New American Standard Bible 2020

Deuteronomy 31:16-29

16The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, 1you are about to 2lie down with your fathers; and 3this people will arise and play the prostitute with the foreign gods of the land into the midst of which they are going, and 4they will abandon Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. 17 5Then My anger will be kindled against them on that day, and 6I will abandon them and 7hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them; so they will say on that day, ‘8Is 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, 9write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it 10on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel. 20 11For 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 12become 13prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant. 21Then it will come about, 14when 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 15descendants); for 16I know their inclination which they are 17developing today, before I bring them into the land which I swore.” 22 18So Moses wrote down this song on the same day, and taught it to the sons of Israel.

23 19Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “20Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and 21I 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 22who 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 23remain there as a witness against you. 27For I know 24your rebellion and 25your 26stubbornness; 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 27call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against them. 29For I know that after my death you will 28behave 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.”

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Notes

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

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