New American Standard Bible 2020

Deuteronomy 31:14-30

14Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, 1 2the time for you to die is near; call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, and I will commission him.” 3So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting. 15 4And the Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the entrance of the tent. 16The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, 5you are about to 6lie down with your fathers; and 7this people will arise and play the prostitute with the foreign gods of the land into the midst of which they are going, and 8they will abandon Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. 17 9Then My anger will be kindled against them on that day, and 10I will abandon them and 11hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them; so they will say on that day, ‘12Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have found us?’ 18But I will assuredly hide My face on that day because of all the evil that they will have done, for they will have turned away to other gods.

19“Now then, 13write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it 14on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel. 20 15For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they eat and are satisfied and 16become 17prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant. 21Then it will come about, 18when many evils and troubles find them, that this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouth of their 19descendants); for 20I know their inclination which they are 21developing today, before I bring them into the land which I swore.” 22 22So Moses wrote down this song on the same day, and taught it to the sons of Israel.

23 23Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “24Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and 25I 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 26who 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, so that it may 27remain there as a witness against you. 27For I know 28your rebellion and 29your 30stubbornness; behold, as long as I have been alive with you until 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 31call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against them. 29For I know that after my death you will 32behave very corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will confront you in the latter days, because 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:

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Notes

1. Deuteronomy 31:14 Lit your days to die are ↩
2. Deuteronomy 31:14 Num 27:12, 13; Deut 4:22; 32:50 ↩
3. Deuteronomy 31:14 Ex 33:9-11 ↩
4. Deuteronomy 31:15 Ex 33:9 ↩
5. Deuteronomy 31:16 Gen 15:15 ↩
6. Deuteronomy 31:16 I.e., die ↩
7. Deuteronomy 31:16 Ex 34:15; Deut 4:25-28; Judg 2:11, 12, 17 ↩
8. Deuteronomy 31:16 Judg 10:6; 1 Kin 18:18; 19:10; Jer 2:13 ↩
9. Deuteronomy 31:17 Judg 2:14; 6:13 ↩
10. Deuteronomy 31:17 2 Chr 15:2; 24:20 ↩
11. Deuteronomy 31:17 Ps 104:29; Is 8:17 ↩
12. Deuteronomy 31:17 Num 14:42 ↩
13. Deuteronomy 31:19 Deut 31:22 ↩
14. Deuteronomy 31:19 Lit in their mouths ↩
15. Deuteronomy 31:20 Deut 6:10-12; 8:10, 19; 11:16, 17 ↩
16. Deuteronomy 31:20 Deut 32:15-17 ↩
17. Deuteronomy 31:20 Lit fat ↩
18. Deuteronomy 31:21 Lev 26:41; Deut 4:30 ↩
19. Deuteronomy 31:21 Lit seed ↩
20. Deuteronomy 31:21 1 Chr 28:9; John 2:24, 25 ↩
21. Deuteronomy 31:21 Lit making ↩
22. Deuteronomy 31:22 Deut 31:19 ↩
23. Deuteronomy 31:23 Num 27:23; Deut 31:7 ↩
24. Deuteronomy 31:23 Josh 1:6 ↩
25. Deuteronomy 31:23 Ex 3:12 ↩
26. Deuteronomy 31:25 Deut 31:9 ↩
27. Deuteronomy 31:26 Lit be ↩
28. Deuteronomy 31:27 Deut 9:7, 24 ↩
29. Deuteronomy 31:27 Ex 32:9; Deut 9:6, 13 ↩
30. Deuteronomy 31:27 Lit stiff neck ↩
31. Deuteronomy 31:28 Deut 4:26; 30:19; 32:1 ↩
32. Deuteronomy 31:29 Judg 2:19 ↩

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