites 49who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, 26“Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may 50remain there as a witness against you. 27For I know 51your rebellion and 52your 53stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more, then, after my death? 28Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and 54call the heavens and the earth to witness against them. 29For I know that after my death you will 55act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.”

30Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were complete:

Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 31:2 Deut 34:7 ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 31:2 Num 27:17; 1 Kin 3:7 ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 31:2 Deut 1:37; 3:27 ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 31:3 Deut 9:3 ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 31:3 Num 27:18 ↩
  6. 6. Deuteronomy 31:5 Deut 7:2 ↩
  7. 7. Deuteronomy 31:6 Josh 10:25; 1 Chr 22:13 ↩
  8. 8. Deuteronomy 31:6 Deut 1:29; 7:18; 20:1 ↩
  9. 9. Deuteronomy 31:6 Deut 20:4 ↩
  10. 10. Deuteronomy 31:6 Josh 1:5; Heb 13:5 ↩
  11. 11. Deuteronomy 31:7 Deut 1:38; 3:28 ↩
  12. 12. Deuteronomy 31:8 Ex 13:21; 33:14 ↩
  13. 13. Deuteronomy 31:8 Deut 31:6; Josh 1:5; Heb 13:5 ↩
  14. 14. Deuteronomy 31:9 Num 4:5, 6, 15; Deut 10:8; 31:25, 26; Josh 3:3 ↩
  15. 15. Deuteronomy 31:10 Deut 15:1, 2 ↩
  16. 16. Deuteronomy 31:10 Lev 23:34; Deut 16:13 ↩
  17. 17. Deuteronomy 31:11 Deut 16:16 ↩
  18. 18. Deuteronomy 31:11 Deut 12:5 ↩
  19. 19. Deuteronomy 31:11 Josh 8:34; 2 Kin 23:2 ↩
  20. 20. Deuteronomy 31:12 Lit your alien ↩
  21. 21. Deuteronomy 31:12 Lit gates ↩
  22. 22. Deuteronomy 31:12 Deut 4:10 ↩
  23. 23. Deuteronomy 31:13 Lit where ↩
  24. 24. Deuteronomy 31:13 Lit possess it ↩
  25. 25. Deuteronomy 31:14 Lit your days to die are ↩
  26. 26. Deuteronomy 31:14 Num 27:12, 13; Deut 4:22; 32:50 ↩
  27. 27. Deuteronomy 31:14 Ex 33:9-11 ↩
  28. 28. Deuteronomy 31:15 Ex 33:9 ↩
  29. 29. Deuteronomy 31:16 Gen 15:15 ↩
  30. 30. Deuteronomy 31:16 Ex 34:15; Deut 4:25-28; Judg 2:11, 12, 17 ↩
  31. 31. Deuteronomy 31:16 Judg 10:6; 1 Kin 18:18; 19:10; Jer 2:13 ↩
  32. 32. Deuteronomy 31:17 Judg 2:14; 6:13 ↩
  33. 33. Deuteronomy 31:17 2 Chr 15:2; 24:20 ↩
  34. 34. Deuteronomy 31:17 Ps 104:29; Is 8:17 ↩
  35. 35. Deuteronomy 31:17 Num 14:42 ↩
  36. 36. Deuteronomy 31:19 Deut 31:22 ↩
  37. 37. Deuteronomy 31:19 Lit in their mouths ↩
  38. 38. Deuteronomy 31:20 Deut 6:10-12; 8:10, 19; 11:16, 17 ↩
  39. 39. Deuteronomy 31:20 Deut 32:15-17 ↩
  40. 40. Deuteronomy 31:20 Lit fat ↩
  41. 41. Deuteronomy 31:21 Lev 26:41; Deut 4:30 ↩
  42. 42. Deuteronomy 31:21 Lit mouth of its seed ↩
  43. 43. Deuteronomy 31:21 1 Chr 28:9; John 2:24, 25 ↩
  44. 44. Deuteronomy 31:21 Lit making ↩
  45. 45. Deuteronomy 31:22 Deut 31:19 ↩
  46. 46. Deuteronomy 31:23 Num 27:23; Deut 31:7 ↩
  47. 47. Deuteronomy 31:23 Josh 1:6 ↩
  48. 48. Deuteronomy 31:23 Ex 3:12 ↩
  49. 49. Deuteronomy 31:25 Deut 31:9 ↩
  50. 50. Deuteronomy 31:26 Lit be ↩
  51. 51. Deuteronomy 31:27 Deut 9:7, 24 ↩
  52. 52. Deuteronomy 31:27 Ex 32:9; Deut 9:6, 13 ↩
  53. 53. Deuteronomy 31:27 Lit stiff neck ↩
  54. 54. Deuteronomy 31:28 Deut 4:26; 30:19; 32:1 ↩
  55. 55. Deuteronomy 31:29 Judg 2:19 ↩

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 31

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